JURASSIC WORLD v.2 (Dragonlord's Review)

[minute bull]

I take it you didn't like Jurassic World?

Yeah, it's odd. JURASSIC PARK and JURASSIC WORLD are nearly identical to each other, with the latter boasting better special effects. Maybe it even performed better than its predecessor at the box office, too. They both have weirdly shoe-horned family dynamics that are oddly resolved, or perhaps non-resolved. By many accounts WORLD should be just as good if not better than PARK -- so why does it fail so, so miserably?

 

[weich]

Yeah, it's odd. JURASSIC PARK and JURASSIC WORLD are nearly identical to each other, with the latter boasting better special effects. Maybe it even performed better than its predecessor at the box office, too. They both have weirdly shoe-horned family dynamics that are oddly resolved, or perhaps non-resolved. By many accounts WORLD should be just as good if not better than PARK -- so why does it fail so, so miserably?

I don't think JW did anything better than JP.

For one, the characters are largely ridiculous. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are likable enough, but the kids, the billionaire owner, the kids' parents, all of them are bland. Not interesting enough to cheer for or interesting enough to hate. The bad guys, BD Wong and Vincent D'Onofrio are not bad enough to really root against.

The military angle was ridiculous too. Dinosaurs would be shitty weapons in war. Riding along side the raptors was not inspiring or awesome, it was ridiculous.

Many of the plot devices were just ridiculous, including the idea that a dinosaur expert would lead people into a cage to look for a dinosaur that seemingly vanished out of thin air. They had cameras all over that enclosure, they didn't have any cameras that would show a massive animal climbing up and over? It wouldn't have been seen by anyone? You don't assume that the thermal sensors are somehow not working and instead assume this thing just got out?

They also made weird decisions, like having the assistant suffer arguably the worst death in the movie for what reason? In JP the lawyer suffered a pretty gruesome death, but there were reasons to dislike/hate him. The assistant had those kids thrust upon her and then they run away from her while she tries to find them. She gets butchered for that?

JW was a spectacle, but it was a boring story with shitty characters and lot of terrible moments.

 

[Guestx]

Yeah, it's odd. JURASSIC PARK and JURASSIC WORLD are nearly identical to each other, with the latter boasting better special effects. Maybe it even performed better than its predecessor at the box office, too. They both have weirdly shoe-horned family dynamics that are oddly resolved, or perhaps non-resolved. By many accounts WORLD should be just as good if not better than PARK -- so why does it fail so, so miserably?

The movie wasn't everything I hoped it would be and more, and it's nowhere near as good as the first film, but I still thought it was an overall enjoyable experience. It was definitely a hell of a lot better than Lost World or JP III so I saw it as the series taking some real steps to get back on track.

 

[minute bull]

What did you like about it?

The military angle was ridiculous too. Dinosaurs would be shitty weapons in war. Riding along side the raptors was not inspiring or awesome, it was ridiculous.

Yeah you don't see too many lions being incorporated in modern day warfare. But who knows, maybe that's a mistake.

They also made weird decisions, like having the assistant suffer arguably the worst death in the movie for what reason? In JP the lawyer suffered a pretty gruesome death, but there were reasons to dislike/hate him. The assistant had those kids thrust upon her and then they run away from her while she tries to find them. She gets butchered for that?

I've been thinking about that, and I think the lawyer was depicted at about the same level of asshole as the assistant -- but her death seemed to go on and on. Where was Rose McGowan then? AT HOME. WASHING HER TIGHTS.

 

[weich]

What did you like about it?

Yeah you don't see too many lions being incorporated in modern day warfare. But who knows, maybe that's a mistake.

I've been thinking about that, and I think the lawyer was depicted at about the same level of asshole as the assistant -- but her death seemed to go on and on. Where was Rose McGowan then? AT HOME. WASHING HER TIGHTS.

What did the assistant do that was assholish?

The lawyer was setup as a profit driven asshole, who mocked people without money, and abandoned the kids the second they were in danger. He had zero redeeming qualities.

 

[weich]

All I'm saying is no one deserves to be eaten alive.

Not in real life, but it's hard to have a good monster movie without having someone eaten alive.

 

[ShoelessRye]

I liked it enough. There was certain satisfaction in seeing the park up and running after 20 years. The sense of wonder from the first one when the cars go through the giant wooden door was there in this one when you first see the overview of the open park. I probably won't see the next one in theaters though - I already dread the storyline teased in this one. Kids in this one sucked, I found Timmy and Lex more likable and convincing. These two were brutal, the divorce aspect was really bad. Pratt and Bryce were good enough, though no Neil and Dern, played a little too campy, but did have their moments. The scene where Bryce looks up and sees all the dino's killed for sport by I-Rex was very good.

Basically the characters were all severely lacking on this one compared to the first. This was a nostalgia film and served it's purpose, but maybe it's just my age being 20 years older, but the magic wasn't there. JP was ahead of it's time with CGI and the like, now it's so done and over-exposed the dinosaurs weren't awe inspiring in and of themselves.

 

[minute bull]

Not in real life, but it's hard to have a good monster movie without having someone eaten alive.

Good point. You know where the film lost me? I won't give away exactly what happened but I screamed out, "WHAT THE FUCK IS JIMMY FALLON DOING IN THIS?"

 

[weich]

Good point. You know where the film lost me? I won't give away exactly what happened but I screamed out, "WHAT THE FUCK IS JIMMY FALLON DOING IN THIS?"

That was a little weird, but is so far down on my list of my complaints I forgot about it.

 

[heavyarms21]

I did like Jurassic World , despite its flaws thought it was entertaining , but did not expect it to be the massive hit it was last year though.

 

[Strange King]

Its truly weird this movie made so much money but people still go see the shitty fast n furious movies.

 

[ShoelessRye]

Good point. You know where the film lost me? I won't give away exactly what happened but I screamed out, "WHAT THE FUCK IS JIMMY FALLON DOING IN THIS?"

That was the shout out/homage to the first one where Hammond mentioned the voice (over) used is Richard Kiley and how they spared no expense.

 

[RedFoxOne]

LOL @ the respek between OGT-Rex and the Raptor at the end...

Jeeezus what a shit movie!