Jurassic World (2015) Review

Review by Brandon Fu
Directed by: Colin Treverrow
Rated: PG-13 (for intense sequences of science-fiction violence and peril)

Jurassic World is a visual-based movie about a hybrid super dinosaur that ruins everything in the theme park known as Jurassic World. Visually pleasing, and incredibly filmed, this movie is definitely one worth checking out. It is aesthetically identical to the original Jurassic Park, with Steven Spielberg as the director of that film. The great parts awe, while the worst parts make you scratch your head and question how awesome the movie is.

Of course, whenever you are able to cram so many actions scenes into one movie how could it not be awesome. Even though there are so many action scenes, it feels as though it is not chaotic. You always know where things are happening and what the context of it is. This film is also a master of tension, using what isn't there as a tool to scare viewers. If you haven't seen the movie, just know this, the ending is AWESOME. And yes those of you who have seen it, you know what I'm talking about.

Let's get the good out of the way. Visuals: Awesome. Pacing: Great. Chris Pratt: Kinda shitty. Oh wait.

Yes, sorry for you guys out there who love the lovable Andy from Parks and Rec, or the goofy Starlord for Guardians of the Galaxy, but Pratt's Owen Grady is just a condescending, eye-rolling, stuck-up, know-it-all asshole who you like just because he is Chris Pratt. That's it.

This film tends to be a little...weird. The aunt of the two kids, Claire, played by Bryce Dallas Howard, is constantly in her business savvy suits and pumpkin haircut straight out of the 60s. She is constantly wearing heals, just for the screenplay to make fun of her while she runs funny in mud, or trips and falls. It's the screenplays fault this is in here, and it's just a nitpick to be honest. She is also a terrible role model, as she can't protect children, can't feel for them, and has no other duties in her life than to be a career-loving workaholic. A terrible role model. A combination of all of these culminates into an ending that feels out of place, and definitely worse than the action scene before it.

A film should not just be an action fest and explosions. The film implements this in order to take away from the less interesting parts of the movie. Again, you could just shut your brain off and take in the brilliant and spectacular visuals.

3.6/5