Worst JP Sequel

Rating: 4/10 (11 June 2015)

So I'm wondering if Hollywood will ever just stop making dumb sequels that simply do not need to exist. But I am pretty sure they will never do that and now we get Jurassic Park 4 or, better known as Jurassic World. The movie is almost a complete disaster and is pretty much only saved by the likability of Chris Pratt, who is great in this movie and he shows his charisma once more after the excellent Guardians of the Galaxy. The first thing that bothered me about the movie from literally the first scene is the overuse of CGI. What made the original so good in terms of effects was that they only used CGI when necessary and went all the way with creating amazing practical effects, which still hold up beautifully today. Everything in this movie is a Computer generated orgy, nothing seems real and, to be honest it doesn't even look that good. Another big issue with the movie is the complete lack of interesting characters or development thereof. Like I said before, the only real character in the movie with whom the audience can identify with is Chris Pratt's character. The movie does get away with a few positive things, like in playing homage to the first three Jurassic Park movies, which I think Jurassic World does very well, at times. Another positive is in my opinion is Bryce Dallas Howard's performance, which is good, although her character is shallow and unrealistic. I hated some of the things they did with the franchise, though. Like for example turning the Asian scientist that is in the original JP into a bad guy. Also, Raptors can now be trained? Seriously? So Jurassic World is almost a complete train wreck, but it kinda gets saved by a few good performances and a good use of the nostalgia factor for the original, which will certainly win some audiences over. But not me, because Jurassic World is just, plain and simple, a bad movie.