This is a review from the avant-premiere of Jurassic World in Greece.
Jurassic World is everything John Hammond had in mind 22 years ago when he first started building a park that would feature some of the Earth's most terrifying and intriguing creatures: dinosaurs. It is even grander than what he intented to do with the technology that he had back then. It is big, fun and jaw-dropping and it attracts thousands of people who seem to enjoy themselves as they experience amazing rides and see breathtaking spectacles while at the same time they take a glimpse at history itself. Dinosaurs haven't been around for millions of years after all, and who wouldn't want to see such a creature alive and up close?
So this is what we first see when we enter the world of this new and advanced Jurassic Park. It is an extremely successful theme park - a dream park for people who love nature and dinosaurs and who (let's face it) were forever changed as children when they first watched the original film back in 1993 [I know. I'm one of those children.]- with almost 20,000 visitors every day. We get to meet some likeable and some mediocre characters and we get some inevitable clichés (which I so much wished would be missing from the film) and then we are given the main plot point: people are not interested in dinosaurs anymore. They want more. They want big and dangerous. They want continuous (and at times needless) novelty. So the park executives (seeing as Hammond has died) have decided to present a new attraction, a hybrid dinosaur called Indominus Rex.
So this is what we first see when we enter the world of this new and advanced Jurassic Park. It is an extremely successful theme park - a dream park for people who love nature and dinosaurs and who (let's face it) were forever changed as children when they first watched the original film back in 1993 [I know. I'm one of those children.]- with almost 20,000 visitors every day. We get to meet some likeable and some mediocre characters and we get some inevitable clichés (which I so much wished would be missing from the film) and then we are given the main plot point: people are not interested in dinosaurs anymore. They want more. They want big and dangerous. They want continuous (and at times needless) novelty. So the park executives (seeing as Hammond has died) have decided to present a new attraction, a hybrid dinosaur called Indominus Rex.
Mind you, Jurassic Park (1993) is one of my most beloved films and I can be really harsh when it comes to its sequels. I find The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) indifferent and Jurassic Park III (2001) unacceptable. But this wasn't bad. It might actually be my favourite after the original.
On a deeper level Jurassic World is an intense critique on our society and the way money and spectacle rule the world. People get bored easily so they always want more without thinking about the consequences. After all let's not forget that they have opened, and without thinking twice, the park where 22 years ago many people were killed by its very attractions. Humans don't learn from their mistakes. It is only a matter of time until something can go wrong in a park like this no matter how much the executives think that they control everything. Now, add a fresh new hybrid (and the lack of information about its behavour) to the equation and you've got yourself a death recipe.
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However, this is an adventure. It doesn't have to have a deeper level. It is a thrill ride that besides its clichés (yes, I know I've mentioned this "c" word before but it unfortunately has them) and some of its mediocre characters (the fate of whom doesn't particularly interest us) it works. It manages to keep you at the edge of your seat, it is fun, it has some trully horrifying moments as well as a pitch of nostalgia for the original movie and the original sets and props and it also has some beautiful scenes and sceneries.
While lacking the original's subtle yet constant sense of threat, Jurassic World manages to capture the true Jurassic feeling and it also gives a greater and more prominent role to its dinosaurs - and not only as the monsters that cannot be tamed or handled. This is a zoo - a quite different zoo from what we're used to, but a zoo nonetheless. Would I want a somewhat greater story line? Yes. Would I want better-structured characters? Yes. Will I see Jurassic World again though? Hell yes.
Jurassic World was directed by Colin Trevorrow [Safety not Guaranteed (2012)] and it stars Chris Pratt [Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)], Bryce Dallas Howard [The Village (2004)], Vincent D'Onofrio [The Cell (2000)], Ty Simpkins [Iron Man 3 (2013)], Nick Robinson [The Kings of Summer (2013)] and Jake Johnson [New Girl (2011-)]
Jurassic World was directed by Colin Trevorrow [Safety not Guaranteed (2012)] and it stars Chris Pratt [Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)], Bryce Dallas Howard [The Village (2004)], Vincent D'Onofrio [The Cell (2000)], Ty Simpkins [Iron Man 3 (2013)], Nick Robinson [The Kings of Summer (2013)] and Jake Johnson [New Girl (2011-)]
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