Jurassic World Thoughts
Jun. 23rd, 2015 10:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iariaIt was okay. I liked it overall. There were definitely things I enjoyed - I loved the dinosaurs (raptors! ♥) and the action was good. But at the same time it was also disappointing. The first was such a great movie that it holds up in almost every way 20 years later. This movie unfortunately didn't come together for me in the same way - both for characters and script. It didn't really gell as a whole.
• Owen and the raptors, yes please! Man, I wish the movie had been more centred around them because I wanted more. A lot of my favourite moments were of Owen and his raptors. That moment during the final battle when Owen reestablishes his bond with the raptors surrounding them and then they choose him over the Indominus was probably my favourite one of the movie. The shot of him riding his bike through the jungle with them running with him was as great in the movie as it was in the trailer.
I'm so sad that most of them died and Blue was left alone at the end. I'm choosing to believe that the Indominus didn't actually kill all of the others they were just really hurt and after the battle Owen and Claire find them and help them heal and the pack is reunited to live free and happy on the island.
• I actually really liked Claire. I loved her determination. Claire letting the T-Rex out and leading it to the Indominus was awesome. I liked her saving Owen from the Pterodactyl. From what I've read this is an unpopular opinion but I thought she was great.
• The romance was meh. It was out of place and had no reason to even be there. Their kiss in particular did not work. It came out of no where and was really badly placed (um, flying dinosaurs of death, pay attention!) I wish that whole subplot had been removed because otherwise I think the two actors had a good chemistry and ignoring the romance angle I enjoyed their interactions. Well, the scene at his trailer was a little terrible. But I liked their conflicting personalities and snapping at each other. I liked their growing respect and trust. I liked how they worked together.
• I loved the scene where Claire and Owen are fleeing the old visitor centre and Owen pauses to reach back and help hurry her along and she just runs past him full tilt leaving him staring after her in bemusement. It made me laugh. I was definitely impressed with Claire running all over the jungle in her heels. I loved that we didn't once get a scene where she trips or her heels get caught on something and Owen has to run back to save her. I especially love it because we get him remarking on them earlier and yet they never do become an impediment for her.
• I wanted to see more of Barry and his relationship with the raptors. Basically more of the dinosaurs up close would have been great. I'm glad Barry survived.
• I loved the dinosaur petting zoo. Less so the kids riding baby triceratops. The Pterydactyls picking on the baby triceratops was so sad. Everyone was running around and I was mentally going 'save the babies!'. Poor little things.
• I loved them finding the overgrown original visitor centre. That was a really nice scene.
• The gyroscopes were excellent. I loved the whole concept. The ping-pong sequence with the boys in one as dinosaurs run and fight around them was great. I just wish we'd seen a little more of them in it being awed by the dinosaurs surrounding them while using it.
• The kids were rather lacklustre. I didn't dislike them but I also didn't particularly like them either. They were just sort of there, taking up too much screen time. Same with the little side plot about their parents. What was even the point of that? It should have just been cut out entirely.
• Claire outrunning the T-Rex was done so badly. I loved the moment as a kickass choice on her part but they really should have filmed it differently because it was so unbelievable. She should have started running a hell of a lot sooner then she did for one thing. Maybe have her run through something that it couldn't get past and yet could still see her (a fence of something).
• The T-Rex walking away at the end - uh, what? Sorry not buying it. Maybe if it had been more noticeably injured, easy enough to believe, it would have worked. As it is I mostly just found it dumb. Sure, whatever movie.
• I really didn't like Claire's sister's line about when Claire would have children talking over Claire's own opinion because as a woman of course she would! It kind of pissed me off.
• Claire's assistant Zara's death was terrible. I felt so bad for her. It was the most drawn out death of the movie (possible of all the movies). It just kept lingering on her and her terror and went on and on. The military guy didn't even get anything like that!
• I liked Masrani and unlike Zara his death scene was fitting and well done.
• I am confused about how Dr. Wu could get away with not telling Masrani the truth about what the Indominus was made of. Isn't Masrani his boss? But then he also didn't know that the Indominus was born 2 years ago which is even weirder. Claire appears to answer to him but then created the Indominus without his knowledge. Wu apparently only answers to "the board" - of Masrani's company? But then why do they get to know the genetics of the Indominus but he doesn't? Who is in charge here?
• Claire appears to be the person in charge of running the island and Jurassic World and yet once the action really got going it felt like the movie forgot that, or she did. It felt like she just abandoned her responsibility towards the park and all the people there to chase after her nephews and that bothered me.
• I disliked Claire telling Larry "be a man, and do something for once in your life". He was all "why'd you have to make it personal" while I was 'why'd you have to make it sexist?' So unnecessary.
• The moment with Claire and Owen and the dying dinosaur was really out of place. The scene itself was fine. I liked it. But it's placement was all wrong. There was this sense of urgency - the kids are out there, the Indominus is free - and then it just all grounds to a halt while they take a ten minute break.
• Owen and the raptors, yes please! Man, I wish the movie had been more centred around them because I wanted more. A lot of my favourite moments were of Owen and his raptors. That moment during the final battle when Owen reestablishes his bond with the raptors surrounding them and then they choose him over the Indominus was probably my favourite one of the movie. The shot of him riding his bike through the jungle with them running with him was as great in the movie as it was in the trailer.
I'm so sad that most of them died and Blue was left alone at the end. I'm choosing to believe that the Indominus didn't actually kill all of the others they were just really hurt and after the battle Owen and Claire find them and help them heal and the pack is reunited to live free and happy on the island.
• I actually really liked Claire. I loved her determination. Claire letting the T-Rex out and leading it to the Indominus was awesome. I liked her saving Owen from the Pterodactyl. From what I've read this is an unpopular opinion but I thought she was great.
• The romance was meh. It was out of place and had no reason to even be there. Their kiss in particular did not work. It came out of no where and was really badly placed (um, flying dinosaurs of death, pay attention!) I wish that whole subplot had been removed because otherwise I think the two actors had a good chemistry and ignoring the romance angle I enjoyed their interactions. Well, the scene at his trailer was a little terrible. But I liked their conflicting personalities and snapping at each other. I liked their growing respect and trust. I liked how they worked together.
• I loved the scene where Claire and Owen are fleeing the old visitor centre and Owen pauses to reach back and help hurry her along and she just runs past him full tilt leaving him staring after her in bemusement. It made me laugh. I was definitely impressed with Claire running all over the jungle in her heels. I loved that we didn't once get a scene where she trips or her heels get caught on something and Owen has to run back to save her. I especially love it because we get him remarking on them earlier and yet they never do become an impediment for her.
• I wanted to see more of Barry and his relationship with the raptors. Basically more of the dinosaurs up close would have been great. I'm glad Barry survived.
• I loved the dinosaur petting zoo. Less so the kids riding baby triceratops. The Pterydactyls picking on the baby triceratops was so sad. Everyone was running around and I was mentally going 'save the babies!'. Poor little things.
• I loved them finding the overgrown original visitor centre. That was a really nice scene.
• The gyroscopes were excellent. I loved the whole concept. The ping-pong sequence with the boys in one as dinosaurs run and fight around them was great. I just wish we'd seen a little more of them in it being awed by the dinosaurs surrounding them while using it.
• The kids were rather lacklustre. I didn't dislike them but I also didn't particularly like them either. They were just sort of there, taking up too much screen time. Same with the little side plot about their parents. What was even the point of that? It should have just been cut out entirely.
• Claire outrunning the T-Rex was done so badly. I loved the moment as a kickass choice on her part but they really should have filmed it differently because it was so unbelievable. She should have started running a hell of a lot sooner then she did for one thing. Maybe have her run through something that it couldn't get past and yet could still see her (a fence of something).
• The T-Rex walking away at the end - uh, what? Sorry not buying it. Maybe if it had been more noticeably injured, easy enough to believe, it would have worked. As it is I mostly just found it dumb. Sure, whatever movie.
• I really didn't like Claire's sister's line about when Claire would have children talking over Claire's own opinion because as a woman of course she would! It kind of pissed me off.
• Claire's assistant Zara's death was terrible. I felt so bad for her. It was the most drawn out death of the movie (possible of all the movies). It just kept lingering on her and her terror and went on and on. The military guy didn't even get anything like that!
• I liked Masrani and unlike Zara his death scene was fitting and well done.
• I am confused about how Dr. Wu could get away with not telling Masrani the truth about what the Indominus was made of. Isn't Masrani his boss? But then he also didn't know that the Indominus was born 2 years ago which is even weirder. Claire appears to answer to him but then created the Indominus without his knowledge. Wu apparently only answers to "the board" - of Masrani's company? But then why do they get to know the genetics of the Indominus but he doesn't? Who is in charge here?
• Claire appears to be the person in charge of running the island and Jurassic World and yet once the action really got going it felt like the movie forgot that, or she did. It felt like she just abandoned her responsibility towards the park and all the people there to chase after her nephews and that bothered me.
• I disliked Claire telling Larry "be a man, and do something for once in your life". He was all "why'd you have to make it personal" while I was 'why'd you have to make it sexist?' So unnecessary.
• The moment with Claire and Owen and the dying dinosaur was really out of place. The scene itself was fine. I liked it. But it's placement was all wrong. There was this sense of urgency - the kids are out there, the Indominus is free - and then it just all grounds to a halt while they take a ten minute break.
