Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Director: J.A. Bayona

Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall

When the island’s dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.

‘The Orphanage’ – directed by J.A Bayona – is one of my favorite Spanish films. ‘The Impossible’ – directed by J.A Bayona – is one of my favorite films. What happened with this Jurassic World installment??? I’m not sure whether this was intended to be a spoof or a comedy, or whether it is just so bad that it is comical in a non-humorist way. Or maybe the writers are to blame for such a preposterous script. I can’t believe professionals in the industry concocted this idiotic film. The original ‘Jurassic Park’ – way back in 1993 – had a simple premise and it was filled with action and suspense and was just really awesome. In this film, they tried so hard to give it a complex premise with a few twists that it ruined the entire film. I mean, there’s this ‘big reveal’ at the end – spoiler – where the daughter, Maisie, turns out to be a clone. So what??? This doesn’t affect the film in any way an no-one cares about her or what she is anyway, so what does it matter?

The suspense – if you can call it that – was forced for most of the film. The humor was annoying. Even the visuals were not all that great considering the modern age of CGI we live in. (Again, the visuals of the 1993 film by far surpassed this!). The acting was so bad! The dialogue was terrible. There’s nothing credible here. This was a Jurassic comedy!!

There are just so many plot flaws that I won’t even go into them, because I think I can write an entire manuscript on it. This movie was killing my brain cells so badly that I couldn’t wait for it to end. It felt like a Playstation simulation. If the film was not called ‘Jurassic World’ with any reference to Jurassic Park, I’m certain it would have been a box office flop. It’s like a B-movie for crying out loud! Oh look, they even copied the kitchen scene from the original, as well as so many other scenes with very little effect…. I rest my case.