Too bad it’s a traditional Hollywood summer movie where the evil beast must be vanquished, the children saved, the cold female learns to love and the handsome hero is victorious. (I haven’t seen it or read this thread, but I know that’s how it has to go.) I think it would be more interesting if all the rich beautiful movie stars got devoured by the dinos, who, after eating all the humans set out on boats to reclaim the world, but that’s just me.
Just got back from seeing it. A good movie that I think could stand on it’s own without help from it being a part of the Jurassic Park franchise.
I’m surprised how I felt through the whole movie though. I’m going to spoiler because I feel people will visit this thread for reviews still and not want to be spoilered
I honestly felt a lot of sadness in the whole movie. There was so much innocence that was being hurt in the movie, unlike the first one where the people who died were the bad guys or just minor characters. The part with the dying Apatosauruses were heartbreaking. I also actually felt sad for BDH’s character because none of what happened was really her fault, and everything she worked so hard to perfect was just crumbling around her, never to be rectified (until the sequel that is). And I felt bad for the (yes I know they’re fake) families that visited this only to have it ruined. It actually distracted me from enjoying the movie a bit
I was also a tad disappointed
that there wasn’t more “Chris Pratt and his trained Raptors” sequences. I wanted him to be directing them like a military general, but all we got was a tacit understanding.
Also just want to mention THERE IS NO AFTER CREDITS SCENE. So for all you early-readers of this thread feel free to leave right after the movie.
I’m in line to see it in 45 minutes. The 7:30 was sold out so we have to wait an hour for the next showing. So just come back in an hour, right? No. Apparently every showing is selling out and people are lining up an hour early to make sure they get a good seat. There was already 100 people in line at 7:30. I’ve never seen that happen at my local theater, but I’m not into must blockbusters either so maybe I just missed it. I would not take part in this but it’s my daughter and two of her friends who want to see it.
Sounds like it’ll be good, I’ll let y’all know.
Claire keeping her heels on the whole time was the most ridiculous thing about the film. 
I loved Dr Wu pointing out how they never had real dinosaurs to begin with; they’ve always been hybrids and pure dinosaurs would look very different (nice way to protect them from Science Marches On trope).
Oh, and the little kids riding dinosaurs was corny and adorable as hell.
Supposedly the plans for the sequels involving focusing on InGen using dinosaurs for non-entertainment related purposes.
So now there’s a T-Rex and a Raptor roaming the island? Any chance they’ll team up to fight crime like Batman and Robin?
I can understand why an amusement park would want the guests hanging around the area with the restaurants and gift shops and whatnot, but it seemed like relatively few people were trying to see the, y’know, dinosaurs. Also, it seems kind of odd to herd 20,000 people into a large outdoor common area in a tropical zone. At the very least, it’d create a nasty bathroom problem. Why not direct everyone to return to their hotel rooms, to be called out when evacuation is ready?
And if most of the guests don’t have hotel rooms and were there on just a day trip, there should be lots of ferry capacity.
Stupid movie, but reasonably pretty.
It’s pretty fun, as expected, that’s about all I can say.I wasn’t blown away and got a little irritated at some of the plot, but it was fun.
One of the kids with us got scared and I had to step out with them so I missed some parts. Can anyone answer me this…
[spoiler]I really hated the scene where the scientist was explaining “well, we used some DNA from a certain animal and some of those animals can do X, so that explains why this dino can do X” excuse. Putting a little unrelated DNA in the mix always seems to give the dinosaur the one quality you don’t want. If you tried to freeze a dinosaur and it didn’t work, they’d explain that they used some DNA from birds and some birds such as penguins live in extremely cold climates, therefore the dinosaur must have super cold resistance.
I caught a snippet of the head scientist and the Ingen guy having a side deal going on but didn’t get any details. Did all of this happen on purpose? Did the scientist engineer the dino to be able to avoid infrared detection and bloodlust, or was it really a fluke of borrowed DNA?[/spoiler]
Loved the movie, but I thought the “twist” mentioned above was blatantly obvious as soon as they showed the I. Rex exhibiting hyper-intelligence and the scientists refusing to reveal the “secret”. Of course it had raptor blood. What else could it possibly be?
Questions that occurred to me:
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Since they have such amazing control over genetics, why not make all the dinos, especially the dangerous ones, vegetarians?
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Why not have some serious weaponry readily available? I’m talking tanks. Armored vehicles. Artillery. Maybe some A-10s and/or attack choppers.
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Think I caught a mistake. There were four raptors. One got blown up with a bazooka-like weapon. Then there are four raptors in the final confrontation with I. Rex.
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So is Star Lord hooking up with Not-Black Widow? (I had to check the credits, thought it looked a lot like her).
Nit picks and smart-assery aside, ultimately I rank movies on how much they entertain me. This one entertained the hell out of me. Great visuals, plenty of action, and some funny bits to top it off. Outstanding summer popcorn movie.
I plan to see it this afternoon. I remember when I saw Jaws for the first time, in the theater, and thought I had heard all the spoilers, like the head rolling out of the hole in the boat. Then there was the “I think we’re going to need a bigger boat scene” and I screamed along with the rest of the viewers.
I’ll report back later.
I thought it was a surprising good movie overall, but the raving feminist in me was disappointed in the broad gender stereotypes. A lovable rogue teaches the misguided career woman that what she really needs is a manly man and some babies. Yawn. How hard can it be to actually write characters?
Apparently the plan was to use the I-rex as a test platform for the abilities they wanted in raptors later, as the camo and heat ability would make them stealth weapons. (The whole militarized dino subplot was stupid as hell. We take heat for drone strikes, but no one will have a problem when US raptors EAT non-combatants, which would assuredly happen.)
I wasn’t too big on this one. A lot of the action was based on stupidity (seriously, they had practically nothing that could handle a dinosaur run amok, the whole island had one helicopter pilot, etc) and the story wasn’t just cliches - it was recycled cliches from the earlier films. Every single child protagonist in the films has had divorced or divorcing parents - it’s why Hammond’s grandkids were on the island in the first film, why Goldblum had his daughter in the second, why O’Niell’s character went there in the third and now this one. The undoing is always corrupt Ingen employees. Etc, etc.
I thought that the raptor/I. Rex started with three raptors, which were dispatched, and then Blue came running in, having somehow survived the bazooka. But I might be wrong about that.
I kind of loved that the dinosaurs were somehow given more personality than the human characters. I. Rex isn’t just an animal, she’s an evil dinosaur! Even the vicious T-Rex knows to fight the real enemy, instead of just eating the human prey it had been chasing. And then we have the raptors having to choose where their loyalty lay, with strength and size like, you know, a pack animal would, or with their lovable trainer, who’s basically a walking snack. But then, who wouldn’t choose Chris Pratt?
Anyway, ridiculous as all of that was, I loved it. How could you not? It had a T-Rex/Raptor/Raptor-Rex fight and the dispatching of the evil dinosaur was just so satisfying. Our theater erupted into applause.
This is AAALLLLL Spielberg. He just cannot have a movie where the parents are available/good people and there isn’t come kind of family drama where the kids are the real heroes.
As for the very ending, this is what bugged me the most: The Maiosasaurus is dead as all getout because he’s stuck in a tank and has no ability (unlike the other dinos on the island) to get food. Unless one of the petting zoo kids wanders by the water for a drink, his lifespan is basically nil
Saw it last night and thought it was tons of fun. Not a deep story line, but hey… dinosaurs! The effects were great and as long as you just want some summer fun you won’t be disappointed.
Yes, I for one am one of those who wanted to read this to get a feel for if it’s worth seeing or not without it being ruined. I must say that after reading these posts my opinion of the film has gone up. I wasn’t planning on seeing it as it looked derivative and kinda stupid (the trained raptors in the trailers was originally the death knell for me)…
Why is “Paddock 9” containing a T-Rex within walking distance of Main Street USA? That seems like a poor choice of layout.
I’ve seen all three Jurassic Parks in the movie theater before this one, so to continue this tradition, I’ll be going to see it tonight, despite not going to the movies much anymore (I go…MAYBE once every other year).
The trailer is a bit deceptive (there is a shock) in that they are “trained” to the point of not eating him right away so he has enough time to escape, and they follow him on a hunt.
Looks like a movie where you know what will happen, five minutes into it.
I’ll wait for it to come to the “5 Dollar Night” cinema.
Because the public wants to see carnivores, and they’ve learnt how to safely manage them as visitor attractions (except for the raptors, which aren’t on display). Everything was going fine until they created Indominus rex.
That think that was the T-Rex Kingdom, which was accessible from Main Street.
My favorite line read, in the control center:
Woman (weeping) “There’s a breach in the aviary!”