How good of a movie is Jurassic World?

^Yeah! Well, at least the raptors got to kill some people at the end...

BUT WHAT ABOUT CHARLIE, ECHO, AND DELTA?!?!?!

#RAPTOREQUALITY

I mean I know they kill some people but not the way they did in the other movies, a in a clever way.

#ENDRAPTORRACISM

SCI-FI KING25 - That is extremely strange to me. Why on Earth would anyone want to exclude Jurassic Park from their viewing enjoyment? Hmm...I shall have to look into this phenomenon. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. :)

The WORST thing about Jurassic World?

The cheap Hasbro merchandise.

^ WE never get merchandise here, but JW all of them the same weekend that usa got it, all for what? :( 

@SR , I guess the girls didn't take in count the.. old old movies , haha, since they migth be like 12, and all inlove of the sexy co-star, look at his hair XD

**AL** - Hahaha! Oh, indeed; he is just so very dreamy! Allow me to expound a bit: as a woman, I found that young fellow to be more of a twerp and slightly strange than a hunk in training. He really should learn that we ladies like conversation - not being stared at soundlessly! ;)

Is it just me or that guy, Zac I think was his name, seemed very creepy and kinda like a future serial killer developing?

^ You always jump to the creepiest possible conclusion XD.

Also, another issue. They didn't show enough of the park. Even a minute more would be enough. Barely any of it was shown (Probably due to pacing and budgets and stuff but still).

ALSO, did you know that the Mosasaurus was allegedly confirmed by the filmmakers to be just over 72 feet long (but the website says sixty)? The thing I read said that they upped the size to make it more possible that it could jump out to get the Indominus.

RAPTOR-401 - Hahaha! Well, I would not necessarily jump to such an, um, "extreme" outcome. However, I will say that Zac is likely to have problems with establishing relationships with women as he matures. Only King Kong gets a free pass at staring at women like an oaf! ;)

@Gorilla Godzilla and Something Real- Well sometimes I do jump to the "creepiest" conclusion but come on the staes he gives kind of evoke something sinister to come... I mean he had a girlfriend but was staring at those girls... Just creepy...

@Sci-Fi-King- That too, would have been cool to show a minute montage of the park, such as various attractions and exhibits. That makes sense on the mosasaurus, after all one of the themes of Jurassic Park was to show how inaccurate they made the dinosaurs to the point where they were barely dinosaur-like.

RAPTOR-401 - I have a feeling that the director was trying to evoke a more "I'm hot stuff" feel for Zac. However, you are right when you state that it came off in a stranger fashion than was likely the intent. Fortunately, however, we will not (hopefully) have to deal with then likes of Zac in the next film! :)

Honestly I place this film more on level with the unfairly maligned Jurassic Park 3, with Jurassic Park as the far away masterpiece and The Lost World trailing far behind in second place. Jurassic Park 3 and Jurassic World are neck and neck behind that for different reasons--This is if I had to rank them anyway.

I think the more Jurassic World sits with me the less I like it. The same thing happened with me and the way I look at Godzilla '14 to some extent. Unlike Godzilla '14 I find less and less reasons to revist Jurassic World.

While I enjoy the direction Jurassic World took the franchise in, with the really over-the-top ideas and it's unfettered supporting numskulls, I'm not entirely sure the meta-filmmaking worked. The Indominous Rex is largely supposed to represent the film's existence: Unnecessary, but bigger, faster and wilder because that's what audiences want. So Trevorrow practically admits the movie is catering to everything wrong with modern blockbusters today. Alright...

Then, to pay some overzealous respect to the original film, the Indominous Rex gets defeated by the original stars of the Jurassic Park franchise and the two creatures it was created from: The T-Rex and the Velociraptor--As if to also admit its an inferior product to the original.

There's some kind of reflexive genius in the stupidity of the film's execution. It's almost like Trevorrow tried to make a bad, stupid movie just to nail a point home. I'm not suggesting that's what he intended, but it sometimes comes off that way and I think if the film were trying to make a comment on modern blockbusters and "bigger" sequels it needed to be done with more finesse. And that would include better dialogue, more practical effects, a stronger emotional base (Masrani dies, who cares?) and less left field plot elements. (OH! Their parents are getting a divorce. OH! It's blended with Raptor DNA!)

As it stands the strongest emotional element in the film was the nostalgia with the old compound--Something that will have less impact on repeat viewings because it doesn't rely on an emotional core that Jurassic World established. It relies on what we remember about another movie. We need more than that chew on and statements on blockbusters aren't enough.

@Gman- Well I mean the movie was still good, but I think it's above Jurassic Park 3. I mean I still like the third movie and enjoy the CGI, and I do find it to be kind of a fun movie to watch but I still think it's the least best of the whole series.

Jurassic World had plenty of stupid things, granted, that's part of the reason why I felt like writing the topic. And sometimes it's not that bad to give the audience what they want. I mean after the sixth and hopefully final Jurassic Park movie comes out, that will definitely be enough.

Another problem that I had with Jurassic World is that it missed so much it could explore the past sequels did not such as dinosaur migration. especially showing how the raptors made it to Costa Rica by the beginning of the first novel. It could have explored more of any possible "dark" history and secrets of Hammon and Site B.

But it just focused on just having some monster and nostalgia- which is great, but as you say will get old with each re-watch.

I feel Trevorrow was just trying to create a fun summer movie that wasn't meant to be deeply analyzed, but now it's trouble seeing that there's too many "fans" of JP now, and I have an actual bad feeling it may give fans like me a bad rep.

However I still felt the movie was better than Jurassic Park 3. It left more potential, such as what will happen to the park and the dinosaurs on Isla Nublar, where Jurassic Park 3 didn't leave much to wonder or question about, except the hinted migration of the pterodactyls and the fate of the Spinosaurus.

When I watched Masrani's death I still find it kind of emotional, I found his character to actually have a good personality and mindset. (My sister actually thought (somehow) it was racist that they killed him off...)

Hopefully the people making Jurassic World 2 will understand what worked and what did not work in Jurassic World and make a better movie. Jurassic World is a good movie, kind of an interesting story, but it's a movie that the more you think of it you realise a lot of it is really stupid. Especially raptors in the military... Still won't get over the cringeworthy villain, Vic Hoskins.

Also, Jurassic World was kind of annoying with sudden attempts at plot twists, like you mentioned. I found it really illogical that just because I. rex has raptor DNA suddenly it can talk with the raptors like good friends... I mean if you put a alpha wolf in front of several chihuahuas, the alpha wolf isn't gonna just bark commands and force the dogs to serve it... That's not how DNA works. (I use that example since dogs of course have extreme similarities to wolves genetically.)

But the movie certainly does not deserve all the high praise it's getting.

I think Jurassic Park 3 edges out Jurassic World by a couple of hairs largely based on special effects artistry and technique. This was some of the last of Stan Winston's animatronic work and, most certainly, the last of his wizardry on a Jurassic Park film. This is something Jurassic World desperately needed more of. Even the animatronic Apatasaurus was overlaid with some CG which was disappointing. The amount of sub-par to par CG in a Jurassic Park movie has never been more obvious and it really took me out of the film. Compare that with the Spinosaurus attack on the airplane which gave actors more to interact with and looked something with weight was really attacking.

Again, I don't mind the camp factor about the movie and the direction it went. Raptors being used for the military? Sure! Spliced dinosaurs? Go for it! Sounds fun! Dinosaurs teaming up to defeat a spliced monster? Sounds like fun. My issue is that the execution undermines its own integrity--Practically admitting its by-the-numbers mindless, inferior material instead of genuinely enjoying itself as a reimagined monster movie. Yeah, the original Jurassic Park is a masterpiece. We get it. We didn't need the reminder, we didn't need the nostalgia and reflexive nods about inferior sequels.

Granted the movie's still fun regardless, but the emphasis on what it is and is not is retroactively eyerolling.

And I agree, Hoskins was a bit too much...

A point I also missed was that on the effects. Jurassic Park 3 at least still had that realism to it that will never look fake to me, like The Lost World and Jurassic Park.

Then with Jurassic World were many times the CGI was great and other times made me cringe and miss Stan Winston. (Most of the Jurassic World fans I know probably never even heard of him.)

I mean the reason why the raptors in the military bothered me was because Jurassic Park did thinks that would be logical if it were to happen. But it just sounded way too stupid to me. The more I think about it the more it just annoys me. VIc Hoskins and his constant lines about "Raptors running the battle line" and "them on the enemies side" just just made me sigh on the inside.

When I rewatched it I realised the movie dealt way too much with the original Jurassic Park and the novel. I get it, the movie was a masterpiece, I get it that scene with Nedry was funny and scary, I get it Rexy is awesome, I get it the original park was cool, I get it some of the book scenes were cool, etc.

However it still was fun but if I were to watch it a third time will be quite a while from now.

I thought it was good, the high heels never really bothered me.

How funny, today I decided to watch all the Jurassic Park films. I got to say, I totally agree and hear where you're coming from...though compare it to other movies today, and well, you can see why it's so great. Otherwise, the day the movie was on theaters, I never glorified it. Which I find it completely unfair to have people call the other sequels horrible and crown this one better. I love them all the same, cause it's funny how each sequel equally missed a long shot to make each on par to the first. However that's not to say each sequel did not stand out and aren't unique from one another.  

@Levian- First off, it's nice to see you back. (I thought you were gonna be gone forever, lol)

That is somewhat true, but there are plenty of films that were really good such as the Planet of the Apes reboots. I'm not crowning sequels but I do think The Lost World was a better sequel while Jurassic Park 3 was the least best sequel. Although in the past I've berated Jurassic Park 3, I do it out of fun mainly and I don't mean everything I say about it.

Jurassic World was good, but as I said already I stand by it doesn't deserve all the extremely high praise it gets.

I feel some of these points are a little nitpicky. Whenever viewing a film that isn't a documentary a certain amount of suspension of disbelief is required to watch the movie and enjoy it. This would be like watching the original and saying that filling in the genetic code with frog DNA is completely ridiculous and would never work and any way, shape or form. The movies job is to keep its story within a decent margin of the level of disbelief it's asking you to have. That being said I don't think most of these things are too far away from what the film expects to to be able to accept when watching it.

The raptor training isnt something I was ever fond of all the way from the previews that showcased it. That being said the film does establish they don't have control of the raptors. Owen entering the Raptor cage the first time showcased this with him barely escaping with his life. That being said later the film 180s and the Raptors ultimately choose him over something that is much closer to their species. Overall I'd say well executed at first, lacking later.

The raptors and their use in combat seemed pretty obvious to me. Dogs the military have had a variety of roles some more successful than you seem to give them credit for. The raptors and dinosaurs overall seemed like more of a offensive idea. The concept in my mind would be that essentially if you can point them in a direction they do the rest. The way the military is currently working with the idea of unmanned fights like drones ect suports this idea. The difference is the unmanned things they use now cost millions of dollars each whereas these raptors after the first batch can self sustain and breed as they have been shown to do in past movies. This means it's a cheaper alternative to the unmanned crafts, and not to mention the mental toll it would have on opposing sides having pretty much monsters charging at you. Not saying this is 100% legit, but it's not without some credence.

I wouldn't put the characters too much lower than any Jurassic Park movie. They aren't strong, but they filled the roles they needed.

I think the romance aspect is funny since if you watch the original there's absolutely no chemistry between Alan and Ellie that on screen. Their scenes together are almost cringeworthy and while Owen and Claire aren't the best at least something appears to be there.

The final scene and raptor/Irex communication didn't really bother me. 

Overall I agree with the bad CGI, and that the movie is by no means great, but definitely enjoyable. Still behind the original by a huge margin, and kind of sits with the other 2 for me.

@401: Haha yeah, thanks for the welcome back! xD 

I'll never abandon this website or community, it's one of the best there is! Plus, I enjoy a good chat with fellow Park fans. There are really smart people here, and it's fun to see their point of views. Anyways, I get what you're saying bud. You should watch Honest Trailers: Jurassic World. It pretty much said most of the subjects you mentioned. x) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8tmJbaFuYM