Originality is extinct

Rating: 6/10 (15 June 2015)

Director Collin Treverrow's 'Jurassic World' certainly looks great. The production values, design, cinematography and special f/x (despite some reviews I've seen to the contrary) are all top notch. But what it's sorely lacking is substance and originality. I get that a movie about rampaging dinosaurs isn't exactly going to be a character study, but the original still managed to give us at least a little characterization for our human players. And it's an unabashed rehash of the original, but plays more like a mediocre tribute band than the real thing.
But ultimately the worst sin committed by 'Jurassic World' just may be that it isn't very much fun.