Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Three years after Jurassic World was destroyed, Isla Nublar now sits abandoned. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
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Overrated
The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
As an actor in this sequel, even less involving than its predecessor, I'd be keen to move on to other challenges and file this outing under 'mistake'. None of the players comes out of it with credit. In their defence, the script they were handed is about as dire as they come. However, they could have declined. The money must have been too good for some and the second tier will have been extremely glad to be cast in a major and now legendary franchise. But even they must now know it could have a dampener on future prospects. The two tag-alongs setting out to save the dinos over-acted out of their skins in highly improbable roles, especially the geeky tech guy who thankfully seemed to have been largely sidelined by the second half of the movie. There were a large number of what are often called 'nods' to earlier Jurassic iterations. So many that, to me, it suggested both a lack of scriptwriter imagination and a patronising view of prospective audiences, who they must have expected to sigh with nostalgia at these blatantly constructed and clunky scenes. Overall I (and the three family members who watched it with me) feel it was a laughable attempt at extending this franchise long after its expiry date. The first two in the series became iconic cinematic milestones because the novelty value and highly credible acting was complemented by outstandingly good visual effects. This latest effort fails miserably in spite of great visuals because the other two were woefully absent.
Sometimes it looks like the more money in Hollywood involved the greater the drop of the IQ-level of the people involved in making the movie.JW: Fallen Kingdom - super-generic and redundant bs. No more I have to say to this.
Predictable, yes. But we the Jurassic Park lovers loved the scenes they recreated from the old movies and the music. That plus the new tech in movies is just awesome
A lot of action and excitement. My favourite Jurassic park movie so far. Sit down, relax, and enjoy 2 hours with fantastic action scenes, amazing effects and fascinating dinosaurs. Prepare for some tears for you sensitive souls out there cause this one is kinda sad to.