Very disappointing, but very well made

Rating: 5/10 (15 June 2015)

I guess against the grain of consensus opinion, my initial thought leaving this film behind was ,that really was one of the silliest films I have ever seen, but I do often say to friends who want an opinion of a film... well it was complete rubbish but I loved it. Well heres the rub. This film was complete rubbish and I didn't really like it at all mainly because it didn't really entertain me. It was as many have said, utterly predictable and no where near as imaginative as it could have been, given its obvious budget and actually quite good cast, Chris Pratt in particular tried to save it several times being an excellent 'bad ass' heroic type but even he seemed restrained somehow by unimaginative .clichee ridden directing together with what has to be admitted incredible special effects/cgi or whatever we're supposed to call it now. The Dinos definitely weren't real,none were brilliant actors wearing those computer suit things like in Avatar, but there seemed to be a lot of real people in crowd scenes but then they started to be pick off by flying Dinos so I guess they weren't real in all cases. Two big problems.... The story was rather like a worst Dr Who episode rather than an epic film as promised. You could easily have seen it all in half an hour and the best bit of the original series (imo) ie John Williams theme was nearly played about three times and then disappeared after making my senses think oh, now its going to get exciting( ask yourself, what is one of the key continuity aspects of all film franchises;Bond, Star Wars, dare I say Mission Impossible.... its the thematic aspect of the music, so don't play three or four bars as a token gesture , play it all and play it loud and at least the audience can latch on to every second of excitement they've ever felt when they've heard those sounds before even if it ain't really happening before their eyes the rest of their sensibilities will imagine it is because musical memory is a very powerful influence on the emotions. To sum up I believe a successful film will entertain by making me laugh, making me cry, making me wonder whats coming next and making me gaze in wonder at the screen when I get the audio cues to remind me its not reality...... which I've left at home. Didn't get that today , shame as I had expected far more from the trailer.