Redundant, and Inconsistent

Rating: 5/10 (10 April 2014)

I really don't feel like Steven Spielberg wanted to make this film. And for everybody involved it was just a straight money grab. I really enjoyed the first Jurassic Park film and for a 1993 flick, its about as visually entertaining as a film can be. But this one felt too similar and so much didn't make any sense.
First off, why do they not say at all in the first film that there is a second Island? And if that family in the very beginning of the movie is on vacation there, you would think people taking them there would know the Island history? I also felt as though the idea that people still want to visit this Island knowing there are deadly animals there is preposterous. There were a few times in the movie where I felt like it was going to end and didn't, particularly with the last 20 minutes of the movie. Who approved that man taking the T-Rex back to society? WHY DOES HE STILL WANT TO OPEN A JURASSIC PARK!? I think the inclusion of Vince Vaughn into the mix was a waste. I would have thought they would use him more as comic relief, but essentially he is the same character as Jeff Goldblum's. In fact I would say the chemistry is better between Vaughn and Julianne Moore than with her on screen boyfriend, Goldblum. The whole other story thread with the hunters was also a bore and really wasn't needed. Make this film 90 minutes and I would have rated it higher.
With all this being said, I am really looking forward to Jurassic World. With Chris Pratt and Jake Johnson, two of the funniest young actors in the business today, I know it has the potential to be as entertaining as the first movie. I may pass on the third Jurassic Park if its too similar to the first two. There were some parts of Lost World that were great, including the T-Rex scenes. One of the things that was missing from the first movie was more screen time of the big dinosaurs. I found my heart pounding on more than one occasion in those scenes.
In a film that has mostly the same scenarios as its predecessor and disappointing climax, you can still find some entertainment with the T-Rex character, which is why I'm not giving it a 2 or 3.
5.6/10