Jurassic World (2015)
I had absolutely no problem with this movie. I loved the first Jurassic film and liked the 2nd and 3rd one. In fact, the only really unlikable character from the films for me was Tea Leoni in the 3rd film, who spent half the film screaming. I think they made a nod to this in this film when Chris Pratt tells Bryce Dallas Howard to stop screaming so they won't get killed, and she does what he says. Good girl!
Yes, they're messing with genetics again, but to be fair, the character played by B.D. Wong is not telling anyone
everything he's putting into the mix, which is a plot point. And, of course there is a greedy corporate person in the mix also. Never a good thing. As far as I could tell, these two people were over Bryce Dallas Howard's pay grade and were not compelled to tell her.
Anyway, back to the movie. It wouldn't be a Jurassic Park movie unless the dinosaurs ran amok, that's why I go to see them. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard were fine in their leading roles and Vincent D'Onofrio was very good in his supporting part. There were no real scary scenes, but lots of great action. When I saw the previews, I thought the scene with Pratt on the motorcycle with the raptors running beside him looked a bit wonky, but it's all explained and he does give them sidelong looks as if he doesn't quite trust them.
And I'm glad that, finally, someone has enough forethought to arm themselves with actual working weapons and shoot at the dinosaurs! In the previous three movies, it seemed like it was all about "dinosaur rights" (blah, blah, blah) and the aim was not to use weapons (by the filmmakers not the characters) so most of the characters didn't have any weapons on them. A prerequisite, methinks. Anyway, a good action-filled two hours.
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