Jurassic World: Jurassic Disappointment

Well yesterday I saw Jurassic World and yeah Jurassic Disappointment maybe overstatement.

Just into theaters last week, Jurassic World was directed by Collin Trevorrow and starred Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Vincent D’Onofrio. It has already beaten the Avengers for best box office opening weekend. So let me start this review by saying congratulations on that.

The movie is set twenty-two years in the future after the original Jurassic Park opened. The Isla Nublar island park has vastly expand and improved in the last two decades, but the old dinosaurs just do not have the appeal to the public anymore. They want new and exciting exhibits. So with a corporate mandate to fill, the scientists at Jurassic World deliver genetically modified dinosaurs without thinking of consequences. Bigger and scarier attractions bring larger crowds.

The movie circles around the story of a new hybrid dinosaur that was created to be the ultimate predator and raised in isolation at the park. Chris Pratt plays Owen, a former navy vet that is in-charge of the raptor exhibit. The head of Jurassic Park asks Owen to take a look at the animal after seeing his ability to work with the raptors. However when Owen arrives at the exhibit, a freak incident leads to the creatures escape and it begins to figure out it’s place on food chain by eating and killing everything. As Claire, played by Bryce Dallas Howard, and other park operators try to keep things undercover and stay in control, dinosaurs begin breaking out of their cages and reeking havoc on the guest as they panic and flee. Hoskins, a security operator played by Vincent D’Onofrio, has a secret agenda that could put the park in further peril if his plan to contain the beast backfires. Is there a way to get the park back under control? Can they figure out a way to stop and kill nature’s ultimate killing machine?

As a fan of the original, I was disappointed by this movie as a whole. The story was weak and needed so work in my opinion. I did enjoy Chris Pratt’s performance, might have been my favorite part. The dinosaurs looked cool, however, a lot more CGI and a lot less animatronics than the old Jurassic Park movies. Mainly because of my disappointment and the typical Hollywood type ending, I give this a two and a half out of five stars. It’s an entertaining watch but I guess for me I just wanted more out of it. 

“We need more teeth.” – Gray played by Ty Simpkins

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