Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is a very, very silly film. But I liked it.
Why?
I like dinosaurs, okay?
In all seriousness, JWFK is probably the best Jurassic Park film since the original.
No, I mean it.
None of the Jurassic Park sequels, including this one, are great; but JWFK stands above its peers by simply being different.
The film follows Chris Pratt as Owen and Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire as they are once called back to Isla Nublar in order to save its population of dinosaurs from the island’s erupting volcano. Needless to say, complications arise in the form of Owen’s old raptor, uh, “daughter” Blue, a rich eccentric billionaire who seeks the dinosaurs for his own, nefarious reasons, a new hybrid dinosaur even more dangerous than the Indominus Rex from the last film and said rich billionaire’s own granddaughter, who has a few secrets of her own.
JWFK is silly and shallow, but it does have a lot of genuine qualities. The dinosaur action is great, bolstered by a use of practical effects; Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are compelling leads, Blue the velociraptor is great and her interactions with Owen leads to an actually very affecting moment, newcomer Isabella Sermon is an endearing actor, J.A Bayona is easily the best director the franchise has had since Spielberg, leading to a film that is absolutely gorgeous, and the film moves at a good, breezy pace.
Furthermore, Bayona’s direction finally leads to a Jurassic Park film that feels different from the original. Whereas the two Park sequels (and, to a lesser extent, Jurassic World) all tried to capture the slow burn feel of Spielberg’s original, this film goes in a completely different direction. The film feels akin to a dark fairytale, with the aesthetics, the music and even the whole final act being set in a dark mansion with an evil (yet, surprisingly personable) monster reflecting this. This change goes into making JWFK feel fresh, and I quite enjoyed it because of this.
JWFK isn’t a great film, but it is a very fun one. I can definitely see why someone wouldn’t like it: it’s shallow, it’s not very introspective and it is, as I have said several times, spectacularly silly.
However, I will just say that, much like Rampage earlier this year, ''JWFK;; is the kind of film that I would have loved as a kid.
Take that for what you will.
I give Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom a hearty recommendation.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom review
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is a very, very silly film. But I liked it.
Why?
I like dinosaurs, okay?
In all seriousness, JWFK is probably the best Jurassic Park film since the original.
No, I mean it.
None of the Jurassic Park sequels, including this one, are great; but JWFK stands above its peers by simply being different.
The film follows Chris Pratt as Owen and Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire as they are once called back to Isla Nublar in order to save its population of dinosaurs from the island’s erupting volcano. Needless to say, complications arise in the form of Owen’s old raptor, uh, “daughter” Blue, a rich eccentric billionaire who seeks the dinosaurs for his own, nefarious reasons, a new hybrid dinosaur even more dangerous than the Indominus Rex from the last film and said rich billionaire’s own granddaughter, who has a few secrets of her own.
JWFK is silly and shallow, but it does have a lot of genuine qualities. The dinosaur action is great, bolstered by a use of practical effects; Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are compelling leads, Blue the velociraptor is great and her interactions with Owen leads to an actually very affecting moment, newcomer Isabella Sermon is an endearing actor, J.A Bayona is easily the best director the franchise has had since Spielberg, leading to a film that is absolutely gorgeous, and the film moves at a good, breezy pace.
Furthermore, Bayona’s direction finally leads to a Jurassic Park film that feels different from the original. Whereas the two Park sequels (and, to a lesser extent, Jurassic World) all tried to capture the slow burn feel of Spielberg’s original, this film goes in a completely different direction. The film feels akin to a dark fairytale, with the aesthetics, the music and even the whole final act being set in a dark mansion with an evil (yet, surprisingly personable) monster reflecting this. This change goes into making JWFK feel fresh, and I quite enjoyed it because of this.
JWFK isn’t a great film, but it is a very fun one. I can definitely see why someone wouldn’t like it: it’s shallow, it’s not very introspective and it is, as I have said several times, spectacularly silly.
However, I will just say that, much like Rampage earlier this year, ''JWFK;; is the kind of film that I would have loved as a kid.
Take that for what you will. I give Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom a hearty recommendation.