Revier,v: JURASSTC WORLD

(2015)

Despite the fact that they're

all very flashy and expensive
and well-made, there,s not really
whole lot "to" the Jurassic Park
movies' Even the 1993 original,
which still holds up as a
charming and entertaining blockbuster,
is pretty simple

stuff. ,\,:_.fi

Isrand

+ Dinosaurs +

peopre

= big-time, crowd-preasing mayhem,

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The still-beloved Jurassic Park

spawned a pair of sequels in
1gg7 (The Lost wortd)and
(Jurassic Park 3)' and if
2001
neither of those follow-ups was particurarry
great,
they at reast
delivered a nice collection of
dino-related action sequences,
so now comes the rong-awaited
and heavily scrutinized Jurassic
world. i','hich sonrehornr captures just
enough of the originar
film's charm to keep an audience
afloat befcre it turns into, well,
a slightly better version
of The Lost world and Jurassic Park3,
Truth be tord, Jurassic worrdis pretty
much exactry
what we wanted from The Lost
worldback in 1 997, butdoes the
fourth chapter in this gigantic
franchise still hold up for a
2015 audience?
Pretty much' yeahl If the producers
seem more than intent on delivering
a safe, simple, and
straightforward sequel when
it comes to plot, premise, and
characters, then at least they,ve
opened the floodgates on
new creatures, niftier digitar
effects and fuil-scale dino-on-dino
mega-brawl madness' In other
words, the story is the same ord
thing (severar characters, some
of whom are interesting' are
trapped on an island with rampaging
dinosaurs) but there,s also a
whole lot of ,,good stuff,, to
sift through as well,

our heroine (the classy and amusing

Bryce Dallas Holvard) informs
us as the firm opens that
people have grown bored
of plain old dinosaurs, r,rhich is
why the popurar but cash-hungry
Jurassic world theme park
has taken to spiicing various
sorts of DNA together to creature
and highly volatile super-dinos,
new
of course this falls under the reliable
.,don,t
old
mess with
Mother Nature" theme that runs
through most sci-fi/horror

movies in which stupid humans

mess with Mother Nature and
(briefly) live to regret it. we
ail know the Jurassic dri, by now:
before the hubris even subsides
one of the beasts escapes from
an .,escape-p roof,,pen, which
kick-starts a domino eftect
of dinosaur jailbreak, The only
big difference between Jurassic park
and Jurassic world is that
this time the theme park is fuily
operationar, open for business,
and
happv consumers. Arso this time
::1::;:ffi:T-Hri''uith
rhere,s somethins bisser and

in addition to some great set pieces

and some lovery set design
/ cinematography (this park
does look like a lot of funt),
Jurassic world benefits greatry

from the incrusion of chris pratt

as Cocky Hero Guy' (He actually
does have a name, but the
character is basicaily cocky Hero
Guy') His character has an affinity
for animals and is a noble wise-ass
in all the coolest ways,
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out there's not a whole lot of meat to the character, Ms, Howard also fares \/ell in a similarly
simplistic role (she goes from fussy to tough, basically), and the background is populated by
basic-yet-colorful characters played by Vincent D'Onofrio, Jake Johnson, BD Wong, and Irrfan
Khan.

We even have a pair of kids trapped deep in the Jurassic World jungles fiust like in the first
movie), and while Ty Simpkins and Nick Robinson are pretty solid young actors, their

characters are, well, they're not all that interesting, The young one is a dinosaur freak and the
older one likes to flirt with girls, That's about it, They're certainly affable enough to provide a
rooting interest for the audience, but it sure feels like a bunch of early character scenes were
chopped out of the movie, if only to get to the dinosaur madness more quickly.
And that's really where Jurassic World works, Sure, the plot is virtually a remake of the first

film, and yeah, most of the characters have precisely two personality traits apiece and, OK,
there are some characters who seem to simply vanish for long periods of time - but
when Jurassic World is focused on chases, scrapes, escapes, and all-out dino-frenzy ACTION,
there's simply a whole lot of stuff worth savoring on this menu, It might not come close to
capturing the innate novelty and creativity of the original Jurassic Park, but Jurassic
World stands up pretty well against those other sequels. And that's really all you can ask from
a Part 4, isn't it?
Bonus for horror fans: there's some actual edge to this one, Nothing too harsh, of course,
because this has to be a PG-13/12A blockbuster, but you'll definitely notice some solid jump
scares, a little bit of gore, and one or two moments of outright nastiness.

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William Foster
Prof. Bevill

ENGL 1302-15
5 September 2015

Suntmarr.of .IUR\SSiC \\ ORLD

In Scott Weinberq's ler ieu

rvell n-rade does not

Lr\.er Jlrrassic \\-or1c1 he sa1's that the Jurassic series though

nu.. u uhoLe 1ot to rr. uhich is uhat helps make this such a great crowd-

pleasing movie. He then said that thrs

ilor

re is eractlv r.vhat w-e wanted from The Lost World.

And also that er,en though this mor ie is basicallr a rerun of the .lurassic Palk and does not have
much of a plot to it" It is stil1 a sreat dino-tien4.. and dino vs. dino ma1'herr movie.

He then goes on to talk about the plot of the movie. nticl-r is stupid people mess with
natLlre. tl-re1 make theme park. then dino breaks out and mother llature bites back, then a couple

ol-people actr,ral11.make it out alive. There are also three tnain thirtgs that he points out as

different fi'om utat the original plot u as this time. The first being that this time the park is fulll
operational and packed with people. The second being that now'there is something bigger and
nastier tl,an the T-rex. And finalll,' there are man-v more survivors this time therr in the other

movies. He then rvent on to say that even though it is basically the same thing over again it is a

very fun mor ie ri ith plentl ofjump scares.

After speaking about the movie itself he went on to talk about the characters. And he
began with the l"rero of the shor,l, plal ed b1 Chris Pratt lvhose character has an affinity tor'vards
the animals and is just an all around cool gu)'. Then he moves to Ms. Howard who is also a

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simple role. She starts off the movie fussy and somewhat spoiled seeming then she turns into
tough and not scared of much anvmore. Then he moves to the children who also play simpie
uninteresting roles. And in his u'ords " The young one is a dinosaur freak and the older one likes

to flirt with girls" and that is about it. Later he reatflrms the idea that Jurassic World was a great
movie and that they did uell on this one contpared ro rhe other sequels.

Weinberg. Scott. Revietr ; -rLRl.\.S1t It ORLD.

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