Post by Rob W. Case on Oct 23, 2018 22:23:31 GMT -6
The Story:
Due to the innumerable disasters that befell the Jurassic World theme park three years ago, the park is closed down, the island abandoned, and the dinosaurs are roaming around free, fending for themselves.
Now, all life on Isla Nublar is about to be destroyed by a volcano, and in the U.S. and Europe there is a raging political debate concerning the future and the lives of the dinosaurs. Should they be rescued, or should they be left to die? Dr. Ian Malcom (Jeff Goldblum-from the first two Jurassic Park films) advises in front of a Senate investigative committee to let the dinosaurs die in the volcano. “Dinosaur rights” activists have mobilized all over the world to support the effort to rescue them. And so, after the senate rejects funding to move the dinosaurs off the island, Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), who was the former operations manager of the Jurassic World theme park, and now leads the save the dinosaurs movement, is called to the estate of John Hammond’s partner Benjamin Lockwood, where she meets the executor of his estate, Eli Mills (Rafe Spall). Mills needs Dearing’s knowledge and expertise to help evacuate a substantiated number of dinosaurs to the other island. Mills also stresses the importance of finding Blue, the last velociraptor of her kind, which prompts Dearing to recruit Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), who personally trained Blue, to find Blue and to help her in this effort.
As the effort unfolds, we also see a diabolical agenda in the works and insidious intentions go untempered. While Benjamin Lockwood (James Cromwell) is rest assured that Mills is fulfilling a moral obligation to rescue as many dinosaurs as he possibly can, he is completely unaware that Mills is exploiting the rescue effort to reallocate dinosaurs to an underground auction ring (right under Lockwood's nose), where he is selling them to the highest bidder. From there, lives (including that of Claire and Owen) are in danger, and the words of Dr. Ian Malcom, “life finds a way”, takes on a new meaning as the world develops into a new jungle.
My Take:
There are things that I liked about this movie, and things that I really didn’t like. The movie starts off with suspense via a struggle with a t-rex and a helicopter. It also shows more dinosaurs that we Jurassic Park fans would like to see more of (like brontosauruses, triceratops, stegosauruses, and pterodactyls, just to name a few). Also, the volcano eruption is quite epic (though sad) as dinosaurs get “lost” in the billows of smoke, or are struggling to stay afloat as they jump or fall into the ocean to prevent being burned to death. And yet, another critical question remains. Is Jurassic Park descending further into B Movie territory? I mean, what I didn’t like about this movie is that it has more cheesy B-movie aspects than its predecessor did. For example, head mercenary of the rescue group Ken Wheatley (Ted Levine) is an annoying, antagonistic character. who is pushy and conceited, and ends up shooting Blue, He even tries to protect Bill Mills, as he waits to get his “cut” of the big bucks. In one scene, Wheatley pulls the tooth from a caged Indoraptor as a “trophy” for himself. Also, as the movie unfolds the character of Eli Mills begins to fit the caricature of a typical B-Movie villain. In addition to that, the predictability of one of Hammond’s scientists, Dr. Wu (from the first film) comes to fruition, as he becomes a villain in participating and protecting his unethical experiments with an eye for profits being the motivation. Also, as one of the most dangerous of genetically engineered dinosaurs breaks loose, we see him end up on top of the mansion with thunder rolling and lightning cracking letting out a roar in the moonlight, before quietly and carefully opening the door handle on the bedroom door of Lockwood’s supposed granddaughter to eat her. Another thing that added to the B movie affect was the soundtrack of the choir and orchestra when the movie comes into a climactic moment of suspense. It kind of reminded me of The Omen (1976) during the more suspenseful scenes. At any rate, even with movies like these, believability, I believe, should be key. There shouldn’t be a continued erosion of it as new movies are added to an already popular film series.
At any rate, out of 4 stars, I would have to give Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 2 stars.
The movie is rated PG-13 and runs 2 hours and 8 minutes.
To view a trailer for the movie, please click the “play” button on the video below.
Trailer 1:
Trailer 2:
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is available to buy on the 4K-HD, Blu-ray, and DVD formats. It is also available on various streaming services as well. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is also available to rent at Redbox kiosk machines everywhere.
Due to the innumerable disasters that befell the Jurassic World theme park three years ago, the park is closed down, the island abandoned, and the dinosaurs are roaming around free, fending for themselves.
Now, all life on Isla Nublar is about to be destroyed by a volcano, and in the U.S. and Europe there is a raging political debate concerning the future and the lives of the dinosaurs. Should they be rescued, or should they be left to die? Dr. Ian Malcom (Jeff Goldblum-from the first two Jurassic Park films) advises in front of a Senate investigative committee to let the dinosaurs die in the volcano. “Dinosaur rights” activists have mobilized all over the world to support the effort to rescue them. And so, after the senate rejects funding to move the dinosaurs off the island, Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), who was the former operations manager of the Jurassic World theme park, and now leads the save the dinosaurs movement, is called to the estate of John Hammond’s partner Benjamin Lockwood, where she meets the executor of his estate, Eli Mills (Rafe Spall). Mills needs Dearing’s knowledge and expertise to help evacuate a substantiated number of dinosaurs to the other island. Mills also stresses the importance of finding Blue, the last velociraptor of her kind, which prompts Dearing to recruit Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), who personally trained Blue, to find Blue and to help her in this effort.
As the effort unfolds, we also see a diabolical agenda in the works and insidious intentions go untempered. While Benjamin Lockwood (James Cromwell) is rest assured that Mills is fulfilling a moral obligation to rescue as many dinosaurs as he possibly can, he is completely unaware that Mills is exploiting the rescue effort to reallocate dinosaurs to an underground auction ring (right under Lockwood's nose), where he is selling them to the highest bidder. From there, lives (including that of Claire and Owen) are in danger, and the words of Dr. Ian Malcom, “life finds a way”, takes on a new meaning as the world develops into a new jungle.
My Take:
There are things that I liked about this movie, and things that I really didn’t like. The movie starts off with suspense via a struggle with a t-rex and a helicopter. It also shows more dinosaurs that we Jurassic Park fans would like to see more of (like brontosauruses, triceratops, stegosauruses, and pterodactyls, just to name a few). Also, the volcano eruption is quite epic (though sad) as dinosaurs get “lost” in the billows of smoke, or are struggling to stay afloat as they jump or fall into the ocean to prevent being burned to death. And yet, another critical question remains. Is Jurassic Park descending further into B Movie territory? I mean, what I didn’t like about this movie is that it has more cheesy B-movie aspects than its predecessor did. For example, head mercenary of the rescue group Ken Wheatley (Ted Levine) is an annoying, antagonistic character. who is pushy and conceited, and ends up shooting Blue, He even tries to protect Bill Mills, as he waits to get his “cut” of the big bucks. In one scene, Wheatley pulls the tooth from a caged Indoraptor as a “trophy” for himself. Also, as the movie unfolds the character of Eli Mills begins to fit the caricature of a typical B-Movie villain. In addition to that, the predictability of one of Hammond’s scientists, Dr. Wu (from the first film) comes to fruition, as he becomes a villain in participating and protecting his unethical experiments with an eye for profits being the motivation. Also, as one of the most dangerous of genetically engineered dinosaurs breaks loose, we see him end up on top of the mansion with thunder rolling and lightning cracking letting out a roar in the moonlight, before quietly and carefully opening the door handle on the bedroom door of Lockwood’s supposed granddaughter to eat her. Another thing that added to the B movie affect was the soundtrack of the choir and orchestra when the movie comes into a climactic moment of suspense. It kind of reminded me of The Omen (1976) during the more suspenseful scenes. At any rate, even with movies like these, believability, I believe, should be key. There shouldn’t be a continued erosion of it as new movies are added to an already popular film series.
At any rate, out of 4 stars, I would have to give Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 2 stars.
The movie is rated PG-13 and runs 2 hours and 8 minutes.
To view a trailer for the movie, please click the “play” button on the video below.
Trailer 1:
Trailer 2:
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is available to buy on the 4K-HD, Blu-ray, and DVD formats. It is also available on various streaming services as well. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is also available to rent at Redbox kiosk machines everywhere.
