I think all three Transformers are crap.

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And I feel the same way about JW as I do with Pacific Rim and Godzilla. Pretty good brainless entertainment.

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I saw both of those movies at home and was never snapped out of the "this is a cool movie" mind set with an action scene that your brain tells you that looks soooo fake... Those guys are sitting on a green screen instead of riding dirt bikes.

And it wasn't just the action shots, there was also a moment where Howard & Pratt were talking and their eye lines where off. They weren't even close to looking at eachother but they were so focused at where they were looking.
It might've been a bad 3D moment but I'm guessing they F'd with one of them to look bigger or smaller which threw off the angle of their eyes.

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Star Wars, Mad Max (fury road), Lord of the Rings, and JP...all those movies asked the viewer to suspend belief; to accept impossible worlds....and they were great.

There's creative fiction and there's lazy writing. To me, it's more jarring to my viewing experience (as in, makes me acutely aware this is a film) to see 2 kids fix a rusted 20 yr old jeep with no tools than it is to see a 50 ft genetically modified dinosaur rip off the roof of a building.

Jurrasic World already laid out the existence of a world where dinosaurs exist, but how in the **** does this world include a woman who can literally run in the jungle from dinosaurs in 5 inch heels? The movie was filled with poor character development and lazy film tropes.

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The issue is that your complaints are based on technical nuances not plot or character development

Super dinosaurs is able to break strong glass? That's entirely plausible considering that it's a fictional dinosaur

No cell phone reception in gyorspheres? I working around heavy equipment on a daily basis, and it would be less realistic if they could get cell phone reception

Velociraptor thrown against building is knocked out but not killed? Makes sense

A 20 year old jeep is functional if you change the battery? Oil might be thick, but it could probably drive 5 miles back to the visitor center


As far as character development, can you list a better character arc in a summer blockbuster than BDH going from control freak to letting a freaking Trex loose?
What abouot older brother going from a poon hound to promising his brother he would never leave him?

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The issue is that your complaints are based on technical nuances not plot or character development

Super dinosaurs is able to break strong glass? That's entirely plausible considering that it's a fictional dinosaur

No cell phone reception in gyorspheres? I working around heavy equipment on a daily basis, and it would be less realistic if they could get cell phone reception

Velociraptor thrown against building is knocked out but not killed? Makes sense

A 20 year old jeep is functional if you change the battery? Oil might be thick, but it could probably drive 5 miles back to the visitor center


As far as character development, can you list a better character arc in a summer blockbuster than BDH going from control freak to letting a freaking Trex loose?
What abouot older brother going from a poon hound to promising his brother he would never leave him?

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No, my complaints are the scripted story and character development. I perfectly understand that cell reception is faulty in the real world, but to use it as a dramatic device in movies is overdone and lazy. The busted jeep was an excuse to show the viewers a bunch of old JP memorabilia. It's like they built the set first, and then figured out how to incorporate it into the story later. The fact that they we're all supposed to accept that a couple kids could get a rusted out jeep to work 20 years later, is just a side bonus of terribleness. (And do car batteries really hold their charge for that long? And what about tire pressure? or ignition switches?...)

As to your last point about character development, I hope you're joking about there being character arcs.

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I hope you're joking about there being character arcs.

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This tells me all I need to know about your comprehension of film analysis.

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I hope you're joking about there being character arcs.

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This tells me all I need to know about your comprehension of film analysis.

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Would you like to discuss thematics of the film, how it relates to each characters motivation, drives the narrative, and the which characters are static or dynamic?

Please tell me you aren't trying to really dig in on the "the story and character development were top notch!" stance.

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(And do car batteries really hold their charge for that long? And what about tire pressure? or ignition switches?...)

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No, they used the battery from the busted golf cart from the new park.

It wasn't rusted out it was stored in a garage. I was more curious were they would've found good gasoline.

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Would you like to discuss thematics of the film, how it relates to each characters motivation, drives the narrative, and the which characters are static or dynamic?

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lol you're being a dick now. I've said all I need to.

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Please tell me you aren't trying to really dig in on the "the story and character development were top notch!" stance.

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The thematics of this film were very strong.

The theme is "control vs relationship", as discussed in initial conversation between BDH and Pratt when he's fixing his motorcycle.

Pratt builds a relationship and deserves respect by establishing himself as the alpha.

D'Onotrio wants to total control over dinosaurs by giving them military commands, which obviously backfires.

Even the I-Rex's motivation is determining "how it relates to other dinosaurs" and discovering that it is the apex predator.

BDH begins as a number oriented manager viewing dinosaurs as "assets", however having her pet the dying brontosaurus is a critical moment in the film as it sinks in that these are living animals. She changes into someone who respects others, both dinosaurs as well as her nephews (whose age she couldn't remember).

If you were able to suspend disbelief about minute technical details, you would see the bigger picture.

Yep. Finally had to unsubscribe.

Just finished it. Wow.

a few times I laughed but idk how intentional they were. I noticed a few times i was just shaking my head saying "this is dumb".

I tried finding some idea like "nature reclaims what man screws up" to sum up the movie (like the shot of the t rex overlooking the park, or the mosasaur taking the e rex under) but any message seems tacked on to the end.

http://www.businessinsider.com/jurassic-park-theme-song-hits-number-one-2015-6

If you have an hour to spare...

http://m.hitfix.com/the-dartboard/the-jurassic-park-theme-at-1000x-slower-speed-is-absolutely-gorgeous

Apparently Universal debuted Minions internationally this weekend. Wonder why they want to compete with themselves.

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If you have an hour to spare...

http://m.hitfix.com/the-dartboard/the-jurassic-park-theme-at-1000x-slower-speed-is-absolutely-gorgeous

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So awesome. Just took a good nap.

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Just saw it and have to say, it was legit.

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The scene with the New Girl dude saying "that first park was legit" was the most eye rolling scene I have seen in a while. People don't need to be bludgeoned with dialogue that craptastic.


The funniest moment was when Andy looked at his turned raptor and out of no where an rpg wtfbbqs the raptor. They never cleared up who got the kill shot just "Oh hai baysplosions"

Thought this movie was very dissapointing.

The characters and dialogue was incredibly cheesy and lame. The dinosaur scenes were meh. The dinosaur fights were really boring an very generic. I expected huge fight scenes with great visual effects of blood and injuries. The kids in the movie were terrible actors and didnt have much to work with given their dialogue.

I tried to get ink the movie, but it just left me shaking my head. For example, when the Kids escape from a genetically modified dinosaur and decide to have a little giggle laying on the ground about how brave they were for jumping off the ledge. Or when the dinosaur talks to the raptors and then does a head nod towards the people to tell the raptors to attack.

Overall
In impressive fight scenes
Lame dialogue
Bad acting.

So I went to see it again in RPX tonight and this happened.

The heck is that?

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So I went to see it again in RPX tonight and this happened.

http://i.imgur.com/vUTcts8.jpg[/img]

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Please tell me you aren't trying to really dig in on the "the story and character development were top notch!" stance.

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The thematics of this film were very strong.

The theme is "control vs relationship", as discussed in initial conversation between BDH and Pratt when he's fixing his motorcycle.

Pratt builds a relationship and deserves respect by establishing himself as the alpha.

D'Onotrio wants to total control over dinosaurs by giving them military commands, which obviously backfires.

Even the I-Rex's motivation is determining "how it relates to other dinosaurs" and discovering that it is the apex predator.

BDH begins as a number oriented manager viewing dinosaurs as "assets", however having her pet the dying brontosaurus is a critical moment in the film as it sinks in that these are living animals. She changes into someone who respects others, both dinosaurs as well as her nephews (whose age she couldn't remember).

If you were able to suspend disbelief about minute technical details, you would see the bigger picture.

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So. Anyway... I enjoyed it.

I got a little verklempt when I heard that theme again.

Saw this last night and went in with very simple expectations:
-Human characters would be dumb.
-Dinosaurs!
I had a good time.
Edit: Oh, and I was right about the raptors switching sides! (Temporarily, at least.)

Box Office Update....

As of Friday....$325 million domestic - fastest ever to $300 million.

One day faster than Avengers and could hit $400 million by Sunday which would be 10 days (Avengers took 14).

Whatever you think about it, it is raking it in.