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Rating: 8/10 (12 June 2015)

Just saw Jurassic World and this is what I think of it. I'll start by saying, Comcast stock will be going up. Comcast, the owner of Universal, is definitely taking its cues from the Disney Company. When Disney feels they need to boost the desire of one of their attractions, they simply make a movie of it. This would explain the Eddie Murphy career decliner, The Haunted Mansion. Pre Muppets reboot, the Muppet attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios, was a virtual wasteland, only bringing in parents dragging their kids to see something from their own childhoods. Pirates of the Caribbean was the most famous and successful of these ride reboots, leading to the revamping of the ride itself to keep up with the success of the film franchise. Now apply this tactic to Universal and Jurassic World, and you have a 90 or so minute movie that makes you want to go to the Jurassic Park section of Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando. If you've been there, then much of the first few glimpses of Jurassic World will seem somewhat familiar. Aside from it feeling a bit like a plea to visit Universal Studios, it was actually a hold-on-to-your-butts thrill ride. The story follows much like the very first film. Sibling bonding, too cool older one, smart kid brother. Only the younger smart kid in this one, doesn't come off as nerdy, and is more.. Hmm.. Aspergersy. Sometimes the wealth of knowledge the kid has comes off as cheesy. When half the audience groans at one of the kid's happen-to-know factoids, you know they went too far. There's also the character that's hell bent on using military tactics. There is the John Hammond replacement, who is, basically John Hammond. There are a few times in this movie where they just push a concept too far. For instance, they introduced some 3d cinematography that I've never seen before. The use of reflections as revealing shot, in 3d is the first to come to mind. While seeing the characters, you also see reflection on the glass surrounding them. The effect is the reflection way in the foreground. It's a really neat effect.. Until you tire of seeing it, and then they use it for compelling moment, and you yawn. For this movie to not have been directed by Spielberg, it reeks of his auteurship. The main antagonist in the film is a serial killing GMO dinosaur. In the fashion of Jaws, the "monster," is slowly revealed, careful not to show it in its entirety until a pivotal moment in the movie. I sound like I hated it, but I didn't at all. It was visually stunning to point that the plot didn't matter. Of course Chris Pratt is amazing, though he's basically Starlord meets Caesar Millan. He's the raptor whisperer. There were a lot of throwbacks to the original, while still maintaining itself as its own entity. The female lead, slowly removed her clothing throughout the movie, almost following Laura Dern's loss of layers from the first movie to a T. There were some amazing cameos as well. Look out for Jimmy Fallon making a comical appearance, and old friends from the original showing up here and there. Lastly, what Jurassic franchise movie would be complete without a knock down drag out fight between your favorite dinos from all the series. In the climax of the movie, everything definitely come together, and much like the ending of the first film, we find ourselves cheering for dinosaurs. That was what was great about the first movie. We spent almost 2 hours being scared to death by dinosaurs, only to cheer for them at the end when T-Rex saved the day. This film in its own surprising way, allows for the same. I definitely left the theater cheering for the dinosaurs.