Nice work. I kind of liked how the North American humans were pretty much over all these ageing dinosaurs. They just didn't care. Felt pretty realistic to me.
I've gotta disagree, dawg. I find when we are on a remote island, I can suspend my disbelief enough to go along with this alternate world where dinosaurs have been brought back to life. I feel immersed enough in this world that it feels real for 2 hours. As soon as t-rexes are on the mainland laying waste to New York City or whatever, it starts to feel silly. My thing is this: the success of the first film (and subsequently, the first Jurassic World) is the wonder and awe it builds in the viewer. The best scene in all of cinema is when Dr Ellie Satner first sees the dinosaurs in the jeep and wordlessly tries to get Dr Ian Grant's attention. The cinematography is beautiful, it's incredibly acted, and the music swells at just the right time. Jurassic World almost succeeded at bringing back this vibe, only to subsequently ruin it with Fallen Kingdom, which was just an action movie. A fun action movie, but crucially forgetting that the best Jurassic films are more than just action - they instill in us that sense of wonder AND pose philosophical questions that we're forced to reckon with. All that said, this latest one is mid-tier for me. Better than Jurassic Park 3 and Fallen Kingdom, but the mutant dinosaur felt more like a monster movie alien than a dinosaur. I feel like I'm rambling, am I rambling?
See, I agree with 100%. But I think my quibble is more that the way they’re constructed means they’re all essentially the same; at this point, I’d be happier to see something entirely different that fails than see another sequel driving along the same ruts in the track as the seven previous films.
Also, part of me feels like comparing the sequels to the original Jurassic Park is unfair. It’s like watching me play basketball and then comparing me to LeBron James. The OG is an all time great blockbuster, and (I suspect) a formative film for a lot of the people driving the interest in future sequels. (Add to that the fact that every 40-something white guy loves Scar-Jo, and it starts to look custom grown in a lab so we’d all go see it. “A Jurassic Park sequel AND my hall pass celeb is in it?!”)
Haha you're not wrong! I will say it was good to see signs of aging on Scar-Jo for the first time ever - usually they just airbrush the shit out of her lol. You make good points. And I think Jurassic World Dominion succeeded at a lot of what you're asking for here - I thought Lewis Dodgson was a cool villain - the whole: unhinged CEO of a start up vibe. The giant locusts were a bit silly, but overall I felt that movie got way more criticism than it deserved and ranks ahead of many of the other entries in the franchise for me. My main criticism with this new one is that it felt like a "treasure hunt" movie - like, we've gotta find these three things before the time runs out...I feel like that's a fairly uninteresting genre of film, and I think the relationships between the stranded family members along for the ride made for more interesting viewing.
Nice work. I kind of liked how the North American humans were pretty much over all these ageing dinosaurs. They just didn't care. Felt pretty realistic to me.
I've gotta disagree, dawg. I find when we are on a remote island, I can suspend my disbelief enough to go along with this alternate world where dinosaurs have been brought back to life. I feel immersed enough in this world that it feels real for 2 hours. As soon as t-rexes are on the mainland laying waste to New York City or whatever, it starts to feel silly. My thing is this: the success of the first film (and subsequently, the first Jurassic World) is the wonder and awe it builds in the viewer. The best scene in all of cinema is when Dr Ellie Satner first sees the dinosaurs in the jeep and wordlessly tries to get Dr Ian Grant's attention. The cinematography is beautiful, it's incredibly acted, and the music swells at just the right time. Jurassic World almost succeeded at bringing back this vibe, only to subsequently ruin it with Fallen Kingdom, which was just an action movie. A fun action movie, but crucially forgetting that the best Jurassic films are more than just action - they instill in us that sense of wonder AND pose philosophical questions that we're forced to reckon with. All that said, this latest one is mid-tier for me. Better than Jurassic Park 3 and Fallen Kingdom, but the mutant dinosaur felt more like a monster movie alien than a dinosaur. I feel like I'm rambling, am I rambling?
See, I agree with 100%. But I think my quibble is more that the way they’re constructed means they’re all essentially the same; at this point, I’d be happier to see something entirely different that fails than see another sequel driving along the same ruts in the track as the seven previous films.
Also, part of me feels like comparing the sequels to the original Jurassic Park is unfair. It’s like watching me play basketball and then comparing me to LeBron James. The OG is an all time great blockbuster, and (I suspect) a formative film for a lot of the people driving the interest in future sequels. (Add to that the fact that every 40-something white guy loves Scar-Jo, and it starts to look custom grown in a lab so we’d all go see it. “A Jurassic Park sequel AND my hall pass celeb is in it?!”)
Haha you're not wrong! I will say it was good to see signs of aging on Scar-Jo for the first time ever - usually they just airbrush the shit out of her lol. You make good points. And I think Jurassic World Dominion succeeded at a lot of what you're asking for here - I thought Lewis Dodgson was a cool villain - the whole: unhinged CEO of a start up vibe. The giant locusts were a bit silly, but overall I felt that movie got way more criticism than it deserved and ranks ahead of many of the other entries in the franchise for me. My main criticism with this new one is that it felt like a "treasure hunt" movie - like, we've gotta find these three things before the time runs out...I feel like that's a fairly uninteresting genre of film, and I think the relationships between the stranded family members along for the ride made for more interesting viewing.