Jurassic World: Dominion full review below (once I calmed down)
In short:
WOO HOO DINOSAURS!!
Much nostalgia!
(lots of coincidences too, but who cares? )
WOO HOO DINOSAURS !!!!!!!
The Good-
Need I say it again?
DINOSAURS!!!! WOO HOO!
By the boatload!
Everywhere!
Of all types!
Both scary and with the impressive "awe" factor they had in the original!
Woo Hoo!
Classics like the Tyrannosaur being heroic, and the return of the cool looking (if wildly inaccurate) Dilophosaurus.
Allosaurus, Baryonx, ceratopsians and dromaeosaurs of all types.
DIMETRODONS! WE LOVE THOSE!
ANABELLE GOT A HERD OF PARASAUROLOPHUS!
THEY EXPLAINED THE OLD ONES DIDN'T BECAUSE OF SPLICING.
SPLICING WAS WITH THE MORE LOGICAL THAN FROGS MONITOR LIZARDS!
WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Action, Thrills, Suspense!
Parts of it felt like one of the good James Bond films but with (WOO HOO!) dinosaurs!
Chase scenes!
Poppy uppy jump scares!
Hiding while awesome dinosaurs walk around!
It's a double capstone!
The bad guy is from one of the opening scenes in the first film, "WE'VE GOT DODGSON HERE!"
Spoilers- He gets eaten...horribly. Ha Ha!
Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum bring back the scientific experts of Doctors Grant, Sattler and Malcom for one last ride.
Alan and Ellie finally together!
Ian is at maximum Jeff Goldblummyness!
Doctor Wu finally redeems himself!
New People!
Kayla and Ramsey are new faces that contribute HEAVILY to the plot and action without getting in the leads' ways.
Maisie is still somewhat of a McGuffin, but a very proactive McGuffin.
There are other people around.
They are not dinosaurs, but they can't help that now can they?
It's a giant ball of fun with constant call backs to the things that made us love the franchise in the first (and second) place.
Like DINOSAURS!!! WOO HOO!
The Arguable:
There are a huge amount of timing coincidences.
But if there weren't the film would be six hours long, and that extra time wouldn't have dinosaurs in it.
The main plot involved giant, genetically engineered bugs wrecking the world's food supply.
But this way, they could be destroyed and the dinosaurs could remain. Also the dinosaurs could run around being awesome without us worrying about plot related issues with them.
The main characters (current and past) had "plot armor" meaning we knew they'd survive.
But they darn well better had survived.
Or, as Anabelle put it, "If Ellie goes, I'm going out that door right after."
As with the entire franchise, they insist on using lesser known dinosaur names for animals that could have been easily referenced by more commonly known species.
But this does not include accurately pulling up some deep dive creatures like Therizinosaurus. (The one with the big claws.) It means stuff like calling the sauropod that could have easily been a Diplodocus or Apatosaurus "Dreadnaughtus" after one of the more newly discovered Titanosaurs.
Still it is a DINOSAUR WOO HOO!
Maisie did not turn out to be a were-dinosaur after all.
But I feel like this is just a concern for Anabelle and I.
The Bad:
It ended.
I did not have time to spend the entire week in a theater watching it over and over again.
3 comments:
I neglected the franchise after the second or third movie...and your post makes me regret that.
But as we discussed before...how do we find time for all these shows and movies???????
So...what's happening in the Jurassic World? Is it still contained in a park. Or are dinosaurs everywhere now?
Is this really the final movie?
Well, for me, being Dinosaur obsessed since my earliest memories, there is always time for these films.
The original blew me away, with its combination of impressive moments and action. Jurassic Park II and III, both connected to the "other island" they grew dinosaurs on, while I did love the dinosaurs, had some obvious flaws.
Jurassic World returned (with a new park) to the working combination of the original. Its first sequel (still with good dinosaur stuff) added more obvious sci fi and horror elements. This new one has a little bit of everything. The Dinos are free roaming, but there are several cases of them localized in an area for greater dramatic effect.
I'm going again tomorrow morning when Anabelle and Rosa are both busy with other things. (There's always time for Dinosaurs)
OK, saw it again. It is a very satisfying ending, and could finish here.
However, there are concentrated groups of Dinosaurs some places, and other groups spread all over, so there's no reason they couldn't come up with other good stories if they wanted to.
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