I believe that RLM in their review of the last one compared these movies to Taco Bell.
Everything has the same 5 ingredients, just placed in a different order.
It’s hard to argue with that after seeing this film.
It’s plagued by the exact same problem as the Terminator franchise; the creatives behind it are clueless on how to expand the franchise beyond the lore of the classics.
As a result, you get these rinse and repeat movies that are high on the nostalgia bait and devoid of anything interesting.
This somehow manages to be the worst one of the trilogy, I’d say it’s about on par with something like Jurassic Park III.
It’s somehow the dumbest Jurassic film (no, I haven’t forgotten about the military subplots in the previous 2, but this one literally introduces a new dinosaur nicknamed the ‘Giga’ and an evil company called ‘Biosyn’) with some of the cringiest dialogue and acting I’ve seen in a long time, none of which is embraced by the filmmakers. I think it’d play much better if this material was treated like a spoof, or at the very least more tongue in cheek (could’ve used more hallucinations of a dinosaur screaming “ALAN!”). It’s trying so hard to be sincere and Spielbergian, but it doesn’t work.
Moreover, the new characters are still either boring clichés or annoying, it looks too glossy, it’s way too long given how little’s going on, action’s alright but nothing that’s truly impressive or visceral; it’s just a bland mush of forgettable nothingness, and Jeff Goldblum’s charisma can’t save any of it.
3/10
3 Thoughts After Watching ‘Jurassic World Dominion’:
It was pure nostalgic joy to see the original cast together after all these years. Their chemistry is still magic, and they were clearly the highlight of this film. I even liked the direction they went in with Grant and Ellie. I was hoping for that outcome since the beginning. We JP fans are lucky to see our OG trio finally reunite.
Despite a few solid action scenes and some brief moments of greatness, this ultimately did not FEEL like a Jurassic Park film, something the earlier sequels still managed to somewhat achieve. And that’s what bothers me the most. The first half felt very much like a Mission: Impossible flick. I could have done with less espionage and over-the-top characters like Santos.
That plot didn’t deserve Ellie, Alan, and Ian. For a film that was meant to bring together two generations and serve as an epic Jurassic finale, it was sadly a fail. So many missed opportunities. There was no sense of true closure. No impactful full-circle moments. I tried explaining the storyline to my sister and it proved difficult. I may have lost her at kidnapped clones. All a bit forgettable. It wasn’t terrible, but it missed the mark for such a beloved franchise.
Bonus Thought: They should have stuck with the classic dinos. These hybrids left zero impact. And I would have been pissed off if T-Rex died in the end.
Extra Bonus Thought: Was it just me or was Dodgson terribly-acted with the worst dialogue? There were so many moments from him that fell so flat.
Extra Extra Bonus Thought: One blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment I appreciated was when the T-Rex walked behind a circular structure and provided a brief nod to the iconic JP logo.
More like ‘Locusts: Da-Minion’, lol.
So here we are, at the end of the line for Jurassic Park/World series (well for now, since this movie made $995 million worldwide, becoming the second highest-grossing film of 2022), but as for now, it’s the finale.
There was a lot of potential for Dominion, with the last movie ‘Fallen Kingdom’ ending on a massive cliffhanger, with the dinosaurs being set free into the world and how the modern world handles the animal attacks. On top of that, this marks the return of the original 1993 characters: Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, and Ian Malcolm, with the OG actors returning as well. On top of that mount Everest of expectations, this is supposed to conclude the 29 years of Dino madness.
This should’ve been the Endgame of the Jurassic Park/World series, right guys? Instead, it’s ‘The Rise of Skywalker’.
Jurassic World Dominion is one of the most boring summer blockbusters I’ve seen this year. I have seen some people call this harmless fun, but I don’t know what movie they watched because this dragged! While watching this in the cinema, I was shocked by how bored I was during a loud movie. You’ve got seven characters equally spread out in different locations where the film would sometimes cut back to them, having their subplot. Although the main thing that moves the story along isn’t the dinosaurs taking over the world, no, it’s the locusts who are causing the conflict, and 99% of the movie focuses on a cloned kid. What? Why? And who cares?
Throughout the movie, I didn’t care about anything, and why should I? Everything in this new trilogy has been disappointing.
Each of these movies has an interesting premise that doesn't get developed enough and instead is turned into dumb action movies. The first Jurassic World movie shows the park opening, and we see John Hammond’s vision come to life. The second movie is where dinosaurs become a part of the illegal wildlife trade and the concept of human cloning. And the third movie is about dinosaurs running free in the modern world. And yet, after three entries, they ruined it each time.
Chris Pratt looks zoned out at this point. His eyes look so dead. Bryce Dallas Howard is at least trying, but I have to say, her character arc as Claire is the wildest in any blockbuster movie. In the first movie, she’s the park operations manager of Jurassic World and looks like a stereotypical businesswoman in a suit, and now in the third movie, she’s no longer in that position and lives a happy life in the woods with her adopted daughter who is a human clone. Lol, what?
Sam Neill and Laura Dern are the least painful part of the movie, as the scenes between Ellie and Alan felt like sweet old friends reuniting after all these years. Jeff Goldblum doesn’t give a shit and is doing whatever he wants, sometimes making fun of the material given to him, which is amusing to watch. I’ll give this movie credit for treating the original cast with respect, unlike the new Star Wars trilogy.
We have a newcomer to the franchise DeWanda Wise, a character with no more exciting features than just driving a plane and getting our heroes to a specific location for the climax. I don’t even remember her name, and neither would you.
The human antagonist in this movie is Lewis Dodgson; you know from the 1993 film who was there for two minutes to give Wayne Knight a Barbasol can, “Dodgson! DODGSON! WE’VE GOT DODGSON HERE! See? Nobody cares.” Anywhere, he’s the villain, who looks like he works for a phone company rather than a scientist. Dodgson is played by Campbell Scott, who replaced the original actor in the 1993 film, and if you want to know why? I would suggest googling Cameron Thor, then you’ll know why. Campbell Scott gives off an awkward and nervous performance, which explains why I didn’t find him threatening. There’s one unintentionally funny scene where he has a massive hissy fit in front of his co-workers. There are some strange choices in this movie.
While I respect the filmmakers for using practical effects for some scenes, especially the animatronic dinosaurs, but even that got overshadowed by the heavy CGI and my boredom. The action scenes weren’t exciting or memorable. One thing that didn’t make sense was how Claire managers to outrun a dinosaur with ease on foot, and yet Owen on a motorcycle couldn’t.
The movie felt unbelievably long, clocking in at two hours and twenty-seven minutes long, yet after all that build up still didn’t feel like it was ready to end. The dialogue is cheesy and awful. The editing is atrocious and has so many continuity errors. The “Joker dinosaur” aka Giganotosaurus Rex, which director Colin Trevorrow teased during the marketing, in the end, didn’t do anything noteworthy. It was acting like any other animal doing its thing to survive. We don’t see it killing anything except for a couple of locusts.
So yeah, I didn’t like this movie very much. This might be the worst movie in the Jurassic franchise. Much worse than Jurassic Park 3 and Fallen Kingdom. At least Jurassic Park 3 is shorter, and Fallen Kingdom had some good stuff. Both movies delivered on Dino action and are not painfully dull.
Overall rating: "Jurassic World? Not a fan."
Well, the dinosaur special effects are quite decent. Unfortunately that is more or less the only reason to watch this movie.
I really do not understand how the Hollywood idiots can decide to spend loads of money on special effects but not bother to get a decent story/script writer? I mean come on, the story of this movie is just another thirteen on a dozen “big companies are bad” story with dinosaurs thrown in.
The story is convoluted to say the least and there is as much logic in it as you would expect from a Hollywood writer hack. Things more or less just happen and the “heroes” fight off one dinosaur attack after another on their way to the bad gay without ever tiring. And why the hell can Hollywood never produce a movie where the “heroes” doesn’t just stare like idiots at something until they are screwed?
Idiotic nonsens like being able to train a dinosaur to home in on someone like a heat seeking missile and chase them forever after having pointed a laser marker on them for a couple of seconds is also the usual unintelligent Hollywood nonsense that just ruins a movie for anyone with anything like average intelligence.
They brough back some of the old characters but they do not really help. The mostly act like they cannot wait to get paid and get out of there. Jeff Goldblum is his usual climate cult procelyte. I did not really like him in the first movie and he is even worse in this one. The bad guy totally lacks charisma. The only character I really liked was DeWanda Wise as Kyle Watts.
It is really a shame to see another franchise destroyed by today’s Hollywood morons. I’ve been a dinosaur fan since I was a kid and when the first Jurassic Parc came out with real, life like dinosaurs it was just wow. But now, not even the special effects can save this movie. It is not a good movie, plain and simple.
This movie is precisely what you expect it to be, the plot is only slightly jiggled from movie to movie but more-or-less remains the same. Cool CGI dino's, people trying not to get eaten, people getting eaten, unbelievable action, evil corporation trying to weaponize dino's (to an extreme level this time) and blah, blah, blah, barf.
Really the only redeeming quality this movie brings to the table is reuniting the original cast and the new cast for one last send-off, that brought an element of fun nostalgia to the movie.
When Chris Pratt does the whole "nod to the raptor" and "give the stop hand gesture to the raptor" and all of that you have to ask yourself: would this work on anything other than maybe a dog? I mean, if you did that to a lion you would be the lions human-kabob pretty instantly, but the hyper intelligent (as we are led to believe) raptor is like "oh, ok Chris, I get ya".... It was cringe worthy in the 4th installment, nauseating the 5th and is absolutely stupid in this one.
If this was the only movie in this realm, it's a watchable but otherwise so-so flick - as a continuation it's better than 2 and 3, not as good as 4 and about as mediocre as 5.
Like a flare, the Jurassic saga that began in the 90s with Jurassic Park has (hopefully) come to an end, starting with a blinding flash and ending in a dim light that you wish would end sooner rather than later.
For JWD is still a dull, overlong film whose only attraction is the inclusion of beloved characters from the original film. But their inclusion doesn't even manage to save the film, which is forced to distribute the screen time as evenly as possible between all the characters (who knows if it's to avoid hurting the sensibilities of some viewers), resulting in sequence after sequence of scenes that have little or nothing to do with the saga and which are limited to showing the most colourful and eye-catching dinosaurs in the catalogue.
Even the digital effects are not 100% correct, resulting in an excessive amount of scenes in which the animation of the dinosaurs (especially those that move at higher speeds) is crude and clumsy, typical of lower quality studios and films that have not cost 165 million dollars. It is surprising that, with Spielberg at the helm of the production, a product of this quality has been allowed to stand.
Jeff Goldblum and DeWanda Wise absolutely carried this movie. I appreciate what they were trying to do, and I'm glad the cast had a good time (especially the OG 3, it was delightful to see them together again) but this movie was a mess, there were way too many story threads and not enough time to deal with them all. This needed to be two movies, with more dinosaurs involved. I had such high hopes, especially after seeing how cool the Dino Tracker site they put up was (which, as it turns out, was mostly clips from this movie).
Besides the enormous number of plot threads — we saw probably six different locations in the first ten minutes of the movie — there were some serious problems with the dinosaurs themselves, in my opinion. I came to this after recently binging Prehistoric Planet and also the Camp Cretaceous show, and the differences are glaring. In this, the dinosaurs seemed to be either slightly unfinished-looking CGI or practical effects (either puppets or animatronics or some combination of the two) being handled by people who had never done so before. The closeups on the atrociraptors reminded me of the Goombas from the 90s Super Mario Bros. movie; the teeth didn't make sense, they looked like anglerfish teeth. The lystrosaurus (which I had to look up) looked like some type of Star Wars alien, and not in a good way. The dimetrodons were neat, but we barely got to see them. The dilophosauruses were definitely puppets, and looked/moved like it. I think my favorite was probably the therizinosaurus, a species I only know from playing The Isle, and which looked cool, sounded cool, added tension, and was incredibly badass by the end. Quetzalcoatalus was great too, but not around for very long. But the key to good CGI and good practical effects is having them be realistic enough that the viewer doesn't notice that they're not actual living things. Many, MANY of the dinosaurs in this failed that test.
It wasn't a bad movie. But considering its budget and the acting talent involved and the enormous weight of plot resolution it had riding on it, it should have been an amazing movie. The great thing about the Jurassic Park/World movies is that even when they're pretty bad (looking at you, The Lost World), they're still fun to watch because DINOSAURS!!! This one doesn't quite even manage that, there are too many people and too few dinosaurs. If you're a fan of the series, obviously watch this to wrap up all the plot, but I doubt I'll be watching it again.
At least Rexy's still alive and back on top. Also I guess the ending, with the dinosaurs mingling with regular animals, was pretty cool, if a little hamfisted.
Edit: Alright, I watched it again just so I could properly absorb all of the nonsense that happened. Besides the previous issues I had, I was more aware this time of the number of things that seemed to be happening just because they looked cool, and either served no real purpose in the plot, were never explained, or both. Owen riding a horse and splitting one parasaurolophus off from the group had no point and wasn't explained at all. Owen and Claire have been living with Maisie in that tiny cabin for four years? With no mention of school or jobs or anything? The stuff with the locusts was explained but didn't need to be there; they could have found some other reason for our heroes to go to the Biosyn sanctuary, easily, without the complication of prehistoric locusts. Everything in Malta could have been excluded and covered in some other way, and was entirely to look cool and have dinosaurs running around. I don't know. It was trying to be a Jurassic movie AND Indiana Jones or some sort of espionage thriller at the same time. It was too scattered, too many locations and new species that really WERE there just because, not enough of the old favorites, and again, too many story elements being handled at once. And the dinosaurs are still largely sub-par for this franchise that pioneered modern dinosaurs in movies. I would've much preferred a movie that detailed how humans were adapting to living with dinosaurs around the world, because THAT would've been very interesting to watch.
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.
'Jurassic World Dominion' is far from perfect, if just about entertaining to watch... kinda.
I'm not fully convinced by it but I do think there's enough in there that's worth watching. There are too many characters, even main characters with the original trio and the newer duo both involved equally. With that said, I do like 'em. It's pleasant to see Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, while Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are a good pairing.
Still, I wouldn't say any one character stands out here. They all make their presence known, though I'm struggling to remember any great moments individually - that's due to the aforementioned surplus. The rest of the cast, fwiw, are all fine - Mamoudou Athie sticks out most in that regard.
The run time is overlong, in my opinion. I personally could've done without 30 or so minutes and I wouldn't have felt it was missing anything. The story itself isn't all that fresh, as in I feel like I've seen this sorta thing before (I mean, Biosyn... how creative!), but the barrage of dinosaur-centric action probably just abouts tips it over into a positive rating for yours truly. Could easily be lower, though.
I'd love for this to be the end of the Jurassic franchise (is there much more to tell?) but there ain't no way Amblin/Universal are leaving this IP to collect dust, let's be honest.
I found it better than I expected, granted I have seen youtube video review titles saying that it was a disaster or so bad, (*I didn't watch the reviews) but still my expectations were low. while not the most complicated of plots still had enough elements to stop it dragging. however, it's formulaic because it's giant monsters in a confined space and of cause they cause havoc. having the old and new was nice as well as Owen interacting with blue again. Nice also to see a movie not bogged down in "political or social" agender where one how can I put it, group is made to look bad to push another more "popular group" to be seen as superior. everyone plays their part and acts naturally instead of some forced shoehorned ideology (which I'm getting tired of in TV and Cinema atm I want to be entertained and escapism from the everyday horror that is real life.) but I digress. the only thing I could really pull it up on is some sloppy editing where things are said but have no setup scene previous. like how did someone know something was there, or how something got its name maybe I blinked and missed them but I don't think so. I would be interested to see an extended edition. My feeling about this movie was really whoever wrote it, or at least the person in charge of what dinosaurs go in Obviously plays Ark Survival Evolved.. dam it felt like ark the movie. though realistic *having gone and googled it I feel the giganotosaurus doesn't feel big enough ok in ARK they are 3 times the size of a T-Rex and the one in the movie feels more like an allosaurus, At least from being an ARK player but anyway I did enjoy it and would watch it again.
6 Jurassic Park/World films later…and it’s such a good series! I don’t totally understand the hate that this film is getting from so many places. Is it the greatest plot/movie ever? No. Is it the weakest of this trilogy? Possibly. It’s still damn entertaining. Personally, I like this marginally better than Jurassic Park III (which is also a solid film). It’s action scenes are top notch. The new dinosaurs are awesome. It brings back legacy characters. It’s everything someone should have wanted out of the end of the second trilogy of a series. Are there small gripes? Sure. But this movie is definitely worth watching, especially for “big summer blockbuster” types of movies.
(Extra opinion I’ll die on. The “Jurassic World” trilogy is the superior trilogy. “Jurassic Park” trilogy has the best movie, but the newer set have three uniquely memorable movies. The first goes for that family action charm that the original had, the second is a suspenseful action as they are in the house discovering the mystery and what’s happening, and this is a balls to the wall action adventure that could be a video game. The first trilogy has the first be amazing, the second goes for the same vibe with a weaker plot, and the third once again dips into the same vibe but loses the Spielberg charm. Both great trilogies, but I do appreciate how each movie had a separate identity here.)
Rating: 3/5 - 7.5/10 - Worth Watching
It's not a popular opinion, but screw popular. I loved it. It's getting hammered by some people because that might get more likes. Or maybe some people hate fun. Or hate sequels. Or hate blockbusters. Or they're just dicks. If that describes you, then I'll save you some time - just f#@* off right now.
Premise - 18/20 - Finally...what happens when the created animals are let loose on the world?
Cast/characters - 18/20 - Both generations of leads are wonderful and DeWanda Wise was a wonderful addition. 2 pts off because the rich white guy was a weak character this time, and sometimes Bryce Dallas Howard is a little rigid again. "The movie relies too much on nostalgia"? Yes, it does. If you love the characters, what's wrong with seeing them again?
Story - 18/20 - Two main questions to be answered: can the existence of Maisie (and Blue's baby) hold answers to disease, and can dinosaurs and humans co-exist? This movie is taking some hits for having a weak story, but it's not meant for the art house. Does the story keep you engaged, and do you care what happens? Yes. The story works well for me. Two specific points: whether or not they created any new dinosaurs was immaterial. That wasn't the point of the movie. Second, the "evil corporation" bit is a little tired, but it's realistic. Chris Tucker's rule of finding out where the problems start -- follow the rich white guy. There's always a greedy individual/corporation at the heart of the world's issues.
Dialogue - 13/20 - The action was the draw, not the dialogue. It didn't distract, but it wasn't special.
World-building - 20/20 - The settings were wonderful, and this created world will never get old for me, even after 6 movies.
87/100 - 4.5/5 stars - What a wonderful ending to a storied franchise.
Review by SkinnyFilmBuffVIP 8BlockedParent2022-06-29T21:17:39Z
Better than Fallen Kingdom, but that wasn't exactly a high bar to clear. I was surprised to enjoy the first half more than the back half, as there were at least some action scenes that weren't nostalgia bait rehashes. Unfortunately, once we get to the new dinosaur
parkreserve, the movie starts to really bang us over the head with the greatest hits (e.g. Chris Pratt sticks out his hand at dinosaurs, Sam Neill/Laura Dern stare in awe at dinosaurs, Jeff Goldblum distracts dinosaurs, bad guy gets sprayed by dinosaurs, etc.). Some of these moments play just fine, and I was even okay with how they brought back Sam Neill's and Laura Dern's characters. They got more than just a glorified cameo, and there was some decent character moments in there. But at the end of the day, copying your older siblings homework can only take you so far.The big problem here is the story. It's just not very good. The motivations are forced, the contrivances are plentiful, and the overall setup of the final act doesn't do anything to distinguish itself from Jurassic Park. In fact, all of the new elements introduced or further developed in this movie are paper thin and uncompelling (referring mainly to the locust problem and the continuation of the clone plotline from Fallen Kingdom). To the film's credit, the pacing is such that I was never bored, and I think the movie is perfectly serviceable as a mindless action blockbuster. But as a worthy successor to Jurassic Park? Far from it.