Movie Review: Jurassic World (2015) - One of the few times I get these out before Friday edition

So through a series of somewhat lucky events I actually got today off and I learned there was an early screening of Jurassic World playing tonight. So I figured why not and made my way out to see it tonight.

Plot Summary - 22 years after the events of Jurassic Park, Jurassic World has been built on top of the ruins of the old park and pulls in thousands of tourists a day. However, in a bid to boost numbers the genetics team at the park has bred a new species of Dinosaur called Indominus Rex. However, when it gets out of it’s pen and heads towards the park Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) must find a way to stop it.

Pros - Chris Pratt is really good as Owen, and the supporting cast is really good as well. The dinosaurs for the most part look really good and the story holds up well for the most part.

Cons - I have one major problem and one minor problem. The minor problem is the design on a couple of the dinosaurs, mostly because they flash so quickly but when they did I got distracted by what they looked like and that pulled me out of the action. The big problem I have is with the story. Most movies usually have a main plot and a sub plot, Jurassic World has a main plot and basically two half sub plots. The first half is following the two kids from the trailer, who are actually the nephews of Bryce Dallas Howard’s character who basically runs the park. There’s nothing really original in terms of their story, but they play it out well and the actors were pretty good. The second subplot concerns the raptors also from the trailer, but I don’t wanna spoil that so all I’ll say is that the way they tie it together feels kind of clunky.

Final Score - 8/10

A clunky mid story shift and some weird looking dinosaurs kind of hold it back from being an epic like the first one, but honestly it’s still really entertaining and I definitely recommend it.

There will be probably more retro reviews, but I’m also trying to still see Spy. You can probably tell how well I’ve been committing to that notion from the fact that I still haven’t seen it.

So until whatever the next review is, I’ll see you folks at the movies.