Jurassic Park is back!
Kind of! It's been 20 odd years since Hammond exclaimed - "Welcome... to Jurassic Park!". What ensued was a worldwide madness for dinosaurs and you couldn't move an inch before a rubber Velociraptor or a plastic Tyrannosaurus was in your face. I'll admit I'm a bit geeky when it comes to dinosaurs and really fell in love with the first movie. It was the first book that I read that I couldn't stop reading too. It was recently released in 3D at the cinema and I went once again to see it in it's glory with Chris - and it stood the test of time - even the special effects (and I'm not talking about the 3D stuff) were still holding up really well. It was the only film in the 1990's I went to the cinema to see more than once - which was unprecedented for me. So I'm lucky enough to have the original fresh in my mind but how did the new one do? My favourite character, Ian Malcolm was not in it, and neither was Dr Grant, Ellie Sattler or the two Hammond grandchildren Lex and Tim.
Jurassic World (not quite Jurassic Park IV) is a follow on from the previous 3 in the series but it's not really Jurassic Park IV and not quite a reboot - it's like just a bit further on in time, I guess like we are as the audience. Peppered throughout the movie are references to the first Jurassic park movie and some homages too.
Chris Pratt (Guardians of The Galaxy) stars as Owen, a zookeeper of sorts with an affinity (or respect) for Velociraptors. He has been working with them to be able to follow his order and have them as you would a bird of prey. Some people mistake this for him having tamed them, but he says that he hasn't - it's just a matter of mutual respect. A bit like birds of prey. Meanwhile, bonny redhead Claire (Twilight & Spiderman 3's Bryce Dallas Howard) has her nephews visiting for a few days at the theme park - which has gone from strength to strength since the madness that ensued with Hammond's original idea. However, it has been running pretty good so far until the admissions are starting to wane - so the owners decide to create their own genetically modified dinosaur - the Indominus Rex - a cross breed of... a lot of nasty stuff including a velociraptor and a cuttlefish. Better keep it away from Ulysess Klaue from Age of Ultron then!
As the I-Rex (it sounds like an Apple product now) learns and develops and is intelligent enough to challenge even velociraptors, it is proven that it is a very dangerous dinosaur indeed. However, when it breaks loose from it's paddock - every one on the island is in danger and it's up to Owen and Claire to help the guys on the island and save the day.
The movie is a great homage to its predecessor and does it just as well. The special effects are fantastic and the 3D is good. The new dinosaurs are spectacular and the velociraptors aren't quite as scary as the first one but still deadly.
The movie has a lot of homages to the first movie and even some sequences echo the first one - but I won't go into too much detail as it will spoil the movie if you haven't seen it. But if you look carefully you'll see Mr DNA make an appearance and there is a shop called Winston's that's named after special effects legend Stan Winston who worked on the original JP (and a multitude of other movies besides).
This movie has it all, action, excitement and ... dinosaurs. If you like a good action adventure with amazing special effects you could not do any wrong. In this day and age, and the success this film has, I feel that there will be a lot more dinosaur movies after this one - but let's hope they maintain this quality because if they do, Marvel will have competition on their hands in the blockbuster movie stakes.
Jurassic World is at the cinema now and is rated 12A.
Kind of! It's been 20 odd years since Hammond exclaimed - "Welcome... to Jurassic Park!". What ensued was a worldwide madness for dinosaurs and you couldn't move an inch before a rubber Velociraptor or a plastic Tyrannosaurus was in your face. I'll admit I'm a bit geeky when it comes to dinosaurs and really fell in love with the first movie. It was the first book that I read that I couldn't stop reading too. It was recently released in 3D at the cinema and I went once again to see it in it's glory with Chris - and it stood the test of time - even the special effects (and I'm not talking about the 3D stuff) were still holding up really well. It was the only film in the 1990's I went to the cinema to see more than once - which was unprecedented for me. So I'm lucky enough to have the original fresh in my mind but how did the new one do? My favourite character, Ian Malcolm was not in it, and neither was Dr Grant, Ellie Sattler or the two Hammond grandchildren Lex and Tim.
Jurassic World (not quite Jurassic Park IV) is a follow on from the previous 3 in the series but it's not really Jurassic Park IV and not quite a reboot - it's like just a bit further on in time, I guess like we are as the audience. Peppered throughout the movie are references to the first Jurassic park movie and some homages too.
Chris Pratt (Guardians of The Galaxy) stars as Owen, a zookeeper of sorts with an affinity (or respect) for Velociraptors. He has been working with them to be able to follow his order and have them as you would a bird of prey. Some people mistake this for him having tamed them, but he says that he hasn't - it's just a matter of mutual respect. A bit like birds of prey. Meanwhile, bonny redhead Claire (Twilight & Spiderman 3's Bryce Dallas Howard) has her nephews visiting for a few days at the theme park - which has gone from strength to strength since the madness that ensued with Hammond's original idea. However, it has been running pretty good so far until the admissions are starting to wane - so the owners decide to create their own genetically modified dinosaur - the Indominus Rex - a cross breed of... a lot of nasty stuff including a velociraptor and a cuttlefish. Better keep it away from Ulysess Klaue from Age of Ultron then!
As the I-Rex (it sounds like an Apple product now) learns and develops and is intelligent enough to challenge even velociraptors, it is proven that it is a very dangerous dinosaur indeed. However, when it breaks loose from it's paddock - every one on the island is in danger and it's up to Owen and Claire to help the guys on the island and save the day.
The movie is a great homage to its predecessor and does it just as well. The special effects are fantastic and the 3D is good. The new dinosaurs are spectacular and the velociraptors aren't quite as scary as the first one but still deadly.
The movie has a lot of homages to the first movie and even some sequences echo the first one - but I won't go into too much detail as it will spoil the movie if you haven't seen it. But if you look carefully you'll see Mr DNA make an appearance and there is a shop called Winston's that's named after special effects legend Stan Winston who worked on the original JP (and a multitude of other movies besides).
This movie has it all, action, excitement and ... dinosaurs. If you like a good action adventure with amazing special effects you could not do any wrong. In this day and age, and the success this film has, I feel that there will be a lot more dinosaur movies after this one - but let's hope they maintain this quality because if they do, Marvel will have competition on their hands in the blockbuster movie stakes.
Jurassic World is at the cinema now and is rated 12A.
POPSCORE: 9.5/10
What am I talking about? The movie Jurassic World
Where can I find out more? http://uk.jurassicworldintl.com/
If you like this try: Jurassic Park, Jaws, Shark Attack 3 (maybe)
If you like this try: Jurassic Park, Jaws, Shark Attack 3 (maybe)
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