Jurassic World - Part 9

[The Shape]

Wow, this movie opened hugeee. Just goes to show how powerful the 'Jurassic Park' brand still is, even now.

 

[doink]

Geez I never thought it would have this big an opening weekend. I'm happy for Chris Pratt. Now I hope GoTG 2 does huge too~

 

[CELTICPRED]

I really, really dug this movie, it's almost a compilation of "what if" scenarios you imagined as a kid, I know I loved seeing a military force finally be involved after being teased in Jurassic Park 3.

But I almost felt abused by some of the subtle and NOT so subtle call backs to the first movie, but I can't complain because I overall enjoyed the movie.

[BLACKOUT] They almost JP3d us with the t-rex limp on the ground at the end. Well played.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[Drizzle]

A great testament to its success is 90's nostalgia, like when the 3D re-release of the original movie opened successfully two years ago. I doubt a fourth Jurassic Park movie would have opened half as good as this in, say, 2005.

 

[ShadowBoxer]

Why are you so gung-ho on getting a cameo from the original characters. It's really not needed at all. We got Grant twice in the trilogy, we got Ian twice in the trilogy. We got Lex and Tim twice even though they had a small cameo in TLW. We got Ellie in JP3. There is absolutely no need really to physically see them again in World or really even mention them.

Ian's book seems like enough. If they physically threw in one of the old characters then it would really feel like they were shoving the nostalgia down our throats.

Not that I am not saying to have them make an apperence for nostalgia sake, to me it would have made some sense to see those characters again. Since they were the opens Hammond chose to endorse the original park/ vision in the first place and survivors of the incident. So it would have been cool ( to me) to see their opinons on a functioning park. That's all. But I understand why the filmmakers chose not to go that route.

 

[ShadowBoxer]

Anyway, I am seeing this again tonight with some friends. I saw it alone in 3D last night and the crowd was great. But 3D isn't worth the extra money at all.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Sure Chris Pratt was playing a paper thin action hero, sure the rest of the characters weren't much more interesting and most of the comedy didn't work for me but it was decently paced and Dino's chomped on people so I was entertained. I never expected greatness or even goodness so I'm fine with what I got.

My audience seemed to really be into the film, even clapped at the end.

 

[Schlosser85]

Honestly, IMO, no Jurassic Park has ever been a great movie.

 

[Octoberist]

Jurassic Park is a classic.

 

[Hush]

A classic doesn't need to be Great.

 

[DACrowe]

Why are you so gung-ho on getting a cameo from the original characters. It's really not needed at all. We got Grant twice in the trilogy, we got Ian twice in the trilogy. We got Lex and Tim twice even though they had a small cameo in TLW. We got Ellie in JP3. There is absolutely no need really to physically see them again in World or really even mention them.

Ian's book seems like enough. If they physically threw in one of the old characters then it would really feel like they were shoving the nostalgia down our throats.

I actually pretend JP3 did not happen--completely ruined the ending of JP1 and since one is a masterpiece and the other is responsible for a Raptor saying "Alan..."

The last time we saw Grant and Ellie, they were ready to take their relationship to the next level of commitment as they flew off into the sunset on Hammond's chopper. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

 

[Lord]

Jurassic Park was...

 

[WC Avengers]

Honestly, IMO, no Jurassic Park has ever been a great movie.

The are popcorn flics, not good, not great but fun...

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Honestly, IMO, no Jurassic Park has ever been a great movie.

I agree with you. Jurassic Park was excellently directed and had great set pieces and I like it but I never thought it was a great film.

I saw it on pay per view when I was 9 or 10 and I didn't think it was great as a child and I still don't. I do have a respect and fondness for it as a groundbreaking popcorn movie. And I know most will disagree with us and that's okay.

 

[Octoberist]

The are popcorn flics, not good, not great but fun...

Jurassic Park was last Speilberg's last 'Amblin' type film that captures the imagination. We can debate if it's great or good, but I'm not buying your take on it that it's just 'fun'. The first one is more than a popcorn film, THOUGH the sequels are completely popcorn.

 

[Broseph44]

As he said its in his opinion that they aren't "great" films. To some they are. It's whatever haha. Anyway I'm sitting in my theater as we speak! Grabbed the Lego game before, now sitting here rocking my JP shirt ready to smile from ear to ear with joy t:

 

[Schlosser85]

Jurassic Park's greatness is as a special effects landmark. And Steven Spielberg gave it a sense of grandeur, and the dinosaurs an awe and wonderment that none of the successors have achieved.

But it's not great strictly speaking as a movie. Its characters are thin, it has an interminable amount of set-up, and the pace is fitful.

Its the effects that make it an iconic film. It puts things onscreen people had never seen on that level of technical prowess before. The effects were amazing.

 

[Schlosser85]

I agree with you. Jurassic Park was excellently directed and had great set pieces and I like it but I never thought it was a great film.

I saw it on pay per view when I was 9 or 10 and I didn't think it was great as a child and I still don't. I do have a respect and fondness for it as a groundbreaking popcorn movie. And I know most will disagree with us and that's okay.

It's the first movie I remember seeing in the theater. I still watch it fairly regularly. I have a fondness for it. It has a special place in my childhood.

And it's a fun movie. I just don't see it as a "great" one. It's iconic in film culture and a special effects landmark.

 

[DACrowe]

Honestly, IMO, no Jurassic Park has ever been a great movie.

I know I will not convince you at this point, but Jurassic Park is almost flawless. It stands up there right with Spielberg's best blockbuster entertainments like Jaws, Close Encounters, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. I'd even go so far as to say I like it better than E.T.

But to each their own, I suppose.

 

[Schlosser85]

I didn't remotely say it was a bad movie or even not a good one.

 

[Lord]

Not sure if it is better than E.T. I still have to rewatch it, but ET might be Spielberg's best film.

That said, Jurassic Part is truly great, one of Spielberg's best.

 

[Broseph44]

ET always got me to tear up at the ending ever since I was a kid.

 

[DACrowe]

Not sure if it is better than E.T. I still have to rewatch it, but ET might be Spielberg's best film.

That said, Jurassic Part is truly great, one of Spielberg's best.

Well I think the best Spielberg films are probably Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. But if we are talking strictly the "blockbusters," then I am not sure if anything will ever top Jaws or Raiders and their standing in blockbuster cinema, save for Star Wars which is a whole different beast unto itself. Jaws and Raiders though were crafted by a true auteur at the top of his craft and still a product of that 1970s Hollywood renaissance glow.

ET is a great family film, but I just think those other two are in a different class. And for pure spectacle, being a child of the '90s myself, I always had more awe and joy from Jurassic Park than Elliot. But at this point, I admit I am splitting hairs.

 

[Schlosser85]

If I had to pick Spielberg's two best, it'd be Schindler's List for drama and Raiders of the Lost Ark for popcorn action-adventure.

They're both almost flawless films.

Jaws is pretty damn good too. A really well-done movie all the way around.

 

[ares834]

Jurassic Park is a blockbuster masterpiece, one of my all time favorites, and Spielberg's finest film. I can't sing it's praise enough.