Felt like a movie meant to sell merchandises

Rating: 4/10 (26 June 2015)

I walked out of the movie quite angry and disappointed. The central issue I have with the movie is how the story felt like it was written by multiple writers rather than a central plot.
The original Jurassic Park was a story about man vs nature, a story about survival and humility. I found it quite interesting to watch John Hammond as he changed from a cavalier dream builder who triumphed over natural forces to a person who realized his limitations. He came to understand that his pursuit of his dream meant he was putting those whom he loves and cares about in the line of fire. His eventual humility and realization concluded with a very memorable scene of him flying away from the helicopter. It left you with a sense of "leave nature as it is".
Jurassic world on the other hand attempted to emulate this central plot at many points in the movie. At one point I almost felt like it had potential to be a thought provoking movie, when BD Wong was confronted and asked about how the concept of Jurassic Park was always unnatural. However it soon fell back into the explosions, cheesy 1 liners, and the numerous subplots that weren't completely realized. Off the top of my head, there was one about brotherhood and how a looming divorce is affecting them, the romance between Chris and Bryce, the lifestyle choice of Bryce to postpone starting a family, the militarization of nature, the typical awkwardness of computer geeks, the reining supremacy of T-rex, and it goes on and on. It's seriously ridiculous that most of these subplots were just briefly mentioned and never returned to again.
I did enjoy the overall VFX, but there are a lot of be desired as it doesn't look believable. Everything looks to pristine and clean. Every glass looked like it was all freshly polished, no smudges or dirt. Felt like the movie had an over abundance of blue tint that is meant to make it look sci-fi. The goal is to make the concept of an amusement park believable and I didn't get that feeling.
Overall, I'm terribly disappointed at the movie. Even the ending scene felt like it was needlessly inserted not by choice but rather by a focus group. I come to appreciate that Jurassic Park is now a franchise, and sadly it's predictable that this movie was likely produced to help sell merchandises not to be an intelligent movie classic.