[RATINGS:
Claire: Netflix: 4.4/5 stars. IMDB: 8.4/10.
Carolyn: Netflix: 4.4/5 stars. IMDB: 8.4/10.
Wolf/Callan: ?
The native public rating for this movie is: Netflix: 4.0/5 stars, IMDB: 7.1/10.
CAROLYN’S THOUGHTS: This was pretty good. It had been years since I saw the first movie, and I never saw the second or third movies. Neither had anyone else in our group. But it didn’t matter, it didn’t seem like we were missing anything by not seeing all of them. The 3-D effects could have been more, but it was fun none-the-less.
CLAIRE’S THOUGHTS: I was totally surprised at how good this was, especially with the other sequels that nobody watched. But everyone seemed to talk about this as if it completely fixed the franchise. I didn’t even know the other Jurassic Park movies existed. I’d only seen the original. But I think it’s pretty safe to say, from a vantage point of total ignorance, that this one (#4) blows away #3 and #2. It was GOOD. Surprisingly good. Surprisingly interesting. Bigger. Bolder. More well-polished. Less-annoying characters. No over-reliance on 3-D gimmickery despite being filmed in 3-D. Waaaayyy more dinosaurs. More interesting dinosaur interaction. Dinosaur-on-dinosaur action. It just had more than what the previous movie(s) offered.
PEOPLE:
Directed by Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed).
Written by Rick Jaffa (Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes movies), Amanda Silver (Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes movies, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle), Colin Trevorrow & Derek Connolly (Safety Not Guaranteed).
Chris Pratt (Her, Take Me Home Tonight, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Movie 43, The Five-Year Engagement, What’s Your Number?, The Lego Movie, 10 Years, Jennifer’s Body) as Owen.
Bryce Dallas Howard (Gwen Stacy from Spider-Man 3, Lady In The Water, The Village, The Twilight Saga 3, Terminator 4, 1 ep of Family Guy) as Claire.
Irrfan Khan (Life Of Pi, The Amazing Spider-Man) as Masrani, the CEO.
Vincent D’Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket, Strange Days, Men In Black, The Salton Sea, JFK, Ass Backwards, 3 eps of Men In Black: The Series, 2 eps of Xavier: Renegade Angel) as Hoskins.
Ty Simpkins (Iron Man 3, Extracted, 47 eps of The Guiding Light) as Gray. the younger kid.
Nick Robinson as Zach, the older kid.
Jake Johnson (Bad Neighbours, The Lego Movie, Drinking Buddies, Get Him To The Greek, Let’s Be Cops, Safety Not Guaranteed, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, High School USA, 6 eps of Allen Gregory, 2 eps of Drunk History, 1 ep of Bojack Horseman, 1 ep of NTSF:SD:SUV) as Lowery, control-room worker.
Omar Sy (Bishop in X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Micmacs, Mood Indigo) as Barry.
BD Wong (Oz, Jurassic Park 1, Joe’s Apartment, Mystery Date, The Salton Sea, 1 ep of Jackie Chan Adventures) as Dr. Henry Wu, the scientist.
Judy Greer (Cheryl Tunt in Archer, Kitty Sanchez in Arrested Development, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Adaptation, The Village, Jawbreaker, 3 eps of Family Guy, 1 ep of Bojack Horseman, 1 ep of Warren The Ape, 1 ep of Robot Chicken) as Karen, the kids’ mom.
Lauren Lapkus (The To Do List, Are You Here, 1 ep of The Life & Times Of Tim) as Vivian, control-room worker.
Andy Buckley (David Wallace in The Office, Horrible Bosses 2, 1 ep of Silicon Valley, 1 ep of Arrested Development, 1 ep of The Single Guy, 1 ep of Caroline In The City) as Scott, the kids’ dad. (more…)
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