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Originally Posted by Sainters7
I actually really enjoyed Jurassic World, yeah the last 20 min or so were ridiculous and jumped the shark once the raptors started communicating with the Indominus Rex and turned on everybody. But aside from that I thought it was a fun movie.
But yeah Fallen Kingdom was terrible, I was so disappointed with it. Extremely predictable, super cheesy even for JW standards, and just dumb. I felt JW walked the line between action movie and kids movie, but Fallen Kingdom just went fully over to being a kids movie. I was so disengaged and bored with it I remember having the urge to walk out of the theatre mid-movie if I was by myself.
Think I'm done with that franchise after Fallen Kingdom, which is quite the turnaround after enjoying JW.
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I find JW passable. The idea of creating hybrid clones is dumb too. If you could create dinosaurs, you'd instantly have the most profitable business on the planet. People would pay huge bucks to see a triceratops. You don't need to make the dinosaurs more dangerous to get more audience share.
Considering the original Jurassic Park failed because the animals were dangerous and escaped, designing an even more dangerous dinosaur, like indominus rex or whatever they called it, would seem like an automatic no go. And what kinds of psychopathic families are going to these dinosaur shows. Watching goats get torn apart and have their entrails eaten by raptors would traumatize most kids.
What made the original JP so great was the sense of wonder it created. All of the sequels have lacked that. A major reason being the over the top characters and lack of practical effects. Chris Pratt's self-depricating yet super human style really only works when you have another strong personality to keep him in check. Without Bradley Cooper or Aubrey Plaza, he is pretty grating.