Index of jurassic world 2015

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Jurassic Park III
met with a cool reception in 2001 and studios may have been thinking dinosaurs were played out because fourteen years is an eternity to leave a franchise simmering. But the critters hadn’t been forgotten (scripts for a
Jurassic Park IV
were in development all this time) and
Jurassic World
effectively rebooted things, launching a second trilogy that would serve to highlight the limitations of all these films. I like
Jurassic World
and would probably rate it the best of the field to this point (I share none of the popular fondness for the original), but what we have here is just a different group of people being chased around by some new dinosaurs that have run amok on Isla Nubar.
*. What do I like about it? I thought the CGI looked good. With a $200 million budget it should, but that’s not always a sure thing. In any event, with this second trilogy we’re now firmly in the world of digital effects, with the practical effects and puppets of the first movie less in evidence.



*. I liked the fresh faces. A star was being born in Chris Pratt, who’d just been in
Guardians of the Galaxy
the year before and was a face on televis

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Let’s be honest, I didn’t exactly hold high hopes for this film, which at times has seemed more interested in creating brand partner synergies for commercial tie-ins, than being actually-any-good as narrative entertainment. Sadly that seems to have been the legacy of Spielberg’s (still quite excellent)
Jurassic Park
, though it’s hardly something it invented—just that it managed to tap into an enthusiasm for dinosaurs that remains largely unabated over 20 years on. Still, even given that, I remain confused as to why there was an ad before the film for a Lego tie-in. There was no room in the movie for the aforesaid product because it’s a 12-rated action film for a good reason (CGI-created dinosaur terror and mayhem; certainly the human characters weren’t much more than ciphers). Anyway the film’s clear product-placement winner was Mercedes-Benz, just for that smash cut to a perfectly-framed car ad angle of their vehicle after one of the kids says the line “you wanna see something amazing?” Oh to imagine how excited their execs must’ve been when they saw that. Just thinking about such a scenario really brought





The new park is open, and it is run by idiots who create a new dinosaur and then let it escape. Their efforts to contain the situation involve many cliche character arcs.


I am so on the fence about this movie. Yes it was fun, the movie is entertaining, but there is also so much to complain about. I feel like it just won’t do to say that this was a Hollywood fun action movie and that I shouldn’t complain so much, and expect less. No, some complaints are in order.

Now, I am a huge fan of the original Jurassic Park. What I liked about that movie is how immersive it is. It is a nicely fleshed out world with great locations and a back story that feels believable. The dinosaurs too still look real, and it is a tense movie. Take the kitchen scene where the kids are tracked by the velociraptors. That is a tense scene; the danger is real and up close, and Spielberg knows how to make it thrilling.

Jurassic World tries to recapture some of the magic of the old movie through references, but it does not offer anything thrilling. Yes sure there are dinosaurs with teeth, but there wasn’t anything scary about it. Tension is not created by animated reptiles, but by skill of the director.


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Its taken me a LONG time to get back to the theatres.  I missed Avengers: Age of Ultron, Mad Max: Fury Road, Pitch Perfect 2 and Tomorrowland. But, I absolute was NOT going to miss out on Jurassic World because it just looks fantastic.  I love dinosaurs and Jurassic Park is an awesome movie that just transcends time.  I can enjoy the trilogy well enough but Chris Pratt has been a promising actor and the dinosaurs in the trailer looks fantastic so this one is just a must-see on my list for summer blockbusters. I’m hoping it’ll meet my expectations. I don’t expect for it to rise above Jurassic Park but I do hope it will be a great popcorn flick/summer blockbuster.

By the way, do you guys have TimePlay? I finally got 1st for this time! Yay! 🙂

Let’s check it out!!


Jurassic World (2015)




Director: Colin Trevorrow

Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Vincent D’Onofrio, Irrfan Khan, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, BD Wong


Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of