From its very first frame, there is no denying that Jurassic World is an absolutely enormous movie. The Jurassic Park films have always been big-budget affairs, but the size of Jurassic World takes the series to a whole new level in terms of scope. Every single scene looks hugely expensive with massive sets, tons of extras, endless special effects shots, and lots of attention payed to even the smallest of technical detail. This easily could have been one of those sequels that falls apart from being bloated by its own excess (like almost every other big budget sequel of the past decade or so), but director Colin Trevorrow keeps the movie together. It's not better than the first one, it definitely a fun movie. and not disappointed at all
First, to all of those saying this movie is so predictable, duh its a dinosaur movie, you can only do so much with it. Do you want all of the dinosaurs to just remain in their cages and no action happens? Second, those same people who say that the raptors being "good guys" are dumb, you didn't want predictability so why did you want the raptors who are the main villains of the first movie and also in the second and third movies to be villains again? I thought it was a nice welcomed change.
Even though I was born in the 90s, I never had any interest in the Jurassic Park films until recently. I don't know if it was the hype for this new film or the constant showings of the previous films on TV that got me to watch the first films. While the first two sequels weren't the best, at all, I really liked the first one. As sequels usually work lately, I wasn't expecting this one to be as good as the one from 1993.
However, I was pleasantly surprised. I liked Chris Pratt's character, Owen Grady. He was not the lovable antihero he was in Guardians of the Galaxy, for example. This time there were almost no jokes in his lines, yet how he feels about his raptors is what captivates you since you meet him. He was willing to go inside the cage to save the other staff member, which not only shows how much of a hero he is but also how much he trusts his friends. Bryce Dallas Howard's Claire Dearing was a pleasant surprise. I didn't like her at all as Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3 (that role was meant for Emma Stone, for sure) and the promotional material didn't make her look like an appealing character. In spite of that, she is the one who gets more developed throughout the film, showing real emotion not only for her family but also for the dinosaurs.
The world building is amazing, you go round this theme park and you believe this could be a real attraction, the way they show off buildings and exhibits its like a Disneyland promotional video so I really liked that. The whole look of Jurassic World was just really nice visually. Another thing I enjoyed was the new dinosaur itself, called Indominus Rex; it looked powerful, creepy and threatening every time you saw it; its abilities were also interesting and so it was great addition to the franchise and it contributes to my most favourite part of the film which was the third act - a real gem of a sequence in there.
I know it will be absurd to compare anyone with Spielberg but Colin Trevorrow, is no Spielberg when it comes to building tension either (the action happens in grand scale but it doesn't evolve or really thrill) and the climax is overdone and cheap looking, it reminded me of a video game. The lack of animatronics was felt, the dinosaurs didn't feel palpable like they did in the previous films (something about their design and movement was off too). The third act felt specially silly (and almost disrespectful to the franchise) as it turned the animals into human-like characters and somewhat heroes to the point one of them almost talks.
7.4/10·IMDb
71%·Rotten Tomatoes
59% Metacritics
7.5/10 - verdict
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