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Post by kooshmeister on Jun 26, 2015 3:42:48 GMT
Anyone else seen this in theaters? I loved it! It was the sequel we should've gotten years ago!
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Post by mattofthespurs on Jun 26, 2015 6:51:50 GMT
My 11 year old Son loved it.
I thought it was awful. Plot full of holes, plastic characters and bad CGI.
But I'm an old, grumpy sod so ignore me.
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Post by kooshmeister on Jun 27, 2015 2:02:25 GMT
It was everything I hoped it'd be. Far better than the tremendous misfire that was The Lost World and the waste of time that was Jurassic Park III. It hit all the right spots. It was exciting when it was supposed to be exciting, funny when it was supposed to be funny, scary when it was supposed to scary, etc.
Standout sequences without spoiling too much included the I-rex's escape from her paddock, the kids in the gyrosphere with the I-rex attempting to swallow them, the sequence wherein the helicopter fights the I-rex and the pterodactyls and pteranodons, the I-rex versus the InGen ACU team, anything having to do with Owen and the raptors, and, of course, that glorious, glorious ending sequence, full of fanwank though it was. Best theater experience I've had in a while.
Then again maybe I'm just really easy to please.
Spoiler time!
I felt really terrible for Nick, the poor Oreo-munching control room supervisor who picked the worst hiding spot imaginable during the I-rex escape (he may as well have been out in the open). The film really milked his terror as the dinosaur sniffed him out. Then there was the much-discussed over-the-top demise of Claire's assistant Zara. Holy crap did the universe hate that poor woman. But no scene affected me as much as when Owen and Claire find the dying brontosaurus and sit with it as it dies. I got a little misty-eyed and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I honestly thought Owen was gonna Old Yeller the poor thing with his rifle for a minute. And of course I got misty-eyed when Blue made her triumphant return at the end to help out against the I-rex in the final battle. Yay! She was one kickass raptor and I'm glad she made it.
The Wal-Mart in Smithfield had an appreciable amount of Jurassic World toys, including, to my delight, the six-wheeled Mercedes-Benz G 63 (a total of three in fact). Even though it wasn't used very much in the film, it's still a very cool-looking vehicle, and it was a steal at just $14.
I was still pumped from having seen the film so I nabbed it.
This movie was definitely worth the wait, sez I!
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Post by ripper on Jul 5, 2015 8:41:12 GMT
My wife and son went to see this one last night. Both of them enjoyed it very much.
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Post by erebus on Jul 10, 2015 10:34:52 GMT
Well like mattofthespurs, I'm a grumpy old sod too. But I loved it. Yes I knew it would be full of wooden character, plotholes and ridiculous impossible scenarios and outcomes, but I love these films so I put my brain to bed ( not difficult ) and let the ridiculousness unfold.
Dinosaurs were my first love as a kid, sod cars, toy soldiers and action man. So I've always held a spot for them.
These films have always been way of the mark. Dilophosaurs did not have stupid neck frills. Pteranodons could in no way lift a human being let alone carry one. And Velociraptors were not that tall, more like groin height. Deinonychus would have been the one they should have gone with.
Anyway all that said, kids will love it. This one surely did.
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Post by kooshmeister on Oct 26, 2015 23:23:07 GMT
Just got it on DVD! Quick, everybody hide! No, no, pick a better hiding spot than–Ah, too late.
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