Movie: Jurassic World: Rebirth
Running Time: 2:14
Nominated for: Visual Effects
How I watched: AMC
When it had me: Sleeping T-Rex
When it lost me: Probably some stupid choices
What systems does it challenge: Dinosaur Resurrection! aka unchecked ego disguised as progress
Guys, I don't know. I saw this back in summer. I enjoyed it more than the last couple of Jurassic World movies. It felt like it got back to basics; just a ragtag group, on an island, running from dinosaurs. There were some decent set pieces with a sleeping T-Rex and inside a convenience store. I don't need it to be more.
The family in the movie had some annoying dynamics going on. The boyfriend was like a vestigial tail; totally useless and in the way. But Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali are a good trio.
I was just reminded of the beginning of the movie where dinosaurs get loose because a stupid, stupid scientist (I knew there were stupid choices!) carelessly drops a snickers wrapper too close to the containment door vent and it gets sucked in. And previously, a stupid, stupid engineer had designed a containment door with a vent that is big enough to forcefully suck things in but no grate to keep contaminants out. And when it does suck things in, it obviously results in total failure and all the dinosaurs can get free. It's like Galen Erso designed it this way on purpose because he wanted the rebels to free the dinosaurs. sigh.
But otherwise, mostly a good time.
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