When you're a fan, it really doesn't matter. But...

Rating: 7/10 (25 June 2015)

Well, to be honest, I just decided to go and see the movie more or less for the memories. I was merely 10 years old when the first one came out and by the time Jurassic Park III was out, I was eighteen. At age 32, I wanted to see whether or not I would be as impressed. I just watched it yesterday and then sat down on the computer and searched for the trailers of the old ones. I expected them to be too obvious and far fetched and "in the past". No. It was the other way around. I am now looking forward to seeing the old ones again. I do!
The Jurassic World was OK. But when you're a fiction fanatic, you don't aim for "OK". You aim for f*** awesome! Well, that's not the one if you aiming that high. The acting was mediocre. I did not like Chris Pratt. I think that the character depicted by Sam Neil was much more appealing in this context. I don't think the movie needed a pumped up macho guy that is a dinosaur-lover and a commando. Bryce Dallas Howard was awesome as she is Jurassic material, following in the footsteps of the previous women in the series. I liked her overall as I liked the eccentric billionaire. On the other hand, Vincent D'Onofrio was too weak and did not manage to showcase a really bad guy. Failed to be exact. The cast was overall too weak. When in the previous ones you had Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore, there's nothing more to be said.
I also did not like some of the scenes where the protagonists just look in the horizon and the camera just shows their face. It was too anachronistic and weird. In general, directing and what else, was not of the known standards. You saw the huge dinosaur walking next to Chris Pratt, with I don't know how many tons, and the ground did not even move a bit. I missed the effect with the water in the glasses or on the ground, rippling from the steps of a dinosaur. These things are done already but they are also the crown jewels of this trilogy. Don't leave them out! Or the tapping of the claw of the velociraptor on the kitchen floor...
In other scenes, you saw the actors walking around fighting dinosaurs, like any human in their right mind would walk between the feet of a T-Rex! And weirdly enough, manage to escape as they did. And then, when there's no original thought, you see the sea creature just jumping out of the water, eating the big enemy. Too convenient, too easy, too predictable. Fight scenes needed some wider angles so that the viewer could get the entire fight. They also needed some better directing and positioning of the actors. That's mainly the reason why we pay the ticket. Make it worth, please!
I will now look for the bundle of the first three movies in a DVD and sit down and watch them. This one really made me appreciate the old ones more. At least, the promise of a sequel to this one was something to hope for. And I would LOVE to see J.K. Simmons in it!