Sunday, September 13, 2015

Movie: Jurassic World = 87/100


If you enjoy action on top of action then Jurassic World is the movie for you.  Unfortunately, I do not enjoy movies that make me want to yell at the characters for doing something that any human with a quarter of a brain would know not to do.  For example, any human that was in an amusement park full of dinosaurs would understand that an alarm means to stop the ride they are on and turn around (especially if the computers are also telling them to turn around).  But, somehow the characters in this movie could justify going into a restricted area while the alarm was going off. 

I understand that all moves need to force their characters to do things that might not make complete sense in order to push the story forward.  If everyone did what they were supposed to do, then everyone would be safe and the story would stink.  However Jurassic World had many other plot options that could have still pushed the story forward.  Yet, they decided to use the one that made the least sense.  In all honesty most people probably paid no mind to this plot hole… because it was overshadowed by the dinosaurs! 

I might have even been able to accept it, if the characters had gone into the restricted zone before the alarm went off.  Maybe they got lost and couldn’t find their way back when the alarm sounded.

Again if you like action then you will love this movie, and you will love it even more if you don’t care about plot holes.  Some people are saying that they liked the first three movies better because this sequel's plot focused around creating a new dinosaur, which was too farfetched.  But honestly the whole series is based on exaggerated science so I think the argument is a bit shaky.  After all if people really cared about the practicality of the movie's plot, it would not have broken records in the box offices.   

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