A friend of mine and I were just talking about the whole movie situation in 2022 a few days ago. (Haven't seen 'Dominion'.) But we were saying "Remember how in the beginning of the year, almost everyone just KNEW that The Batman was going to be the king of movies in 2022. And that Top Gun:Maverick was probably gonna 'Just be ok. Probably good. But nothing great..' But notice how the overall opinions of both movies.....is exactly the opposite! Just proves that you can NOT go by how many views a trailer gets on the internet, or just basic hype. So I just have this FEELING that Jurassic World Dominion is going to be a disappointment on some level. Like besides just some new dinosaurs and a few of the O.G. cast coming back, is there anything that seems like it is going to REALLY blow us away? I guess we'll see....." Laura's critique seems pretty typical of many of the overall reviews I've heard from people so far! So really, I guess it's SAD to see just how right I was.
Tom cruise actually cares about making quality movies that’s why, jurassic world was just like hey we brought everyone back, so what? They didn’t make it worth bringing them back.
I felt like the last movie was more of an homage to the first movie, over a stand alone sequel with a new plot. I still liked the movie, though. It had dinosaurs!!!! 🎉👏🏻🦖🦕👍🏻
I know you said we should support the movie, but I'm tired of Hollywood making bad sequals. I don't go to the theater for 5.5 out of 10's anymore. 5.5 out of 10 isn't even going to get me to pay on streaming... it's a "wait for it to come to Netflix or similar service" situation. Hollywood needs to do better, and we know they can; look at Top Gun Maverick. That one got me to the theater, for the early release event. Paying them for a poor quality product, reinforces bad behavior and more crap.
The strange thing is, the magic of Dinosaurs is still there: you just have to look at Prehistoric Planet. I don't recall a single scene in JWD that impressed or awed me, yet I was practically weeping multiple times an episode of PP. It isn't about realism or design (though both are important) - it's cinematography, technique, & reverence. I just think it was completely missing in JWD, while PP nailed it for me. Put it this way: I was 9 when JP came out, & seeing the Brachiosaurus for the first time was almost a spiritual experience. I had exactly that feeling watching PP. So it isn't that I've "grown out of it" or "fallen out of love" with dinosaurs: JWD just didn't deliver like even JP3 did. We can hope that now the JW trilogy is over, Universal can become more ambitious & daring, going in different directions without becoming a Cinematic Universe. There could be room for family adventures, blockbusters, & sci-fi horror without trying to please everyone at once. Too many geneticists spoil the primordial soup, I guess.
I feel like they should have spent more time focusing on the aspect of the humans and dinosaurs trying to interact with each other in the real world vs a brief news report on it at the beginning like they had
The problem is that dinosaurs being a threat to humans is not a credible story to begin with. A pack of raptors endangering one small, unprepared group of people? Sure. A T. rex being allowed to run rampage around the United States without every good ol' boy hunting it down with their AR-15? Not a chance. They CAN'T afford to highlight the absurdity of it too much.
That was my gripe with the movie too. I would've wanted more dinosaur scenes out there in the world and how people in different countries and cities would've been affected by them.
I would say 7 out of 10, the first act kind of felt like a James Bond movie with dinosaurs. It also had very apparent plot armour, but overall I enjoyed it.
I loved this movie, I get people not liking it but it was already over 2 hours. So I get cutting out the T-Rex at the drive in. Or having more dinosaurs in the wild. We knew this was going to be the "final" film in the franchise, So I'm happy it ended the way it did. I didn't want a apocalyptic dino world. We have to damn many movies like that. As the title said Jurassic World, thats how it ended, perfect. 10 out of 10 for me, But bare in mind, I'm a kid at heart so, yeah, lol. Who wouldn't want to live a world with dinosaurs?
I agree with what you said I am big fan of Jurassic park and have seen all of them but I dislike this one the most. I thought it would have been better considering it was the last of the movies and seeing the trailer. I was disappointed with it as well as my kids were. I would give it a 1 out of 10. I feel bad for fans who go expecting it to be better and are let down. This seems to be the general opinion of all the fans I have talked too.
I feel like Jurassic PARK 2-3 showed them in there natural habitats a lot more which was excited to see how they move, feel, run in herds, it was nice seeing them do more than eat people
We watched it yesterday, my youngest is the Jurassic fan and he didn't like it at all. He wanted the dinos to be a the main focus. He kept saying why are the focusing on the stupid giant grasshoppers. The other thing that bothered him was he felt Dr Grant and Ellie were just comic relief for the most part. In the original they were both strong characters that complemented each other and were believable. In this both actors seemed that they were not vested in the characters just going through the motions to get a paycheck.
Your youngest has a good eye for identifying this stuff from the beginning. Took me the day after seeing it to finally admit this movie was a bit of a letdown. I just didn't want to admit it.
I thought it was better than Fallen Kingdom but it didn't feel like an epic finale to anything. Why the focus on locusts and cloned little girls rather than dinosaurs? The Rex/Giga stuff seemed randomly shoe horned in. You can tell they had no real vision for the trilogy. The music was dull too except the snippets from the original films score. Felt like forgettable Hollywood fluff, a product churned out.
I feel like the makers of this trilogy don't really care for Dinosaurs. They always want to focus on something else. Either hybrid monsters, cloned little girls or locusts.
I haven't seen the movie either, but after one of your comments something immediately jumped into my thoughts. "So eventually, you do plan on having dinosaurs in your dinosaur movie? Hello?"
I actually disagree with this popular take. Jurassic park is so brilliant a lot of the time because you don’t actually see Any dinosaurs for ages! You just hear them and might see an eye or a claw. You don’t see the velociraptor until it’s face bursts out of some pipes after Ellie turns the power back on. Too many dinosaurs all the time and too many visual deaths are what makes Jurassic world (2015) just very dull and uninspired. Dominion is easily my favourite since The lost world. And whilst not even the same genre as the original it feel like Indiana Jones with dinosaurs.
*_I think it's a 6/10. It was a bit boring and a bit messy. There's an entire large and looong scene that could just have been cut, it's as if it was done in reshoots "to add more action", to give two actor's more scenes. They've had 4 years since last movie and they could have done better._* BELOW ARE SLIGHT SPOILERS, but it was in the trailers, so...don't expand the comment? . . . . . . *_OK, the scene I am talking is when they go look for the girl. After the scene was over, I sat there thinking, couldn't this have been cut by 5 whole minutes, or even just removed it entirely from the movie? Did Chris want his big action scene? When you have so many characters, you really can't have BS scenes. I also think it was "we need to add another woman" type of thing._* *_It looked like everyone didn't want to be in the movie?_* *_Any damn chance Bryce has she is covered in a blanket so we can't see how thicc she is? What's going on there?? She was more or less wrapped in a blanket the ENTIRE MOVIE_* *_The pilot run around saying "nope" and "uh-un" a lot. Hm, wait, there is a movie coming out in a month called "NOPE". How odd._* *_The pilot/Kayla(her character is Han Solo, in a way) "checked" Malcom for having an open shirt. Because...his age? Because he's slimmer/less muscular now? Malcom is too old to have an open shirt? His few grey chest hairs? What does she care, she's a lesbian? I would like to add that the pilot was TOO beautiful for this movie. Immensely stunning, something the rest of the cast is not. She sticks out, and takes you out of the movie at times. There's at least two scenes where I do not know what they were doing, I was just wide-eyed over Kayla._* *_Unconfirmed: my friend said he saw she had some locks of red hair in her hair. It could mean she took locks from some redheads and added to her own hair. Redheads, a categorization of women she exclaimed she loved and later tried to hook up with a redhead at the end of the movie. But she also had a lot of blonde locks in her hair._* *_She nods to Ramsay in the copter at the end. Because he's black and made it to the end of the movie?_* *_As of right now, I couldn't tell you the correct layout of that tower they spent 20mins to get into and the clear: "why they needed to get in it". It might be an issue with I need more coffee._*
*_A shorter version of my "review":_* *_I think it's a 6/10. It was a bit boring and a bit messy. Adult JP fans: watch it at home on 4K and go see Top Gun Maverick instead, a 10/10, a real movie-movie._* *_After seeing JW: Dominion yesterday, that was my thought, i should have seen Top Gun Maverick in IMAX again, instead of JW: Dominion._*
It's a 7 out of 10 for me. I went in with low expectations and suspected that legacy characters except Ellie were going to be set up to die. When I left the theater I summed it up as Uncharted with Dinosaurs. It's not entirely true but much of the action felt like that escalated action you'd see in the games. More than a couple times I went "oh right you're here", so I agree with you on the cast, especially with Dr.Wu and the new character, I don't know her name but she's the pilot. And the Giga felt like a trump card played after the game ended an hour ago, it's not as threatening as the Indominous Rex and we saw it get wrecked two movies ago. But I like the movie still. Very entertaining. Just feels like two movies in some parts.
Dammit.. i REALLY wanted to love this film. So much of the marketing made us believe we'd get something entirely different. Especially seeing the "battle at bigrock" fanfilm released and the scenes where the t rex was being chased into the forest by choppers and ambushed a drive in theater. So many amazing moments wasted in the misleading marketing. The locust plot was the worst part for me. The Beta and Maisie rescue shouldn't have taken as much time as it did either. So much else could have been done with this film.. im honestly heartbroken after seeing the movie.. 😩😞 I feel that 4 years ago when the movie was starting to be made, we would have got something completely different. Then covid happend and they had so much time on their hands and changed it all for some stupid reason... i would have loved to see the potential vision for this film before covid delayed it by like 2 years..
Your so beautiful Laura, I hope you had a date with you in the cinema, it would be criminal if you didn't!!! Me personally, I was done after the original Jurassic park 2. Love what you do.
The movie was ok but it doesn't compare to the best Jurassic Park Movie of all time, staring Laura, Dante and the best actor of all time...Muffin Cat 😁
Im a huge jurassic park fan since 1997. I was really disappointed and agree you. I would give 4.5 out of 10. But I love how gently you motivate the people to see the movies in spite of your review and the opnions of others :) I would love to see more reviews like that - with respect for the movies and awarness of the subjectivity of the review itself :)
So this movie follows Godzilla king of monsters. where the monsters are mostly fighting off screen. I hate that ppl go to these movies to see the monsters. not the ppl reacting to what they're supposedly seeing. If they're going to have human actors then I suggest show human actors sparingly.
I totally agree with you. I give this movie a 3 out of 10. Considering all the time they had to do it, all the actors they had to do it, all the budget they had to do it, etc, this movie is the worst of the three JW. This isn't a dinosaurs movie, it's a monsters movie made by a five year old oversized child named Colin Trevorrow.
Colin Trevorrow directed "Jurassic World," the first one, the short film "Battle at Big Rock," and the "Prologue," the one where we see an inaccurate prehistoric Earth and the T-Rex rampaging through a drive-in movie theater. In my opinion, Big Rock and Prologue were pretty much what I wanted from from Dominion: dinosaurs roaming around in our world and seeing how the everyday people react to them. Instead, the film took place in a world where the more dangerous dinosaurs had already been caught and... really not much else.
@@gabrielestrella2272 exactly. What’s the sense of making a movie called "Jurassic World Dominion", presuming that it’ll be focused on the threat caused by the dinosaurs to the humankind, if those dinosaurs aren’t threatening at all?
I’d have to say 4-5 out of 10. I agree with everything you said. I wanted more dinos brining the ruckus like I was promised! But also, I say everyone needs to see it for themselves and form their own opinions. I just think for the supposed final entry, it went out with a whimper and not a bang…
The one thing this movie was missing... ...a meteor. A huge misstep as far as storyline and plot. It could've been SO much better, but they really dropped the ball on this one, unfortunately.
I saw it on Thursday night. I’m actually really bummed-out at where this took us. The ending of “Fallen Kingdom” laid-out how this franchise likely should have ended. Instead it went in several directions and relied heavily on nostalgia grabs (i.e. Ellie Satler removes sunglasses in awe / Ian Malcolm waives torch in effort to distract colossal beast). This is becoming all too common for these “legacy” film franchises and it’s getting tired. The insect sub-plot was wildly misplaced and inserted to connect with a specific human character and it didn’t work… Don’t spill on me but I loved seeing the three original characters back. This was the highlight for me! This franchise needs to rest again for another twenty years, I reckon… Did I actually just say, “I reckon”? Yup I sure did! Gréât Channel and yes i will buy the Mattel toys because I LOVE THEM STILL!
REALLY didnt enjoy it! Could of done SO much more with the story line. The main bad guy was awkward and weird. Some of the acting from the ‘side characters’ was poor with really awkward english accents 🤷♂️ Really daft idea that all the humans just casually accepted all the dinosaurs walking amongst them in the world…made no sense what so ever. How good was the scenes with the dilophosaurus. Now THATS more of what we wanted to see! 4/10 🤦♂️
I'm going to catch this one when it hits streaming. Fallen Kingdom was such a terrible film, that it just killed any enthusiasm I might have for the JW portion of the franchise.
Some reviewers are saying that since the Dinos are now just part of everyday life for the characters that now most of the awe and wonderment isn't there any more. The excitement is just gone from the franchise like it was in the '90s films when characters were first seeing a T-rex or a raptor for the first time.
ahhh very interesting thought and very true! I guess it's just odd that we didn't see enough of that 'transition phase' where everyone is all of a sudden cool with dinos everywhere haha
I always wonder what expectations people have walking into these kinds of movies. Do they really expect to be wowed like with the first one? I think many people forget why the first Jurassic Park is such an icon. Not only was that movie a revolution in movie making unlike anything before and brought us realistic looking dinosaurs, but most of us saw those movies when we were kids, through the eyes of kids and we were in awe. Kids or adults back then, no one saw anything like it before, so of course everyone was blown away. Since then we’ve grown up, seen hundreds of movies like this and of course we aren’t impressed with it anymore. The original JP has a painfully simple story when you look back at it now: Man brings dino’s back, dino’s go nuts. That’s it. But we don’t care because we all were there in the moment with the characters, we were Lex and Timmy. Now we’re all jaded as fuck and instead of diving in head first and have fun we all sit with our arms crossed saying ‘impress us’. There are films that you watch critically, there are films that you watch to have fun with, and the Jurassic films fall into that second category for me.
I love the OG 3 JP movies, and haven't seen the JW movies, so I went into Dominion as a brand new head for these specific characters. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Getting a lil tired though of Pratt being a hero wise cracking his way through things though.
I do feel like they blindsided us with the plot because I feel like they were marketing a whole different film about dinosaurs integrating with human civilization. They had that short film at the camp and the prologue showing the T-Rex at the drive in after that amazing prehistoric sequence that should have been in the movie. That's honestly the biggest gripe I have with this movie. I was hoping for some sort of Planet of the Apes-esque film but with dinosaurs. I've always been a sucker for grim endings, so I would have loved to see humans facing their extinction and proving Ian Malcolm right, so that the series remains a cautionary tale about messing with evolution. But otherwise, I thought it was a fun popcorn flick. Loved how they brought in the old cast and had them have their own story until it converged with the new cast's story. The dinosaur sequences were incredible too, especially that entire chase sequence. The dinosaurs were really made to be scary here and they did a great job creating tension.
Well said! I agree I was preparing for a Planet of the Apes meets dinosaurs and instead we were focusing on some other problem! LOVED the dino sequences though yes!!
IN " THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT " WERE JUST A FEW PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS & FEW EXTRAS & STILL IT'S A GREAT MOVIE WITH A GREAT STORY LINE THAT I ALWAYS WATCH OVER AGAIN & AGAIN. I JUST LIKE THE TOYS OF THE JURASSIC FRANCHISE, NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN THE MOVIE.😁
I thought that this movie was a really nice way to put a bow on the franchise. I definitely agree that it was full of its various shortcomings, that things lacked impact. There was a lot going on and they didn't have the time to dedicate to all the different moving parts. The complexity of some of the ideas that the franchise and this movie pushed would need another entry or so to fully flesh out, but they didn't want to make anymore movies. They wanted to give the Jurassic Fans a fun ending. Was this a good movie from all angles? No. But was it the movie that the Jurassic Fans deserved? I'd say so. It was a lot of fun. There were so many awesome callbacks and various things that came full circle. They furthered a story that made sense and respected what the previous two films had established, but it also tied everything up. After the first movie made the world wonder what it would be like if dinosaurs lived alongside us in our modern world, it was amazing to see that same idea inspire the ending to this fantastic franchise. I'd give it a solid 6/10 overall.
Literally just been to see it this morning. I really enjoyed it but to be fair I’m not a huge Jurassic Park/World fan. I did notice, no one seemed to be really scared of the dino’s even the apex one like they had been in previous movies but I figured that was because the world was now so used to them. The genetics plot did seem a little uninvolved and not fleshed out but I thought the number of characters and mix was ok but agree there was no real character development. The biggest oddity for me was dinos surviving in extreme cold environments, maybe I missed the whole story about them not being cold blooded anymore I don’t know.
Hey Laura, great thorough critique of JW: Dominion. I know that you had high hopes for the movie, but a lot of sequels are like popcorn in a pan, some pop others don't. Great job with your review. You should do these more often. I still plan on seeing this, just not right away. Have a great weekend doll. Take care and be well my lovely friend. 😍😍❤️✌️
@@LauraLegends I will probably wait until it hits streaming service or on DVD. You, Muffin, Dante' and Odie could've made a better movie than this one.
I really liked it. 7.5/10. Had a mission impossible vibe at the start and I liked the way the old cast and the new casts' stories came together. Action was good, and it was great to see some species we'd not seen before.
7.5 out off 10 ..... My 7 yr old loved it ..... But to me at some points , it felt like I was watching a Fast And The Furiious Brazil Movie..... But the Dinosaurs are completely Awsome ....A must watch ....
I give it a 3 or 4 out of 10. This is actually a really bad movie. I’m a HUGE fan of the franchise, big time, but this movie actually let me down. I felt like I’d been betrayed. The plot is dumb, the dinosaurs took too much of a backseat, there shouldn’t be new dinosaurs AT ALL, and there’s too many characters to focus on. Also, the animatronics/puppets look atrocious - reminds me of Labyrinth and The NeverEnding Story... I hate those movies.
I have yet to watch the film. But I will go because the original Jurassic Park film and book started my Fandom and now nostalgia for the series. That said...I'm hoping there are a bunch of positives regarding the film as well. Thus far I've seen quite a bit of negative.
Very true! I am a huge fan of Jurassic Park as you are! As much as it was good to see the OG characters , there was hardly anything else that was standing out. The first hour of the movie felt like Bourne with dinosaurs 😅 then after the Malta scenes it got better.. it was definitely good to see the dinos with feathers, and the extra cheesy scenes with the og cast😅😂 But the plot and the whole story was sooo flat... I was hoping to see more dinos adapting and in the wild.
3D is a nice gimmick, but does not add anything. I liked the movie, it connected nicely to the other movies with the story 8/10. Can't really post more here without getting into spoilers.
Thank you for the heads up on the new JP movie! In Maine, we don't have the 3D version to choose from, which sucks (we do have IMAX!). I feel the whole franchise hss grown stale. It seems like the outline for each Jurassic Park movie is: 1. People enter the Park. 2. People meet the Dinos. Lots of ewwing & ahhing. These are the "They do move in herds.", "Welcome, to Jurassic Park." moments. 3. Uh, sir. We have a malfunction in _________. Power goes out, Dino break out, sh*t happens. 4. Dinos eat the people. Lots of running & screaming. 5. Final showdown - get to the chopper!, trap the TRex & send him & his kid home, we got the kid off the island!, Dinos & people mix it up, etc. I will eventually see Dominion but it doesn't have the spirit of seeing Spielberg's original. Don't get me wrong, Laura, I love Jurassic Park. Dude, I had the DTS LaserDisc back in the day. The windows in my apartment would rattle when the T-Rex roared.
I hate being "That Guy" but if you have the time please check out my video about the movie. As one Jurassic Fan to the other, I think some of my theories might make for some good discussion points if you want to do a collaboration on the Movie 👍
I was so so so…bummed by this movie. My buddy and I went to the double feature psyched to see it and I legit caught myself rolling my eyes, and even face palmed and hid behind my HANDS at one point.
Great review! I have very mixed feelings on it as well. I think a 5.5 or 6/10 is dead on. The things that irked me is the lack of dinos for the first half of the movie and that the Legacy Characters (Grant, Sattler and Malcolm) do not feel like the characters we saw on the big (or small screen) screen the last time they were in a JP movie. It just felt hollow and not genuine.....very "off" to put it simply.......and other then little moments I feel that Grant was badly underused. The nostalgic nods and references were nice for a while then they became rather derivative. What I mean by that is all the little nods are all more or less aimed at either the 1st movie or the 4th (at least that's how I interpreted it) and I got the feeling that is that those are like the only movies in the series that matter. Guess TLW and JPIII didn't happen........which really is disappointing since those movies did have a part to play and more then certainly have their fans (TLW is arguably my favorite JP movie of all). I became a lot more entertained with it once they get into the preserve and we start seeing all the new dinos. Felt like the movie switched from being a corporate espionage thriller with the odd dinosaur roaming/running around to yeah...now this is more of a JP movie now. Just wish that they did a bit more with our new big bad dino. Very cool and threatening but just not enough of him in it to really make you fear and dread him when he shows up onscreen. While I will absolutely buy the movie and watch it again (I feel that this is another one I got to watch more then once, like Fallen Kingdom, which I was not sold on at first but have come to really appreciate) and I think that everyone who is interested should certainly go see it and decide for themselves because there are a lot of things to like about it. For me though, there was an equal amount of things, at least at this time of writing, that did not sit well with me. Too unbalanced with lack of dinosaur action, underused characters and an overstuffed plot that does not have a very good finale when all the parts were there to make it a slam dunk of a finish and as a result it does not feel like a JP movie for a good majority of the film, at least for that is. It just feels like it does not fit and comes as anti-climatic and clunky "finale" to the series. But I will buy it and watch it again and see how my views change (or not change) on it in time. Great review Laura and I hope you snag all the new dinos from Toys R' Us!
I haven't seen the movie yet but when I do i'll just try to enjoy it for what it is and nothing more! I don't over analyze movies anymore (for the people who do that's fine ..to each there own) it just personally helps me enjoy something more if I leave my expectations at home! And I never let reviewers decide what I should see ..if i'm interested in seeing something i'm going to ..bad reviews or not. Seen lots of movies that were supposed to be awful that I personally really enjoyed!
Thats how it should be, if something interests you watch it. You might hate it but at least you know. I will admit though people like Angry Joe and Laura I give credit to more than most reviewers because they are fans first and foremost.
after reading a good number of Chrichton's novels, I want to give this discussion point, the point of Jurassic Park isn't about the dinosaurs, or about their scientific accuracy in the novels. the Point is about the worries of Unchecked Science gone rampant. the dinosaurs are just a medium for the horrible things that could go. instead of dinosaurs, the subject matter could be about genetically engineered roaches that feed on radiation but become hazardous to the world around them when they spread too far beyond control, or about Mosquitos who are engineered to carry a super virus. the real danger within the novel Jurassic park is about the horror that could happen with unchecked, unrestrained genetic science.
Laura do you know or have you ever heard of Devon Larratt? He’s arm wrestling a dinosaur named Levan. He’s from Canada and is almost ranked #1 in the world. Just wondering!
The interactions of the original cast is what i loved. I can definitely understand people's complaints about this movie, but i didn't think it was that bad. Given how dinosaurs are now roaming the earth, I did feel like the dinos were just going to be mostly in the background Also, since you know about this, and i don't know if this is going to spoil anything for anyone, but you gotta admit Dodgson's death was a nice nod to the original
I saw it yesterday and I give it a solid 7. I had a really fun time with the movie. Yes, I do understand the criticisms, and I can see why a lot of fans are disappointed, but honestly this movie got me exactly what I expected out of it from the trailers, and that’s all I could ask for after everything we’ve got in the franchise after the original JP. We all are JP fans here, and we’re always hardest on the things we love, but let’s be honest, none of the movies have been great since JP3. Yet we always come back for the next one. Being a fan of a movie franchise is like being a fan of your favourite sports team. They can suffer a terrible losing streak, or can be the best team in years, but you’re always there in the stadium to cheer them on.
the trailers looked good for dominion, the first teaser with the dinosaurs shown 65 million years ago and then t rex at drive in had me really pumped to see this. sadly that trailer was better than the whole movie. i thought for sure they would make a better movie than fallen kingdom but they failed us again. i give it a 3 out of 10.
Yeah this movie wasn't it.. when the movie cut to the next scene they introduced another character..and EVERYTHING was always strategically placed and always so convenient..too many plots going on. Teams of casts members doing multiple plots. Certain characters I don't think even had names..and WHY was Grant STILL digging up dinosaur bones when REAL DINOSAURS ROAM THE EARTH????
"I just feel there was too many cast members." As opposed to...what? Star Wars, Episode I, where they had the war between the Gunguns & the droids? Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones, where you had the Clone Army versus the entire legion of Jedi? The Lord of the Rings franchise? The Neverending Story franchise, which just kept adding new characters with every movie? The Great Wall movie with Matt Damon? World War Z? The Resident Evil franchise? Aquaman? The MCU & DCU franchises? "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"? Spaceballs? Flash Gordon? The Independence Day franchise? (Even if they got rid of both Will Smith before & Vivica A. Fox during the sequel.) The Despicable Me/Minions franchise? Transformers? The 905 Pokemon there are BEFORE the Ninth Generation comes out, plus the human characters that show up every now & again? Face it. Life is full of excess, unnecessary characters, & any movie or show that wants to be considered "epic" - or that's parodying an epic movie - is going to have a massive cast. There's just no getting around it.
Unfortunately Jurassic Park is not a franchise. It doesn’t need a sequel nor can there be one that is ever as good. Whilst the Jurassic world trilogy aren’t even the same genre of film as the original I would rate thusly: JP 9.5/10, TLW 7/10, JP3 3/10, JW 5/10, JW FK 6/10, JW D 6.5/10
I get that they didn’t want to pay for so many people, but at least bring back Julianne Moore, if not the kids from the original. Fuck, bring back Samuel L Jackson, I don’t care. All we saw was his arm. He could come back and be like “Hey I survived, isn’t that crazy?” It would still be the least stupid thing in the movie.
I don’t always agree with you but I’m 100% in agreement with you on this movie. I wouldn’t even rate it as high as you did though. Maybe a 4.5 out of 10. The script/plot was really weak. Big Ensemble movies can totally work - Guardians of the Galaxy for example, but this was a bit of a mess. All Cast Chemistry from previous movies was lost.
I also was not into the story of the locusts and cloned girl..... not a big fan how they've made raptors now the "cute baby yoda" like character, I prefer them as scary killers so not a huge Blue fan. The hold out your hand move to calm dinosaurs got old very fast. Dodson was more a middleman idiot in JP1 his lead CEO role made no sense to me. Wu going from bad guy in last movie to wimpy I wanna fix things in this one was off. HOW DID DODSON GET NEDRYS AREOSOL ? Masie's acting was so bad....yeah shame
The real problem that this movie has its that if you decide to watch it or not,nothing will change HEAVY SPOILER ALERT! Dinosaur are still coexisting with humans and some of them are still trapped and sold,with the exception of some that are kept in byosin's island
I love the new Top Gun and really like the new Jurassic World. It had a good balance of dinos/humans for me. I’m not going to a dinosaur movie to get a drama of complex storylines for human characters, I thought JW and JWFK had focused too much on the human characters. The Quetzalcoatlus, Therizinosaurus, of course Rexy and seeing Dr. Grant again made the movie for me. 9/10 🦖
It probably had the greatest numerical quantity of flaws, contrivances, and cringe moments, but I can't bring myself to dislike it more than JW 1 and FK. Mostly because the flaws, contrivances, and cringe from those two movies, while less, caused far more frustration for me. Your point about the amount of good guys is so important, and is a problem with all the JW movies and JP3. JP1 and TLW had more neutral characters than protagonists and antagonists. This gave some wiggle room as to not knowing who exactly might get killed, when, where, and how. But with this literal herd of unkillable characters, it took all of the bite out of the dinosaur scenes for me.
Even the main cast couldnt save this garbage. What was with all the bad guy poses? felt like i was watching a Jason Statham movie at times. I thought fallen kingdom was bad but this film put the nail in the coffin. The love interest was a shame wish that happened in JP3. *SPOILER ALERT* The part where Claire is crawling on the ground heading towards the water trying to avoid the dinosaur was hilariously bad, the dinosaur was like WTF is she doing...
I can’t believe how great top gun was and how disappointing JP was thought it would be the other way around
A friend of mine and I were just talking about the whole movie situation in 2022 a few days ago. (Haven't seen 'Dominion'.) But we were saying "Remember how in the beginning of the year, almost everyone just KNEW that The Batman was going to be the king of movies in 2022. And that Top Gun:Maverick was probably gonna 'Just be ok. Probably good. But nothing great..' But notice how the overall opinions of both movies.....is exactly the opposite! Just proves that you can NOT go by how many views a trailer gets on the internet, or just basic hype. So I just have this FEELING that Jurassic World Dominion is going to be a disappointment on some level. Like besides just some new dinosaurs and a few of the O.G. cast coming back, is there anything that seems like it is going to REALLY blow us away? I guess we'll see....." Laura's critique seems pretty typical of many of the overall reviews I've heard from people so far! So really, I guess it's SAD to see just how right I was.
The difference is Top Gun had a talented director.
Tom cruise actually cares about making quality movies that’s why, jurassic world was just like hey we brought everyone back, so what? They didn’t make it worth bringing them back.
Guess that's why Tom made that horrible Mummy film...
The trailers made it so clear Top Gun Maverick was going to be great...
The problem with MOST of the stuff coming out of Hollywood is bad story/writing.... this is just another example
Or bad agendas in the case of Lightyear.
The Dogs are sleeping and the Cat is planning world domination.
I felt like the last movie was more of an homage to the first movie, over a stand alone sequel with a new plot. I still liked the movie, though. It had dinosaurs!!!! 🎉👏🏻🦖🦕👍🏻
I know you said we should support the movie, but I'm tired of Hollywood making bad sequals. I don't go to the theater for 5.5 out of 10's anymore. 5.5 out of 10 isn't even going to get me to pay on streaming... it's a "wait for it to come to Netflix or similar service" situation.
Hollywood needs to do better, and we know they can; look at Top Gun Maverick. That one got me to the theater, for the early release event.
Paying them for a poor quality product, reinforces bad behavior and more crap.
It’s really not a bad movie it’s a movie that appeals to sum people and is hated by others
Btw have you watched the movie yet or just going off what other people feel about the movie
Exactly. I'm tired of this. No tickets for me.
At least you Jurassic nerds are apparently getting a better send-off movie than us Star Wars geeks did. Be thankful for that much.
I don’t think so! Jurassic world dominion is awful
LMAO!!!
Hey man, we still have the mandalorian 😂👍
Yup
@@GhostPirateEntertainment star wars ended badly. More worse than jurassic world dominion
I agree there but still what happened to both sucks.
The strange thing is, the magic of Dinosaurs is still there: you just have to look at Prehistoric Planet. I don't recall a single scene in JWD that impressed or awed me, yet I was practically weeping multiple times an episode of PP. It isn't about realism or design (though both are important) - it's cinematography, technique, & reverence. I just think it was completely missing in JWD, while PP nailed it for me.
Put it this way: I was 9 when JP came out, & seeing the Brachiosaurus for the first time was almost a spiritual experience. I had exactly that feeling watching PP. So it isn't that I've "grown out of it" or "fallen out of love" with dinosaurs: JWD just didn't deliver like even JP3 did.
We can hope that now the JW trilogy is over, Universal can become more ambitious & daring, going in different directions without becoming a Cinematic Universe. There could be room for family adventures, blockbusters, & sci-fi horror without trying to please everyone at once.
Too many geneticists spoil the primordial soup, I guess.
It's hard to capture the magic of the first Jurassic park.
no it's not you wookiee
Jurassic World captures the magic of the original. It’s the best sequel in the franchise
@@ivanivez7456 dogs
I feel like they should have spent more time focusing on the aspect of the humans and dinosaurs trying to interact with each other in the real world vs a brief news report on it at the beginning like they had
agreed!
The news reports were so lazy. Such poor story telling
The problem is that dinosaurs being a threat to humans is not a credible story to begin with. A pack of raptors endangering one small, unprepared group of people? Sure. A T. rex being allowed to run rampage around the United States without every good ol' boy hunting it down with their AR-15? Not a chance. They CAN'T afford to highlight the absurdity of it too much.
That was my gripe with the movie too. I would've wanted more dinosaur scenes out there in the world and how people in different countries and cities would've been affected by them.
It would have separated it from the different movies, the story line they went with kinda made it feel like more of the same
I would say 7 out of 10, the first act kind of felt like a James Bond movie with dinosaurs. It also had very apparent plot armour, but overall I enjoyed it.
I loved this movie, I get people not liking it but it was already over 2 hours. So I get cutting out the T-Rex at the drive in. Or having more dinosaurs in the wild. We knew this was going to be the "final" film in the franchise, So I'm happy it ended the way it did. I didn't want a apocalyptic dino world. We have to damn many movies like that. As the title said Jurassic World, thats how it ended, perfect. 10 out of 10 for me, But bare in mind, I'm a kid at heart so, yeah, lol. Who wouldn't want to live a world with dinosaurs?
It’s simple the movie is bad because it doesn’t have that Steven Spielberg touch and amazing cinematic thrilling magic
I agree with what you said I am big fan of Jurassic park and have seen all of them but I dislike this one the most. I thought it would have been better considering it was the last of the movies and seeing the trailer. I was disappointed with it as well as my kids were. I would give it a 1 out of 10. I feel bad for fans who go expecting it to be better and are let down. This seems to be the general opinion of all the fans I have talked too.
Bummer about the new movie not being great :/ But hey your skin looks amazing! *_*
I feel like Jurassic PARK 2-3 showed them in there natural habitats a lot more which was excited to see how they move, feel, run in herds, it was nice seeing them do more than eat people
They do run in herds
We watched it yesterday, my youngest is the Jurassic fan and he didn't like it at all. He wanted the dinos to be a the main focus. He kept saying why are the focusing on the stupid giant grasshoppers. The other thing that bothered him was he felt Dr Grant and Ellie were just comic relief for the most part. In the original they were both strong characters that complemented each other and were believable. In this both actors seemed that they were not vested in the characters just going through the motions to get a paycheck.
Your youngest has a good eye for identifying this stuff from the beginning. Took me the day after seeing it to finally admit this movie was a bit of a letdown. I just didn't want to admit it.
From what you and everyone has said here, they're going to have to go in an entirely different direction.
"Jurassic Park...The Musical."
Muppets Jurassic Park?
I thought it was better than Fallen Kingdom but it didn't feel like an epic finale to anything. Why the focus on locusts and cloned little girls rather than dinosaurs? The Rex/Giga stuff seemed randomly shoe horned in. You can tell they had no real vision for the trilogy. The music was dull too except the snippets from the original films score. Felt like forgettable Hollywood fluff, a product churned out.
I feel like the makers of this trilogy don't really care for Dinosaurs. They always want to focus on something else. Either hybrid monsters, cloned little girls or locusts.
I haven't seen the movie either, but after one of your comments something immediately jumped into my thoughts.
"So eventually, you do plan on having dinosaurs in your dinosaur movie? Hello?"
I actually disagree with this popular take. Jurassic park is so brilliant a lot of the time because you don’t actually see Any dinosaurs for ages! You just hear them and might see an eye or a claw. You don’t see the velociraptor until it’s face bursts out of some pipes after Ellie turns the power back on. Too many dinosaurs all the time and too many visual deaths are what makes Jurassic world (2015) just very dull and uninspired. Dominion is easily my favourite since The lost world. And whilst not even the same genre as the original it feel like Indiana Jones with dinosaurs.
*_I think it's a 6/10. It was a bit boring and a bit messy. There's an entire large and looong scene that could just have been cut, it's as if it was done in reshoots "to add more action", to give two actor's more scenes. They've had 4 years since last movie and they could have done better._*
BELOW ARE SLIGHT SPOILERS, but it was in the trailers, so...don't expand the comment?
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*_OK, the scene I am talking is when they go look for the girl. After the scene was over, I sat there thinking, couldn't this have been cut by 5 whole minutes, or even just removed it entirely from the movie? Did Chris want his big action scene? When you have so many characters, you really can't have BS scenes. I also think it was "we need to add another woman" type of thing._*
*_It looked like everyone didn't want to be in the movie?_*
*_Any damn chance Bryce has she is covered in a blanket so we can't see how thicc she is? What's going on there?? She was more or less wrapped in a blanket the ENTIRE MOVIE_*
*_The pilot run around saying "nope" and "uh-un" a lot. Hm, wait, there is a movie coming out in a month called "NOPE". How odd._*
*_The pilot/Kayla(her character is Han Solo, in a way) "checked" Malcom for having an open shirt. Because...his age? Because he's slimmer/less muscular now? Malcom is too old to have an open shirt? His few grey chest hairs? What does she care, she's a lesbian? I would like to add that the pilot was TOO beautiful for this movie. Immensely stunning, something the rest of the cast is not. She sticks out, and takes you out of the movie at times. There's at least two scenes where I do not know what they were doing, I was just wide-eyed over Kayla._*
*_Unconfirmed: my friend said he saw she had some locks of red hair in her hair. It could mean she took locks from some redheads and added to her own hair. Redheads, a categorization of women she exclaimed she loved and later tried to hook up with a redhead at the end of the movie. But she also had a lot of blonde locks in her hair._*
*_She nods to Ramsay in the copter at the end. Because he's black and made it to the end of the movie?_*
*_As of right now, I couldn't tell you the correct layout of that tower they spent 20mins to get into and the clear: "why they needed to get in it". It might be an issue with I need more coffee._*
JP franchise = beautiful
JW = fast and furious with dinosaurs/ bizarre/ completeley trainwreck
*_A shorter version of my "review":_*
*_I think it's a 6/10. It was a bit boring and a bit messy. Adult JP fans: watch it at home on 4K and go see Top Gun Maverick instead, a 10/10, a real movie-movie._*
*_After seeing JW: Dominion yesterday, that was my thought, i should have seen Top Gun Maverick in IMAX again, instead of JW: Dominion._*
It's a 7 out of 10 for me. I went in with low expectations and suspected that legacy characters except Ellie were going to be set up to die.
When I left the theater I summed it up as Uncharted with Dinosaurs. It's not entirely true but much of the action felt like that escalated action you'd see in the games. More than a couple times I went "oh right you're here", so I agree with you on the cast, especially with Dr.Wu and the new character, I don't know her name but she's the pilot. And the Giga felt like a trump card played after the game ended an hour ago, it's not as threatening as the Indominous Rex and we saw it get wrecked two movies ago.
But I like the movie still. Very entertaining. Just feels like two movies in some parts.
Dammit.. i REALLY wanted to love this film. So much of the marketing made us believe we'd get something entirely different. Especially seeing the "battle at bigrock" fanfilm released and the scenes where the t rex was being chased into the forest by choppers and ambushed a drive in theater. So many amazing moments wasted in the misleading marketing. The locust plot was the worst part for me. The Beta and Maisie rescue shouldn't have taken as much time as it did either. So much else could have been done with this film.. im honestly heartbroken after seeing the movie.. 😩😞
I feel that 4 years ago when the movie was starting to be made, we would have got something completely different. Then covid happend and they had so much time on their hands and changed it all for some stupid reason... i would have loved to see the potential vision for this film before covid delayed it by like 2 years..
Your so beautiful Laura, I hope you had a date with you in the cinema, it would be criminal if you didn't!!! Me personally, I was done after the original Jurassic park 2. Love what you do.
The movie was ok but it doesn't compare to the best Jurassic Park Movie of all time, staring Laura, Dante and the best actor of all time...Muffin Cat 😁
My review would simply be two pictures: Hopper from A Bug's Life and the Member Berries from South Park.
As a kid, I was spoilt with Jurassic Park in the Cinema
Still get warm fuzz from the introduction of the T-Rex 🤤
The only thing dumber than this movie, is the fact that you still wear a mask
Im a huge jurassic park fan since 1997. I was really disappointed and agree you. I would give 4.5 out of 10. But I love how gently you motivate the people to see the movies in spite of your review and the opnions of others :) I would love to see more reviews like that - with respect for the movies and awarness of the subjectivity of the review itself :)
Lol that’s awkward I also gave it a 4.5
So this movie follows Godzilla king of monsters. where the monsters are mostly fighting off screen. I hate that ppl go to these movies to see the monsters. not the ppl reacting to what they're supposedly seeing. If they're going to have human actors then I suggest show human actors sparingly.
Every 5 minutes their was a plot hole or another massive gap in logic. It's easily top 5 worst films of 2022.
I liked it... Anything beats JP3 😂
This movie felt like marketing to children
First JP is a horror movie where you genuine didn’t know who was going to survive, that’s not the case here
I totally agree with you. I give this movie a 3 out of 10. Considering all the time they had to do it, all the actors they had to do it, all the budget they had to do it, etc, this movie is the worst of the three JW. This isn't a dinosaurs movie, it's a monsters movie made by a five year old oversized child named Colin Trevorrow.
Colin Trevorrow directed "Jurassic World," the first one, the short film "Battle at Big Rock," and the "Prologue," the one where we see an inaccurate prehistoric Earth and the T-Rex rampaging through a drive-in movie theater. In my opinion, Big Rock and Prologue were pretty much what I wanted from from Dominion: dinosaurs roaming around in our world and seeing how the everyday people react to them. Instead, the film took place in a world where the more dangerous dinosaurs had already been caught and... really not much else.
@@gabrielestrella2272 exactly. What’s the sense of making a movie called "Jurassic World Dominion", presuming that it’ll be focused on the threat caused by the dinosaurs to the humankind, if those dinosaurs aren’t threatening at all?
it should be called 2 Jurassic 2 Furious.
as Ian Malcolm said in the film "Jurassic World, not a fan"
I feel like people wanted a "zombie movie type" but with dinos. And we got a MI meet dinos type movie
Spider-Man No way home got me back to the cinema. Then I saw The Batman. That's it really.. so far :) Love Marvel and DC
The best part of the movie wasn’t in the movie (the first 5 minutes clip that we all got to see in youtube)
I’d have to say 4-5 out of 10. I agree with everything you said.
I wanted more dinos brining the ruckus like I was promised!
But also, I say everyone needs to see it for themselves and form their own opinions.
I just think for the supposed final entry, it went out with a whimper and not a bang…
Agree with ya!
It's a frankenstein movie by committee with cgi duct tape to hold it together.
I was totally surprised when Grant killed Dumbledore.
The one thing this movie was missing...
...a meteor. A huge misstep as far as storyline and plot. It could've been SO much better, but they really dropped the ball on this one, unfortunately.
I still love the first Jurassic world movie.
An all-time classic.
When you can use the force to communicate with dinosaurs, nah nah I'm out.
This is probably a 5/10 for me, maybe lower.
Another steaming pile of garbage from Hollywood.
I saw it on Thursday night. I’m actually really bummed-out at where this took us. The ending of “Fallen Kingdom” laid-out how this franchise likely should have ended. Instead it went in several directions and relied heavily on nostalgia grabs (i.e. Ellie Satler removes sunglasses in awe / Ian Malcolm waives torch in effort to distract colossal beast). This is becoming all too common for these “legacy” film franchises and it’s getting tired. The insect sub-plot was wildly misplaced and inserted to connect with a specific human character and it didn’t work… Don’t spill on me but I loved seeing the three original characters back. This was the highlight for me! This franchise needs to rest again for another twenty years, I reckon… Did I actually just say, “I reckon”? Yup I sure did! Gréât Channel and yes i will buy the Mattel toys because I LOVE THEM STILL!
REALLY didnt enjoy it! Could of done SO much more with the story line. The main bad guy was awkward and weird. Some of the acting from the ‘side characters’ was poor with really awkward english accents 🤷♂️ Really daft idea that all the humans just casually accepted all the dinosaurs walking amongst them in the world…made no sense what so ever.
How good was the scenes with the dilophosaurus. Now THATS more of what we wanted to see!
4/10 🤦♂️
I'm going to catch this one when it hits streaming. Fallen Kingdom was such a terrible film, that it just killed any enthusiasm I might have for the JW portion of the franchise.
Fallen Kingdom is better than Dominion
@@ivanivez7456 Then they really screwed the pooch with Dominion lol.
Some reviewers are saying that since the Dinos are now just part of everyday life for the characters that now most of the awe and wonderment isn't there any more.
The excitement is just gone from the franchise like it was in the '90s films when characters were first seeing a T-rex or a raptor for the first time.
ahhh very interesting thought and very true! I guess it's just odd that we didn't see enough of that 'transition phase' where everyone is all of a sudden cool with dinos everywhere haha
Yeah that's dumb. We would never get bored of dinosaurs. Zoos and safaris are as popular as ever.
I always wonder what expectations people have walking into these kinds of movies. Do they really expect to be wowed like with the first one? I think many people forget why the first Jurassic Park is such an icon. Not only was that movie a revolution in movie making unlike anything before and brought us realistic looking dinosaurs, but most of us saw those movies when we were kids, through the eyes of kids and we were in awe. Kids or adults back then, no one saw anything like it before, so of course everyone was blown away. Since then we’ve grown up, seen hundreds of movies like this and of course we aren’t impressed with it anymore. The original JP has a painfully simple story when you look back at it now: Man brings dino’s back, dino’s go nuts. That’s it. But we don’t care because we all were there in the moment with the characters, we were Lex and Timmy. Now we’re all jaded as fuck and instead of diving in head first and have fun we all sit with our arms crossed saying ‘impress us’. There are films that you watch critically, there are films that you watch to have fun with, and the Jurassic films fall into that second category for me.
I love the OG 3 JP movies, and haven't seen the JW movies, so I went into Dominion as a brand new head for these specific characters. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Getting a lil tired though of Pratt being a hero wise cracking his way through things though.
I do feel like they blindsided us with the plot because I feel like they were marketing a whole different film about dinosaurs integrating with human civilization. They had that short film at the camp and the prologue showing the T-Rex at the drive in after that amazing prehistoric sequence that should have been in the movie.
That's honestly the biggest gripe I have with this movie. I was hoping for some sort of Planet of the Apes-esque film but with dinosaurs. I've always been a sucker for grim endings, so I would have loved to see humans facing their extinction and proving Ian Malcolm right, so that the series remains a cautionary tale about messing with evolution.
But otherwise, I thought it was a fun popcorn flick. Loved how they brought in the old cast and had them have their own story until it converged with the new cast's story. The dinosaur sequences were incredible too, especially that entire chase sequence. The dinosaurs were really made to be scary here and they did a great job creating tension.
Well said! I agree I was preparing for a Planet of the Apes meets dinosaurs and instead we were focusing on some other problem! LOVED the dino sequences though yes!!
I'm not sure about the Toy's R Us part considering... you know...
🗣 welcome back to the *CHAN❗ CHAN❗* 😎
IN " THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT " WERE JUST A FEW PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS & FEW EXTRAS & STILL IT'S A GREAT MOVIE WITH A GREAT STORY LINE THAT I ALWAYS WATCH OVER AGAIN & AGAIN. I JUST LIKE THE TOYS OF THE JURASSIC FRANCHISE, NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN THE MOVIE.😁
Do you think you’ll review the JW: Dominion toys
I thought that this movie was a really nice way to put a bow on the franchise. I definitely agree that it was full of its various shortcomings, that things lacked impact. There was a lot going on and they didn't have the time to dedicate to all the different moving parts. The complexity of some of the ideas that the franchise and this movie pushed would need another entry or so to fully flesh out, but they didn't want to make anymore movies. They wanted to give the Jurassic Fans a fun ending. Was this a good movie from all angles? No. But was it the movie that the Jurassic Fans deserved? I'd say so. It was a lot of fun. There were so many awesome callbacks and various things that came full circle. They furthered a story that made sense and respected what the previous two films had established, but it also tied everything up. After the first movie made the world wonder what it would be like if dinosaurs lived alongside us in our modern world, it was amazing to see that same idea inspire the ending to this fantastic franchise. I'd give it a solid 6/10 overall.
Literally just been to see it this morning. I really enjoyed it but to be fair I’m not a huge Jurassic Park/World fan. I did notice, no one seemed to be really scared of the dino’s even the apex one like they had been in previous movies but I figured that was because the world was now so used to them. The genetics plot did seem a little uninvolved and not fleshed out but I thought the number of characters and mix was ok but agree there was no real character development. The biggest oddity for me was dinos surviving in extreme cold environments, maybe I missed the whole story about them not being cold blooded anymore I don’t know.
Some dinosaurs did live in cold environments.
It was Locust World Dominion
Hey Laura, great thorough critique of JW: Dominion. I know that you had high hopes for the movie, but a lot of sequels are like popcorn in a pan, some pop others don't. Great job with your review. You should do these more often. I still plan on seeing this, just not right away. Have a great weekend doll. Take care and be well my lovely friend. 😍😍❤️✌️
Thanks Ed!! Hope you get a chance to see it really soon! Enjoy the weekend! 🤗
I just saw it I enjoyed but the ending was a little lacking
@@LauraLegends I will probably wait until it hits streaming service or on DVD. You, Muffin, Dante' and Odie could've made a better movie than this one.
Freak
@@rlfmichigan Who is a freak?
Here's an idea. They should do a Millennium Godzilla style reboot where they ignore all the movies except for the first one.
Everyone should ignore all the movies except for the first one and just not bother with a reboot.
Who watches 3D in 2022 though
I really liked it. 7.5/10. Had a mission impossible vibe at the start and I liked the way the old cast and the new casts' stories came together. Action was good, and it was great to see some species we'd not seen before.
Those goldens are absolutely epic they gave the genuine enjoyment feeling that the dominion most certainly did not imo
7.5 out off 10 ..... My 7 yr old loved it ..... But to me at some points , it felt like I was watching a Fast And The Furiious Brazil Movie..... But the Dinosaurs are completely Awsome ....A must watch ....
I give it a 3 or 4 out of 10. This is actually a really bad movie. I’m a HUGE fan of the franchise, big time, but this movie actually let me down. I felt like I’d been betrayed. The plot is dumb, the dinosaurs took too much of a backseat, there shouldn’t be new dinosaurs AT ALL, and there’s too many characters to focus on. Also, the animatronics/puppets look atrocious - reminds me of Labyrinth and The NeverEnding Story... I hate those movies.
I have yet to watch the film. But I will go because the original Jurassic Park film and book started my Fandom and now nostalgia for the series. That said...I'm hoping there are a bunch of positives regarding the film as well. Thus far I've seen quite a bit of negative.
Very true! I am a huge fan of Jurassic Park as you are! As much as it was good to see the OG characters , there was hardly anything else that was standing out.
The first hour of the movie felt like Bourne with dinosaurs 😅 then after the Malta scenes it got better.. it was definitely good to see the dinos with feathers, and the extra cheesy scenes with the og cast😅😂
But the plot and the whole story was sooo flat... I was hoping to see more dinos adapting and in the wild.
3D is a nice gimmick, but does not add anything. I liked the movie, it connected nicely to the other movies with the story 8/10. Can't really post more here without getting into spoilers.
Thank you for the heads up on the new JP movie! In Maine, we don't have the 3D version to choose from, which sucks (we do have IMAX!).
I feel the whole franchise hss grown stale. It seems like the outline for each Jurassic Park movie is: 1. People enter the Park. 2. People meet the Dinos. Lots of ewwing & ahhing. These are the "They do move in herds.", "Welcome, to Jurassic Park." moments. 3. Uh, sir. We have a malfunction in _________. Power goes out, Dino break out, sh*t happens. 4. Dinos eat the people. Lots of running & screaming. 5. Final showdown - get to the chopper!, trap the TRex & send him & his kid home, we got the kid off the island!, Dinos & people mix it up, etc.
I will eventually see Dominion but it doesn't have the spirit of seeing Spielberg's original. Don't get me wrong, Laura, I love Jurassic Park. Dude, I had the DTS LaserDisc back in the day. The windows in my apartment would rattle when the T-Rex roared.
That sucks! Come out to California! Everything is 3D and IMAX.
I hate being "That Guy" but if you have the time please check out my video about the movie. As one Jurassic Fan to the other, I think some of my theories might make for some good discussion points if you want to do a collaboration on the Movie 👍
Please do a spoiler review!!! Love to hear your overview of the bad plot.
I was so so so…bummed by this movie. My buddy and I went to the double feature psyched to see it and I legit caught myself rolling my eyes, and even face palmed and hid behind my HANDS at one point.
Great review! I have very mixed feelings on it as well. I think a 5.5 or 6/10 is dead on. The things that irked me is the lack of dinos for the first half of the movie and that the Legacy Characters (Grant, Sattler and Malcolm) do not feel like the characters we saw on the big (or small screen) screen the last time they were in a JP movie. It just felt hollow and not genuine.....very "off" to put it simply.......and other then little moments I feel that Grant was badly underused. The nostalgic nods and references were nice for a while then they became rather derivative. What I mean by that is all the little nods are all more or less aimed at either the 1st movie or the 4th (at least that's how I interpreted it) and I got the feeling that is that those are like the only movies in the series that matter. Guess TLW and JPIII didn't happen........which really is disappointing since those movies did have a part to play and more then certainly have their fans (TLW is arguably my favorite JP movie of all). I became a lot more entertained with it once they get into the preserve and we start seeing all the new dinos. Felt like the movie switched from being a corporate espionage thriller with the odd dinosaur roaming/running around to yeah...now this is more of a JP movie now. Just wish that they did a bit more with our new big bad dino. Very cool and threatening but just not enough of him in it to really make you fear and dread him when he shows up onscreen. While I will absolutely buy the movie and watch it again (I feel that this is another one I got to watch more then once, like Fallen Kingdom, which I was not sold on at first but have come to really appreciate) and I think that everyone who is interested should certainly go see it and decide for themselves because there are a lot of things to like about it. For me though, there was an equal amount of things, at least at this time of writing, that did not sit well with me. Too unbalanced with lack of dinosaur action, underused characters and an overstuffed plot that does not have a very good finale when all the parts were there to make it a slam dunk of a finish and as a result it does not feel like a JP movie for a good majority of the film, at least for that is. It just feels like it does not fit and comes as anti-climatic and clunky "finale" to the series. But I will buy it and watch it again and see how my views change (or not change) on it in time. Great review Laura and I hope you snag all the new dinos from Toys R' Us!
I haven't seen the movie yet but when I do i'll just try to enjoy it for what it is and nothing more! I don't over analyze movies anymore (for the people who do that's fine ..to each there own) it just personally helps me enjoy something more if I leave my expectations at home! And I never let reviewers decide what I should see ..if i'm interested in seeing something i'm going to ..bad reviews or not. Seen lots of movies that were supposed to be awful that I personally really enjoyed!
same here -- even though CATS got the worst rating ever I'm still gonna watch it tonight lol
Thats how it should be, if something interests you watch it. You might hate it but at least you know. I will admit though people like Angry Joe and Laura I give credit to more than most reviewers because they are fans first and foremost.
If I have to leave expectations at home I feel that really says something about the quality of modern movies.
@@JurassicRod Nobody says you have to ..it's just something I personally try to do!
@@LauraLegends Cats just seems like the kind of movie that will give you grey hairs.
after reading a good number of Chrichton's novels, I want to give this discussion point, the point of Jurassic Park isn't about the dinosaurs, or about their scientific accuracy in the novels. the Point is about the worries of Unchecked Science gone rampant. the dinosaurs are just a medium for the horrible things that could go.
instead of dinosaurs, the subject matter could be about genetically engineered roaches that feed on radiation but become hazardous to the world around them when they spread too far beyond control, or about Mosquitos who are engineered to carry a super virus.
the real danger within the novel Jurassic park is about the horror that could happen with unchecked, unrestrained genetic science.
Laura do you know or have you ever heard of Devon Larratt? He’s arm wrestling a dinosaur named Levan. He’s from Canada and is almost ranked #1 in the world. Just wondering!
Is it better then fallen kingdom because its my least favorite one ??? I like the first half and hate the second half !!!
The interactions of the original cast is what i loved. I can definitely understand people's complaints about this movie, but i didn't think it was that bad. Given how dinosaurs are now roaming the earth, I did feel like the dinos were just going to be mostly in the background Also, since you know about this, and i don't know if this is going to spoil anything for anyone, but you gotta admit Dodgson's death was a nice nod to the original
Nice review Laura! I heard a lot of bad reviews for this film. I am still going to see this and give my review on it.
I was disappointed considering its a finale and its a shame considering how right Camp Cretaceous is doing it!
I saw it yesterday and I give it a solid 7. I had a really fun time with the movie. Yes, I do understand the criticisms, and I can see why a lot of fans are disappointed, but honestly this movie got me exactly what I expected out of it from the trailers, and that’s all I could ask for after everything we’ve got in the franchise after the original JP. We all are JP fans here, and we’re always hardest on the things we love, but let’s be honest, none of the movies have been great since JP3. Yet we always come back for the next one. Being a fan of a movie franchise is like being a fan of your favourite sports team. They can suffer a terrible losing streak, or can be the best team in years, but you’re always there in the stadium to cheer them on.
I haven't seen the movie yet but most of my friends are saying the same thing, "They tried to cram too much into the movie."
the trailers looked good for dominion, the first teaser with the dinosaurs shown 65 million years ago and then t rex at drive in had me really pumped to see this. sadly that trailer was better than the whole movie. i thought for sure they would make a better movie than fallen kingdom but they failed us again. i give it a 3 out of 10.
I thought they were going to be wreaking HAVOC in the cities
Yeah this movie wasn't it.. when the movie cut to the next scene they introduced another character..and EVERYTHING was always strategically placed and always so convenient..too many plots going on. Teams of casts members doing multiple plots. Certain characters I don't think even had names..and WHY was Grant STILL digging up dinosaur bones when REAL DINOSAURS ROAM THE EARTH????
I completely agree with your thoughts on it. I just didn’t want to admit it 😅
I acknowledge ur opinion but respectfully disagree
"I just feel there was too many cast members."
As opposed to...what? Star Wars, Episode I, where they had the war between the Gunguns & the droids? Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones, where you had the Clone Army versus the entire legion of Jedi? The Lord of the Rings franchise? The Neverending Story franchise, which just kept adding new characters with every movie? The Great Wall movie with Matt Damon? World War Z? The Resident Evil franchise? Aquaman? The MCU & DCU franchises? "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"? Spaceballs? Flash Gordon? The Independence Day franchise? (Even if they got rid of both Will Smith before & Vivica A. Fox during the sequel.) The Despicable Me/Minions franchise? Transformers? The 905 Pokemon there are BEFORE the Ninth Generation comes out, plus the human characters that show up every now & again?
Face it. Life is full of excess, unnecessary characters, & any movie or show that wants to be considered "epic" - or that's parodying an epic movie - is going to have a massive cast. There's just no getting around it.
I also went 6/10....liked the Jurassic Park stuff but not the Jurassic World....too much plot
Unfortunately Jurassic Park is not a franchise. It doesn’t need a sequel nor can there be one that is ever as good. Whilst the Jurassic world trilogy aren’t even the same genre of film as the original I would rate thusly: JP 9.5/10, TLW 7/10, JP3 3/10, JW 5/10, JW FK 6/10, JW D 6.5/10
Will you pretend to be my wife ;) and I was disappointed too with the movie...
I get that they didn’t want to pay for so many people, but at least bring back Julianne Moore, if not the kids from the original. Fuck, bring back Samuel L Jackson, I don’t care. All we saw was his arm. He could come back and be like “Hey I survived, isn’t that crazy?” It would still be the least stupid thing in the movie.
I don’t always agree with you but I’m 100% in agreement with you on this movie. I wouldn’t even rate it as high as you did though. Maybe a 4.5 out of 10. The script/plot was really weak. Big Ensemble movies can totally work - Guardians of the Galaxy for example, but this was a bit of a mess. All Cast Chemistry from previous movies was lost.
I also was not into the story of the locusts and cloned girl..... not a big fan how they've made raptors now the "cute baby yoda" like character, I prefer them as scary killers so not a huge Blue fan. The hold out your hand move to calm dinosaurs got old very fast. Dodson was more a middleman idiot in JP1 his lead CEO role made no sense to me. Wu going from bad guy in last movie to wimpy I wanna fix things in this one was off. HOW DID DODSON GET NEDRYS AREOSOL ? Masie's acting was so bad....yeah shame
The real problem that this movie has its that if you decide to watch it or not,nothing will change
HEAVY SPOILER ALERT!
Dinosaur are still coexisting with humans and some of them are still trapped and sold,with the exception of some that are kept in byosin's island
I love the new Top Gun and really like the new Jurassic World. It had a good balance of dinos/humans for me. I’m not going to a dinosaur movie to get a drama of complex storylines for human characters, I thought JW and JWFK had focused too much on the human characters. The Quetzalcoatlus, Therizinosaurus, of course Rexy and seeing Dr. Grant again made the movie for me. 9/10 🦖
It probably had the greatest numerical quantity of flaws, contrivances, and cringe moments, but I can't bring myself to dislike it more than JW 1 and FK. Mostly because the flaws, contrivances, and cringe from those two movies, while less, caused far more frustration for me.
Your point about the amount of good guys is so important, and is a problem with all the JW movies and JP3. JP1 and TLW had more neutral characters than protagonists and antagonists. This gave some wiggle room as to not knowing who exactly might get killed, when, where, and how. But with this literal herd of unkillable characters, it took all of the bite out of the dinosaur scenes for me.
I’m waiting for the Therizinosaurus to walk up behind you in those woods !!! Get in the water and hide Laura !!! Awesome wallpaper lol
Even the main cast couldnt save this garbage. What was with all the bad guy poses? felt like i was watching a Jason Statham movie at times. I thought fallen kingdom was bad but this film put the nail in the coffin. The love interest was a shame wish that happened in JP3.
*SPOILER ALERT*
The part where Claire is crawling on the ground heading towards the water trying to avoid the dinosaur was hilariously bad, the dinosaur was like WTF is she doing...