Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

I'm guilty as anyone of overrating Jurassic World. I mean, it's not BAD. But I was so glad to just have one of this franchise's sequels not be atrocious that I was a little too high on it.

Well, now we have TWO sequels in the series that are not atrocious. Fallen Kingdom is not BAD. Well, it's also not that good either. Frankly, it would largely register as one of the most forgettable blockbusters in many a summer if not for its almost unprecedented commitment to plagiarizing its own predecessors.

It's kind of two totally different films stitched together. The first, the one showcased in the trailers, involves Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, along with a couple other people, heading back to the island to save the dinosaurs from dying from a volcanic eruption. The 2nd half of the film is much more of a horror-ish film, with a creepy mansion and dinosaurs creeping around(which would seem unlikely since they are, y'know, dinosaurs).

I greatly preferred the 1st half of the film. The back half of the film is what I'll remember though, cause of how the filmmakers turn it almost into a greatest hits album. Scenes, moments, shots, even sets apparently, are just repeated from earlier Jurassic films. It's so bizarre. And none of them improve on the originals.

Pratt does his Pratt thing. Howard does her cute plucky thing. Jeff Goldblum is sadly barely in this thing. The human bad guys here are just embarrasingly portrayed. I kind of liked the one gal who joins them on the island, but so little character stuff makes it into the film that I can't recall her name or even her actual job.

The movie leaves off in a place that could actually make for a good threequel. And while I doubt this will be anywhere near the money maker JW1 was, I'm sure that 3rd movie will get made.

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