After seeing the trailers for the next movie, I was curious if Ian Malcolm would have some role in the film. Somehow I get the feeling that might not be the case.
As for the 6th film of this franchise, I would not be as optimistic since the other ones have strayed from what made the first film great. They are being seen less as animals and more like monsters. Although I would consider the Indominus Rex and the Raptor monsters because of the foolishness of scientists that works for business and less for education. In short…abusing nature for profit.
The promotion for the film was for the most part…average. I have played the game Jurassic World Evolution which is supposed to be similar to Operation Genesis (from the PS2). However, I have noticed something pretty obvious that doesn’t need much reflection. People that care more about animals than humans really are the worst. Yes caring about nature is good but not at the expense of desensitized youth and narrow minded education.
After watching the movie, I have to admit that I had quite a lot of fun watching it despite the scares in between. The chemistry between Owen and Claire seems to be a bit better compared to the first time during Jurassic World (which was below par in my honest opinion). However, the addition of a couple of activists in the film as new characters was just cringe worthy for the most part. Unfortunately, the villains were so one minded and stupid that I saw their deaths as hilarious and comical even. The clips showing Owen and the raptors as babies was a bit touching however, the other half of it shown as a means of making them obedient to be used like weapons was a bit of a downer at first. However, it never surprises me that some villains have to remind other characters that have done bad as well. At the same time however, they take the cowardly way out as is their nature.
The raptors were clearly the show stealers for the whole film although it was nice to see Rexy a bit for a few moments. The death of the other dinosaurs was not as emotional for me since I find activists stupid because their logic is totally flawed. The same can be said for the traffickers which are more or less…just the worst type of thief, more worse than a smuggler.
Which gets to my segment of the good, the bad, the memorable, and the downright pathetic in terms of moments from the film. However, I’m going to be doing this in reverse. Starting with the pathetic moments. First off, the two teen characters that were part of the “Save The Dinos” activist group. They apparently had a few skills but I couldn’t tell which was dull. The writing or the acting. Second, the reason for having the dinosaurs alive. Fans of the franchise already know that Dr Ian Malcolm was right the first time in Jurassic Park.
To quote the classic response:
“Yeah John, but your scientists were so busy thinking whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should”.
As for the memorable parts, it was mostly the nods to the first film and a reference from the second The Lost World Jurassic Park. To list them down in terms of what I remember, the main theme from Jurassic Park, a picture of John Hammond in the mansion, the amber tipped cane that belongs to Benjamin Lockwood in which his business partner John Hammond also had one, the struggle of closing the sliding door as the Indoraptor was running at Maisie, and let’s not forget the opening of the door reference. (Big grin).. As for the bad moments, it mostly was with the one minded “villains”, the humans if you will. The animal trafficker was like your stereotypical merc that looks like a hunter and the bidder Gunnar Eversol, was so easy to figure out how he would end up. However, the most boring of them all was Eli Mills. He treated the granddaughter like crap after she figured out his “big secret” but as for Lockwood, the guy’s grief I could understand in terms of losing someone close to him. But it never surprises me that the hard lesson is learned when you’re older. As a young individual, you’re just as likely to be a bigger screw up compared to when you’re older.
One disappointing aspect of the movie was the fact that the movie didn’t explore what Ian Malcolm was talking about during his speech at the hearing and I would have found it fascinating but it was such a wasted opportunity using the rich person buys dangerous weapon stereotype literary trope.
Overall view: the showing of how stupid human nature is and the sheer idiocy of the emo bleeding heart syndrome of activists just proves Dr. Malcolm’s point about nature being uncontrollable. The writing was bland, zero morals besides the fact that pride and greed just shows how knowledge is perverted and that science brings out more of the worst in humans when nature is involved.
Not as optimistic as I stated once about the third in this franchise but I will be glad if they could end it permanently. Just as Dr. Ian Malcolm said, they should just die.
Good visuals and scares and a tiny hint of nostalgia but that’s all.
Rating: 7/10.
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