Was a pleasurable blockbuster but the original was classic.

Rating: 6/10 (13 June 2015)

All in all, I believe it was a good entertaining movie, but predictable. I felt that it didn't offer up anything new that we already didn't know or have already seen. The movie offered a nice homage to the 90's Jurassic Park movie with all the cinematography images reminiscent of the original movie. But I left wanting a little more-maybe more dinosaur scenes? Chris Pratt is always amazing to watch with his subtle comedic one liners (he was amazing in Guardians of the Galaxy). Nice that they didn't make the chemistry between the two main stars of the movie the focus of the movie or too obvious for that matter-it was subtle and just right. Id say that the trailer didn't give away too much of the major edge of your seat scenes and thank god for that because it was nice to be surprised watching those scenes in the movie theater, ie when Bryce's feet shown running in slow motion (what the heck is she running from?). The directors did a good job portraying a "theme park" feel to the movie with the busy central hub/communal entrance of the park, the touring attraction with the gyrosphere (neat idea), the marine dinosaur show, the long wait lines typical of attractions, and one predator cage that obviously seemed a comparison to the highlight attraction like that of a lion in a zoo.
As always, the raptors are the stars of the show but in that respect too it felt like they were trained pit bulls. I was a little put off at the fact that there was a scene where it seemed like few of them were actually "growling" like dogs when provoked.
On a minor note, the two young stars of the movie were fine but I think it was slightly overkill portraying the older kid as an hormonal, pubescent, indifferent teenage boy. Again, nothing compares to the kids from the original movie.
I usually judge how well I liked a movie based on whether I would return to watch it again. I felt like this was a one time deal. I wasn't awestruck.