It's All About the T-Rex

Rating: 5/10 (27 April 2020)

One of the interesting things that I find when it comes to sequels is that they tend to start dropping some of the big name characters from the original film, and continue with the lesser know actors. This was certainly the case with this one, with Sam Neill disappearing, and Jeff Goldblum taking the centre stage. Mind you, it doesn't always happen this way, but it does make me think what will happen when I get around to watching the third movie (if I ever do).
Anyway, the one thing that always found odd was how long it would take for a dinosaur to reach its maximum size, though ironically, after a quick search on the internet the current theory is actually not that long. In fact, there are suggestions that the T-Rex took only twenty years to reach its size. Mind you, I still sort of wander about the time spans with regards to this film, especially since it is actually mentioned that the founder of Jurassic park came up with the idea 15 years beforehand, which still wouldn't have given the T-rexes (and the other huge dinosaurs) all that much time to grow to the size that they did.
Actually, there are quite a few inconsistencies in this film that I picked up. For instance, there is the suggestion that the movie takes place on another island, one where the dinosaurs weren't locked up in a park as they were in the first film. Yet, as the movie progresses, they suddenly end up at this place that looks a lot like the control centre from the first film, which made me wonder how they managed to get there. Okay, they walked, but it still really didn't make all that much sense.
Mind you, I guess the main thing about this film is the fact that at the end we have a T-Rex running around downtown San Diago. Yeah, this is what I suspect the film was building up to, and while it might have been a little rushed, we probably should remember that maybe they were sort of trying to steer away from it being too much like Godzilla. Yeah, that's sort of what I was thinking when we had the scenes of the escaped T-rex.
I guess this is just one of those films that I would consider dinosaur porn, namely a film that is designed to get people who like dinosaurs really excited. Then again, I also suspect that it is still a kids movie, namely because there isn't really much in the way of blood and gore, though of course they do have people get eaten on camera, but not to the extent that you see in some movies. Then again, it is rated PG-13, so that probably tells you a lot about it.
Yeah, I can't say that I was all the impressed with it, though a part of me still wants to watch the next one, namely so that I can then move onto the Jurassic World series. However, as I mentioned, it really isn't that great, and a part of me is dreading the next in the series.