and so another cinema trip, look you see. this would be the second time in two months that we, as a collective or if you like family, have been. quite improbably, for it is Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom we went to see this time after Avengers Infinity War last time, my current streak of seeing at least one Chris Pratt movie at the cinema per month has now stretched to two.
for some reason our friends in America, and indeed beyond, get this movie - the dinosaur one mentioned above, and not the super hero one - a week or two later than us here in England, or the UK if you will. i am not entirely certain that a spoiler warning is warranted, but if you do then this is it.
why were we off to see this one? well, the boys both love these Jurassic Shed films. as, for that matter, does my (considerably) better half. me? really, really big fan of the first three, the first two of which i saw at the cinema, but i was not overtly dazzled by the fourth one.
a picture of the boys stood outside the cinema? why not.
for those of you in a rush, then yes indeed Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom is very much worth a gander. much better than Jurassic World No Subtitle for me. but honestly it's not got some great, grand or original plot to it - rather more a collection of awesome, excellent and quite exciting set pieces assembled in a relatively coherent enough way to tell a story.
and just what is the story? well, leaving aside the metaphors and parallels of human life so as to get to the business end, basically it starts off with the exciting bits of Jurassic Park III, which was way better than some seem to say, with the final aspects of Jurassic Park The Lost World stapled on the end. with Jeff Goldblum as quasi human bookends to the film. yes, he is in it, yes he is only on screen for some 10 or so minutes to say profound stuff and yes, he probably did get paid somewhere north of US$10million for his time, for he is worth it.
something which was most pleasing for me in terms of casting was Ted Levine, perhaps better known as Jame Gumb out of the silence of the lambs. to that end, i am certain there is an easter egg of sorts in this movie referencing that. erm, mindful of spoilers, there's a late on scene featuring Mr Levine's character where the cinematography and action appears to mimic the infamous "elevator escape" scene in that cinema classic.
what of the stars of the show? well, the dinosaurs are as smart as ever in terms of effect. no, for my generation i suppose, nothing they do will be as mind blowing as our first encounter with Jurassic Park, but standards do not slip. yes, yet again the T-Rex seems forced to take a back seat, as he/she/it has done since the first two. oh well.
the human leads? well, Chris Pratt. yes he is good and that, but wisely the producers of films, unlike, say, the BBC and Graham Norton, understand there is such a thing as a saturation point, where over exposure can see an audience drift away. so he is rather nicely restrained in this one, letting the action stand to the fore.
you kind of wish that them what made Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom has been allowed a crack at these new Star Wars films. they, on the basis of this film, understand that what an audience of a much loved film wants really is more of the same. whereas Star Wars has been allowed to descend into farcical space cow milking with The Last Jedi, the makers of this film know that when an audience pays to watch a Jurassic film, what they want is people running away from dinosaurs, screaming.
my understanding is that, for this year, Avengers Infinity War currently owns around about 40% of all money which exists in the world. to this end, then, Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom shall not end up as being the biggest box office success of the year. but, i wager, it will end as a pretty close second. if, you know, one uses money as a measurement of success. which, in fairness, much of the world actually does do.
right, well, that's probably all of that. i somehow doubt any sort of Jurassic Shed film requires my endorsement in order for people to go and watch it, but if required then there it is.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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