The film isn't perfect, but dude, RESPECT! The new Indominous Rex was the absolutely most terrifying creature to make it to the big screen! I would defy the team up of King Kong and Godzilla to be able to take this one down without a major fight. I don't want to give spoilers, and we can talk about the traits of this dastardly dino at a later date, but this was a film experience I will never forget.
Like I said, it wasn't perfect. Bryce Dallas Howard's character needed to convince me a little more at the beginning and to be honest, the set up for the movie felt a little stiff. She did really well playing along side the two younger actors and Pratt, and pulled it off in the end. I'm also not sure why they wasted three minutes on Nick Robinson's charcter with his girlfriend, but it happened. I oso applaud them for addressing what John Hammond did in the first movie and for actually getting setting up a working theme park this time. It's plausible for what it is: a movie about dinosaurs living in the 21st century.
I was extremely impressed with the two young actors in this movie: Nick Robinson - who is known more for comedy - and Ty Simpkins. Simpkins in particular had a stellar performance and the two were very believable as siblings. The had to carry much of the movie, even more so than the brother-sister duo in the first movie.
I know what you're thinking, "what about Chris Pratt?" I couldn't leave him out and decided to save the best for last. I had grown to love seeing the two great actors Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neil together in the first movie and alternately the heroes of the second and third movies. And even though I like Pratt as an actior, it would be a hard sell for anyone new coming into the series. I hae to admit that he defied my expectations. I was worried that I would see Peter Quill, Star Lord, fighting dinos and telling off the JW version of Kingpin, Vincent D'Onoffrio's new villanous character. Pratt was very believable as Owen Grady and did a great job balancing his consciencious nature towards animals with his survival skills.
A new and interesting take on this was actually having someone to "train" the animals. They talked about imprinting, about making sure that the animals knew who was the alpha and understanding where they came from. For something that has to be pure conjecture, they made it interesting by combining what I can only describe as combining dog training concepts (the alpha, hunting in packs, and the clicker training) with bird training (many birds, especially crows, are extremely intelligent and and scavengers). Both species have a strict social scale. To apply this to the Indominous Rex was pretty brilliant. I am not a scientist, so don't ask me to comment about the genetic reasoning behind everything, but I know a lot about animals and I was impressed that they actually tried this.
Interwoven with some great humor and lots of fun references and omages to the other Jurassic movies, along with some really great pokes via Jake Johnson's character Lowery, the movie had a great flow to it. In the words of Samuel L. Jackson's character Ray Arnold from Jurassic Park, "Hold on to your butts." Once the action starts, it doesn't let up. And just when you think it can't get any crazier, it does!
For those giving it bad reviews, please, don't expect this to be an Oscar winner, unless it's for the visuals, or even as ground breaking as Jurassic Park. It's not going to be, It is, however, a highly entertaining movie that's guaranteed to thrill! This one is worth traveling to see on the big screen.
P.S. Make a game out of counting the number of JP references throughout the film. There are A LOT!
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