My review of "Jurassic World" (2015), with Bryce Dallas HowAreYaDarling

Rating: 8/10 (15 June 2015)

"Jurassic World" (2015) was raptortastic and T-Rexific. It was also fun in another way, but I can't think of a pun for "Indominus Rex." I'd give it an 8 out of 10.
Seriously — this was a fun monster movie. (I, for one, maintain that these are horror-sci-fi movies at heart, and not the family adventure films that others seem to take them for. Even the theme music for this entire franchise seems to insist that a zippity good time was had by all, after dinosaurs devour adults and traumatize lost children.)
The kid in me thrilled to this movie's great outstanding special effects and abundance of monsters. Those raptors are the coolest movie monsters since Aliens and Predators.
The action sequences were wonderful. Did anyone else think the initial attack/ambush was an homage to the initial attack/ambush in "Aliens" (1986)? They have the heart rate monitors and helmet-cams and everything. I kept waiting for Corporal Hicks to yell, "DRAKE, WE ARE LEAVING!!!"
The aerial attack by the winged dinosaurs was outstanding. (I don't know the difference between pterodactyls and pteranodons. Besides, one of them looked like it had a T-Rex head, and I'm not sure that was even was a thing.) The plight of one plucked victim was pretty damn creative and horrifying — I think that entire sequence was an example of some pretty inspired horror filmmaking.
And all of those things are good, because I honestly don't think this film has much going for it without them. This really is  pretty much the same story as "Jurassic Park" (1993).
Smart people do stupid things. I got a "C" in biology freshman year, but even a guy like me immediately doubts the wisdom of the Raptor Recruiting Plan. I also have no military experience, but I know what "cover" is, and I know what a "kill zone" is, and I wouldn't rush from the former to stand stationary in the latter.
Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas HowAboutADrinkLater are both very good actors; this movie's script has them rattling off humorous lines that are typical of a mediocre sitcom. The character concept for Pratt's hunky-extreme-sportsman-naturalist raptor-whisperer is kind of silly. Bryce Dallas HowDoYouJustKeepGettingPrettier plays another stock character — the two-dimensional uptight corporate princess who needs to be taken down a notch. Their banter is like the dialogue of a lackluster episode of "Friends," and it insults the viewers' intelligence.
The movie's two most interesting characters are the two young brothers. Their dialogue was actually touching — this movie would be far better it had focused almost entirely on them. (And, yes, that is young Ty Simpkins from "Insidious.")
I keep seeing articles on the Internet alleging that the technology depicted by these movies will soon be possible, but I pretty much don't believe anything I read on the net anymore. Because I totally bought into that Mars One fiasco, and now I feel like an idjit.