Jurassic World- Page 2

[Auggie27]

Posted: 6/18/15 at 9:00am

Oh, the deaths are decidedly senseless, but it's a rampaging dinosaur movie, not a Jacobean drama. (Of course, senseless deaths pile up there, too.) I am no fan of violence, but it's not a movie about those packing heat against other heat packers; it's about running like hell from flying creatures with big ol' teeth.  And its forever overstated message -- don't f--k with mama nature -- still resonates, even though it's now all but italicized in the dialog. I didn't want to see that poor distracted British nanny killed three times, but it's somehow become such a topic, it probably has served its bizarre purpose: to top the deaths in other movies (remember the outhouse squatter? The spit-upon embryo stealer?)  And the tragic death of the large, wounded animal does have some Spielbergian reverence and offer a welcome, unhurried pause in the mayhem.  Formula?  Sure. I'm not so much cynical as accepting of pop culture's unquenchable taste for outsize action in such outre material.  I forked over my bucks on day 2, happily, so what did I expect? About what I got.  

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 6/18/15 at 11:26am

I think a lot of people go to these movies to see dinosaurs eat people. So they have to keep coming up with new ways to do it to top the other films. I didn't find what happened to the assistant that far out of line with some of the deaths in the other movies. And while it was violent (how could being eaten by a dinosaur not be violent?) there was no blood. And seeing (spoiler?) that Mosasaurus leap out of the water and snatch the pterodactyl out of the sky with the assistant in its mouth was AWESOME.

I saw the movie in 2D and the CGI effects were not blurred at all. I thought this was some of the best, most realistic CGI I've seen in a long time. 

And I appreciate that they still used animatronics as well. Even if it was only for a few scenes.

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 6/18/15 at 11:57am

My IMAX 3D viewing on a Tuesday night concluded with the audience breaking out in a round of applause. They were all pleased.

Yes - it is a dinosaur movie and people pretty much know going in that they are watching action with little plot, chase scenes, dinosaurs attacking people and other dinosaurs...a lack of those and you might as well watch Barney.

The Jurassic Park junkies were thrilled at the Jurassic World moments that paid homage to the predecessor... the t-shirt, the jeeps, the original visitor center banner, the new dinosaur roaring in the old visitor center, the t-rex roaring at the end of the movie etc

Jurassic World was an escape from reality for me. A blast back to the past. Absolutely wasn't expecting mind numbing story telling.

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 6/18/15 at 12:19pm

I love the first the Jurassic Park movie, and the first 2/3rds for he 2nd one. Maybe I am just getting overly sensitive to these big actions movies, but to me it felt like lazy film making. A death like that should have been reserved for a big bad guy so that there is some sense of climax and action, but instead we wasted time on that while of the plot with InGen goes totally undeveloped.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 6/20/15 at 7:46am

Saw this Thursday.  Although a couple of scenes were fun, I felt like there was nothing new to the story.  Watching it, I felt like I had already seen this movie. (Three times prior)  I thought the special effects were very good.  The acting didn't bother me as much as the familiar storyline.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 6/20/15 at 7:46am

Saw this Thursday.  Although a couple of scenes were fun, I felt like there was nothing new to the story.  Watching it, I felt like I had already seen this movie. (Three times prior)  I thought the special effects were very good.  The acting didn't bother me as much as the familiar storyline.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 6/20/15 at 7:46am

Double Post

Updated On: 6/20/15 at 07:46 AM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/21/15 at 11:42pm

Finally saw this today and had a great time. The first 20 minutes or so are rather slow and dumb, but once it got going, it was just fine. I saw the first movie in the theater three times. I was in high school. This go-around, they knew exactly how to hit our nostalgia bones. I really appreciated the small homages (Mr. DNA, the Hammond statue, the discarded banner and nightvision goggles). And it was nice to have Wu back.

I hated the product placement, until I realized it was there expressly for that reaction. Really, that and the kids riding a little unhappy triceratops were the closest things to horrifying for me about this movie. I don't like theme parks, and this pretty much hit every annoyed nerve I have about them!

Updated On: 6/21/15 at 11:42 PM

[Luscious]

Posted: 6/22/15 at 12:31am

Saw it today in IMAX 3D and thought it was one big yawn. The only way it could have been more predictable would be if I had already seen it. Oh wait...I did...20 years ago when it was called Jurassic Park. The recycled storyline was just plain lazy. And the dinos have lost their awe and magic. The whole thing had a been there, done that, and bought the t-shirt (literally) feel to it. The only scene that I found even remotely imaginative was the pterodactyl attack. Then again, with all the money it's making, I guess I'm in the minority. But it'll be the last Jurassic anything I see in a movie theater in this lifetime. Enough is enough already.

Updated On: 6/22/15 at 12:31 AM

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 6/22/15 at 10:30am

I was forced to see this last Friday.  The first JURASSIC PARK is my JAWS.  It scared the sh*t out of me...and I was way to old for that.  I chalk it up to being in a really messed up space my first summer back from college.  Spoilers follow.

I just kept saying, 'This is the stupidest movie I've seen in forever.'  Pratt wasn't allowed to be Pratt-y, the children should have been devoured, the great Judy Greer needed stop crying and Howard may be my new Helen Hunt.  The level of irrational hate she inspires in me is alarming.

And yet...I still had a great time.  Generally, I go to these movies to watch humans be destroyed and this delivered!  Oh, that poor assistant.  She didn't deserve such a cruel end, but GOD was it satisfying.  I would have liked to have seen Vincent D'Onofrio suffer far more, but alas.  And...and I cannot believe I'm saying this...allowing Jake Johnson to out-funny Chris Pratt made him far hotter...at least to me.  I mean, Pratt looked great, but none of his natural charm was used to help shade this movie.  But whatever...the pterodactyl attack was worth everything.  And that final leap out of the water by that megaladon-esque creature was HILARIOUS.  

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/22/15 at 4:29pm

Yea, in a really terrible kind of way.  It's looked like a sick whale.