Jurassic World 2
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I think I would love this movie more if they removed the Jurassic label and made it into a Creature Feature called "Fallen Kingdom"!!
This franchise is getting about as bad as the Fast & Furious franchise
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You are absolutely insane!
With revenue soaring ever upward just like it too.
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I remember this epsidoe lol.
I enjoyed the dinosaur action in this movie a lot, probably the best overall mix of different dinosaurs in action of the whole franchise, though I am disappointed yet another film passes without the return of dilophosaurus.
I didn’t even have issues with the human aspect, the good guys were fun to go on the journey with.
For me, the film falls short in the nostalgia and the change in tone. As far as nostalgia, what I mean is that given the love for the franchise, and taking a big step in wiping out Isla Nublar, they could have given a better send off. There were moments where sad variations of John Williams theme would have evoked memories and feelings so much more and given it greater impact, and I get not wanting to repeat others’ work over and over, but it just felt like a misstep which also played into my other issue. I get trying not to come off like Lost World 2, but the time spent on the island felt rushed compared to what I expected. I didn’t mind making the movie dark and scary, but I do feel like this movie lacked the sense of adventure that you felt with the first 4, like the change in tone was an extreme 180.
That said, the movie definitely delivered on visuals, some real stand out moments and they did. A good job of giving dinosaurs personality, like the subtle feud between Rexy and the Carnotaurus.
I didn’t even have issues with the human aspect, the good guys were fun to go on the journey with.
For me, the film falls short in the nostalgia and the change in tone. As far as nostalgia, what I mean is that given the love for the franchise, and taking a big step in wiping out Isla Nublar, they could have given a better send off. There were moments where sad variations of John Williams theme would have evoked memories and feelings so much more and given it greater impact, and I get not wanting to repeat others’ work over and over, but it just felt like a misstep which also played into my other issue. I get trying not to come off like Lost World 2, but the time spent on the island felt rushed compared to what I expected. I didn’t mind making the movie dark and scary, but I do feel like this movie lacked the sense of adventure that you felt with the first 4, like the change in tone was an extreme 180.
That said, the movie definitely delivered on visuals, some real stand out moments and they did. A good job of giving dinosaurs personality, like the subtle feud between Rexy and the Carnotaurus.
Probably my least fav of the series. At least first time viewing wise. I definitely enjoyed the other 4 way more when I saw them the first time. For now I would say I liked JP 3 better as I liked spinosaurous more then the new baddie in this one.... Human characters were probably better er also except for Grant of course.
JP - 10 out of 10 - Still the best
JP 2 - 9 out of 10 - very underrated IMO
JW - 7 out of 10 - repeat viewing hurt but still fun
JP 3 - 5.5 out of 10 - return of Alan Grant and Spino save the movie
JW 2 - 5 out of 10 - a step backwards and felt like the smallest film of the franchise.
JP - 10 out of 10 - Still the best
JP 2 - 9 out of 10 - very underrated IMO
JW - 7 out of 10 - repeat viewing hurt but still fun
JP 3 - 5.5 out of 10 - return of Alan Grant and Spino save the movie
JW 2 - 5 out of 10 - a step backwards and felt like the smallest film of the franchise.
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You and I pretty much have the same rankings and ratings for these films, expect after my second viewing of this film the other night, I'd put it above JPIII, but not by much as I like Indoraptor way more than spino.
I agree with Chakor on this one. JWFK just inches above JPIII not because it's a better movie but because it didn't annoy me as much.
JPIII was missing its third act, had no human antagonist and ruined Grants character arc from JP. Over the years I've grown to really like the Spino and the dinos look better in III thank FK - dang I like hanging out on Sorna as well.
FK was filled with bizarro plot holes (check out Mauler's YouTube video if you get a chance it's great), some bad CGI and lost a bit of the magic of the others. However it offended me less than JPIII did at the time of watching it haha. I do like the IndoRaptor and those haunted house scenes with it in the third act would have made me poop my pants as a kid. The cinematography is good and some of the ideas and themes had echoes of Crichton's other works which I liked.
Blue has a bit of a character transformation in this and is now full on hero and not a volatile wild dinosaur. On the whole Raptors and Rexy are now only scary if you're a bad guy (they can tell if your on Santa's naughty or nice list).
The little girls acting was really good and Chris Pratt has the charisma to keep the film going. I liked the movie when I saw it but it's not that great and the more I think about it the more I realise that it's bit like TLJ - nice and shiny to look at but a bit hollow (it's way better than TLJ though). My wife loved it and she cried during one moment in the second act and was actually frightened during moments in the third act. The movie is entertaining.
Lol... Comes down to the fav Dino
First time viewing I really enjoyed JPIII... But I find all the characters to be really awful... I hate the broken marriage sub plot... But most of the Dino effects are cool and I think the spino is the cooler Dino of the non tRex / raptors of the series.
As for this film... I agree. Magic was lost. Like I said it felt smaller then the rest and dumber lol. I really thought we would find out that blue had some human dna in him... he is just a full blown hero. Empathetic reptiles... who knew?
I thought we were going to find out the Indoraptor somehow had the girl’s DNA and was drawn to her because of it, based on previews, but ultimately it just chased her as easiest prey.
My theory was that Indoraptor would be created from the I-rex bone they salvaged at the beginning along with Blue's DNA after they captured her (hence the large yellow stripes). I was surprised that Indoraptor was seemingly created out of nowhere. Makes me wonder why they bothered to give him the stripes.
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