6. "Jurassic World 3: Domination" (2022)
After the events of Jurassic World 2: The Lost Kingdom, dinosaurs and humans now live together. The climax of the "World" trilogy brings back the cast of previous "Jurassic" films to clarify everything.
Although Sam Neal, Laura Dunn and Jeff Goldblum bring an interesting nostalgia to the story, the film itself is an unconscious process from one action sequence to the next. It even prevents us from starting to discuss that huge subplot.
5. "Jurassic World" (2015)
The "Jurassic Park" film series is essentially about a past that humanity cannot forget, and the dire consequences that occur when this situation spirals out of control. Let's call it weaponized nostalgia.
In Jurassic World, the concept becomes very subtle, but not in a cool, self-conscious way: 22 years after the events of the first movie, humans build a dinosaur theme park. Both Jurassic World Park and the 'Jurassic World' film profit by exploiting nostalgia, exploiting humanity's failure to learn from the past to make millions of dollars.
Chris Pratt's dubious accent is more authentic than the film, but we admit we were happy throughout.
4. "Jurassic Park 3" (2001)
Directed by Captain America: Avengers director Joe Johnston, Jurassic Park 3 has something memorable to offer. Spinosaurus is a replacement for the overseen Tyrannosaurus rex, and the whole "birdcage" plot is actually fascinating.
But it can never escape the fact that it may not have existed in the first place. Alan Grant, played by Sam Neill, is coerced back to Dinosaur Island, and shockingly, everything doesn't go as planned. The ending is hasty – as if everyone involved in the film wants to escape it, rather than the characters want to leave the island – and disappointingly, the dreaded Spinosaurus vs. Tyrannosaurus rex CGI isn't worth the Rock 'em Sock'em style toy we grew up with.
In addition, the film misses an opportunity to explore what PTSD looks like for a man who was almost eaten by a dinosaur, preferring to just show Grant's hallucinations of a velociraptor who shouted his name.
3. "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" (1997)
The sequel to Jurassic's first installment, The Lost World, received critical acclaim for being directed by Steven Spielberg again – some critics even suggested that while it was nowhere near as good as the first, it was actually better directed.
This orientation keeps the tension rising throughout the film until the infamous San Diego finale. The return of Jeff Goldblum and the addition of Julianne Moore also helped the film, and by all accounts, the film was supposed to be a masterpiece. But a bad script determined that we were disappointed before we started shooting.
2. "Jurassic World 2: The Lost Kingdom" (2018)
The problem with the "Jurassic" sequels is that none of them can prove their existence. It's easy to repeat the same concept over and over again, but it's actually hard to make it valuable.
But "The Lost Kingdom" is the most self-conscious of all "Jurassic" sequels: people are really stupid and we keep getting ourselves into the same situation, and that's the point. The film summed this up naturally and is probably the only sequel that really raises the meaning at the end of the film.
This makes it not only better than its predecessor, but also the best sequel in the series (even if that doesn't say anything).
Although the film's reality is not as clever as they themselves think (dinosaurs are a metaphor for global warming, civil rights, and other social issues!). ), but it is at least trying to tap into some of those ideas. This raises a logical question: do these films need to have such recognition? But we prefer that they have a certain awareness of the world they live in, rather than unconsciously.
1. "Jurassic Park" (1993)
Spielberg's original film, based on Michael Clayton's novel, is a classic entertainment blockbuster with sentiment and wisdom to match.
And CGI itself is a Hollywood innovation. George Lucas called the film his realization that computer technology had finally caught up with his idea of the Star Wars prequel.
The film not only pushes the boundaries of what's possible on the big screen, but also opens the door to blockbuster production for decades to come.
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