It is better than the previous Jurassic World, but...
despite there being a much more talented director on board with a very good cinematography and well-balanced pacing (editing), the movie still has many flaws.
Plotwise, the first half of the story is almost a repeat of The Lost World, with a team of 'good' dino-lovers vs the military scoundrels stealing all the dinosaurs off the island.
The second part is more original, altough i had the feeling that Bayona tried too hard at adapting the jurassic franchise into his own gothic horor world with references to haunted houses and Nosferatu. Also,
why would they trasport the dino's to the mansion, if the 'generic bad guy nr1' didn't want the elder Hammond replacement character to know about it, in the first place?
This brings me to another comment and perhaps the greatest weakness of the film: the cardboard characters. I practically LOVE Toby Jones in everything, but here it was all too much a caricature. The younger students served no purpose to the plot whatsoever and Jeff Goldbumm, well... he cashed his cheque and money found a way. Characters were one of the strongest elements in the original Jurassic Park, which was all about the arc of its visitors more than just a run-of-the-mill monsters gone wild movie. Let's wait anonther three years to see who's the next creative arthouse director they can convince to make a heavilly marketed monster movie.
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Movie comment on Fire Birds
LyndonBarry
Loved this when I was 8 years old when I wasn't able to see that this was a poorly made version of Top Gun.Movie comment on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
LyndonBarry
It is better than the previous Jurassic World, but...despite there being a much more talented director on board with a very good cinematography and well-balanced pacing (editing), the movie still has many flaws.
Plotwise, the first half of the story is almost a repeat of The Lost World, with a team of 'good' dino-lovers vs the military scoundrels stealing all the dinosaurs off the island.
The second part is more original, altough i had the feeling that Bayona tried too hard at adapting the jurassic franchise into his own gothic horor world with references to haunted houses and Nosferatu. Also,
This brings me to another comment and perhaps the greatest weakness of the film: the cardboard characters. I practically LOVE Toby Jones in everything, but here it was all too much a caricature. The younger students served no purpose to the plot whatsoever and Jeff Goldbumm, well... he cashed his cheque and money found a way. Characters were one of the strongest elements in the original Jurassic Park, which was all about the arc of its visitors more than just a run-of-the-mill monsters gone wild movie. Let's wait anonther three years to see who's the next creative arthouse director they can convince to make a heavilly marketed monster movie.
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LyndonBarry
A very witty 21st century re-interpretation of Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain. Better than La grande bellezza IMO.Movie comment on Terminal
LyndonBarry
Where was Tom Hanks with an eastern-European accent?