Good movie, not as good as original (what a surprise)

Rating: 9/10 (7 July 2015)

Jurassic World is a satisfying addition to the franchise, and is definitely the second best in the 4 movies (Jurassic Park is still the best). It is great to see an the island of dinosaurs again, and the action is great. I also loved the nods throughout the movie to the original film, including the original building from the first film, as well as the jeeps. It's definitely worth watching if you were a fan of the first film like I was, and it is a bit of trip down nostalgia avenue watching a film like this again. Overall, the action, pacing and characters (minus the children) is all pretty good making it definitely worth watching.
SPOILERS SECTION: Some of the aspects I didn't like though was the fact that they went the "mad science" route by creating a new dinosaur, which...I'm sorry to say would never fly in any scientific community/field etc. But in terms of the overall story it's fine, I mean, there are dinosaurs running around so I can forgive that part. It was much better seeing the raptors or t-rex again though. I also felt that some of the deaths seem unnecessarily cruel or gruesome considering the film rating. I was scared by just seeing the damn T- Rex as a kid, how the hell did other kids sit through some of this stuff? Even they made me feel uncomfortable, and I have watch my share of blood and gore movies.
The main thing I didn't like was the subplot of "weaponising" dinosaurs, which felt so tired and forced. So many modern movies now have some kind of obvious villain trying to weaponise something. It's always supposed to be a shock as well, when it was not, at all. You mean, they guy talking about war and combat and wanting to use raptors in combat was behind the creation of the other dinosaur because they wanted to weaponise a dinosaur?! No! I am shocked!