The Stupid Dinosaur Movie
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shapinglightWent to see Jurassic World last night.
I enjoyed it, but boy, was it stupid!
Spoilers behind cut
Also, while I appreciate that I'm hyper-sensitive to Brit-bashing in American movies, I did not like the way that the only dino-related death in the movie that was lingered over as if she somehow deserved it was that of the (blameless) Brit PA to the annoying lead female character, whose only 'crime' as far as I can see was not much wanting to chaperone her boss's nephews and looking a bit bored from time to time.
There was plenty of scientist-bashing too. The message of the film re science appeared to be that scientists are cold, heartless bastards who don't care what damage they do to people in the ruthless pursuit of new breakthroughs.
However, like the Brit-bashing (which may have been unintentional in this case) this is hardly new to Hollywood blockbusters.
That apart, my main quarrel with the film is that it opted to be a sequel to the previous ones, rather than a reboot of the original concept. This is because I find it inconceivable after what happened in the previous films that anyone would risk re-opening Jurassic Park/World, or that anyone would risk their safety or that of their families by visiting the place. That sea monster alone - as we saw from the (rather convenient) demise of the Indomisaurus (or whatever it was called)- could have eaten everyone in an entire row of seats in the aquarium any time it had wanted to do so.
I also didn't get why the velociraptors kept changing their minds about what side they were on, or believe that anyone - no matter how unscrupulous - would be stupid enough to believe that the raptors could be used as a weapon of war.
Bu-ut all this is taking it far too seriously. I enjoyed it. The kids weren't too annoying. The hero was okay, and even the annoying female lead had her good points - not least (despite what the hero said) the ability to run really fast in high heels.
Also, the dinosaurs looked great.
Doubt I'd watch it again, but it was okay.
I enjoyed it, but boy, was it stupid!
Spoilers behind cut
Also, while I appreciate that I'm hyper-sensitive to Brit-bashing in American movies, I did not like the way that the only dino-related death in the movie that was lingered over as if she somehow deserved it was that of the (blameless) Brit PA to the annoying lead female character, whose only 'crime' as far as I can see was not much wanting to chaperone her boss's nephews and looking a bit bored from time to time.
There was plenty of scientist-bashing too. The message of the film re science appeared to be that scientists are cold, heartless bastards who don't care what damage they do to people in the ruthless pursuit of new breakthroughs.
However, like the Brit-bashing (which may have been unintentional in this case) this is hardly new to Hollywood blockbusters.
That apart, my main quarrel with the film is that it opted to be a sequel to the previous ones, rather than a reboot of the original concept. This is because I find it inconceivable after what happened in the previous films that anyone would risk re-opening Jurassic Park/World, or that anyone would risk their safety or that of their families by visiting the place. That sea monster alone - as we saw from the (rather convenient) demise of the Indomisaurus (or whatever it was called)- could have eaten everyone in an entire row of seats in the aquarium any time it had wanted to do so.
I also didn't get why the velociraptors kept changing their minds about what side they were on, or believe that anyone - no matter how unscrupulous - would be stupid enough to believe that the raptors could be used as a weapon of war.
Bu-ut all this is taking it far too seriously. I enjoyed it. The kids weren't too annoying. The hero was okay, and even the annoying female lead had her good points - not least (despite what the hero said) the ability to run really fast in high heels.
Also, the dinosaurs looked great.
Doubt I'd watch it again, but it was okay.
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Date: 2015-07-12 01:58 pm (UTC)I did actually appreciate that they dared to up the body count and blood splatter a bit - the raptors were a lot scarier in this movie than they were in the first one, more like the ones in the book. But the death of the assistant left a very bad taste in my mouth; that really didn't serve any purpose but to establish that women with careers get what they deserve, did it? ETA: I guess my main problem is that the movie tries to be a family-friendly romp where good people (and immmortal children) always do well, while a few people find themselves in a deeply cynical horror movie. I love cynical, bloody horror movies, but when the same cinematic shorthand is used in a movie like this, it just looks sadistic.
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Date: 2015-07-12 05:43 pm (UTC)I'm not a lover of anything bloody, but yeah, I agree. It really was like the kiddie version of torture porn.
I wouldn't have been surprised if it had ended with the raptor and T-Rex swaggering off with their arms around each others' shoulders singing a song about how friends work together.
Heh! It wouldn't have surprised me either. I still don't get why the raptors kept changing sides. Maybe it was a racist thing, and they decided they didn't like this indomisaurus thing having their DNA?
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Date: 2015-07-12 09:20 pm (UTC)Maybe the Dominosaurus or whatever kept asking why they didn't have feathers like they should, and they just got sick of it?
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Date: 2015-07-13 05:20 pm (UTC)