Thread:Rodangizzardcrusher3/@comment-26687285-20160822213306/@comment-26687285-20180901205812

I saw Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom a few weeks ago, and I thought it was pretty decent. Have you seen it too? And what did you think of it?

BTW In case you infact haven't seen it yet, spoiler warning!

Here are the positives:

1: The action, particularly the sequence on the island, was great Hollywood spectacle. Well shot with a good loud sound mix and big visuals, that still manages to not become too heavy on the senses.

2: It also goes without saying that I loved seeing Jeff back again, even though he doesn't do anything other than spell out the film's message. And I particularly liked the note that the film ends on, showing his narration over shots of dinosaurs infiltrating everyday human habitats all along the east coast. That sequence combined with Ian's lines about how genetic power will "change death" because one "doesn't know what it looks like until they're standing at the gates", and the reveal that Lockwood's granddaughter is infact a clone of birth daughter, both of which I am convinced are deliberate nods to the book theory that Ian Malcolm was brought back to life via cloning in between JP and TLW, make this film the most Crichton-esque entry since part 1. And for the first time in the series history I'm actually excited about the next Jurassic movie.

Now here's what I didn't care for:

1: Stop with the stupid, overused and insulting trope of just having "greedy capitalists" as the villain! If I want to see a film with those themes I'll watch one that knows how to handle them COMPETENTLY, like All President's Men or Wolf of Wallstreet. But STOP cramming these stupid, pointless clichés into films that don't need them! No more one-percenters. No more heartless insurance corporations. No more corporate jerks, no more short-sighted conservative politicians whose only arguments are "it's against the Bible/God". No more sadistic alpha-male poachers. In short, no more cardboard cut-out characters hiding behind "privatization" or "innovation" to justify their cartoonishly evil schemes. It's not clever. It's not provocative. It's not insightful. It's just obnoxious, pretentious, uninspired and played-out. Just stop it!

2: Don't have one of the characters we are supposed to root for be effectively responsible for thousands of innocent deaths by releasing all of the dino's onto the mainland!

What they should've done is have Claire let out the gass FIRST, and then have Mills (you know, the villain!) open all of the cages and let the dino's out as a middle finger to the heroes for ruining his plan. That way Maisie doesn't end up having a freaking ocean of blood on her hands!

3: Infact, why the hell is Maisie even in this film?! Once again, I have to concur with Jeremy Scott. Stop putting pointless kid characters into big summer movies! If you absolutely had to have one of the characters have an offspring, at least make them more than 15 years of age.