JURASSIC WORLD - review

JURASSIC WORLD
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Cast: Christ Pratt, Bruce Dallas-Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Irrfan Khan, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, BD Wong, Judy Greer, Lauren Lapkus

Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nubar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor's interest, which backfires horribly. 

welcome to JURASSIC WORLD

So, if you're anything like me and you were a MASSIVE fan of Spielberg's JURASSIC PARK, then you've probably been hanging out for this film for the last 12 months at least. I was so excited when I heard that a new film was joining the franchise and I could not wait to jump right back into the magical world of dinosaurs. I was so excited in fact, that I stayed up WAY past nana o'clock and went to the midnight screening on opening day at my local IMAX cinema. It got to about 10pm and I was seriously regretting my decision to get tickets - I hated past me for thinking it was a good idea to do that to myself.

everyone has cell phones at the ready to record a dinosaur eating a shark

Not to worry though, about 15 minutes in and I was no longer regretting my decision to stay up past nana o'clock. I was swept away in the glorious wonder that was JURASSIC WORLD. Now by no means does it live up to the original - one of my favourite films of all times - but it does come in equal second with THE LOST WORLD for me. It was much more of an action film than a sci-fi/horror film, but I still really enjoyed myself. The film gave enough links to the previous films in the franchise that people who haven't seen any of the originals (if any of those people exisit) can catch up with what's going on, and people who haven't seen the film in the last 15 years, get a refresher, but it didn't dwell too long on anything, not even the setting up of the current park. I liked that about the film, it left much more time available for the running and the screaming.

Trevorrow creates some marvelous action sequences that fulfilled all my desires for the running and the screaming and the dinosaur chasing, but he also gave us an excellent glimpse into what life is like in the land of JURASSIC WORLD. People are bored with the ordinary, even if the ordinary is bloody dinosaurs. People are always wanting more, more technology, more excitement, more, more, more. Companies are always wanting more money, so they give the people more, because more for the people means more money for them. So, hey, why don't we just create a new hybrid dinosaur with little bits of everything, let's not learn about what it's capabilities are, or figure out how to control it and worst case scenario eliminate it, because that's not what the people want.

then later there's the running and the screaming

The budding relationship between Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas-Howard) is predictable, like the rest of the storyline, but I still enjoyed it. I liked that she stayed in her heels the whole time, even if I did keep thinking, as if they are that durable, as if they haven't broken yet, as if she hasn't gone "screw this I'm taking off my shoes".  Plenty of people didn't though, there has been massive uproar and claims of sexism and blah blah blah. Here's my theory - Claire wore high heels to work that day because she works in a corporate environtment. She probably wears heels every day becausae that's who she is, that's her style. She probably doesnt even own a pair of boots. She would probably suck at running in boots because she doesn't wear them. Owen calls her out for her ridiculous shoes and you think "man, she is going to struggle in those shoes." But, she doesn't, because those shoes are part of who she is. I would have for sure kicked them off, even though common sense would tell me that running barefoot in the jungle is pretty damn dangerous, I would have broken an ankle trying to run in them! Anyway, basically who cares, she wore her shoes through all the gory chase scenes, big deal.

she's been at work you guys - leave her alone

You know what people really care about? Training velociraptors. That's what people really care about. That and Chris Pratt's muscles, I mean acting talent. Turly, I think he is a very talented actor, and I think they cast the film really well, not only with the main cast, but the supporting cast as well. The real heor of the film in my honest opinion is Jimmy Buffett, the margharita guy. He's got his priorities straight. I can't show you footage from Buffet's spectacular cameo, but here is a link to an animated version of what happened;

http://enerjax.tumblr.com/post/121434947242/its-obvious-who-stole-the-show-in-jurassicworld

training velociraptors...c'mon guys, it's not all about those guns

I'm not surprised JURASSIC WORLD is making millions of dollars and is now holds the record for making the most money on an opening weekend - grossing over 200,000,000 dollars. It was highly anticipated, and for most people I've spoken to has not disappointed. Not all the reviews out there are great, and the ending does stretch the limits of a fantasized reality quite a lot - I mean there is some serious dinosaur outrunning happening and I'm not convinced! But I really did enjoy watching this film and I will admit that I have seen it more than once already and will probably buy it on DVD and add it to my collection. I would recommend spending the 20-something dollars to go and see it at the cinema if you haven't already and I would even recommend spending the 30-something dollars to see it at IMAX, becuase who doesn't love 3 dimensional dinosaurs!


4 out of 5

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The Blonde Bombshell