By comparison, the Jurassic World Dominion, the sixth (!) Installment of the franchise, is the Happy Meal of Jurassic Park. A pale plastic imitation of the original, full of fleeting moments of enjoyment. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the original Jurassic Park remains a great reminder of what makes him an unparalleled action director. The film takes its time, waiting an hour before the storm hits the park and security systems fail, effectively trapping the park’s scientists and grandchildren in a jungle full of dinosaurs.
Missing suspense from the 6th dose
Before the chaos fell, Spielberg prepared us. He introduced the park and the various characters, creating the stage for the iconic moment where owner John Hammond says “Welcome to Jurassic Park” – and John Williams’s music is thrown as high as Brachiosaurus. Spielberg knew enough to let the moment take a breath, pulling the camera wide. As the man behind the Jaws realized the power of anticipation. Hence the water rippling in the cup before T. Rex’s first terrifying revelation. Spielberg also understood the importance of the lost art of spatial awareness. When we watched young Tim running under a tree to escape a falling car, Spielberg pulled the line so that the audience could understand exactly where the tree, the car and Tim are, in contrast to current fashion. where each action sequence is cinematic mud close-up. Directed by Colin Trevorrow, Jurassic World Dominion offers nothing of Spielberg’s confidence and clarity, but rather fascinates us with a generation of Jurassic characters. We have the OGs, with Laura Dern returning as Ellie Sattler, who in turn recruits Sam Neill as the grumpy Alan Grant – plus the only mathematician who can escape wearing leather: Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm. Then there’s the new generation, with Chris Pratt returning as Owen the whisperer of predators and Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire, now the helicopter mother of the Maisie clone. The brilliant chaos scientist Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) meets the immoral corporate titan Lewis Dodgson (Campbell Scott) in the Jurassic World Dominion. (Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment) Once again, there is an evil corporate titan who wants to plunder Dino’s DNA. Campbell Scott plays Lewis Dodgson, a clumsy immoral Steve Jobs who unwittingly loses a new species of oversized locust that has begun to decimate the world’s food supply. Perhaps it was to be expected, at this dose, dinosaurs from majestic have become annoying. Messy camping. Annoyance of the beaches. Instead of grandeur, we have tricks – like laser-guided predators chasing Owen around Malta, like a Cretan version of The Bourne Ultimatum. As for Pratt, I find him more effective at falsifying the heroes a la Star Lord, rather than this cowboy whining. Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) whispering Dino soothes a Parasaurolophus in the Jurassic World Dominion. (Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment) The film also takes time for some new faces, including Get Down’s, Mamoudou Athie as idealistic comms expert and DeWanda Wise as gung-ho pilot Kayla. Welcome additions hindered by general dialogue and a shallow story. While the characters of Dern and Howard have a few moments to bond as two women practice the art of rescue, Goldblum shows again why he is a screenwriter’s dream, with his ability to turn the most harmless line into gold.
From fresh to fossilized
When it arrived in ’93, the original Jurassic Park looked a lot like an amusement park ride. You understood the slow part in the beginning when you noticed all the details, install – followed by the absolute chaos of the climax. But the last dose looks like we are in autopilot. The bumps on the track do not look so fresh, the dinosaur innovation has faded for a long time and even the excavation of some favorite characters can make this route worth admitting.
Jurassic World Dominion is a nostalgic “cheap cash grab” banking
Jurassic World Dominion – the sixth film in the Jurassic Park epic – is a pale, plastic imitation of the groundbreaking summer blockbuster that started it all 29 years ago.
