Jurassic World

As a kid, i was really interested in dinosaurs. I had books about dinosaurs, dinosaur toys, and one sticker album where you collected stickers of dinosaurs. I remember being very fascinated about tyrannosaurus rex , it was hard to imagine that a dinsasour that size have actually lived on planet earth. I remember visiting museums, both with my parents, but also with school at some point. I was always fascinated by the biggest dinosaurs, maybe because many of them looked so dangerous. As i grew older, and started finding movies to be my biggest passion, i remember walking into the theatre in 1993, to see a new film by Steven Spielberg called Jurrasic Park. After walking out of the cinema, i remember i had a great smile on my face. This was exactly how a cinema experience should be. Fantastic special effects, great action scenes, and great acting included. But i do remember one thing that i did not like. The swedish release was cut, just for almost a minute, or two, but i found that to be silly. For you who grew up in 1993, might remember that this was a year with a lot of violence films. Jurassic Park was not too violent to cut it, in my opinion. I waited a long time to get this film on VHS, for some reason they decided to wait with the release, so of course i ran down and bought it on the release date. Watched this film several times, until i waited for the sequel that finally came out in 1997. Jurassic Park: Lost World, turned out to be a fun ride, with more dinosaurs and more action scenes than before. Not as good as the first movie of course, but at least not a bad sequel. 4 years later, Jurassic Park came back a third time in 2001. At this point i remember that i did not really care about the third film, because it felt more like a remake, than a sequal. The film did get a profit, but nowhere near the previous films. After the third film stopped showing in cinemas, it seemed as we would not get a new film for quite some time. There were rumours, if a film was going to be made, would Spielberg return as the director ? That never happened, so no one seemed to be ready to make a sequel. Not until almost 15 years later, when director Colin Trevorrow decided to direct the 4th film. With no high expectations at all, i decided to see if this was a worthy sequel after so many years. Is Jurrasic World a new fresh improved start for this classsic franschise, or is this just a sequel you will probably forget ?

22 years have passed, since the incident happened at Jurassic Park. The bioengineering company InGen operates a new park, Jurassic World, on the same island. The whole island is now more of a tourist location, gathering people from all over the world to learn more about dinosaurs. InGen have made sure that Jurrasic World is even bigger than Jurassic Park was. There are more dinosaur species, but this also include a lot more security. Brothers Zach ( Nick Robinson ) and Gray Mitchell ( Ty Simpkins ), are sent to the Island to spend time with their aunt, Claire Dearing ( Bryce Dallas Howard ), the parks operation manager. Unfortunately, Claire is too busy to spend time with the boys, so she asks her assistant to be the boys personal guide. Owen Grady ( Chris Pratt ), is training Velociraptors, making sure that they obey his commands. Vic Hoskins ( Vincent D´Onofrio ), head of InGen's security, have a vision of using the Velociraptors in military training. Owen does not like the idea, because he knows they can´t be trusted. While Zach and Gray is out on the guided tour ride, they decide to sneak away, and explore Jurassic World on their own. They eventually find their way into the forest, but are trapped while being attacked by an Indominus, one of the most dangerous dinosaurs. Claire finds out the boys are trapped out there. It seems as the Indominus escaped, and is now on the run. Owen knows he need to find a way to stop the Indominus before innocent people will be killed, and locate the young boys.

I think most people would agree that the first Jurassic Park film was spectacular when it came out in 1993. This was something we have never seen before, when it came to dinosaur films. A park filled with dinosaurs, that have come back into our civilization, to live in harmony. Of course, that is something that does not work. You can´t expect to make dinosaurs adjust and not attack us, they are predators like many other animals. The sequel Jurassic Park: Lost World was actually a good sequel, more intensive action, and Peter Stormare swearing in swedish language. The tird film was not bad, i did enjoy the special effects, but it felt like the film makers were running out of ideas. Jurrassic Park 3 proved that it was harder to make this franschise stay alive. So, it took almost 15 years to finally release another film, and i think we needed a long break from these dinosaurs. We needed a film that was going to make this right again, and.....Jurassic World does deliver, but maybe´not as much as i was hoping for. I love the CGI effects, the dinosaurs look really good, and there are some new elements here that we have not seen before. My problem with Jurassic World, is that there are not many original scenes here. I would have liked to be really surprised, by a different twist, or perhaps that something unexpected suddenly happens. There is one scene though i really liked, when the kids found an old Jurassic Park car, from the first park back in the 90´s, hidden in an old building. That gives this film some nostalgia feeling. Chris Pratt is actually a great leading role, as the fearless Owen Grady. He kind of remind me of Indiana Jones in some scenes, but without the hat and no whip. Ty Simpkins is also good, as the Claire´s nephews. If you liked his performances in Insidious 1 and 2, you won´t be dissapointed with his character in this film. Director Colin Trevorrow have directed some films earlier, especially a really good film called Safety Not Guaranteed. It was one of the best drama comedy releases in 2012, and i still enjoy it just as much still today. I would never have guessed that he would be chosen to direct Jurassic World, and i have to say he have managed to give us a film that should please most fans of the earlier films. With that said, i am not sure if he did not want to try a different approach with this film, if he was afraid that fans would complain. I wish he would have taken that chance, and done something unique with this story, when you recognize yourself from earlier films. I enjoy the action sequences, and most of the acting, but i miss some suprises along the way. Jurassic World is not a bad Jurassic film, not at all. If you loved the previous films, i have a feeling you won´t be dissapointed. There are plenty of dinosaurs, even a different version of the Jurassic Park that we are used to, now known as Jurassic World. If you want to watch a summer action film, this could be what you are looking for. Now, excuse me for a moment, those damn Velociraptors are eating my corn fields again, i bet the flame thrower will scare them away.

Rating: DDD