{"id":15603,"date":"2015-06-15T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=15603"},"modified":"2015-06-15T17:58:54","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T21:58:54","slug":"jurassic-world-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/jurassic-world-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurassic World (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cJurassic World\u201d is the \u201cGremlins 2\u201d of the \u201cJurassic Park\u201d franchise. It\u2019s filled with call backs to the original film, and garners a tongue in cheek attitude about itself, while commenting on the ills and woes of consumerism, the media, and theme park spectacles. And the very spectacle that became of \u201cJurassic Park.\u201d There\u2019s one instance where the technicians groan at Verizon sponsoring an animal exhibit, and there\u2019s constant talk about how consumers always want bigger, better, and toothier. And that\u2019s what \u201cJurassic World\u201d is. It\u2019s bigger, toothier, yet not exactly better.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s nothing that can compare to \u201cJurassic Park,\u201d but \u201cJurassic World\u201d at least tries to match the heart and soul of the original. That is when it\u2019s not disgusted with its own presence, mind you. Everything about \u201cJurassic World\u201d seems to point to a narrative that\u2019s distractingly self aware to the point where not even the dinosaurs are fun anymore. The characters that work at the park are angry and frustrated that audiences are no longer fond of normal dinosaurs and dagnabit it makes sure to feature as little of the dinosaurs as possible. What we see of them degrades the image we had of them while showing almost nothing of the main dinosaur Indominous Rex. For a dinosaur that\u2019s supposed to be so dominant and new, it\u2019s definitely one we see very little of. Perhaps it\u2019s because of the girth, but we only see parts of Indominous Rex at a time.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s never the money shot that leaves us breath taken at its size. Perhaps they\u2019re saving it for the merchandise. Or perhaps it\u2019s intentionally commenting on how the producers are saving it for the merchandise. Who knows, really? The vision for Jurassic Park has been realized and now twenty years later, it\u2019s become a theme park for just about everyone. The Park is now a world and Isla Nublar has become a tourist destination for people that want to see real life dinosaurs. The problem is people are getting bored with the spectacle and the scientists of the park have bred brand new dinosaurs for the fun of it. The biggie is Indominous Rex, a mysterious animal hybrid that becomes the antagonist of the film.<\/p>\n

When it breaks free and begins roaming the park, it\u2019s up to Raptor wrangler Owen to stop it, and keep people from dying all around him. \u201cJurassic World\u201d is like the party guest that doesn\u2019t even want to be at the party. It\u2019s sarcastic, rolls its eyes at everything, and you just find it tough to engage yourself. Raptors are turned in to glorified dolphins, the park is now a bland franchise a la Seaworld, and there\u2019s very little sight of a T-Rex, or Triceratops for a very long time. A lot of \u201cJurassic World\u201d is just fine though as there is some great dinosaur action, and a spotlight on Bryce Dallas Howard\u2019s role as a strong feminine protagonist who spends most of the movie kicking ass without relying on men for help. Chris Pratt also does a great job of pulling the Sam Neill role, playing a bold new hero for the new direction the series takes. \u201cJurassic World\u201d is cynical and occasionally a hollow venture, but in the end it\u2019s a perfectly fine movie and entertaining enough to keep you watching until the closing credits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cJurassic World\u201d is the \u201cGremlins 2\u201d of the \u201cJurassic Park\u201d franchise. It\u2019s filled with call backs to the original film, and garners a tongue in cheek attitude about itself, while commenting on the ills and woes of consumerism, the media, and theme park spectacles. And the very spectacle that became of \u201cJurassic Park.\u201d There\u2019s one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[58,64,71,283,515,906,922,1087],"class_list":["post-15603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-action","tag-adaptation","tag-adventure","tag-dinosaurs","tag-j","tag-science-fiction","tag-sequel","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15603"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15606,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15603\/revisions\/15606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}