Jurassic Slop

Rating: 3/10 (4 July 2015)

Colin Trevorrow directed and wrote this thing seemingly ensuring the main starCGIwould not be overshadowed by quality acting. Well donebravo. 'J-World' is a fine example of a director taking an outstanding cast and relegating them all to second-fiddle. It is sad enough when talented actors have a sluggish script forced upon them, but these people also had to love-hug stupid, overly friendly cartoon dinosaurs. I am convinced 'Barnie' could have saved this hot mess – I kid – nothing could save this from the oil pits. I will say that Special effects were some of the best I have ever seen...spectacular. I did say the cast was pretty good and it is. Chris Pratt normally plays a fun character and he is probably the main reason I paid to watch this celluloid waist. This time the guy was OKnot for lack of tryinghe just didn't have much to work with. No snarky 'Guardians of the Galaxy' personajust a sense of mediocre interest in the project and a desire to have 'Jurassic World' far behind him. It was almost like he enjoyed filming this production as much as I liked sitting through It. NowI actually enjoyed Bryce Dallas Howard. She is the one actor who actually seemed to have a developed character written for her (by whoI have no clue) but she did manage to carry her part off without a hitch. She has chops, and I would like to see more of her. As excellent as Bryce was, there was no saving the cash-drain of a mind-number. Irrfan Khan is talented but ended up being just OKI think he was the good-bad guyVincent D'Onofrio is very skilled, but ended up as being just alright, I assume he is the really bad-bad military guy (trendy and popular evil-doers). What the heck, the rest of casteaten or not eaten were OK – at best. Nobody was really great. Without a script, no one actually gets a chance to stand out. This movie could have been very good, but pointless direction and messy writing took a lot of excellent potential and made a bad product. How bad? Wellno need to compare this to some other Jurassic version, Ed Wood provided better comparison material back in the 50's and 60's. What were the six writers doing anyways? It definitely wasn't writing. I know plots are stupid things to have in a movie now-a-daysI got itbut some character development would be nice. Example? The Chris Pratt character, Owen, is important because he was in the Navy. OMG the Navy or THE NAVY? I spent twenty years in the Navypainful and irritating at times.but important? Huh? Really? Oh and the kids were at the park because.? Mommy and daddy were divorcingsounds like that's never been used before - not. Spineless parents wont even tell the kids. Oh and the dinosaurs speak to and understand Owen - can I have a big Dino-WOW – and the carnivorous ones are nice and friendly tooanother Dino-WOW. Can't we all just get along with raptors and tyrannosaurus rex...they just want to be our dino-buddies...oh yes...another dino-WOW. In the original renditions, raptors were the super villains, in this installment, they are man's bestest buddies. Snuggly- huggly-ooey-gooey dinosaurs...give me a big.yabba-dabba-doo-doo gag. If you enjoy senseless movies that are poorly written and when they are over you ask yourself, 'Why did I pay for this garbage?' – then Jurassic World is for you. Me, I will never pay to see another Jurassic production, and I may avoid future flicks sanctioned by Spielberg.