Jurassic World (2015)

Just saw Jurassic world last night and I was pleasantly impressed. The movie seems to have followed the winning formula that the original put into play many years ago. Dinosaurs, a sprinkling of science, and a bunch of action. I did miss Jeff Goldblum though. And I did get the sense that the drive to create bigger and newer dinosaurs was kind of analogous to the need to create new and more realistic CGI. I think it worked but I'm still impressed with the original dinosaurs from Jurassic Park.

I was pleasantly surprised that Michael Giacchino was able to integrate the brilliant score of John Williams into the current musical composition. I usually enjoy his work and by placing the original theme throughout the music he really created an emotional high.

The movie definitely could have been shorter by throwing out the parents because they added next to nothing to the entire show. The kids were pretty good, and I liked Chris Pratt, but I'm not sure about Richie Cunningham's daughter…Bryce Dallas Howard – there was just something 'off' about her – I don't think the script gave her much to work with other than running through the jungle in heels.

I suppose on the whole, the stars were the dinosaurs rather than the people who seemed to be mostly archetypes, and the CGI was better than the previous movies although not as groundbreaking as the original.

I give this movie a B-. Entertaining – definitely; could have used a better storyline – sure; but with dinosaurs, you don't really need much substance.

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