Great time with the kids...Family fun (with Dinosaurs ;), all the way!

Rating: 8/10 (12 June 2015)

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The kids dragged me out to see the movie for Fathers day, was not up to it as if I was feeling winded from last nights fiasco. It opened very abruptly and the story felt rushed, as it was more about selling movie tickets rather than really paying respect to the franchise. Its not really as predictable as most reviewers are saying it is though. I would argue it was more paying homage to the original and is what made it so entertaining in the first place. The kids loved the jump scares, I really loved the amount of dinosaur screen time. The Animation Graphics were GREAT. My sister loved the Gallimimus herd running through the field by the "hamster ball" haha! It was nice. She also liked how the weather was portrayed throughout the film as they did not really use rain as does most of Hollywood for a cheap thrill.
I do agree that there was an excessive amount of spotlight on the newly introduced Indominus Rex which left little room for character development in the T. rex. Though we did see a lot of growth when the producers decided to experiment with the intelligence of the velociraptors by making them trainable. I was moderately let down when there wasn't some type of scene, you know, where the mosasaurus attacks a boat full of fleeing park attendees and the movie kids barely escape by riding on the back of a loose dolphin that was supposed to be a meal but it turned out not to be because the mosasaurus was distracted by the fleeing boat and the people on it.
Soundtrack was engaging and brought bucketloads of nostalgia.