Chris Pratt and the Dinosaurs!!!
22 years ago, Steven Spielberg debuted one of his signature action masterpiece's with JURASSIC PARK.
22 years and two lesser sequels later, movie-goers get the opportunity to return to Isla Nebular and see all those cool dinosaurs once again eating people. During the 20 plus years, INGEN has managed to get Jurassic Park running and operational, capturing the vision of it's founder, John Hammond. But when attendance level start to decrease, the mad scientists go back to the lab to create a bigger and badder dinosaur-Indominus Rex.
Of course, things go horribly wrong and the head of Park Operations,Claire( played by Bryce Dallas Howard) enlists the help of Raptor Whisper Owen(Chris Pratt) to get things under control.
We've seen this done three times already. But what JURASSIC WORLD offers is a BIG star in the lead role-Chris Pratt. This movie really is best described as Chris Pratt and The Dinosaurs. Chris Pratt fully embodies what the previous three movies have been missing-an actor hero who can hold his own with all the CGI dinosaurs. An actor isn't expected to carry a movie on his or her shoulders when your co-stars are pre-historic dinosaurs, but that's what we get with Chris Pratt as Owen the dinosaur wrangler. He not only carries the movie, but he steals just about every scene he's in. He is a BIG star in the making, if not already establishing his movie career before our eyes.
I've read much criticism about the characters in the movie. How they are just dinosaur fodder. I disagree 100%. I found myself caring for the four main characters and what happens to them. That's Owen, Claire and her two nephews, on Christmas Vacation, visiting their Aunt at one of the coolest places on Earth-Jurassic World. Take away these characters, including Chris Pratt, and you don't have a movie. Plain and simple. I'm not saying that this is the greatest example of characterization in the history of cinema. These characters are good enough for you two spend two hours hoping they manage ways to survive all the ferocious dinosaurs. The filmmakers, including Director Colin Trevorrow (making his ultra big budget debut) and screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver(Dawn and Rise of the Planet of The Apes films) give us nail biting action and characters that I gave a hoot about. It's one of the reasons people are flocking to see this movie. But the biggest reason to visit JURASSIC WORLD is to see Chris Pratt and the Dinosaurs.
I give JURASSIC WORLD a B+.
22 years and two lesser sequels later, movie-goers get the opportunity to return to Isla Nebular and see all those cool dinosaurs once again eating people. During the 20 plus years, INGEN has managed to get Jurassic Park running and operational, capturing the vision of it's founder, John Hammond. But when attendance level start to decrease, the mad scientists go back to the lab to create a bigger and badder dinosaur-Indominus Rex.
Of course, things go horribly wrong and the head of Park Operations,Claire( played by Bryce Dallas Howard) enlists the help of Raptor Whisper Owen(Chris Pratt) to get things under control.We've seen this done three times already. But what JURASSIC WORLD offers is a BIG star in the lead role-Chris Pratt. This movie really is best described as Chris Pratt and The Dinosaurs. Chris Pratt fully embodies what the previous three movies have been missing-an actor hero who can hold his own with all the CGI dinosaurs. An actor isn't expected to carry a movie on his or her shoulders when your co-stars are pre-historic dinosaurs, but that's what we get with Chris Pratt as Owen the dinosaur wrangler. He not only carries the movie, but he steals just about every scene he's in. He is a BIG star in the making, if not already establishing his movie career before our eyes.
I've read much criticism about the characters in the movie. How they are just dinosaur fodder. I disagree 100%. I found myself caring for the four main characters and what happens to them. That's Owen, Claire and her two nephews, on Christmas Vacation, visiting their Aunt at one of the coolest places on Earth-Jurassic World. Take away these characters, including Chris Pratt, and you don't have a movie. Plain and simple. I'm not saying that this is the greatest example of characterization in the history of cinema. These characters are good enough for you two spend two hours hoping they manage ways to survive all the ferocious dinosaurs. The filmmakers, including Director Colin Trevorrow (making his ultra big budget debut) and screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver(Dawn and Rise of the Planet of The Apes films) give us nail biting action and characters that I gave a hoot about. It's one of the reasons people are flocking to see this movie. But the biggest reason to visit JURASSIC WORLD is to see Chris Pratt and the Dinosaurs.
I give JURASSIC WORLD a B+.
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