Well Aladdin says it nicely when talking about Jurassic World...it's a whole new world!
Admittedly I went into this film back at the start of the summer, somewhat skeptical...
...Jurassic Park is definitely an all time classic!...
...Jurassic Park 2 (The Lost World) is far too self-important film, but it's not bad....
...Jurassic Park 3 ('The Land that Time forgot the name of because it's such a bad film!'...) is just not worth talking about it's that bad!...
In my head, it seemed as though statistical correlation was going to make this film so poor it might cause me some sort of health issue!
However, after a slow 20-30 minute or so start, I was pleasantly surprised!
This was due to the fact that I had turned off the 'scientific rationale switch' in my brain, and just gone with it!
Because, in summary...this film is enjoyably daft! Weaponised velociraptors! Chris Pratt as a Dr Doolittle of the Dinosaurs, there's the most ridiculously named Big-Bad in the whole series, and Bryce Dallas Howard spends the entire time running around the jungle in peach heels and full-make up!
Yet if you let these things go, the film zips along at a nice pace, the actors are engaging and play up to their briefs (Uptight park executive ,whose world melts down around her only to find her inner-bad ass; Jock-like, laissez-faire hero; Bewildered children who provide a decent comic relief), the park is as spectacular (if a little CGI-ish at times) as the first film, and ultimately there are some unlikely winners, with whom you can empathise greatly with at the end.
Ultimately if you are a lover of the original, it won't beat it, it's not as 'grounded' as the first, which as much as it's 'real-life' dinosaurs, has an element of realism in it that it captures perfectly from the original source material. But it's enjoyable, engaging and fun!
If you've not seen the original but know of it, I would watch this film without watching the original first, as what this film serves as, is a way to open up the 'Jurassic' franchise to a whole new world of viewers who were too young for the original, which it does very well.
Which makes the film's overall winner...
...Chris Pratt!...
Who bags himself a second franchise within a year, and does so with great aplomb, bringing his comic timing skills to what is primarily a serious role, but allows him to do something different and just as well as last years Guardians of the Galaxy.
Overall Verdict: Salted Popcorn
Next up...Ant-Man!
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