worst of the franchise. Barely a 2/5 in my book.
For starters, the first 30 minutes of the movie sets up the older brother as a complete scumbag. I would have actually cheered if he'd been eaten. He had NO redeeming qualities whatsoever through the entire movie. First he blows off his doting girlfriend like a total ******, then spends every second he's in the park leering at girls and totally ignoring his brother. He has a single encouraging line he says to his brother, ONE. The rest of the time he's a complete tool.
Next, the "love story" between Pratt and BDH was pointless. Completely and totally pointless. It didn't impact a single thing in the entire movie. None of their decisions, none of their action, nothing was influenced by those "feelings." Utterly and completely pointless. It would have been far more effective for them to explore their professional relationship, and how they feel about each other's competence.
Third, the whole divorce nonsense was also unnecessary and added nothing at all to the film. It would have been equally as effective if the parents had just send their kids on vacation.
Finally, the massive bloodshed doesn't seem to affect ANYBODY. Nobody blinks when somebody dies, even people that they are ostensibly close to.
The dinosaurs were great, the kills were great, most of the dialogue was great. But that is it. The secondary plots and "character development" were a complete and total mess. If this team had made Mad Max: Fury Road then Hardy and Theron would have gotten married in the end, Nux would have spent 2 hours humping the wives' legs, and Immortan Joe would have been shot by one of the canyon raiders.
Total fail.
For starters, the first 30 minutes of the movie sets up the older brother as a complete scumbag. I would have actually cheered if he'd been eaten. He had NO redeeming qualities whatsoever through the entire movie. First he blows off his doting girlfriend like a total ******, then spends every second he's in the park leering at girls and totally ignoring his brother. He has a single encouraging line he says to his brother, ONE. The rest of the time he's a complete tool.
Next, the "love story" between Pratt and BDH was pointless. Completely and totally pointless. It didn't impact a single thing in the entire movie. None of their decisions, none of their action, nothing was influenced by those "feelings." Utterly and completely pointless. It would have been far more effective for them to explore their professional relationship, and how they feel about each other's competence.
Third, the whole divorce nonsense was also unnecessary and added nothing at all to the film. It would have been equally as effective if the parents had just send their kids on vacation.
Finally, the massive bloodshed doesn't seem to affect ANYBODY. Nobody blinks when somebody dies, even people that they are ostensibly close to.
The dinosaurs were great, the kills were great, most of the dialogue was great. But that is it. The secondary plots and "character development" were a complete and total mess. If this team had made Mad Max: Fury Road then Hardy and Theron would have gotten married in the end, Nux would have spent 2 hours humping the wives' legs, and Immortan Joe would have been shot by one of the canyon raiders.
Total fail.
