Jurassic World - - Part 11

[DyeLorean]

Finally saw Jurassic World last night. I really liked it. You can tell it was made with a lot of love for the original, and the sense of adventure was there through the entire film.

On a side note, I honestly can't believe how this is only Trevorrow's second film. It's an amazing achievement.

 

[DKDetective]

I hate that kind of person. Sounds like a special kind of scum that only one word can describe (hope the mods don't ban me for the language I'm about to use... kids, cover your ears):

[BLACKOUT]a lawyer[/BLACKOUT]

I doubt it was a [BLACKOUT]lawyer[/BLACKOUT] since they tend to have gotten over themselves and what they do for a living. That sort of showing off sounds like a [BLACKOUT]law student who is still full of himself and thinks the career he has chosen is extra special. But our legal culture here in Canada is a little different than in the US, so I could be wrong.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[Zatanna]

Damn, Tuesday box office went up! Another $13m added to domestic.

I'm seeing it again this weekend. t:

 

[Wildcard]

Finally saw Jurassic World last night. I really liked it. You can tell it was made with a lot of love for the original, and the sense of adventure was there through the entire film.

On a side note, I honestly can't believe how this is only Trevorrow's second film. It's an amazing achievement.

Reminds of Gareth Edwards with Godzilla last year. If I'm recalling correctly he had only done one film prior. Just goes to show you that a lot of good minds go unnoticed until they get the right opportunity.

 

[DyeLorean]

Reminds of Gareth Edwards with Godzilla last year. If I'm recalling correctly he had only done one film prior. Just goes to show you that a lot of good minds go unnoticed until they get the right opportunity.

Yep, I think it was "Monsters". A nice little sci-fi/drama movie.

 

[Iceman]

True yes. I bet there's a lot of capable guys out there who fans never think of due to being unaware of their to date hidden potential.

I'm seeing it again this weekend. t:

Nice. More dollars for the weekend.

 

[I'm Venom]

10th highest grossing movie of all time, and it's only been out for two weeks. That's insane.

 

[ShadowBoxer]

That Godzilla movie last year was TRASH. One of the most boring monster movies I ever seen. Jurassic World is superior in every way.

 

[terry78]

That Godzilla movie last year was TRASH. One of the most boring monster movies I ever seen. Jurassic World is superior in every way.

You just didn't get the artistic merit of what they were trying to....I'm sorry I couldn't finish that sentence.

 

[redfirebird2008]

Passed E.T. yesterday to become the #10 highest grossing movie at the domestic box office. Regardless of inflation/3D/IMAX, it's pretty impressive to achieve that in only 13 days.

By the end of this weekend it will be #5 on the domestic chart behind only Avatar, Titanic, The Avengers, and The Dark Knight. Not too shabby for only 17 days of release. t:

 

[Lily Adler]

Frozen will live on!

 

[Lily Adler]

Soon... Jurassic Universe... Soon.

 

[galmorzu]

Saw it again and loved it even more the second time. Definitely my favorite movie of the year, and all the notes hit even better this time. I hate the ankylosaur scene, though, since that's my favorite dino and the poor thing tried to put up a good fight, and the big battle at the end was even more fantastic despite knowing the fist-pump moment.

With that said, couple of things I noticed. SPOILERS

Spoiler

1) I'm not convinced that D'onofrio's character is actually dead. They cut away as he was knocked to the floor, and the raptor immediately jumped back into the hallway to go over Owen and the rest of them. I know it's comic booky, but I see him back in the sequel, mauled and missing a hand but still the main baddy.

2) I also see the now closed island being used by the militant wing of Ingen to work with their new dino bioweapons. That's why Owen and others might have to get onto the island for a sequel to stop/report on it. That also gives Owen a way to meet back up with Blue and work together again. Raptors are social animals, and being all alone for a while, I bet Blue will respond well to seeing him again.

3) I want more mosasaur, but without anyone there to feed it, the poor thing is probably going to starve in its lagoon.

 

[DyeLorean]

I loved the Lost-vibe when [BLACKOUT]the kids find the old Jurassic Park place in the middle of the jungle[/BLACKOUT]. And I think is the same island where they filmed Lost too.

 

[Enriquespy]

Spoiler

3) I want more mosasaur, but without anyone there to feed it, the poor thing is probably going to starve in its lagoon.

Well maybe

Spoiler

He will do a "Freeing Willy" super jump into the coast

 

[galmorzu]

Well maybe

Spoiler

He will do a "Freeing Willy" super jump into the coast

Life, uh....finds a way. t:

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I always loved dinosaurs growing up (Deinonychus was my favorite ) so any time the subject comes back to the mainstream like with Jurassic Park and now this film, it makes me really happy.

 

[Iceman]

I'm just really glad the world loves dinosaurs. This success restores my faith that humans aren't a complete waste of space. t:

 

[Iceman]

I always loved dinosaurs growing up (Deinonychus was my favorite ) so any time the subject comes back to the mainstream like with Jurassic Park and now this film, it makes me really happy.

Yep same here. And I loved Deinonychus. Raptors in these films aren't that bulky but they remind me more of Deinonychus than actual Velociraptors. Although the name raptors works better on film.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Yep same here. And I loved Deinonychus. Raptors in these films aren't that bulky but they remind me more of Deinonychus than actual Velociraptors. Although the name raptors works better on film.

That's because they ARE Deinonychus. In Jurassic Park, based on an outdated hypothesis from the 80s, Deinonychus and Velociraptor are the same genus and the Velociraptor name is used because it was first (similar to the old Brontosaurus/Apatosaurus situation). Tim asks Grant about it once in the book. This is also why Grant is digging up a 'Velociraptor' in Montana, when they were from Mongolia and China.

 

[Wildcard]

I always loved dinosaurs growing up (Deinonychus was my favorite ) so any time the subject comes back to the mainstream like with Jurassic Park and now this film, it makes me really happy.

Same here. Dinosaurs were central to my childhood & over the last couple years I've restored my love for them so this movie was right on time. Always glad to see others feel similarly.

 

[galmorzu]

I'm just really glad the world loves dinosaurs. This success restores my faith that humans aren't a complete waste of space. t:

I agree completely. I absolutely love dinosaurs, ever since I was just a few years old. I still think they are cool and feel like a giddy kid again when I see some really amazing bit of dino artwork, sculpture, or movie, and totally geek out when I see their bones at the museum. I studied them back in college when I was lucky enough to take some classes on them. Now that I'm older, I appreciate them even more and am just amazed at their evolution, that something like that ACTUALLY existed on this planet.

So with that said, when a movie like this comes along that isn't horrible and, despite any inaccuracies, actually makes people interested in dinos again, I think that's a huge win. Some kid seeing this movie and then going on his own to learn more about them just because he thinks they're fascinating too? That's an incredible win for the science. So yeah, the success of this movie makes me very happy.

And yeah, Deinonychus was my favorite growing up as well. I had this great little Smithsonian model of a pack of them next to my bed when I was little. I read up on everything I could get my hands on about them (up to and including Raptor Red, IMO a very interesting fiction book about a Utahraptor). I think over time, my second favorite, the Ankylosaurus, has become my new favorite, but yeah, it's all great stuff.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I find the scale of it all and how everything relates to each other to be really fascinating. Tyrannosaurus is closer in time to us than it is to Dilophosaurus. MUCH closer. These things ruled the Earth for a LONG time.

Not a dinosaur, but Megalodon is even more impressive. Maybe the most fearsome predator to ever live and it only went extinct 2.6 MILLION YEARS AGO! That's a geologic drop in the bucket. Our genus is older than that!

 

[I'm Venom]

Speaking of childhood and dinosaurs this was my favorite toy growing up:

Amazing detail (including "real" skin), and anything you put in its mouth you could pull out of its stomach via slit. It terrorized my younger brother's 4" GI Joes.

I really wish Hasbro would release some kind of special edition Indominous Rex exactly like that.

 

[jmc]

Is a male dinosaur actually known as a 'bull'?