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Re: The Jurassic Park Series (1-6)
Saw it earlier this evening, and I quite enjoyed the movie. Maybe it’s because I’m not really a “fan” of the Jurassic Park films, but I found it to be very entertaining and rounded out the Jurassic World stuff in a neat way.
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Re: The Jurassic Park Series (1-6)
I enjoyed Dominion. Dumb movie, but not any dumber than the other two Jurassic Worlds imo. The whole trilogy is pretty much the same level of quality to me, very fun and cool blockbusters that fall apart if you think too hard on them. Still better than Lost World and 3
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Gotta say especially after JW2 and 3, the first one really increased in quality. Sure, it has it's flaws and was already relying a lot on fanservice. But compared to the third it's rather tame. And it's a neat update on what JP1 was.
The dinosaurs are still very animal-like (except the Indo of course but she's a lil different anyway, and the Rex/Raptor team-up is still kinda weird but well, at least the fight is better set-up than the whole Giga - Rex fight in Dominion). And I'd say it's even a core strength for the movie to rather focus on the Indominus Rex instead of giving us yet again how the park fails overall and all dinosaurs run rampage. It's mostly just the Indo running havoc and that's fun!
The huge problem of Dominion imo is, how there are so many dinosaurs that just appear and disappear again. There are barely any scenes which have a lasting impact. The confrontation of the main cast with the Giga and the scene in which alongside the Claire - Therizino moment are the few that actually sticked with me because they were actually special.
JW2 onwards is where the series lost most of it's charme imo, suddenly we have people with plot-armor, barely any horror (except for the scenes with the Indoraptor, most of them were pretty good and intense) and are even more shoved into your face. Also characters go through major development changes off-screen (Claire becoming an activist, Dr. Wu is suddenly a good man??), you really feel how characters are just written a way how they are needed for this particular film but barely see why they became like this.
Like I kinda enjoyed JW2 and 3 but they feel more like a generic action movie with dinosaurs instead of an actual adventure / horror flick. JW1 feels more like a decent successor than any other part of the trilogy.
The dinosaurs are still very animal-like (except the Indo of course but she's a lil different anyway, and the Rex/Raptor team-up is still kinda weird but well, at least the fight is better set-up than the whole Giga - Rex fight in Dominion). And I'd say it's even a core strength for the movie to rather focus on the Indominus Rex instead of giving us yet again how the park fails overall and all dinosaurs run rampage. It's mostly just the Indo running havoc and that's fun!
The huge problem of Dominion imo is, how there are so many dinosaurs that just appear and disappear again. There are barely any scenes which have a lasting impact. The confrontation of the main cast with the Giga and the scene in which
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JW2 onwards is where the series lost most of it's charme imo, suddenly we have people with plot-armor, barely any horror (except for the scenes with the Indoraptor, most of them were pretty good and intense) and are even more shoved into your face. Also characters go through major development changes off-screen (Claire becoming an activist, Dr. Wu is suddenly a good man??), you really feel how characters are just written a way how they are needed for this particular film but barely see why they became like this.
Like I kinda enjoyed JW2 and 3 but they feel more like a generic action movie with dinosaurs instead of an actual adventure / horror flick. JW1 feels more like a decent successor than any other part of the trilogy.
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Re: The Jurassic Park Series (1-6)
It's odd conflicting feelings (first two aside) but I think I would rank the movies like so -
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Jurassic World (2015)
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Jurassic World (2015)
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Swap around Jurassic Park 3 and Jurassic World and you basically have my list.tbeasley wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:52 am It's odd conflicting feelings (first two aside) but I think I would rank the movies like so -
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Jurassic World (2015)
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Seconded, though I still need to see DominionSpuro wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:57 amSwap around Jurassic Park 3 and Jurassic World and you basically have my list.tbeasley wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:52 am It's odd conflicting feelings (first two aside) but I think I would rank the movies like so -
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Jurassic World (2015)
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Welp, if we’re ranking these…
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic World
Jurassic World Dominion
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic World
Jurassic World Dominion
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
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Am I the only one that enjoys TLW? I would rank it second only to the original.
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No, I'm there with you.shadowgigan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:12 pm Am I the only one that enjoys TLW? I would rank it second only to the original.
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Re: The Jurassic Park Series (1-6)
Jurassic Park
The Lost World
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic World: Dominion
Jurassic World
I enjoy something out of all the movies. It's just a matter of picking which ones I enjoy more than the others.
The Lost World
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic World: Dominion
Jurassic World
I enjoy something out of all the movies. It's just a matter of picking which ones I enjoy more than the others.
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Me and Soggy and tbeasly just put it in 2nd place on our lists, lol. It's not just you, I'm sure.shadowgigan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:12 pm Am I the only one that enjoys TLW? I would rank it second only to the original.
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I'm not here to argue or get into fights, but I was weirdly disappointed by the finale of Dominion. Has it been discussed how random the final fight is? Jurassic World 1 built up the Indominious Rex as this really horrifying creature, that was very smart, and possessed near supernatural abilities. It was a movie-monster, through and through. When the main villain (Indo Rex) fought the pack of Raptors that Owen raised, and the T-Rex which was/is essentially the mascot of the franchise, and incorporated other elements that were established throughout the movie, it felt really fun and exciting.
This felt like "oh, three dinosaurs established in the last 20% of the film are fighting". I felt nothing, except maybe it was cool seeing the Gigantopede getting gored by the Dino with the nails. Even one of the main cast is like,"This has nothing to do with us". And at that moment, it felt like a really stupid, or self aware line to include. The finale felt pointless. I also think it represented a lot of bigger problems with the movie: "We have many good ideas, but focus on the wrong things". The main problem with Dominion is that it lacks a central villain or idea. Even Jurassic Park 3, for all it's faults, had a really fucking scary Spinosaurus as the antagonist.
If I had to say a positive, it re-enforces my love of Godzilla funnily enough. While I'll always like giant monsters fighting, it shows that there needs to be a better build up to monsters fighting, and the monsters themselves need to have something going on. Watching two dinosaurs fighting bored me to tears and I honestly didn't expect that.
Anyways, here's something controversial, rating wise.
Jurassic Park
Jurassic World
Jurassic Park 2
Jurassic Park 3
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom/Jurassic World Dominion
To give Fallen Kingdom and Dominion SOME credit, they at least move the stories forward and do SOME interesting things with the series. I can't fully hate them.
This felt like "oh, three dinosaurs established in the last 20% of the film are fighting". I felt nothing, except maybe it was cool seeing the Gigantopede getting gored by the Dino with the nails. Even one of the main cast is like,"This has nothing to do with us". And at that moment, it felt like a really stupid, or self aware line to include. The finale felt pointless. I also think it represented a lot of bigger problems with the movie: "We have many good ideas, but focus on the wrong things". The main problem with Dominion is that it lacks a central villain or idea. Even Jurassic Park 3, for all it's faults, had a really fucking scary Spinosaurus as the antagonist.
If I had to say a positive, it re-enforces my love of Godzilla funnily enough. While I'll always like giant monsters fighting, it shows that there needs to be a better build up to monsters fighting, and the monsters themselves need to have something going on. Watching two dinosaurs fighting bored me to tears and I honestly didn't expect that.
Anyways, here's something controversial, rating wise.
Jurassic Park
Jurassic World
Jurassic Park 2
Jurassic Park 3
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom/Jurassic World Dominion
To give Fallen Kingdom and Dominion SOME credit, they at least move the stories forward and do SOME interesting things with the series. I can't fully hate them.
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To be fair, I think he was referring to this as more of a personal rivalry (it's heavily implied that the Giga and Rex were the same ones from the prologue)LSD Jellyfish wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:26 am Even one of the main cast is like,"This has nothing to do with us".
That being said, I definitely agree with everything else. I'll add more to that; this is the first JP movie were the dinosaurs felt completely inconsequential to the plot. It's like Trevorrow wanted to make a sci-fi thriller about genetics and human cloning, but was forced to shoehorn in dinosaurs at the last minute.
Seriously, if you took all the dinosaurs out of the movie, many of the plot points wouldn't change. There'd be fewer action sequences, but the movie would still largely follow the same story beats (stop locusts, rescue girl). That's its biggest flaw compared to all the other previous movies.
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The final fight of Dominion is one of my main critic points as it is indeed just a random fight with zero weight. And honestly I even feel bad for the Giga. It's like the makers were forced to add a fight after finishing the whole movie already. The Giga is pretty much just acting like a regular animal and gets treated and killed off at the end like he ate the whole main cast.
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Same. Lost World is a very fun movie for me.Gojira2K wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:17 pmNo, I'm there with you.shadowgigan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:12 pm Am I the only one that enjoys TLW? I would rank it second only to the original.
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The Lost World is my favorite film of the whole franchise.
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Just got home from Dominion. It was a garbage fire.
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I watched Jurassic World Dominion last night.
The movie is better than Fallen Kingdom, I'll give it that, but, man, the story feels really forced and some of the dinosaur action just feels....unsatisfying. This movie has even more nostalgia-bait than the previous two movies and, overall, Jurassic World Dominion feels like an even bigger soulless Hollywood blockbuster movie than pervious installments. It's hard to explain why, but just watch Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and you'll understand. Still, I did have fun with Dominion and I won't mind buying it on home video.
I rank Dominion higher than Fallen Kingdom, but below the other movies.
The movie is better than Fallen Kingdom, I'll give it that, but, man, the story feels really forced and some of the dinosaur action just feels....unsatisfying. This movie has even more nostalgia-bait than the previous two movies and, overall, Jurassic World Dominion feels like an even bigger soulless Hollywood blockbuster movie than pervious installments. It's hard to explain why, but just watch Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and you'll understand. Still, I did have fun with Dominion and I won't mind buying it on home video.
I rank Dominion higher than Fallen Kingdom, but below the other movies.
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Because I have no life I think I've tallied together the appearances of all dinosaurs/prehistoric animals in the Jurassic Park/World series, using this table of physical appearances as a basis. So far no species has appeared in all 8 works (the 6 films and 2 short films), but some have gotten close, and which ones might surprise you...
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Microceratus? I didn't realize they had an appearance. What, did they cameo in Dominion?
Having had time to let it sink in, I'll live with Dominion and embrace what dumb fun value it has. I knew what I was walking into, of course, but I ended up being saltier than I otherwise would have because my brother got sick (IMAX sound + way too much soda gave him a migraine) and had to leave halfway through the movie and that kind of wrecked the whole viewing experience. I'll probably have more fun with it on the rewatch. If nothing else, this trilogy is done and we have the inevitable reboot to look forward to. Hopefully they try to... try.... next time.
Having had time to let it sink in, I'll live with Dominion and embrace what dumb fun value it has. I knew what I was walking into, of course, but I ended up being saltier than I otherwise would have because my brother got sick (IMAX sound + way too much soda gave him a migraine) and had to leave halfway through the movie and that kind of wrecked the whole viewing experience. I'll probably have more fun with it on the rewatch. If nothing else, this trilogy is done and we have the inevitable reboot to look forward to. Hopefully they try to... try.... next time.
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