Watched Jurassic World Rebirth With Scarlett Johansson(Asteroid City) as Zora Bennett , Jonathan Bailey (Wicked) as Dr.Henry Loomis, Mahersala Ali (MoonlightAlita Battle Angel) as Duncan Kincaid, Rupert Friend(Obi-Wan Kenobi) as Martin Krebs, Manuel Garcia-Ruflo(The Magnifcent Seven) as Ruben Delgal... Watched Jurassic World Rebirth With Scarlett Johansson(Asteroid City) as Zora Bennett , Jonathan Bailey (Wicked) as Dr.Henry Loomis, Mahersala Ali (MoonlightAlita Battle Angel) as Duncan Kincaid, Rupert Friend(Obi-Wan Kenobi) as Martin Krebs, Manuel Garcia-Ruflo(The Magnifcent Seven) as Ruben Delgaldo, Luna Blaise(Manifest) as Teresa Delgaldo , David Iocono(Dead Boy Detectives) as Xavier Dobbs, Audrina Miranda as Isabela Delgado, and Ed Skrein(Deadpool ,Rebel Moon Parts 1 & 2) as Bobby Atwater. .I loved it. Does it beat the original? No—but it absolutely holds its own. It’s right up there with The Lost World and Jurassic Park III. For the first time in years, it was clunky at times but I still felt that same mix of awe and terror the franchise was built on. Bailey and Johansson bring real heart and weight to the story, grounding the chaos with solid performances. And the dinosaurs? Genuinely scary again—especially the T-Rex and D-Rex. It’s a thrilling ride that reminds you why you fell in love with this series in the first **** Stop disrepecting Gareth Edwards he is a good Tony Gilroy.Great Music By Alexandre Desplat(Godzilla 14), Cinematography By John Matheison(Gladiator II) , Screenplay By David Koepp(The Lost World:Jurassic Park ,Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny) and Direction By Gareth Edwards(Rogue One, The Creator) . A Return to Awe and Terror 8/10

This movie has almost nothing to do with the franchise, You could have just made it it's own movie and it's just that a hidden island lab used to make dinosaurs or something. But more to the point the plot is dumb, they need to get dinosaurs DNA to help... with heart conditions? What medicine would ... This movie has almost nothing to do with the franchise, You could have just made it it's own movie and it's just that a hidden island lab used to make dinosaurs or something. But more to the point the plot is dumb, they need to get dinosaurs DNA to help... with heart conditions? What medicine would you create from reptile DNA that would help mammal heart diseases? What even worse is the whole B story with the family, literally add nothing to the story except that we are suppose to care about them not dying? Despite never really getting to know their characters, I also hated the reason they are supposed to be upset at the 'bad guy' of the movie. What he didn't save her from falling off the boat when the railing broke off? While getting attacked. No one helped/ or cared when the coworker was yoinked off a few moments earlier. But somehow it's this guys fault he didn't run out onto the deck and somehow pull her back up without falling in? Also I hated the little dinosaur the little girl drags around, it is so obvious executives made them add it in so they could sell toys.

Well the start of the movies was better than the last one! But yikes, relying on the graphics again the story was sadly lacking and to have 2 families that had nothing to do with each other was just another example of how writers have lost the plot in Hollywood lately. The previous movie at least tied the two groups together quiet well having the old and new people relating to the story even though they only connected later in the movie.

"Jurassic World: Rebirth" looks absolutely astonishing. The locations are amazing, the photography is luscious throughout, and it is an ideal slice of exhilarating entertainment which is effortlessly diverting. It borrows like crazy from various other films - it actually begins to resemble a 50th an... "Jurassic World: Rebirth" looks absolutely astonishing. The locations are amazing, the photography is luscious throughout, and it is an ideal slice of exhilarating entertainment which is effortlessly diverting. It borrows like crazy from various other films - it actually begins to resemble a 50th anniversary tribute to "Jaws" (1975) at one point (and yes, they definitely do need a bigger boat this time) - and it is only genuinely imaginative when it comes to the dependably excellent action scenes which come thick and fast this time around - so fast, in fact, that you barely have time to draw breath. The whole film is an exemplary example of a popcorn movie and you will just want to sit back and enjoy the thrilling spectacle of it all.

What a huge missed opportunity. It’s well known that Hollywood denizens are generally not the sharpest knifes around but it is still a disappointment when they give a fairly high budget movie, and a well known franchise as well, to some low IQ writer hack that just ruins it. The dinosaurs and spec... What a huge missed opportunity. It’s well known that Hollywood denizens are generally not the sharpest knifes around but it is still a disappointment when they give a fairly high budget movie, and a well known franchise as well, to some low IQ writer hack that just ruins it. The dinosaurs and special effects related to the dinosaurs were actually quite good. I liked the visual aspects of the movie even if they took a bit too much liberties with reality/physics on some of them. Like the absurdly long tails of the Titanosaurs for example. The story had the usual big-companies-are-bad clichés in it of course but it could have worked. It was not too bad but then Hollywood has been setting a pretty low standard for some time now. However everything was so low IQ that it was unbelievable and effectively ruined the movie. Already at the start it was just what the f…? If ignore the pure nonsense of someone actually eating candy bars in a hazmat suit the ide that a candy wrapper can get sucked into a vent, short circuit something and bring down the entire containment system for T-Rex class dinosaurs is just laughable. The rest of the movie was filled with nonsense like that. Everything, electricity, music, power generation, flashlight batteries etc. was working perfectly after having been abandoned for 17 years. Seriously? Oh, there was one single piece of equipment that did not work and that was of course the one piece of equipment that our team of fumblers needed to escape. Absolute nonsense. Then we have the usual nonsense that Hollywood always puts in their movies. Like a number of characters that just stares at things for minutes before deciding that they should actually do something, like run damned it. The acting was barely passable as well. Scarlett Johansson was supposed to be this kick-ass experienced hunter or whatever. She was a disappointment in that area and it felt like she was just reading lines from a crappy script (which it was) without really caring about delivery. Overall this could have been a good, or at least decent, movie but it was brought down by Hollywood’s abysmal stupidity and lack of respect for the audience thinking they are as stupid as certain Hollywood script writers.

**_More of the same, just with ScarJo and mutated dinos_** Shot in the summer of 2024, this is the seventh film in the Jurassic Park franchise, which borrows from the iconic first film, but there are also bits reminiscent of the Pteranodon scenes in “Jurassic Park III.” While the Quetzalcoatlus ... **_More of the same, just with ScarJo and mutated dinos_** Shot in the summer of 2024, this is the seventh film in the Jurassic Park franchise, which borrows from the iconic first film, but there are also bits reminiscent of the Pteranodon scenes in “Jurassic Park III.” While the Quetzalcoatlus is similar to the Pteranodon in that third part, its wingspan is twice as long, and the creature is over four times heavier. If you want the horror of colossal creature attacks and jungle adventure in the mold of the King Kong flicks, the movie delivers. ScarJo is a plus, but I prefer curvy Bryce Dallas Howard from the previous three films. My favorite in the series is the compelling “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” from 2018 due to Bryce, the “Raiders of the Lost Ark” vibe, and the cool, gothic chateau in Northern California. Unfortunately, at 2 hours, 13 minutes, it’s overlong by 30-40 minutes. The proceedings got tedious in a been-there, seen-that manner. Less is more for these kinds of flicks. It was shot in England, New York City, Malta (for the scenes involving the Mosasaurus), but mostly Thailand (more specifically, Khao Phanom Bencha National Park in Krabi, Ko Kradan at Hat Chao Mai National Park in Trang, and Ao Phang Nga National Park in Phang Nga). GRADE: B-

I do enjoy the interaction between our characters and the dinosaurs, and it's quite fun to watch the drama unfold. I will admit, though, I do enjoy the commradarie and levity in the face of unknown danger and terrifying situations. The Jurassic Universe still knows how to engage you with having emotions for the characters, as the many horrorific events are unfolding.

8/10 – A Thrilling Ride, But Lacking Depth Jurassic World delivers on the action and spectacle, with thrilling dinosaur chases and jaw-dropping visuals that keep you on the edge of your seat. However, it feels more like a reboot than a reinvention, relying heavily on nostalgia and familiar tropes.... 8/10 – A Thrilling Ride, But Lacking Depth Jurassic World delivers on the action and spectacle, with thrilling dinosaur chases and jaw-dropping visuals that keep you on the edge of your seat. However, it feels more like a reboot than a reinvention, relying heavily on nostalgia and familiar tropes. The plot lacks the depth and intrigue of the original Jurassic Park, and some character arcs feel a bit underdeveloped. Still, if you're a fan of dino mayhem, it’s a fun, visually impressive ride that’s hard to resist.

17 years ago, a group of scientists got the bright idea to mutate dinosaurs. One of those mutations was a Distortus Rex, a Tyrannosaur mutation, also known as the D-Rex. Thanks to a Snickers wrapper, the D-Rex escapes, causing the facility to be shut down. In the present day, five years after the ev... 17 years ago, a group of scientists got the bright idea to mutate dinosaurs. One of those mutations was a Distortus Rex, a Tyrannosaur mutation, also known as the D-Rex. Thanks to a Snickers wrapper, the D-Rex escapes, causing the facility to be shut down. In the present day, five years after the events of Jurassic World: Dominion, dinosaurs are dying out and can no longer survive Earth’s environment. However, closer to the equator, the tropical atmosphere allows them to flourish. ParkerGenix, a pharmaceutical company, wants to manufacture a drug capable of preventing coronary heart disease. But they need to extract blood samples from three of the largest living dinosaurs: Mosasaurus (water), Titanosaurus (land), and Quetzalcoatlus (sky). So a group of covert operatives decides to travel illegally to Ile Saint-Hubert to retrieve the samples, where they’ll most likely face certain death and where the D-Rex now roams free. Jurassic World Rebirth is a lot like smashing the first three Jurassic Park films together with disappointing results. Written by David Koepp (Jurassic Park, The Lost World) and directed by Gareth Evans (Godzilla, Rogue One), Rebirth feels like it recycles all of the major action sequences from the Jurassic Park films with no character development whatsoever. The motive for every character in Rebirth is money. The film gives these moments where it seems like it’s going to reveal some sort of back story or give some sort of reason for you to care about these emotionless doofuses, but the film quickly backtracks or gives a half-ass response before tumbling into non-seriousness. Zora (Scarlett Johansson) just finished a mission where she lost someone she was close to. Duncan (Mahershala Ali) had a son who died, which caused his marriage to end. The people with Zora and Duncan are just in it for the money, like them. A family is sailing in the Atlantic Ocean as some last hurrah before the college-age daughter goes off to NYU and has the nerve to act like victims when the Mosasaurus wrecks their boat. Reuben (Manuel Garcia Rulfo) is a dad that decided to take his two daughters and her daughter’s boyfriend (who is a lethargic turd, by the way) out in a boat in the middle of nowhere because “they’d done it before.” His youngest just wants to eat licorice, the NYU-bound daughter makes terrible decisions, and her boyfriend Xavier (David Iacono) is lazy and unlikeable, and you just want to slap this entire family for two hours straight. The film opens with the D-Rex escape and then flounders about in trite, boring dialogue for 45 minutes until the Mosasaurus shows up. The problem is that you end up despising all of the human characters. Zora doesn’t take anything seriously, Duncan laughs at everything, Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey) is a nerdy paleontologist who has no actual qualities about himself apart from his dinosaur knowledge, and everyone else either whines about everything and survives the entire film and whines forever, or is a loud but eventual dinosaur appetizer. Rebirth does give more screen time to lesser-known dinosaurs, as velociraptors and T-Rexes are reduced to mere cameos. Most of the screen time is split between the Mosasaurus and Quetzalcoatlus, which allows Rebirth to spend more time in the water than previous Jurassic Park and Jurassic World films. Many people get eaten throughout Jurassic World Rebirth, which is satisfying given how painful it is to endure their presence. It’s also interesting that the dinosaurs get more birdlike throughout the franchise. The Quetzalcoatlus sequences are cool because of the claustrophobic nature of its nest and the sheer design of it, which resembles a bird with its feather-like appearance and beak-like nose. The character development in Rebirth is nonexistent, but so is an actual ending. All these people die, and the survivors settle on doing this one specific thing, and then the credits roll as they’re riding in the boat away from the deadly dinosaur island. There’s all this dialogue about how they shouldn’t go there, how they know it’s stupid, and how it’s highly deadly and illegal. But then everyone acts surprised and angry when people start dying and things go wrong. The entire film is almost as dumb as the D-Rex design. Jurassic World Rebirth is the worst film of the Jurassic Park/World franchise because it has nothing original to offer. It spends so much time paying homage to the films that came before it that it lacks its own identity. These are some of the most annoying and entitled cinematic characters of the year and you root for them to end up in an archaic intestinal tract and grunted out into antiquated dino shit.

Well at least there is one scene where huge great dinosaurs walk, accompanied by John Williams’s original theme, to remember - but otherwise this is a really disappointing video-game of a film that offers us nothing at all that the Jurassic franchise hasn’t already. By now, these great creatures... Well at least there is one scene where huge great dinosaurs walk, accompanied by John Williams’s original theme, to remember - but otherwise this is a really disappointing video-game of a film that offers us nothing at all that the Jurassic franchise hasn’t already. By now, these great creatures have largely been taken care of by Mother Nature and have been reduced to living in small groups in equatorial zones around the world where they just want to be left alone to eat and be eaten, protected from a humanity which is “expressly” prohibited from going there. The grasping “Krebs” (Rupert Friend - Orlando Bloom must have been busy) has a plan to cure heart disease and so recruits special ops veteran “Zora” (Scarlett Johansson) to help him secure the living DNA from three of the greatest of these creatures. They wouldn’t know one if they saw one though, so have to convince the nerdy scientist “Loomis” (Jonathan Bailey) to accompany them and their local fixer “Kincaid” (Mahershala Ali) and they head deep into these deadly waters. Meantime, a family are blithely sailing from Bermuda to Cape Town, apparently unaware of the dangers posed by these Vernian monsters. They are dad, young daughter, hormonal older daughter and her bone idle boyfriend, “Xavier” (David Iacono). Boy are they in for a shock when they cross some huge great, and angry, Mosasaurus and end up with most of their boat pointing the wrong way in the water, but with “Xavier” still able to catch some rays whilst they await rescue from, well you can guess who comes, and largely what happens from here on in. For much of the movie, we have two parallel storylines to underwhelm us: the unarmed yet remarkably resilient family have to find an abandoned HQ whilst the mercenaries play a sort of level-by-level game navigating the usual island full of beasties adventures that haven’t really advanced much since it’s nearest biological cousin - “Jurassic Park III” (2001). Oddly enough, I didn’t think these visual effects were anywhere near as effective as in the originals. Maybe we are all just too used to these great animals lumbering about on land, breaching like whales at sea, or swooping and pecking relentlessly from the air? Johansson does join in enthusiastically and Jonathan Bailey really has one one of those smiles on his face that suggests he is enjoying his days in front of the green screen knowing it has to be easier than singing “Not Getting Married” on stage eight times a week - and probably better paid. The others really only make up the numbers, though, with a few characters obviously designated as dino-fodder early-on as it rehashes scenarios from just about everything from “Indian Jones” to “Harry Potter”. It might be like comparing apples and pears, but I have to say I found the current “How to Train Your Dragon” a much more enjoyable adventure about man’s relationship with thick-skinned, scaly, predators, because this entirely forgettable film will do little more than slot nicely into the Christmas television schedules with little, if anything, to distinguish about it once it’s grand scale cinema run has concluded. PS: I don’t know about inventing a miracle-cure drug, but whoever designed JB’s glasses ought to patent a design that stays firmly affixed to his face the entire time without moving, cracking, breaking or even slipping down his nose!

Sometimes movies have a way of surprising us in unexpectedly pleasant ways. And this latest installment in the “Jurassic” franchise is just such a case. Admittedly, I had more than a few reservations going into this one; I couldn’t help but think that this was a cinematic commodity that had ru... Sometimes movies have a way of surprising us in unexpectedly pleasant ways. And this latest installment in the “Jurassic” franchise is just such a case. Admittedly, I had more than a few reservations going into this one; I couldn’t help but think that this was a cinematic commodity that had run its course, that it was essentially out of gas to offer anything new of genuine value, and, to a certain degree, that’s true, at least where originality is concerned. However, despite the picture’s expected plunge into familiar territory, director Gareth Edwards’s latest feature offering is nevertheless highly entertaining, even if not particularly groundbreaking. Perhaps that rests with the fact that this is arguably the most Spielbergian installment in the series, in many ways reflective of the iconic production that launched the franchise in 1993. In yet another story involving self-serving agenda-driven characters placing themselves in tremendous peril by venturing into a world of dangerous, genetically manipulated dinosaurs recklessly brought back to life for profit and entertainment purposes, the film follows a narrative formula that most viewers will find more than a little recognizable. But what helps to set this installment apart from many of its predecessors is the quality of the filmmaking itself, specifically its ability to effectively build and maintain tension, its capacity for presenting story arc elements in fresh and inventive ways, and its overall production values, most notably its fine (and occasionally unanticipated) special effects and its efforts in upping the talent quotient of the cast with such commendable additions as Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali. Most importantly, though, this offering is to be applauded for its continuity in staying on track in terms of tone, self-aware of what kind of a movie it truly wants to be. This differentiates “Rebirth” from many of its previous releases, which often couldn’t decide whether they wanted to tell bona fide sci-fi-based tales or present themselves as campy romps (as seen, for example, in the now-famous (or is it infamous?) Bryce Dallas Howard high heel sequences in the first “Jurassic World” offering (2015)). What’s more, Spielberg’s influence in bringing this production to life is clearly present in the finished product, both in terms of honoring the merits of the series’ premiere installment, as well as in its respectful homages to the auteur’s classic 1975 offering, “Jaws.” To be sure, there are some aspects here that are wholly predictable (such as little doubt as to which characters will be offed and when), and there are times when the pacing could stand to be brisker, particularly when the film strives (sometimes a little too hard) to invoke a greater degree of character depth and development than what has typically been the case in previous “Jurassic” releases. In addition, the picture suffers from occasional plot holes, several contrived narrative devices (including one egregiously silly element near the film’s outset that nearly cost me my hopes for the remainder of the release) and more than a little blatantly shameless product placement shots. On balance, though, this is a surprisingly good picture in a series that’s now seven installments deep, an accomplishment that few franchises (other than the “Star Trek” and “007” series) can boast. Don’t be too quick to sell this one short; it may not be perfect, but it’s certainly enjoyable summertime action-adventure fare that makes for a good time on a lazy Saturday afternoon when you don’t feel like going outside to brave the heat.

Eh, sure better than the last couple outings but also pretty forgettable. Nice everyone involved, including Scarlett Johansson, director Gareth Edwards and the screenwriter David Koepp, got a paycheck but can't say I'll remember this one come next week. Most positive thing I have to say is it doesn't overstay its welcome as it is under two hours when you take out the credits. **2.75/5**

"Jurassic World Rebirth" proves, yet again, how fossilised this franchise has become. The ossification of fresh ideas is glaring, with a tedious, formulaic story, a lack of narrative depth and equally shallow characterisations.Expositions competently done but in isolation, that's not saying much. In... "Jurassic World Rebirth" proves, yet again, how fossilised this franchise has become. The ossification of fresh ideas is glaring, with a tedious, formulaic story, a lack of narrative depth and equally shallow characterisations.Expositions competently done but in isolation, that's not saying much. In short, this is a superficially polished but nonetheless lazy effort, that adds nothing of value to a creatively exhausted franchise. In summary, an unoriginal, uninspiring, generally a lazy effort, that moves this franchise ever closer, to cinematic extinction.

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ / "Jurassic World Rebirth ends up reflecting the franchise's current state. A visually competent product, with talent in front of and behind the camera, but lost in its lack of purpose and narrative ambition. The cast is excellent, but the characters are hollow. The dinos... FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ / "Jurassic World Rebirth ends up reflecting the franchise's current state. A visually competent product, with talent in front of and behind the camera, but lost in its lack of purpose and narrative ambition. The cast is excellent, but the characters are hollow. The dinosaurs are still impressive, but their presence no longer holds the same weight. And the themes - once so rich and provocative - have been replaced by modern dilemmas that, while valid, don't truly belong in this universe. Maybe it's time to accept that life does, indeed, find a way - but that way isn't always through continuation. Sometimes, the best thing we can do… is let go." Rating: C+

_Jurassic World Rebirth_ tries to revive the magic but mostly goes through the motions. The dinosaurs look fine, but the sense of wonder’s long gone. The plot recycles old beats—corporate greed, a betrayal, someone shouting “Run!”—while new characters feel like action figures with catchphr... _Jurassic World Rebirth_ tries to revive the magic but mostly goes through the motions. The dinosaurs look fine, but the sense of wonder’s long gone. The plot recycles old beats—corporate greed, a betrayal, someone shouting “Run!”—while new characters feel like action figures with catchphrases. A few set pieces land, and it’s refreshing to see a Hispanic family in the lead, even if they feel a bit gimmicky. It’s not bad, just safe. If you want thrills, it delivers. Just don’t expect awe.