Jurassic World

**FuryFox** · 20 Jun 2015, 02:32 AM

I can barely remember anything about the film and I saw it just a few days ago. Stuff happens but there's no heart, no vision. Artistically, competency is no substitute for ambition.

**EvilMog** · 21 Jun 2015, 10:05 PM

$1 billion.

**YellerDog** · 21 Jun 2015, 10:17 PM

Neat. More dinosaur movies.

**SamuraiMoogle** · 21 Jun 2015, 10:26 PM

How do the gyro spheres stay so clean? Don't they ride on the glass? Did I miss something about them? Did the kids get out and squeegee the shit off when they went off-roading?

**Drewbacca** · 22 Jun 2015, 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by YellerDog

I see it as colorful breakfast cereal. Not particularly nourishing, not an everyday food, but damn if it doesn't hit like 1993 where it needs to.

If you weren't 10 in 1993, your milage may vary. It's possible you may be Too Old.

Yeah this is what I felt like they advertised and delivered. Pratt played the hero and Howard the heroine roles really well. There were a lot of silly plot devices.

The new Rex was basically part whatever animal the plot needed and the ending w the raptor alpha switch was super Spielbergy. But that's what they said we'd get going in.

I saw it again in dbox seats. The asshole military guys retarded military guy character was even better the second time.

**Dolemite** · 22 Jun 2015, 01:30 AM

Just saw this. It was fun and solid but not outstanding. Pratt was good, though it was odd seeing him dial it down and play it like a generic action hero. I would have liked to have seen him inject a bit more personality into his role.

Loved the part where the kids are in the gyrosphere and one goes, "where are the dinosaurs?!" and the camera pans around and there's, like, 20 of lounging around five feet in front of them. That was so retarded.

And my girlfriend was pretty offended by the usual Hollywood scene where they basically try to tell the audience that women can't be complete until they squeeze out some kids. It was the scene where Bryce Dallas Howard (yum) is on the phone with her sister and and mentions "IF I have kids," and her sister immediately corrects her, saying "WHEN you have kids. OMG they're WORTH IT. *sob*" Then, of course, at the end when she's looking at her sister's family tearfully reunited, her gaze turns to Pratt and you just know she'll be pushing out his kids someday soon. Subtle programming to just be good citizens, procreate, work, and don't make waves.

And there were several of those "character tries to call other character with important info but the phone/walkie-talkie gets all filled with static" bits. I counted at least three or four of those.

Otherwise, decent movie. Pacing was fast and non-stop, casting was good, but there wasn't much of a story and overall it wasn't nearly as iconic as the original (how could it be?). And seeing an occasional puppet here or there would have been nice instead of relying on CG for every single dino shot.

BTW, was the younger brother supposed to have aspergers or something?

**Mzo** · 22 Jun 2015, 01:57 AM

Originally Posted by Dolemite

And there were several of those "character tries to call other character with important info but the phone/walkie-talkie gets all filled with static" bits. I counted at least three or four of those.

This kind of pissed me off because bitch doesn't know how to text in 2015? The call squeezed through for a sec, send the goddamned kid a message.

**Dolemite** · 22 Jun 2015, 02:12 AM

A good cell signal is an anathema to modern filmmakers. They make storytelling hard!

**Curtis** · 22 Jun 2015, 02:48 AM

Originally Posted by Dolemite

It wasn't nearly as iconic as the original (how could it be?).

I think it showed that there was room to capture that spirit, if not quite live up. There's a shot where you see this grotto with people boating alongside brachiosaurs and the like and it's shoved off to the side and only for a moment, looking just gorgeous. I think the difference between Spielberg directing and just slapping his name on it is that probably would have evolved into a longer sequence as the first attraction the boys visit. Same animal that gave our first peek of the original park such a feeling of awe, different twist on the setting. GG. Instead we get... I don't even remember, actually. And that's kind of the problem.

Things like that and more than one character who isn't functionally retarded and they might have made a decent movie to go with their special effects.