Awful but watchable

Rating: 2/10 (24 June 2015)

Everyone loved this movie, and I admit it was put together quite well. Great editing, cinematography, editing, script and acting, all very slick. A little too slick, by the book, by the numbers, predictable story line and plot. There is an island. On the island is a dinosaur theme park. The humans have every technological ability to keep the dinosaurs from escaping. That is, until the humans make a dinosaur with DNA from a all these different species that allows it to break free. And then we have nonstop consumption of humans, chasing of the dinosaurs, and by the numbers plot advances, romantic liasians and family friendly cute kid scare scenes (man, if those kids got eaten, this movie would be a 10!) One can almost feel the presence of the big time gambling producers, Steven Spielberg's watchful eye, and every gatekeeper imaginable controlling the thing, until the final result is inevitable: a massive bore-festing yawn-athan I could not wait to be over as I sat uncomfortably in the theater. I wish I had brought edibles with me many times during the over two hour soap opera. Are the special effects awesome? Yes. Is this any different in any way from the previous films, in term of artistic integrity and real risk taking? No. Christopher Nolan's Batman reboots this film is not. Wait for Redbox.