Plot hole: There was only one T-Rex on the island. When Owen and the others are running down the side of the island escaping the volcanic ash, another dino tries to eat them but then the T-Rex shows up and kills it. This establishes the T-Rex was there in that spot. Owen and the others then wash up back on shore and find the soldiers loading the dinos on a boat and stow away. Then when Blue is bleeding out they have to get a blood transfusion and the only viable candidate is the T-Rex who is now captured and sedated on the ship. How did the soldiers capture, let alone bring the Rex to the ship from where it was seen by Owen back up over hills and rocky terrain? It would have been an all day process just to haul the T-Rex to the ship. It just magically appears on the ship after they stow away on it and can provide the blood Blue needs.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
5 reviews
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ted Levine
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Probably the worst Jurassic Park movie yet. At least the third movie had the sense to have the characters go to a dinosaur-filled island for a rescue mission while tricking the main character into going against his best wishes. This film merely repeats the foolishness exhibited by the characters in the previous film, apparently being too dense to realise that creating dinosaurs is a bad idea.
Almost everything about this movie is mind-numbingly stupid and its justification for setting up a sequel is extremely contrived.
I rented this movie from Red Box.
I'm really on the fens about this one. I would put it between 2 and 3 stars if I could. If the rating system was on a 10 star level, I would have put it at around a 4 or 5.
The Jurassic has definitely had it's ups and downs, and while this not the worst of the bunch by far... it still lacks a lot. The characters are bland, and Chris Pratt is not given much room to shine in a dull and uninteresting character. And with his character being the second best in the film... that's a problem.
The story has begun to devolve to much into a cartoonish like battle off good dinos vs bad dinos with stagnate humans padding the run time.
It was a bit refreshing when I saw the military leader guy not being portrayed in the stereotypical gruff military colonel fashion that his type of character is usually portrayed as. But then that was ruined by him turning on the main character. If he was the stereotype, the betrayal would have been expected. So it happening like it did actually was unexpected... but not in a good way. It came off as an eye rolling disappointment of "Oh great so it is that kind of character after all" just when I was starting to like the guy.
The visuals in the story are great, and I won't shy away from admitting the fact that I almost shed a tear on the Long Neck on the lava dock scene... you know the one. But the whole movie felt like a rushed, half-assed segway trailer to part 3.
Mistake Status: Searched partly when rented. No current plans to revisit but may happen in the future if I decide to do the Jurassic Park series
A good film but a few problems for my liking.
1) Too many references to the first film. The Indoraptor clicking it's claw on the floor. Maisie using the dumbwaiter to hide from a raptor, The T-Rex doing it's traditional roar. Even the rebooting the system that puts Owen and Claire in trouble. It's been done before.
2) As another review states, The whole movie is just characters making the same stupid mistakes as they did in the first film.
3) The whole Lockwood estate makes no sense. How would anyone be able to keep that many dinosaurs there and not attract any attention.
Good points:
CGI is exceptionally brilliant with good acting by a few characters.
A few good action scenes.
Not one to re-watch straight away but still good to watch.
Really frightening and intense start to finish! Intro scene would give kids nightmares for days and the ending is enough to give anyone chills! Spectacular!
Liked it very much.
Suggested correction: There was a shot showing the T-rex being carried to the boat via helicopter during the beach scene before the transfusion occurs.
Owen Grady: Nervous flyer?
Franklin Webb: Would you ride a-a thousand pound horse that's been abused all its life?
Owen Grady: I rode my motorcycle through the jungle with a pack of raptors.
Franklin Webb: We're not compatible. (00:21:50)
Question: Would any company in their right mind build a theme park (or any business for that matter) on a private island with a volcano? I know populated areas like Hawaii just assume the risk, but wouldn't a company that has the money to purchase their own island do their due diligence and make sure they won't be prone to a major catastrophe like that?
Answer: As it was stated in the film, the volcano had been dormant for many many years. Presumably even since well before the events of the first Jurassic Park movie in the early 90's. It was only recently, between the events of this film and the prior Jurassic World that the volcano had its surprise re-awakening.
For sure, but dormant simply means that the volcano could one day erupt again, so wouldn't it be pretty foolish to gamble on building a multi-billion dollar theme park with the hope that the volcano will never again erupt?
One would think. But just look at our world's history. Like Pompeii, an entire civilization wiped out cause they lived at the base of a dormant volcano. And then even in more recent history. Mount Saint Helens, which I've actually been to and seen the exhibits and footage of it's destruction. Foolish, yeah. But that doesn't stop us from still doing it repeatedly.
I think it's been made pretty clear over the course of all the films that the people building these parks did not exactly think everything through properly. They took a gamble on the volcano, and they lost.