The best Jurassic Park sequel... which is not saying much.

Rating: 7/10 (10 February 2018)

I was a little kid when the legendary work of Steven Spielberg came into life. The dream of every child not brainwashed came into cinema: Dinosaurs coming into life from drops of blood obtained from mosquitoes. The empathy you actually feal to the characters. It is a true piece of art. Then 2 (sad goldbloom) and 3 (Alan!) came and pretty much transformed the legendary piece into garbage. Now lets check the fourth installment of the franchise (yeah, fourth. The film acknoledges this).
The good part: The cinematography is angelical. Not demeaning the photography. Both aspects are fenomenal. Even when the CGI was added the fotography is angelical, even when CGI was supremely obvious. Specially in shots that should have been done with practical effects, like the dying brontosaurus one, even if it was a little forced, specially because you were at all not worried about YOUR NEPHEWS ARE ACTUALLY BEING HUNTED BY A DINOSAUR.
The music is extraordinary... because most of it was actually just recompositions from the preceding films.
The bad and ugly: The characters and the plot. Both of them are important if not the most important part of any film.
Let's start with the characters: You feel no empathy for them. You actually couldn't give any less of a damn for them. The brothers tried to get your empathy... about the 2 hour mark. Not a good moment in a 2 hours and a quarter movie. The aunt was seriously forced on you to like her and to consider her relatable to the Chris Pratt character but... no. Impossible. There was absolutely no chemestry between them. You could have erased her, her sister and the dad out of the movie and nothing would have changed. The "villain" was even worse: You hate him but not because the character, but because you are actually forced to hate him, like in a cartoon: "This are the good guys, this is the bad guy. Hate him for not discernible reason" The bosses are idiots, the friend of Chris Pratt was actually there for 5 minutes... Actually, the only character you end empatizacing with is Chris Pratt. It is the only one you root for.
The plot is painful: It's the first movie. Seriously, it is the first movie, but with a dinosaur vs dinosaurs battle at the end. Nothing else matters.
To say it shortly: an enjoyable film for the images, but not for the plot. I recommend to stay with Jurassic Park.