Jurassic World has its blockbuster moments, but not impactful as Jurassic Park

Rating: 7/10 (12 June 2015)

Assets being fed, Assets being controlled, Assets in containment, Assets out of containment. Calling dinosaurs as "assets" is such an understatement. As Dr. Alan Grant in the '93 original said, "Can't just suppress 65 million years of gut instinct.", the same holds true even today. John Hammond has passed on the baton of the park to Mr. Masarani, very well portrayed by Irrfan. The park now is bigger and better two decades later. Instead of the tour cars, we have tour gyrospheres; there is dolphin show style dinosaur show (of course sans the dance), there are interactive screens and elephant-like dinosaur rides for kids and the control room is much more technologically advanced. And well, the dinosaur too is meaner and hence the name : Indominous Rex. Because people want something with more teeth and something "bigger, better and louder".
The makers fully achieve what they wanted to achieve in terms of the visual appeal. The park, the facilities, the array of creatures all look sublime. Some of the moments in the Spielberg version like the one where T-Rex crushes the car with kids trapped inside them have been recreated as per the latest setup which do bring back the nostalgia. There are enough blockbuster moments involving the I-Rex, Raptors and other dinosaurs to keep you at the edge of the seat. Claire's assistant being thrown around by dinos and the climax sequence are two such which need special mention. And Indominous Rex is one bad ass dino with capabilities of couple of other creatures (including T-Rex) all rolled into one. Yeah, take that T-Rex!
Chris Pratt is a stud. He doesn't look one bit the researcher he portrays esp when he is riding that bike, but carries off his character with a charm and wit at times. Irrfan as Mr. Masarni is a cool customer. He is an upright park owner and a cool pilot. Though his chopper passengers are afraid when he is the pilot but he has always "got it" :)
Since its a reboot, comparisons with the Spielberg version are inevitable. Claire realises it quite early in the movie that "No one's impressed by a dinosaur anymore". Jurassic Park had a big first player advantage. And with Spielberg at its helm, it fully played to its advantage thereby creating some scenes which are etched into our memory to date. Jurassic World on the other hand fails to create that big an impact. And it has its fare share of plot holes like missing an effective evacuation plan for a park this big, and the park owner approving certain things without his knowledge. Further, the first half doesn't really create those wow moments which the '93 version did. And I totally failed to understand why Irrfan's character has been given that puffy-eyed, unshaven and tired look. Being an owner, he could have been presented in a much better way.
However, its the second one hour and especially the last half an hour which really lifts the whole movie. I watched it in 2D but I think 3D could be better given the scenes involving dinos are not chaotic. Plus one might enjoy the scale of the park better in 3D.
In a nutshell, Jurassic World can be watched for its blockbuster moments despite the fact that it doesn't leave the same impact as Jurassic Park did.
P.S. : Don't watch it with your 5 year (or less) old kids , the I-Rex and the Raptors can be very scary to them :)
*Spoiler Alert* T-Rex and the Raptors have their Godzilla moment in the climax which leads to another recreated scene in the end from the '93 saga :)