Jurassic World (SPOILERS!)

[GodzillaSpawn]

I felt a little bit of the old wonder come back. The kids enthusiasm in the film helped set a tone for me to want to see the park. It was a good mirror of what I actually felt, wanting to see the rex and getting that very brief shot of it eating the goat. Etc. and it was a cool sentiment seeing the older brother so engrossed with his smart phone, having his attention pulled in by the Mosasaur.

It wasn't as strong as when I saw JP but I definitely had smiles when they were first going through the park in JW.

Nothing for me will ever match that scene where the jeeps first pull up and stop and all the characters witness the first Brachiosaurus before them. As the music cues.

Cinematic perfection. I feel like the perspective of the film that everybody is so tired of these dinosaurs and wants a new monster kind of killed that feeling for me--which was intentional. The only time for me in this film that felt like it brought me back in a soulful way is when the kids stumbled into the old atrium where the "When dinosaurus ruled the earth!" banner was and the raptor murals. That was the one moment where I sat back and absorbed it and was brought back to the original feeling.

Maybe Rex's entrance at the end as well, but that was only because I read that apparently it is the same Rex. Had that article not come up I wouldn't have even pieced it together.

 

[Khev]

They're reshooting scenes of Stormtroopers being drowned and eaten by a Rancor.

A screaming woman will be beaten by a Gamorrean Guard until a Rancor picks up both of them and they all fall into a Sarlacc Pit.

 

[jye4ever]

Nothing for me will ever match that scene where the jeeps first pull up and stop and all the characters witness the first Brachiosaurus before them. As the music cues.

Cinematic perfection. I feel like the perspective of the film that everybody is so tired of these dinosaurs and wants a new monster kind of killed that feeling for me--which was intentional. The only time for me in this film that felt like it brought me back in a soulful way is when the kids stumbled into the old atrium where the "When dinosaurus ruled the earth!" banner was and the raptor murals. That was the one moment where I sat back and absorbed it and was brought back to the original feeling.

Maybe Rex's entrance at the end as well, but that was only because I read that apparently it is the same Rex. Had that article not come up I wouldn't have even pieced it together.

JP1 is still king for me in dinosaur land. But JW now comes second.

A screaming woman will be beaten by a Gamorrean Guard until a Rancor picks up both of them and they all fall into a Sarlacc Pit.

That's more like it.

 

[Khev]

I did wonder if they'd go the "Deep Blue Sea" route and have Claire get scooped up into the T-Rex's mouth for using herself as live bait.

I liked that they made the "hero" of this film the hunter/tracker dude. Those guys (Quint/Billy/Muldoon) almost always die so it was a bit unusual to see the guy most qualified to live...actually live.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Directed by Eli Roth??? I *told* you that studios were going to try and top Zara's death.

Eli Roth to Direct Shark Movie ‘Meg’ | Variety

Megalodon has been around forever. Ugh!

As they say: size has nothing to do with it.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Nothing for me will ever match that scene where the jeeps first pull up and stop and all the characters witness the first Brachiosaurus before them.

Alway thought that looked pretty fake, even at the time.

But the T-rex sequence is really what that movie was all about. THAT blew me totally away... and made me come back for seconds, thirds and forths.

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

JP1 is still king for me in dinosaur land. But JW now comes second.

Absolutely. This and Lost World are about even for me. III sucked...and I loved the Spino but the movie was just awful.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

So "adding dinosaurs" to any other movie, even future JW films, absolutely will not be some magical guarantee of global dominance.

You're telling me that you wouldn't go see multiple times a film with Capt America riding a T Rex with laser like Kung Fury (which also got lots of views)?

 

[jye4ever]

Read this one:

Collins’ Crypt: JURASSIC PARK Is The Biggest Franchise That Shouldn’t Be A Franchise At All | Birth.Movies.Death.

 

[Khev]

You're telling me that you wouldn't go see multiple times a film with Capt America riding a T Rex with laser like Kung Fury (which also got lots of views)?

You see here's the thing. I like Captain America more than dinosaurs. I did not go see AoU or TWS twice on opening weekend. I did for Jurassic World.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Read this one:

Collins’ Crypt: JURASSIC PARK Is The Biggest Franchise That Shouldn’t Be A Franchise At All | Birth.Movies.Death.

Too many words, not compelling argument -- he forgot to mention Road Warrior or Empire as superior sequels.... only used the poo-poo examples.

 

[Xenoburger_]

I want to see a JP spin-off series called "Pleistocene Park" that focuses on all the great prehistoric mammals. Terror birds would be the Velociraptors, Mammoth/Mastodon and Paraceratherium would be the Sauropods, Elasmotherium and the other prehistoric rhinos would be the Triceratops' of the group, Andrewsarchus, Smilodon or Arctodus could be the T-Rex, etc, etc. Man I'd love to see that.

They could throw in some large prehistoric reptiles as well like the Titanoboa, Megalania and Sarco/Deinosuchus

 

[Khev]

Too many words, not compelling argument -- he forgot to mention Road Warrior or Empire as superior sequels.... only used the poo-poo examples.

And more bitching about Zara not deserving her fate. What a bunch of pansies these reviewers are.

In other news the "covered in poo" scene was cut due to being a tension killer both in its tone and length.

The Disgusting Jurassic World Scene That Got Cut - CINEMABLEND

 

[Khev]

Whoa, very cool blu-ray gift set!

 

[Wor-Gar]

Want that set.

 

[Khev]

Indominous had such an advantage being T-Rex size with those full front arms. It seemed wrong that the poor ankylosaurus was doing all it could to defend itself and Indominous just reached it's claws down under its shell and raked open the flesh underneath.

 

[CallMeTheDoctor]

OK, maybe I was wrong. Maybe I want to eat Claire.

Love me some Bryce.


Seems like Gwen Stacy gets the hottest actresses!

 

[WesMordine]

What a great movie!

I watched the original in theathers back in '93 (I'm 32), in Costa Rica (it was slightly insulting what they made to pass for San José, our capital, with the sea clearly seen in the background, but anyway...). And last year I watched it again in 3D, which was an absolute delight.

The feeling of nostalgia JW brought to me was overwhelming. That feeling of seeing old friends long gone. Just knowing from the beginning that this is the original Isla Nublar. The feeling of triumph after things had gone bad the first time. To see that park in full operation to the original John Williams theme...

Then the dread over seeing a huge mistake being made from a mile away, the hateful maneuverings of those who can only think of weaponry and profitting, and the sorrow that Hammond's dream, now realized, would fail because of greed all over again. Great sadness.

Huge sadness about the dinosaurs killed by the I-Rex. The scene with the brontosaurus... heartbreaking! Even the raptors. And the moment when even the T-Rex is a step away from death... it all struck a chord... pulled at the heartstrings in my nostalgic child from '93.

But the T-Rex being saved for that final fight was brilliance on the director and writers parts. Having T-Rex and Blue survive and kind of agree to spare eachother understanding they saved eachother. Brillinat stuff! I'm going to miss Blue. That part has really changed from JP: a raptor is the hero. Who would have thought? I'm renaming my dog Blue now...

This movie is a perfect homage to the original and to what those kids from 20 years ago loved. Very well done film!

So, where do I buy my T-Rex and Blue team up statue???

 

[jye4ever]

"It is on course to recoup its costs this week and becomes the fourth Universal film to earn back its money within 30 days of release, with the others being Fifty Shades Of Grey, Furious 7 and Pitch Perfect 2. That is the recipe for a helluva year at Universal."

 

[CallMeTheDoctor]

Too bad those other 3 movies are ****.