I know there is another thread with speculation on if the movie will suck or not. I’d like to hear from people who have actually seen the movie.
I have my tickets for 6:30 tonight at my favorite place to see movies and on their biggest screen so I’ll let you know what I think when I get home. I loved the original… hated the sequels and am hoping for the best with this one.
I would be interested in knowing if the other movies took place in regard to this movie.
Linky, please?
Apparently explicit reference is made to the first, the second and third are not referenced at all but also not explicitly retconned.
Well… here is my review. We didn’t get to see it. The power was out at the theater. I booked my tickets three weeks in advance and picked the best seats in the house. There were 175 people who booked seats for this show and we were the 2nd group to book. The power outage was apparently due to someone who “fixed” their air conditioning.
The power came on 5 minutes before show time but they decided to cancel our show completely. They could have moved us back to the next time but they decided to screw us and not inconvenience the later viewers.
I will give them credit that the manager called and apologized and offered to get us into a show any time else this weekend (but I doubt they will be good seats) but it just isn’t the same as seeing a show on opening night, which I’ve been looking forward to for some time.
Again I can’t fault the theater for the power outage, I just think they should have pushed every other show back an hour or so instead of just cancelling us so they could get back on track.
Oh such bad luck!
To prep for Jurassic World - I recently re-watched * Jurassic Park* &* Lost World: Jurassic Park,* as well as re-read the first novel (didn’t have the time or inclination to watch JPIII or read the novel sequel)
We attended a Friday “twilight” viewing (4:30) - the theater was about 3/4 full - good mix of families with kids, teens & adults. The trailers seemed aimed at a teen/tween audience - *Minions *& Hunger Games 4 are the 2 I remember.
*Jurassic World *had a good dose of the sense of wonder of the original, with some great full-body shots of lots of different dinos - and some great practical effects as well, apparently by some of Stan Winston’s former employees. Speaking of whom, watch for a nice tribute/easter egg for Winston - along with Malcolm. Hammond’s tribute is pretty obvious. I was a bit sad they didn’t seem to work anything in to reference Grant or Sattler tho. There’s quite a few callbacks to the original film overall - although BD Wong is the only returning character.
Pratt’s “trained raptors” come off better in the film than in the trailers, IMHO, and the hybrid dino (Indominus Rex - and yes, they make fun of the name in the film) made for a good baddie/force of nature. Most of the other dinos just make cameos along the way - tho there’s a fun scene featuring some ankylosaurus.
I’ll admit to being a Chris Pratt fangirl, but I think he did a good job as the protagonist/hero. Bryce Dallas Howard aka Claire starts off as rather unlikable, but becomes surprisingly badass, in her own way. (I wish there had been a callback to Pratt’s comment about her shoes - those stilettos survived the whole experience in remarkably good shape!) The two boys (Ty Simpkins & Nick Robinson) filled their roles decently enough - thankfully there was no “This is UNIX - I know this!” moment. I knew nothing of Vincent D’Onofrio’s character going in - he was a lot of fun and certainly seemed to be enjoying his role.
I loved all the corporate sponsorships - just like what you see in a real theme park. Being a Disneyland/Walt Disney World fan, I appreciated all the little details they put in – the interactive elements, the bored park workers, etc. I imagine they pulled in some of the Universal Studios designers as consultants on this.
They also reiterated the “just because we can, doesn’t mean we should” themes from the first film & novel - while adding the military weaponization possibilities. There’s also a setup for a sequel (naturally!)
Overall - it was a good summer SFX-heavy movie - not quite as good as the original, but beating both the sequels by a wide margin. My favorite film of the summer so far is still Mad Max: Fury Road but Jurassic World was still worth watching and I may try to see it again before it leaves the theater - especially if we can recreate the experience of seeing the first film at a drive in during a thunderstorm!
I read on IMDB that World is considered a direct sequel to the first movie and the second and third are considered canon but are not referenced. The second and third also took place on a different island (site B/Isla Sorna). I did not see anything directly referencing 2 and 3 in this movie except for the use of a skeleton of a certain dino and pterosaurs that were seen in those movies.
I loved it. I think it had a lot of the feel of the original, humor when appropriate, people doing stupid things and getting eaten, dinos eating people, oohs and ahs then running and screaming. I would not be averse to a whole new trilogy.
And what the heck is the deal with Chris Pratt? Why is he so damn lovable? Even my boyfriend remarked that he would not be averse to Pratt being in a reboot of Indiana Jones. This was a huge deal! He loves Indiana Jones, I couldn’t believe he would be okay with anyone else being Indy. I think Chris Pratt may be using some sort of mind control on us … but that’s okay.
Really cool little touch with the spinosaurus skeleton…
When they release the tyrannosaurus and draw it towards the I. rex (using a flare, too, in a tribute to the original!) the tyrannosaurus charges straight through a spinosaurus skeleton that was set up as a centerpiece for the park, demolishing it easily, before facing the real threat. Really gives a sense that these film makers realize that the way they treated the spinosaurus in JPIII was stupid
Also… You my boy, Blue!
It was really fun! The story was blah, IMHO, but who needs that. We’ve got a freakin’ gigantic:
DINO FIGHT !!! HOLY SHIT, FUCKING COOL!
Chris Pratt makes a great protagonist. He’s the hero-at-heart type of fuzzy dude that’ll hang out for a hockey game. Bryce Dallas was good, but her character was sort of dull. The kids were really good as well! Also nice to see Vincent D’Onofrio again. Hell, did he drink some beer or what?
The action sequences make this flick fantastic. I seriously did not think we’d have that much dinosaur action. I really, really loved:
[SPOILER] Pterodactyls were awesome. That lasted, what, 10 minutes? Damn cool and freaky!
The Gyroshpere/Hamsterball was scary. After that Indominous Rex thing easily pops its claw straight through the bulletproof glass and tries to eat it, then lifting it and stomping on it was completely unexpected. Probably because it’s not a real one!
The Mosasaurus leaping from the water at numerous times was just really fucking cool and real looking. I’d go to this park to see that. Nah, I wouldn’t. I’d probably move to Russia if anyone decided to open this in central America.
And the twist near the end. At least for me: I didn’t even THINK that hellish new dino would have RAPTOR DNA! These scientist are super, super awful at predicting probable outcomes for these creatures. I wonder if they know about acids and bases. [/SPOILER]
Overall it was super-summer film fun, so go see it in 3D! Worth it.
But… here’s some things that bugged me, as I am always a picky, little bastard with films:
[SPOILER] How in the hell does Claire keep her fucking high heels on running through a muddy jungle? Explain, please.
That Jeep could still run?
A big one: Why would the most secure and most technologically advanced theme park with dinosaurs NOT HAVE CELL RECEPTION throughout the this huge jungle. Humans have to go these areas quite often, don’t they? A big open field, a high tech Gyrosphere, and the poor kid driving couldn’t hear aunt Claire telling them to flee. And Verizon was a sponsor for one of their attractions!
The dialogue was absolutely terrible. The jokes were just plain hokey. How many times have we heard lines like, “She/He/It’s a killing machine!” And then the boring, “My assistant. She’s good. She’s British.” Good fucking grief. [/SPOILER]
And now I have a question about…
… the poor British assistant who was flung around everywhere. Was she eaten by the Mosasaurus in the water? Somehow I missed this. Thanks in advance!
Do we really need spoiler boxes in the “seen it” thread? IMO if someone comes in here who hasn’t seen it yet then they would have no business complaining about open spoilers.
And to your last question, yes the poor girl was also eaten by the mosasaurus.
Well, we are re-booked for tonight. Not quite as good of seats though. I’m hoping it works out a little better tonight.
I haven’t seen it yet, but that’s the vibe I get from the reviews I’ve read.
I didn’t use them when I first wrote it, but others did, so i added the boxes for safety. Kinda like the Gyrospheres! 
And yes, others cites say the British cutie was inside the Pterodactyl when the Pterodactyl was eaten by the mosasaurus. So that makes a turducken, then? Mosa-actyl-human?
Yeah, I caught a flash of British cutie assistant leg in the mosasarus’s mouth. Looked like she was swallowed whole, with the pterodactyl as a crunchy wrapper. Man, those dinosaurs really love English food, don’t they?
I don’t think she was inside it, he had grabbed her with one of his claws and was flying up when the mosasaurus grabbed them. You just don’t see her in that view once the pterosaur is grabbed. I don’t think they could eat her whole, in fact it seemed like their intent was to rip her apart. The thing that bothered me most about the ptero scenes were that they had already attempted to lift a couple other adult humans but could not and ended up dropping them. But apparently, she was so light that not only could they lift her they tossed her around like a rag doll. But I am willing to overlook it because I love pterosaurs. I wish they’d worked a Quetzalcoatus into the script.
I don’t know why. I hear they boil everything, including bread.
:rolleyes:
Have not seen JW yet, but I did see this today: “Chris Pratt is signed on for more Jurassic World movies” (Chris Pratt: Jurassic World sequels are in his contract | EW.com)
I hope they will be movies about theme parks with dinosaurs that attack the people there, 'cause that would be cool to see.
I can’t see how a theme park could survive having numerous customers injured or eaten by the attractions, let alone have anyone who would want to go back there again. Subsequent movies would have to be along the lines of a clean-up operation. I just hope they don’t re-use the plot of JPIII.