Jurassic World

The kid inside every adult was ecstatic to hear that dinosaurs were returning to the big screens. And they sure did, in a much bigger, exciting and exalted way more than ever!

This time on, the theme park was a fully realized dream come true! From the train, ship, gate, hotel, sponsorships, merchandises, Gyrosphere, souvenir balloons, interactive hologram activities, varied departments, Mosasaurs presentation with submerging stadium seats to get a closer look at the creature, cola drinks with the park's logo printed on it, T-Rex feeding session with spectator spot installed inside a tree trunk, kayaking in the river sightseeing herbivores doing their routine, opportunity for children to touch, feel and ride baby dinosaurs, Jurassic World absolutely felt like a real place on Earth! One could only wish for such a thing to really exist! Please, someone make this happen! However, product placements and Jimmy Fallon's comedy clips were pushing the envelope.

Premise was nice, although it made us wonder how they were able to restart the amusement again after all the previous worldwide notorious disasters. Principal characters were introduced. Some of them were amazing, such as the ever charismatic Chris Pratt as Owen Grady and Irfan Khan as Simon Masrani. On the other hand, we couldn’t care less about both the kids, their teenage love dramas and parental issues. Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire Dearing was iffy at first, but became acceptable as she went through an arc, transforming from a hectic operations manager to a family-oriented aunt who went through grave danger to save her nephews by herself. Her banter with Owen was entertaining to watch at times as they were in a relationship once, even if we can't help but question how could it have possibly happened, looking at their extremely different backgrounds. Seeing her running around with high heels can irk a lot of people though.

Yes, the first Act was quite a bit talkie, but it conveyed vital information. To invigorate public's interest in Jurassic World, a new genetically modified hybrid is created every few years. We also learn how animals growing up in isolation could be totally unhealthy, and as the plot progressed, we see much more interesting revelations about the Indominus Rex! She's a white T-Rex-Raptor fusion with camouflaging capabilities! Sound design for her was exceedingly well done and the dinosaur was teased effectively too! The scene featuring her first escape from paddock to chomp down several humans while Owen's hiding under a vehicle will send chills down anyone's spine! The moment that transpired, danger became present, stakes were raised and we felt genuine terror for the 20,000 people stuck in the island having no idea what’s headed towards them!

One of the most irritating aspects of the movie was Raptors being trained as dogs. You see, dinosaurs draw one's interest because it's humongous, wild, unpredictable, deadly & alien to humans. In other words, the creature isn't supposed to be controllable nor made to follow instructions. That makes it a dog or a cat. It completely removed any fear we have towards them. Although the sequence of Owen being trapped between three Raptors as he slowly finds a way to evade was cool, the idea of using them to hunt down Indominus Rex, Blue sparing Owen to attack a fellow dinosaur and coming for rescue later on were plain silly stuffs!

Speaking of action sequences, it was the bomb here! Mosasaurs swallowing a Pteranodon after a massive herd of attack, birdcage rumble, T-Rex versus Indominus Rex with Mosasaurs finishing off the fight, Raptor grappling with a hologram projection, the kids flummoxed betwixt the clash between Indominus Rex and Ankylosaurus plus jumping down a waterfall before the antagonist could grab them with its wide open jaw were absolutely awesome fun! Howbeit, humans positioned so close to the dinosaurs having a climactic battle, film footage as CCTV and a T-Rex actually out of cage after it's all over were laughably bad.

Computer graphics were good, but we could see an overreliance on it here, which would directly impact the film's longevity. Practical effects like the dead Brachiosaurus was great, whereas CGI for showing a bird's claw as a dinosaur's wasn't at all necessary. In a technologically advanced premium park like this, one could not fathom how phone signals can be lost all the time, military grade heavy walls weren’t available to securely guard titanic dinosaurs and a small team of non-lethal weapons equipped troopers were sent in to capture a 50 feet monster on the loose. Simon Masrani's dismissal was terrible too.

The character of Hoskins (Vincent D'Onofrio) was another stereotypical human villain who wanted to use anything that's powerful as warfare weapon. It's as generic as the kiss both the leads shared in midst of a fatal chaos. Homage paid to the original Jurassic Park with a beautiful musical piece by Michael Giacchino was fantastic, even if the scene didn't actually serve any crucial purpose. Theme of sticking together may not be prevalently obvious, but it was clearly portraited throughout.