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I've just came back from watching it last night and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the movie. It doesn't have the wonder of the first film, it mostly concentrated on corporate greed and endorsement, but the cast were excellent. Chris Pratt was solid as Owen, but it's Bryce Dallas Howard that actually shows the most development. There are quite a number of laughs, not as much tension and drama with regards to the dinosaurs, but the movie does end in a surprise Spielbergian twist.

 

Even the Raptors were explained and in the context of the movie, it works. It is definitely recommended.

 

Scirwode

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Just saw it as well, very similar comments to Scirwode. There is a lot of throwbacks to the first which I loved and they also sort of admitted in the movie that the first was the best, and really didn't bring up anything from the 2nd or 3rd movies. 

 

I saw it in 3d, definitely recommend, the kill scenes were awesome 

This movie, Terminator Gen, Star Wars TFA and Prometheus 2. There's a bit to look forward too. I don't imagine Prometheus 2 will be out for at least 18 months though.

 

I want to see in Prometheus 2 is just him and her fly the ship to the motherland ... that's all I want! Nothing more, nothing less! Just start off, EXACTLY where the other one left off, and everything will be ok, please don't try to be creative!

 

I LOVED the Prometheus

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Just got back from watching it on IMAX.. ridiculously big. haha. It would have been one of the first IMAX movies which has the contained IMAX ratio.. which is awesome. There are no black bars.. just full maximum screen size. 

 

As for the movie, it was pretty good. 8/10. I would've put more call backs (I know there were already tons) but maybe putting the Shaving cream can.. and see what happened to it, and even Nedry's death Jeep. 

Just got back from watching it on IMAX.. ridiculously big. haha. It would have been one of the first IMAX movies which has the contained IMAX ratio.. which is awesome. There are no black bars.. just full maximum screen size. 

 

As for the movie, it was pretty good. 8/10. I would've put more call backs (I know there were already tons) but maybe putting the Shaving cream can.. and see what happened to it, and even Nedry's death Jeep. 

 

True IMAX (70MM film, 8K+ resolution) is 1.44 to 1

 

Digital IMAX (2k resolution), which this movie is being shown in, is 1.90 to 1 (some call it lieMAX because it's a far cry from true IMAX)

'Jurassic World' bites off a record $204.6 million debut, second highest opening of all time at the box office. This fact must make the haters burn deep inside.

Why would that make us burn inside? If anyone cares that people spent money on the film, that's their business.

I went to see it, but I ended up with what I expected, a poorly thought out blockbuster film that has too many elements from the original film without much real development in terms of its own story.

But I couldn't care less than it made $200+ million. Maybe I'm not a hater then, but if you are a hater and still care what other people are doing, then you've got a bigger problem than JW making that kind of money.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/jurassic-world-global-box-office-record-1201519430/

 

Apparently it set the new global record as well.There was a lot of interest in seeing it which is why it was so high. 

I agree, and why wouldn't be? I think everyone knew this movie will be a big success way before it was launched, because there are 2 winning factors here: dinosaurs and nostalgia. You really can't go wrong with these. It doesn't have to be an Oscar winning movie to be a hit. 

I agree, and why wouldn't be? I think everyone knew this movie will be a big success way before it was launched, because there are 2 winning factors here: dinosaurs and nostalgia. You really can't go wrong with these. It doesn't have to be an Oscar winning movie to be a hit. 

Exactly

Just remember these numbers don't correlate to actual satisfaction. I can think of a bunch of movies over the past few years that have grossed high but had sub par plots (Avatar, Tron to name two. ) I loved Jurassic World, but totally get some of the reviews, its just there was a lot of hype around this.

 

Secondly, I really hate how hollywood has been rebooting movies soo quick. There is a reason why some of these throwback sequels do so well. Its the nostalgia and the time between releases. Some movies were meant to be a one and done series, others defiantly beg for  sequels, but not frequent ones. 

But basically - crocodiles can be and have been trained. Crocodiles are the closest living thing to a dinosaur - therefore, you can make the assumption that dinosaurs could be trained.

 

On that point, dinosaurs were likely warm-blooded, & crocs are cold-blooded, meaning they would have been pretty different from eachother in how they behaved. Raptors would have been much more active and much faster than crocs. Birds are generally considered to be dinosaurs' closest living relative, and in fact "raptor" is a term used to refer to a bird of prey like an eagle, hawk, falcon, vulture, or owl. Which are all certainly trainable; people have hunted with them for centuries. Though the size of the dinosaur might make a difference, since whether an animal feels like he can be dominant will effect the relationship. Cattle in order to be trained for labor, for instance, are castrated from an early age, or else they're difficult to control. That's what oxen are, castrated males.

 

As a side note, it would have been cool seeing dinosaurs with feathers, if they were doing a reboot anyway, since that's what modern evidence suggests. 

Exactly

Just remember these numbers don't correlate to actual satisfaction. I can think of a bunch of movies over the past few years that have grossed high but had sub par plots (Avatar, Tron to name two. ) I loved Jurassic World, but totally get some of the reviews, its just there was a lot of hype around this.

 

Secondly, I really hate how hollywood has been rebooting movies soo quick. There is a reason why some of these throwback sequels do so well. Its the nostalgia and the time between releases. Some movies were meant to be a one and done series, others defiantly beg for  sequels, but not frequent ones. 

 

To an extent, the numbers do correlate to satisfaction, just not the opening weekend numbers, it's about what it does in week 2 and 3 that gives you an indication of what the audience thinks about a movie.    If it goes strong into it's second weekend then that's all you need to know to say people liked it and it's not just the initial hype.

'Jurassic World' bites off a record $204.6 million debut, second highest opening of all time at the box office. This fact must make the haters burn deep inside.

And a worldwide total of $511m. Guess they made back the budget & promo costs.

Note to marketing dept: never schedule across from a major dinosaur flick

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