I’m glad this movie was rated PG-13. It does a great job of looking PG-13 while
not being too soft or cartoony. I saw a
lot of young people in the theater watching this movie. I think it’s a great thing that they have
kept this something that kids can watch and enjoy.
Jurassic
World is essentially the finally realized vision of John Hammond from Jurassic
Park. It’s a successful theme park/zoo
where people can actually see dinosaurs.
It is so successful in fact that the clientele have become bored with
the same old attractions. This being the
case, scientists have genetically engineered a new type of dinosaur. A bigger, more aggressive, scarier dinosaur. This could get out of hand in a hurry.
This
movie is directed by Colin Trevorrow. He
is an unknown director and was a question mark for me going into the film. In my opinion, he did a fantastic job with
this movie. I was particularly impressed
by the action sequences. They were
mostly wide shots and long takes instead of the dreaded shaky or choppy
style. Most of the CGI looked really
good as well. Visually speaking, I had
very few problems with the film.
Chris
Pratt carries a good portion of this film.
He is terrific. Bryce Dallas
Howard, one of the most underrated actresses on earth, is good as well. She does all she can with a character that
left a lot to be desired. Some of the
best scenes in the movie are the interactions between these two great
actors.
This
screenplay was written by several different people and it shows. It is very disjointed at times with several different
side stories that don’t belong in the movie at all. Some of these just seem to pop up out of
nowhere and then just go away with little or no resolution to speak of. There was an anti-military aspect that didn’t
do anything but drag the narrative down.
There are also several conveniences in place as well as things happening
that don’t make any sense. I would also
say the movie is a little bit too long as well.
One thing I will say positive about the screenplay was the unexpected
and interesting ways it tied into the original Jurassic Park.
Pretty
much every major character in this film, with the exception of Chris Pratt’s,
is totally clichéd. That was actually
the first thing I noticed about the movie.
The actors do a good job with what they have, but the characters are not
very well written. Even the main
antagonist dinosaur is written to be way too intelligent and perfect.
Regardless
of the negative aspects I pointed out, I really enjoyed the majority of this
movie. It was a lot better than the
trailers made it look. The unknown
director was impressive and the climax was absolutely terrific. The ending reminded me a little of the ending
of Godzilla. That is a positive. It was big and it felt big. This ending is a major rush. The movie as a whole is pretty good too. The Movie Man gives it 3.5 out of 5
stars.
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