Honestly a little better than JW1 and JW2. I have to keep reminding myself of that because it's not a good movie. It's just not so awful my brain hurts. That said the things that really stick out in my head were the amount of casual death. They treated people getting eaten like it was a bloody cartoon. Jurassic Park made the dinosaurs horrifying creatures that would kill you and sometimes did but Jurassic World just throws it to the side. Yeah we have dinosaurs, yeah people get eaten by them but here's the real story. I saw a dude get eaten in the background and no one flinched or cared not even the camera man. it's callous and weird and makes me care less about the movie when their biggest monsters can eat everyone except the cast whom I do care about.
There were a LOT of cinematic motif homages to previous JPs. Not just Dr Grant referencing how he knows how much electricity was in the fences. There are recreations of scenes that expand or re-imagine their equivalent. My favorite being Ian Malcolm redoing his T-Rex distraction with... better results.
I think I've talked myself into giving this an average rather than below average score. There was a lot to work with and honestly they did a not awful job of it all things considered with all the awfulness of the first two. I have to admit surprise it didn't extend into the final one.
Review by wolfkinBlockedParent2022-09-23T21:36:27Z
Honestly a little better than JW1 and JW2. I have to keep reminding myself of that because it's not a good movie. It's just not so awful my brain hurts. That said the things that really stick out in my head were the amount of casual death. They treated people getting eaten like it was a bloody cartoon. Jurassic Park made the dinosaurs horrifying creatures that would kill you and sometimes did but Jurassic World just throws it to the side. Yeah we have dinosaurs, yeah people get eaten by them but here's the real story. I saw a dude get eaten in the background and no one flinched or cared not even the camera man. it's callous and weird and makes me care less about the movie when their biggest monsters can eat everyone except the cast whom I do care about.
There were a LOT of cinematic motif homages to previous JPs. Not just Dr Grant referencing how he knows how much electricity was in the fences. There are recreations of scenes that expand or re-imagine their equivalent. My favorite being Ian Malcolm redoing his T-Rex distraction with... better results.
I think I've talked myself into giving this an average rather than below average score. There was a lot to work with and honestly they did a not awful job of it all things considered with all the awfulness of the first two. I have to admit surprise it didn't extend into the final one.