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I think I actually preferred the second half, to be honest!

As stated, visually impressive, but probably wait for video for most folks because the rest is pretty lacking. I'm glad I saw it just for the visuals, though - the dinosaurs were amazing

Meh. Found it rather predictable, and the environmental message was a little heavy handed at times.

I feel that they really missed an opportunity. They should have just let the dinosaurs get gassed. That would have been a gut-punch, and not really changed the sequel potential (Mososaur, Blue and genetic material would all survive).

The idea of dinosaurs as an invasive species was pretty stupid. Even though they apparently rescued breeding pairs from the island (other than Blue, and I didn't see another T-Rex), such a small number of large conspicuous animals would be easy to remove from nature. Ok maybe Compys might be tad harder.

 Crazy_Carnifex wrote:
Meh. Found it rather predictable, and the environmental message was a little heavy handed at times.

I feel that they really missed an opportunity. They should have just let the dinosaurs get gassed. That would have been a gut-punch, and not really changed the sequel potential (Mososaur, Blue and genetic material would all survive).

Oh yeah, I could see how that would have gone over really well with the younger audience and the parents

Backfire wrote:
The idea of dinosaurs as an invasive species was pretty stupid. Even though they apparently rescued breeding pairs from the island (other than Blue, and I didn't see another T-Rex), such a small number of large conspicuous animals would be easy to remove from nature. Ok maybe Compys might be tad harder.

The Mosasaurus might be tricky, and the smaller more numerous ones could hang around like scaly wolves, but ueah, the rest? Well, there was only one of each of them, so they won't be a long-term problem.

Honestly, I think it was my second favorite after the original. It captured the “man playing God” aspect that Jurassic Park is all about at its core, had nothing truly stupid like Claire outrunning a T-Rex in heels, and actually felt like a survival horror mixed with the adventure that the first one was. It also felt like a natural progression of the series (honestly, something other than being on the island HAD to happen at SOME point!) that dealt with man’s desire to weaponize anything possible. I walked out not being able to nitpick anything. Which is a rarity for me. And it concluded for a follow up movie that makes me really want to see the next one. Definitely second best after the original.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
Honestly, I think it was my second favorite after the original. It captured the “man playing God” aspect that Jurassic Park is all about at its core, had nothing truly stupid like Claire outrunning a T-Rex in heels,

No, but she, the computer nerd and Owen are apparently fireproof, and Owen can run at 500mph.

 AndrewGPaul wrote:

Spoiler:

But then again, the T. Rex at least is one of the original generation, so can she reproduce parthenogenically, or would she need a male on hand? Still, not the first time San Diego has had a T. Rex infestation

Actually, the first gen problem was that the dinosaurs randomly changed sexes. So little risk of that.

Did anyone else leave with the impression that Blue is a bonafide action hero? I'm keen for the next movie, "Jurassic Park: Jason Blue".

 AndrewGPaul wrote:

No, but she, the computer nerd and Owen are apparently fireproof, and Owen can run at 500mph.

That was real stupid. Owen would have been deep fried in real life, he was actually surrounded by the cloud.
Reminds me from one of the most idiotic scenes of all-time (and that's saying a lot), I think it was 'Behind Enemy Lines', protagonist of the movie ran through a Claymore mine field and emerged unscathed "because he ran so fast" even though the audience was shown how the mines exploded RIGHT AT HIM, like they were designed to do.

 Crazy_Carnifex wrote:

Actually, the first gen problem was that the dinosaurs randomly changed sexes. So little risk of that.

I think that the male of the pair was killed by Spinosaurus in JPIII.

So what's next for the franchise you ask? Well, the answer is obvious. We saw the Russians, Arabs etc acquiring dinosaurs. There is only one way forward...

Jurassic Wars.

Three of us watched last night and enjoyed.

Not as good as the last film but fun.

Dinos were good and the two leads are engaging,
Glad someone actually called out Claire on the whole making dinos for money is bad when other people do it.

Afetrwards we did wonder if the new super raptor was going to have a link to the grandaughter - there are two scenes when it stretchs out its hand to touch or stroke her hair rather than just leap and devour her in the bed. and there is the "something in her eye". Maybe a plot line they thought about but never persued.

Amusingly stupid bad guys and Dr Wu will doubltess return - and plenty of others now hav dinos to play with.

Agreed that letting the gas work would have been a more interesting ending, Mosaurs are great - needed more of it and the T-Rex.

Jeff Goldblum was a bit weak as he was in Thor tbh.

Well, someone actually needs to hire him to play a character, rather than just 'be Jeff Goldblum' at a camera for a few minutes.

I enjoyed it, but I think the first Jurassic world was better. I liked the Indominus Rex much more than the Indoraptor.

 Humble Guardsman wrote:
Did anyone else leave with the impression that Blue is a bonafide action hero? I'm keen for the next movie, "Jurassic Park: Jason Blue".

"Blue?"

*takes a drag on it's cigarette*

"I haven't heard that name in years."

 AndrewGPaul wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
Honestly, I think it was my second favorite after the original. It captured the “man playing God” aspect that Jurassic Park is all about at its core, had nothing truly stupid like Claire outrunning a T-Rex in heels,

No, but she, the computer nerd and Owen are apparently fireproof, and Owen can run at 500mph.

The lava thing is something you always see in movies, and it really grinds my gears. Lava is HOT! Like really hot. Like, getting within 20 feet of the amount seen in JW:FK would be quickly fatal as a person's skin and hair would probably catch fire. The pyroclastic flow thing was pretty dumb too, but again movies always get the speed of those things wrong. It wasn't that Owen ran 500 mph, it's that the flow must have only been moving like less than 20 mph and contained no solid rocks or lethal gas. Another thing is, most volcanoes that make nice pretty lava flows like that don't even generate a pyroclastic flow. See footage of the recent eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii for that (no pyroclastic flows anywhere). Volcanoes that make pyroclastic flows are a different type, and usually blast their lava into the air in a huge explosion (where it rains down as ash and volcanic bombs).

All that said, I did enjoy the movie. Blue was awesome as Raptors always are, and of course I find Bryce Dallas Howard to be very easy on the eyes. It'll be interesting to see if there is another movie and where they will go with it, as they left plenty of room for more stories.

It was okay.

Honestly my only real thought on it was the realization that the premise of Jurassic Park has basically been stretched to its limit.

 LordofHats wrote:
It was okay.

Honestly my only real thought on it was the realization that the premise of Jurassic Park has basically been stretched to its limit.

Agreed. I enjoyed the movie. It was fun. But the island and the dinosaurs has reached the end of it's life. It's bio-weapons and environmental damage now.