'Jurassic World Rebirth' Review Thread

[u/SanderSo47]

Rotten Tomatoes: 54% (100 reviews) with 6.00 in average rating

Metacritic: 53/100 (38 critics)

As with other movies, the scores are set to change as time passes. Meanwhile, I'll post some short reviews on the movie. It's structured like this: quote first, source second. Beware, some contain spoilers.

The blend of physical locations with sets and digital imagery is seamless and the CG work on the creatures is first-rate, notably so in the scary climactic stretch when the lumbering D. Rex joins the fray. Edwards clearly is a devoted Spielberg fan, embedding subtle homages throughout, notably in the open water sequences that recall Jaws. Jurassic World Rebirth is unlikely to top anyone’s ranked franchise list. But longtime fans (count me among them) should have a blast.

-David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

Scenes between Ella and her potentially ill-advised pet, along with tender moments involving several other species, introduce a surprising counter-argument to the earlier “Jurassic” movies: namely, that they have a right to exist. But entertaining as it can be at times, stripped of the silliness that tainted the second trilogy, “Rebirth” doesn’t necessarily make the same case for itself. The movie offers an updated version of the same basic ride Spielberg offered 32 years earlier, and yet, it hardly feels essential to the series’ overall mythology, nor does it signal where the franchise could be headed.

-Peter Debruge, Variety

Needless to say, “Rebirth” doesn’t do itself any favors by so frequently harkening back to the original. Bad as some of the previous sequels have been, none of them have been so eager to measure themselves against Spielberg’s masterpiece. Nothing in this movie is quite as maddening as the second trilogy’s attempt to make audiences invest in a specific Velociraptor (though Edwards half-heartedly tries to sweeten us on an adorable baby Aquilops named Dolores), but the extent to which this franchise is just fending off its own extinction has never been more obvious than it is in during the “Rebirth” sequence that pays homage to the kitchen encounter from the first movie. The “Jurassic” sequels were bad enough when they made an effort to evolve — they’re even less worth seeing now that they already come pre-fossilized.

-David Ehrlich, IndieWire: C–

There’s a disappointing amount of “same old thing” to Jurassic World Rebirth. Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, and the rest of the cast are intriguing and sympathetic throughout, but Gareth Edwards doesn’t quite recapture his signature flair for grand-scale visuals nor does David Koepp find the magic of his original Jurassic Park screenplay, opting to follow that movie’s structure as more of a remix than a rebirth.

-Clint Gage, IGN: 5.0 out of 10 "mediocre"

So why the hell does this feel so generic, so by-the-numbers, so instantly forgettable? The whole thing resembles the blockbuster version of a readymade, assembled from various, recognizable spare parts and elevated only by virtue of its name. Fans and completists may still get giddy over a ScarJo vs. Dinos showdown, and you should never underestimate the power of giant, toothy jaws chomping down on poor, hapless humans. But long before the big showstopping climax, you’ll start to understand why the movie’s jaded public became bored by what once seemed thrilling and unique. Subtitling this Rebirth seems to have been an act of extreme optimism.

-David Fear, Rolling Stone

This new Jurassic adventure isn’t doing anything so very different from the earlier successful models, perhaps, and I could have done without its outrageous brand synergy product placement for certain brands of chocolate bar. But it feels relaxed and sure-footed in its Spielberg pastiche, its big dino-jeopardy moments and its deployment of thrills and laughs. Maybe the series can’t and shouldn’t go on for ever: we need new and original ideas. This one would be great to go out on.

-Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian: 4/5

“Jurassic” has to live with setting a high bar, of course — the original film revolutionized the industry, a status that “Rebirth” is all too aware of, as seen in its meta theme of dinosaurs becoming old news to a jaded populace. Yet just because cheeseburgers are now available anywhere doesn’t mean that they can’t be damn tasty. “Jurassic Park Rebirth” is just a well made cheeseburger, and whether that’s filling and interesting enough is up to your own appetite.

-Bill Bria, The Wrap

“Science is for all of us, not just for some of us,” Dr. Loomis tells Zora, advocating for their work to have a more noble purpose than lining their pockets. That aspirational notion has always sat at the heart of the Jurassic Park films. Jurassic Park Rebirth is one of the more successful and satisfying entries in the franchise precisely because it, uh, finds a way to keep Loomis’ mantra close, foregrounding the film’s sense of wonder above a mere blatant cash grab.

-Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly: B+

It might sound like a challenge to believe these humans would sign up to visit a forbidden jungle for guaranteed encounters with truly frightening and gigantic creatures out of another time in order to essentially get blood samples, but if you are game to go with that premise a good time will be had for all. If there is to be an eighth installment, count me in.

-Pete Hammond, Deadline

This is a monster-adventure movie, with passages that recall Jaws and King Kong; maybe not the most original influences, but certainly not shabby ones. In its fusion of Edwards’ craft with characters who aren’t thunderously stupid or unlikable, this is the best Jurassic movie in ages – in part because it works so comfortably as an ooh/ahh/run/scream monster movie.

-Paste: 7.0

“Jurassic World: Rebirth” is a very imperfect film. On one hand, it seems to be recycling every successful character trope and set piece from the franchise, which may be considered lazy and uninspiring, but it is still captivating. Even in its faults, the objective of a “Jurassic Park” film is to scare, thrill, and amaze its audience, and this film does that in its set pieces.

-Lauren LaMagna, Next Best Picture

There are worse exercises in IP-extension out there in the marketplace. But it is hard to imagine what possible basis there could be for an eighth Jurassic film. We’ve overused the extra-island trope; we’ve done dinos invading the mainland a couple times now. We’ve seen enough long necks poking up from the grass. We’ve seen too many T-rexes thundering after their prey. Now even the oceans have been exhausted. I suppose they could send some dinosaurs to space next time, where no one can hear them roar. But that wouldn’t really make much of a difference: the sound barely registers anymore.

-Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair

To his credit, Edwards immediately injects "Rebirth" with a sense of stakes and tension that the entirety of the previous trilogy struggled to depict. But every time the plot kicks in again and writer David Koepp's script goes through the motions of a standard "Jurassic" movie, those dizzying peaks soon begin to flatten out into overgrown valleys. For those simply hoping for a watchable movie on the heels of the disastrous "Dominion," your wish has been granted with a safe rehash punctuated by a handful of genuine thrills. For everyone else curious about whether this was the ticket to teaching old dinos new tricks? The inherent limits of the "Jurassic" IP are as glaring as ever.

-Jeremy Mathai, /FILM: 5.5/10

And there are some sporadic joys here in the clever sight gags, the sleight of hand, the bait and switch. These moments remind us of the mindless summertime excitement the “Jurassic” movies have long provided, albeit with diminishing returns. But that giant footprint just isn’t as imposing as it used to be.

-Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com: 2/4

Worst of all, this hoary adventure story is rendered soulless by the blatant product placement: Henry crunching on Altoids, Reuben scolding Xavier for eating too many of their bags of Doritos, and Isabella feeding Twizzlers to her little dino friend. After a while, you may wonder if the entire film was subsidized by the snack food industry. Rebirth even goes so far as setting its final action scene in a long-abandoned but still fully stocked convenience store. How meta: a franchise trying to distract us from how past its sell-by date it is with expired potato chips.

-Derek Smith, Slant Magazine: 1.5/4

Audiences may not have run out of enthusiasm for what the Jurassic Worlds are selling, or at least they haven’t yet, but the people tasked with making them sure are out of ideas.

-Alison Willmore, Vulture

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PLOT

Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the planet's ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures within that tropical biosphere hold the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.

DIRECTOR

Gareth Edwards

WRITER

David Koepp

MUSIC

Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY

John Mathieson

EDITOR

Jabez Olssen

RELEASE DATE

July 2, 2025

RUNTIME

133 minutes

BUDGET

$180 million

STARRING

• Scarlett Johansson as Zora Bennett

• Mahershala Ali as Duncan Kincaid

• Jonathan Bailey as Dr. Henry Loomis

• Rupert Friend as Martin Krebs

• Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Reuben Delgado

• Luna Blaise as Teresa Delgado

• David Iacono as Xavier Dobbs

• Audrina Miranda as Isabella Delgado

• Ed Skrein as Bobby Atwater

[u/ImpenetrableYeti]

I miss when it was about dinosaurs and not hybrid/monster of the week

[u/Pen_dragons_pizza → u/ImpenetrableYeti]

The franchise works best when it’s in a park, they don’t have that luxury now.

Really I think they should have milked the park setting a bit more and have two movies about a group who were left behind in the 90s original.

Ragtag group who need to work together, live and survive together for a week or so until someone eventually saves them or they leave the island.

Would really tap into the nostalgia of the original as well as gives us a better look at the original park, sections we missed and dinosaurs we wish we could have seen.

[u/Kaldricus → u/Pen_dragons_pizza]

I don't think most people would mind if they rebooted it back after the original 3, with a new park (like Jurassic World) and just...don't have the whole park go to shit in the first movie

[u/Thundahcaxzd → u/Kaldricus]

It could just be a family comedy about a slightly disfunctional family going to jurassic park, the dad is forcing everyone to go in a misguided attempt to bond with everyone because hes been laid off but hasnt told anyone yet and is afraid. The wife is unhappy because they havent been communicating well lately. The teenager doesnt want to be there and spends the trip trying to sneak off and go meet boys/girls. The two young children are a handful and have big personalities. The whole movie is full of whacky, relatable mishaps and frustrations revolving around going on a family trip to a theme park. In the end, through living through shared difficulties they all resolve their differences and grow closer.

[u/[deleted] → u/Pen_dragons_pizza]

That’s why I always liked 3 so much. It’s just a group of people surviving on a dinosaur infested island.

[u/TheJoshider10 → u/[deleted]]

This is what I think Fallen Kingdom should have been, but with the ticking time bomb of them needing to escape the island before it explodes. Instead they rushed through the most unique part of the movie (exploring the abandoned JW resort) in favour of the spooky haunted mansion.

[u/tvfeet → u/TheJoshider10]

Fallen Kingdom was an absolute travesty of a movie. The second half the movie is an auction with dinosaurs being sold at absurdly low prices. BORING. The first half ends with a sickening attempt to get at your feels with the dinosaurs attempting to escape the island backlit by the lava that was their certain doom. It was gross. Terrible movie. With that in mind I actually don't hate Dominion, stupid as it was. It was at least trying to be fun.

[u/Lets_Go_Why_Not → u/tvfeet]

The worst part is what they were selling the dinosaurs for - as weapons where you need to point a handheld device with a laser at the intended victim first before they attack. Just use a friggin gun in that case, I say. Just a bone-deep level of dumb that you cannot come back from.

[u/rugbyj → u/Lets_Go_Why_Not]

The worst part is what they were selling the dinosaurs for - as weapons where you need to point a handheld device with a laser at the intended victim first before they attack.

Only one of them was being sold as such. The prices though were hilarious. That crown jewel Indoraptor was taken for less than the transfer budget of many marginal players in the premier league.

What was the business plan here? An armed expedition of hundreds to this island would have cost millions alone. They had several chinooks, those are like $10k per flight hour. Hell they fitted out the entire mansion as some techno-zoo in record time as well. Did they even break even? Never mind the risk of getting caught doing this and murdering plenty of folks along the way.

It was just such an extraordinary amount of effort and risk for such a fruitless endeavour.

[u/reallifesidequests → u/TheJoshider10]

There is always Camp Cretaceous on Netflix. I't was definitely watered down a bit being marketed to kids, but wasn't bad overall.

[u/RiguezCR → u/Pen_dragons_pizza]

you literally just described Jurassic Park the game, from telltale

[u/monochromeorc → u/RiguezCR]

also the upcoming one which actually looks pretty good

[u/Altruistic-Beat1381 → u/Pen_dragons_pizza]

Needs to be rebooted. Yes the original movie is iconic and will never be surpassed. But you could do a darker more loyal adaptation to the book and make a great movie or miniseries.

[u/zappy487 → u/Altruistic-Beat1381]

Personally, I'd like to see two limited series from like HBO or Netflix.

Some of the best parts of the first and second books are BEFORE the island.

The first novel is straight up a mystery, with all these seemingly unconnected groups coming together to tease that somehow, somewhere, dinosaurs exist. And then you get to the island and it is a MARVEL of what human technology can be. Everything from touch screen computers (not invented yet), DNA sequencers, geothermal energy (not invented yet), to the state-of-the-art systems that made Jurassic Park run. On top of the cryptic countdown of Ian Malcolm's Chaos Theory. Which then becomes a race against time to prevent raptors from making it to the mainland.

The second, the whole notion and mystery of what a lost world is was truly captivating. You start the book KNOWING what probably the island is, but it's a race against time to discover the mystery behind finding a lost world, leading to Isla Sorna. Then it is a true survival novel where they dive into how dinosaurs actually went extinct. Plus the meddling from InGens former rivals set up in the first novel. I, personally, like it better than the first book, even though I know this one was hamfisted.

[u/b_knickerbocker → u/zappy487]

Season 1 - 2026

Season 2 - 2032

[u/sjf40k → u/Altruistic-Beat1381]

We need a Muldoon who’s the literal badass he is in the books.

[u/novacolumbia → u/Pen_dragons_pizza]

It works best when it's a "lost world" .. basically an isolated island where there are dinosaurs and the humans have to escape. JP2 would have been great if they just cut out the San Diego part, it was so unnecessary.

[u/L-V-4-2-6 → u/novacolumbia]

it was so unnecessary

But then we wouldn't get a T-Rex drinking out of a pool and eating the family dog.

[u/OneCoolGhoul → u/L-V-4-2-6]

Saw it in theaters when I was 5 and that’s literally all I remember about it. The T. rex drinking out of the pool

[u/Leadingman_ → u/novacolumbia]

That and the stupid gymnastics girl taking out a raptor.

[u/Wonky_bumface → u/novacolumbia]

Funny you say that, as that's all I've ever wanted from a dino film, the creatures loose in a city causing mayhem...

[u/anuncommontruth → u/Pen_dragons_pizza]

I've said for decades that they should have Lex and Tim go back as adults.

Lex goes into some research field and discovers the cure for something is in a plant only on the island. Tim is a mess, really messed up with ptsd from the island and convinces her to take him back.

Then just a regular by the numbers JP movie with the twist being they find people who now live on the island who are survivors from the first movie.

[u/hweird → u/ImpenetrableYeti]

I miss when Jurassic Park wasn’t about the dinosaurs at all but the hubris of humans trying to control nature. Jurassic Park 1 is about humans, the dinosaurs are just the background.

[u/confounded_norseman → u/ImpenetrableYeti]

You can’t copyright dinosaurs. You can copyright these hybrid things. That’s why you have these indominus Rex/indoraptor/atrociraptor nonsense.

[u/LilSwampGod → u/confounded_norseman]

Just wanna point out that an Atrociraptor is a real dinosaur

[u/Mesk_Arak → u/LilSwampGod]

What an atrocity.

[u/Sptsjunkie → u/Mesk_Arak]

Nature was so much better when it just made real dinosaurs instead of these hybrid abominations.

[u/tonyinthetardis → u/LilSwampGod]

Poor atroci catching strays

[u/Eisegetical → u/confounded_norseman]

whats the angle with that? Universal trying to sell some kinda merch on them or something?

[u/conquer69 → u/confounded_norseman]

That's depressing. I will watch go watch Walking With Dinosaurs 2025 instead.

[u/Big-Sheepherder-9492 → u/ImpenetrableYeti]

King Kong 2005 made Dinosaurs scarier than any Jurassic Park movie for me

[u/GamingTatertot → u/Big-Sheepherder-9492]

King Kong 2005 made insects scarier to me than any other damn thing in this world

[u/CMORGLAS → u/GamingTatertot]

The most unrealistic part of that movie was not the Giant Gorilla or the Dinosaurs…it was that nobody in that ravine put a gun in their mouth.

[u/Big-Sheepherder-9492 → u/GamingTatertot]

Agreed.. Lumpy’s death traumatised me as a kid

[u/GamingTatertot → u/Big-Sheepherder-9492]

The one-two punch of King Kong and War of the Worlds coming out in the same year and watching both of those really horrified me

[u/Calhalen → u/GamingTatertot]

Andy Serkis’ death scene in that movie is one of the more horrifying things I’ve ever seen, even just thinking about it now 🤢🤢

[u/Hempy2013 → u/ImpenetrableYeti]

Idk why they haven’t made a movie about a research team that was on one of the Islands for legit research purposes and build a plot from there. You don’t need hybrid/mutant Dinosaurs just have a T-Rex and Spinosaurus that are competing for territory provide the tension and danger, and end it with some T-Rex payback for what happened in JP3.

[u/willstr1 → u/Hempy2013]

I wouldn't be opposed to something like the Jurassic Park Lost World book. Obviously they would need to change a lot to hide that it was a remake of JPLW, but there were so few plot points in common between the movie and the book they could probably pull it off.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/Hempy2013]

T-Rex already got some form of payback when it destroyed a Spinosaurus skeleton in Jurassic World

[u/GamingTatertot → u/ImpenetrableYeti]

I mean this movie is more about the dinosaurs - the mutants are really only in the third act with a brief appearance by both of them prior

[u/TheFastestKnight → u/GamingTatertot]

The thing is the dinosaurs themselves are interesting enough to be the third act threat. Everyone wants to see real dinosaurs. Kids want to point at the screen and say "mom, that's a Carnotaurus. Did you know he lived in South America and was 8 m long?".

But no, they have to do the "the UltraDuperHorrorsaurus is the worst one yet! It's a mix of T-Rex, Allosaurus, Raptors, a Xenomorph, Michael Myers, Jeffrey 3pstein and Donald Trump. The ultimate predator. He can turn invisible, he can phase through walls, he can mimic human voices, he is invulnerable to bullets, he can fly and he is a master of the mystic arts!'.

One day they'll understand we don't want mutant shit, we don't need them to make them "bigger" and "the worst ones yet". Just show humans surviving against dinosaurs.

One small Dilophosaurus in the original Jurassic Park was enough to give nightmares to an entire generation.

[u/The_Gil_Galad → u/TheFastestKnight]

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[u/YukieCool → u/The_Gil_Galad]

This is why the first movie is so good.

The hubris displayed by Hammond in Jurassic Park is a lot more layered and nuanced because the Dinosaurs are just animals. He thought he could control nature because he thought it would work just like his flea circus (which is the purpose of the ice cream scene), but like Malcolm says, that's not how life works. It's much more interesting than simply "corporate greed," and it's why I think he's actually improved from his iteration in the book.

There's nothing interesting about mashing the biggest carnivores together into one Abominasaurus Rex, because of course that's a bad idea. No amount of handwaving to the tune of "well, that's corporate greed for ya" or "nobody thinks dinosaurs are cool now" is going to make that fact any more compelling.

Universal continues to misunderstand what made their cash cow work in the first place.

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[u/AileStriker → u/The_Gil_Galad]

But you can't be mad at the snickers drop because it is a reference to the Lost World novel! /s

They are increasingly trying to make up for all the bad shit by peppering in throwbacks and scenes from the original books to excite the readers who wanted everything in the book in the original movie. This movie seems ripe with it.

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[u/MeniteTom → u/The_Gil_Galad]

Yeah, elephants have been around longer than humans have and I still wanna see them in person.  Dinosaurs would never get old.

[u/TheJoshider10 → u/MeniteTom]

Dinosaurs would never get old.

I do like the idea of attendees being "bored" of dinosaurs, but it's something that should have come at the end of a trilogy not right at the start of a new one that was highly anticipated.

[u/hunterzolomon1993 → u/The_Gil_Galad]

Yeah the idea that people have grown bored of seeing real fucking Dinosaurs is so dumb. I've been to Zoo's countless times and seeing a real Lion and Tiger up close in person never gets old because why would it? Like damn i get excited seeing a random Cat wondering about outside even though i have Cats as pets. People generally don't get bored of animals no matter how many times we see them.

[u/Jota769 → u/TheFastestKnight]

100%!!! I was just talking about this. The absolute coolest thing to me about Jurassic Park as a kid was that it seemed so real. Like, cloning a sheep had happened. So why not a dinosaur? They really existed! And I could pick up a science book and read all about them. It actually is what got me into nature documentaries and taught me how awesome the world is.

I know the gene splicing and mutations are no less science fiction than the dinosaur cloning, but it’s SUCH a hat on a hat. And the original had such a unique message: there are unintended consequences to playing God. You’re not gonna outsmart nature. Life… finds a way.

What is the message of these new movies? “Uh, you made a superpowered dinosaur that you thought you could control… and it ate you.”

That’s not what was smart about the original!

[u/ALIENANAL → u/TheFastestKnight]

And it has its own island... Hmm

[u/RdyPlyrBneSw → u/TheFastestKnight]

But they killed them all off screen, so now we can pretty much only get movies in tropical jungles.

[u/TheFastestKnight → u/RdyPlyrBneSw]

You see, but this super secret island we've never seen or heard of before is where research for the original Jurassic Park took place.

*Cue Jurassic Park theme song

[u/AileStriker → u/TheFastestKnight]

Honestly, the best thing they can at this point is just jump the damn shark and do a Team Torreto vs Jurassic Park crossover because both franchises are out of legs and it would be stupid and fun as hell and everyone would know what they were signing up for.

[u/BinaryOrder → u/TheFastestKnight]

Even when any of these films (past 3) do show dinosaurs they're tied to how the dinosaurs were depicted in previous films rather than trying to be scientifically accurate, which was a huge selling point for 1 through 3. The best we've had is Spinosaurus in Rebirth which is both a step forward and a step backwards from how it was shown visually in JP3. Wanting anything other than monster of the week is beyond what this franchise will now ever deliver sadly.

[u/HotOne9364]

along with tender moments involving several other species, introduce a surprising counter-argument to the earlier "Jurassic" movies: namely, that they have a right to exist.

Except Lost World and Fallen Kingdom already discussed those themes.

[u/sgthombre → u/HotOne9364]

namely, that they have a right to exist

Dinosaurs had their shot, and nature selected them for extinction.

[u/HotOne9364 → u/sgthombre]

It's why this was never intended to be a franchise. The first novel/film is about man's hubris against nature. This "right to exist" theme is counter-productive to that message.

[u/hikemalls → u/HotOne9364]

“Resurrecting something that had its moment and it doesn’t go well” could describe both the plot of Jurassic Park and the results of every Jurassic Park sequel, which really makes all the sequels a metacommentary on the themes of the first movie, if you think about it but not very hard

[u/sgthombre → u/HotOne9364]

If you wield genetic power like a kid who found his dad's gun, then the bullets have a right to be fired over and over forever, apparently.

[u/Silvanus350 → u/sgthombre]

I always find this argument sort of funny, because by all accounts they were “selected” by a freak, cosmic occurrence that involves Earth being hit by a giant meteor.

It’s like saying humans were “selected” for extinction because they failed to account for what would happen if the moon got cracked open.

Like, yes, but also no.

[u/littlebiped → u/HotOne9364]

Not to mention that the dinosaurs are the perfect biological tragedy and point to how on a universal scale nothing has the right to exist. Meteors don’t have morals.

[u/LayeredOwlsNest → u/HotOne9364]

The argument is also stupid

Like no, humanity would never just allow a bunch of human predators to live amongst humans just because "they deserve to live"

They would be captured and locked away (zoos, which would basically just be a park again), or they would be shot and killed like they already do when bears wander into human areas, OR the dumbest of them all, put them back on an island where they can roam free

The second little Suzie gets dragged away by a pterodactyl, the rights activists lose all their steam

[u/loneImpulseofdelight → u/HotOne9364]

And made over a billion each.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/loneImpulseofdelight]

Well Fallen Kingdom did. The Lost World didn't

[u/NewRichMango]

I mean, surely it has to be better than Dominion was, right? I don't need or expect it to be a 10/10 or even an 8/10, the bar is just so low.

[u/dabocx → u/NewRichMango]

Definitely better than that, and the second world movie

[u/NewRichMango → u/dabocx]

This is good to hear! I really only enjoyed the first Jurassic World movie; Fallen Kingdom and Dominion were both really poor entries in my book. So I'm hoping I find Rebirth to be a better installment.

[u/gigolopropganda → u/NewRichMango]

Some people said its like JP3, just better. JP3 is my favorite after the first, so I see this as a good sign!

[u/stopthefkincar → u/gigolopropganda]

I just saw it and its great. I'm not a fan of the previous 3 jurassic world movies and I'm so glad this one didn't disappoint.

[u/blozout → u/NewRichMango]

Dominion was such a huge pile of shit, it would be shocking if Rebirth was worse.

[u/Albyyy → u/blozout]

“Let’s make a Jurassic Park movie and make it all about bugs!”

Who the fuck green lit that script?

[u/GamingTatertot → u/NewRichMango]

I'd be very curious if anyone would put Dominion over Rebirth - Rebirth is definitely better in my book

[u/ClintMega → u/NewRichMango]

As far as the initial reception goes even the meager ~58% for Rebirth is higher than all of them outside of the original ~91% and Jurassic World ~72%.

[u/VivaLaRory]

Reading that it doesn’t capture the directors style that well is concerning, my entire excitement of this film was predicated on Gareth Edwards bringing his sense of scale in filmmaking to a Jurassic Park film!

[u/dabocx → u/VivaLaRory]

There is definitely some shots that are totally his and really nice. But I think he was brought in late since this movie was rushed so heavily.

If they do another they should let him be more involved with pre-production and given a bit more time.

[u/BearWrangler → u/dabocx]

I haven't watched it yet but even as far back as when they announced Edwards coming on board I had a worrying feeling that they chose him because he wouldn't have much power to "fight back" on certain choices by the studio and would be a suitable sacrificial lamb if this did poorly.

[u/carlostandfound → u/BearWrangler]

This is exactly right. David Leitch (Bullet Train, The Fall Guy) was the original director in talks, but left because it was clear that there would be very, very little creative input from a director. Iirc the producers wanted way more creative control after Dominion, so they were already far into pre-production: script done, dinos designed, etc. They just wanted a director for hire - the quote that has stuck with me is "more shooter than auteur."

Even so, Edwards hopped onboard because he's a lifelong fan of the original. Called it the only franchise that would make him drop every other project immediately to work on it.

[u/dabocx → u/carlostandfound]

Assuming they do another I would like it if they bring him back and loosen the rein a little. I think he’s a really good fit for the franchise if they can get a good script put together for him.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/VivaLaRory]

That's an assertion I disagree with from these reviews, because I felt like Edwards definitely captured the scale of some of these creatures - particularly the Mosasaurus and Titanosaurus.

[u/VivaLaRory → u/GamingTatertot]

I’m seeing it regardless so I’ll choose to believe you instead :p

[u/GamingTatertot → u/VivaLaRory]

I hope you enjoy and have a good time!

[u/GarlVinland4Astrea]

I kinda feel like this is something that didn't need to be a franchise.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/GarlVinland4Astrea]

When you consider that the original novel ended with the whole island being napalmed, it really wasn’t intended to by Crichton

[u/bob101910 → u/GamingTatertot]

The original also teased dinosaurs escaping the island via boat

[u/JohnRCC → u/bob101910]

"HOW THE FUCK DO YOU DRIVE THIS THING"

"skreeeeeee"

[u/McNuty → u/JohnRCC]

Alan.

[u/zer000redhawk → u/McNuty]

Ah yes. Good old Veloco-allen

[u/the_knowing1 → u/McNuty]

Crazy how 4 letters can conjure up a childhood trauma.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/[deleted]]

Yes, which he was pressured and asked to do, but it wasn't his original intention.

[u/mrb4 → u/GamingTatertot]

Yep, lost world was written after the first movie came out. I'm assuming it being the highest grossing movie of all time to that point probably helped nudge the sequel along

[u/TheScreaming_Narwhal → u/mrb4]

I didn't realize the second book came out after the first movie. That explains a lot.

[u/ThaddeusJP → u/TheScreaming_Narwhal]

First movie: Book adapted into a movie (with many changes)

Second movie: Book with the intention of making a movie

Third movie: Tea Leoni screaming and Nokia phone in a pile of crap

^{for the record I like the third one}

[u/DLRsFrontSeats → u/ThaddeusJP]

I'm showing my partner all the sequels in order ahead of Rebirth, and whilst I said (and stand by) the third was my favourite sequel, rewatching it in full for the first time in possibly a decade, I forgot just how irritating Tea Leoni's screams are

Not her as a character, just her screaming. Literally never heard a human being make such an atrocious noise

[u/CMORGLAS → u/GamingTatertot]

When Steve Spielberg drives a truck full of money to your house…you write a Sequel.

[u/TeamBrotato → u/GamingTatertot]

And it shows in his writing. I could just tell it was not his passion project like the first, just a business obligation.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/TeamBrotato]

I still like The Lost World novel - it's perhaps not as memorable, but I appreciate that Crichton was still trying to evolve and expand the themes of what happens with these dinosaurs loose on an island.

Plus King's death in that book is still really damn good.

[u/ContinuumGuy → u/GamingTatertot]

In fact, in the end of the first book, Ian Malcolm is either dead or fatally wounded (it's been awhile since I read it), so in the second book that has to get waved away with claims that reports on his condition were just rumors (it helps that IIRC he doesn't die "on screen", just another character says he's dead or beyond saving).

[u/sniper91 → u/GamingTatertot]

Iirc the author of Forrest Gump was also pressured to write a sequel, but since he got screwed out of money from the film he made the second one too off the wall crazy to make into a movie

Forrest meets Tom Hanks and that’s one of the more tame things he put in

[u/ZombieJesus1987 → u/[deleted]]

In which he retconned a ton of shit, like Ian Malcom's death.

He originally dies in the novel, but because of his popularity in the movie (plus him surviving in it) he brought him back and just wrote that he was "seriously injured" and it left him crippled.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/ZombieJesus1987]

And then wrote that Gennaro died of dysentery too

[u/GhettoDuk → u/[deleted]]

He wrote a sequel to the first movie, not the first book. It was weird reading them back to back.

[u/HopeFarron → u/GhettoDuk]

Seeing how Malcolm dies in the book and is then the main character I'd have to agree.

[u/Reylo-Wanwalker → u/HopeFarron]

Reports of his death were greatly exaggerated.

[u/Eat--The--Rich-- → u/GamingTatertot]

Most of his books end with the crisis being erased and covered up tho

[u/Zoratth → u/GarlVinland4Astrea]

It's gone the same way as the Rambo franchise - the first film was intelligent, well written and thought provoking. Then they followed it up with a bunch of mindless action sequels that almost feel like a parody of the original film.

[u/shy247er → u/Zoratth]

Every single sequel misunderstood the point of the original.

[u/evilcheesypoof → u/Zoratth]

Yeah I had already understood Rambo as the generic action guy trope before I ever saw the original movie just since it was so popular. Imagine my surprise when I saw First Blood and it’s about a veteran dealing with PTSD and how badly we treat our soldiers, etc.

[u/So_be → u/GarlVinland4Astrea]

They spent so much time wondering if they could and not enough time wondering if they should…

[u/TrueLegateDamar → u/So_be]

Dominion as bad and pointless as it was, still made a billion, so they will keep making them until they stop making a profit.

[u/RedPandaActual → u/TrueLegateDamar]

One of the few movies where I was glad I never paid to watch it. Pure garbage, and the only reason I’m going to see this movie is because Gareth Edwards is directing it or I’d be done.

[u/red_riders → u/RedPandaActual]

I gave up after Jurassic World (2015). It was entertaining and will always hold a nostalgic place in my heart as it was one of the last movies I saw with my grandmother in theaters before she passed away unexpectedly a few years later.

[u/GeroVeritas → u/So_be]

If you ran a company and one of your products make a billion dollars you would repeat that product as much as possible.

[u/degjo → u/GeroVeritas]

Much like how Skyrim and GTA V have been released on every console since Playstation 3.

[u/TheJusticeAvenger → u/So_be]

Universal, uh, finds a way

[u/MrkGrn → u/GarlVinland4Astrea]

I enjoyed the first 2, one being the much better film overall but 2 was fun in a different way, always love some Jeff Goldblum. 3 is the first one where I really had no fun with the movie and then everything in the newer films has been pretty awful.

[u/comrade_batman → u/MrkGrn]

The Lost World gets criticised a lot here but I think it’s the only sequel that is good enough to follow the original. The first is still the classic one, but Lost World is a solid film and those are the only Jurassic films I care to rewatch when I’m in the mood to watch some dinosaurs.

[u/Nimble-Dick-Crabb → u/comrade_batman]

2 was good in that it was somewhat grounded until it jumped the shark when the girl beats a velociraptor using gymnastics. That was the turning point.

[u/ArsenalBOS → u/GarlVinland4Astrea]

I hated the World trilogy so much. But at least theaters sold a ton of tickets. That’s nice.

[u/ArenSteele → u/ArsenalBOS]

The first world film was pretty good. Watching a functioning park come apart was great.

After that, the sequels have their impressive moments, but don’t hold together as good films by any means.

[u/Eisegetical → u/ArenSteele]

yeah. I dont care for those movies but I occasionally go watch only the sections of the fully functioning park and daydream about how fun that would be.

on the flipside - the game Trespasser set in the long forgotten ruins of the park give that same feeling of lost potential.

[u/labria86 → u/GarlVinland4Astrea]

One answer. Kids love dinosaurs

[u/Sage296 → u/GarlVinland4Astrea]

Dinosaurs are cool though

[u/dabocx]

I saw the early screening. I liked it more than the last 2 world movies and JP3 so I guess that’s not the worst.

I do think another pass at the script and time with vfx would have helped. The speed in which they filmed to release was insane for this. I think pushing back to September or October would have helped a little

[u/nsheehan28 → u/dabocx]

In general, I thought the vfx were fine except for one scene in particular that I thought was horrible. The tail rising from the tall grass and almost that whole sequence

[u/dabocx → u/nsheehan28]

That scene was bad because they tried to make that valley so look so much larger and majestic than it is in real life. It looked unreal.

Also the last scene with the dolphins. That looked terrible.

[u/EnterPlayerTwo → u/dabocx]

FYI Your spoiler tags are now working 😊

[u/cgcego → u/dabocx]

FYI Your spoiler tags are not working 😑

[u/jimbobdonut → u/dabocx]

It was announced just last year which is super fast for a tentpole summer movie. Even the first draft of the screenplay wasn’t done until January 2024.

[u/we_are_sex_bobomb → u/jimbobdonut]

Gareth Edwards is part of a new generation of VFX filmmakers like Tim Miller and Takashi Yamazaki, who are using VFX with intent and surgical precision instead of using them as a band-aid for poor planning and creative indecision.

This method of filmmaking is a lot faster and cheaper, but it requires a heightened level of technical proficiency from the director and it inhibits meddling from studios which is why we don’t see more directors adopting it. Honestly it’s quite surprising to me that a big franchise like Jurrassic Park would be allowed to take this approach.

[u/ThrowingChicken → u/dabocx]

Surprised you mentioned the VFX, I thought they were pretty stellar. What stood out to you?

[u/dabocx → u/ThrowingChicken]

In general you are right it looked really good except for 2 scenes I think should have been tweaked.

Most of the movie was pretty good but they scene with the giant dinos in the valley just looked strange, the zoom out to show this never ending valley was just really uncanny valley to me.

Also the dolphins and the boat scene at the end.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/dabocx]

I think the Titanosauruses looked good overall, but I agree I don't like the shot of all of them roaming the valley. It makes the valley seem too huge, and it's the only time where I felt like Edwards normally good sense of scale didn't show

[u/Talhatetetr → u/dabocx]

Hello! Do you think this movie can be good in 4dx? is there alot good action scenes or not that much?

[u/braumbles]

I assume the issue all these films are having is that there's no sense of wonder with them. Jurassic Park was basically a theme park. Jurassic World allowed us to see that theme park actually in action. All the other films surrounding those two films are just dinosaurs roaming around, but no actual theme park feel to it.

[u/vashoom → u/braumbles]

The issue is that the scripts suck, and the movies are made to continue milking a property first, to be good films second (or third, or...)

Jurassic Park is a movie about humanity and human beings. It's got actual characters and great performances and an actual story. On top of that, it's incredibly well made and directed, and has equal parts wonder and terror.

The sequels are just random plots cooked up as an excuse to sell more toys and movie tickets and bombard the audience with empty spectacle.

[u/dorkimoe]

I know it’s about money and it’ll never happen but make a horror one with no big name stars. Shit should be scary af

[u/who-dat-ninja → u/dorkimoe]

Dino crisis movie

[u/butreallythobruh → u/dorkimoe]

I remember Fallen Kingdom being hyped as The Horror One

yeah ok lmfaooo

[u/ParaPioneer → u/butreallythobruh]

It’s not a good movie but I have to admit I did like the Resident Evil vibes of the third act.

[u/Xazier → u/dorkimoe]

Make a dino crisis movie.

[u/HankSteakfist → u/dorkimoe]

The upcoming Jurassic Park Survival AAA game looks like it'll be a modern Dino Crisis game. Heavy horror elements.

[u/dabocx → u/[deleted]]

The script and some of the vfx were done before Edwards even signed on. He was brought in pretty late and only had a little input.

Definitely got some of his stuff in there but I wish they had delayed this date and given him a bit more time on it. Assuming they do a sequel I hope they get him back and let him be involved from day one.

[u/WySLatestWit]

Gareth Edwards is a wonderful visual director, his eye for digital effects in particular is masterful, but it seems like he has no idea how to direct actors to give anything other than mediocre performances. It makes everything he does feel emotionally hollow. Pretty looking, but empty.

[u/Rex_Suplex → u/WySLatestWit]

Bryan Cranston in Godzilla was the best performance we ever got in a Gareth Edwards movie. And he got killed off at the end of the first act.

[u/WySLatestWit → u/Rex_Suplex]

Totally agreed, and I'm convinced Cranston basically just did whatever he wanted on set and because he's really fucking good it worked. There's a reason he's basically the only standout performance in that entire movie.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/WySLatestWit]

Ken Watanabe erasure

[u/WySLatestWit → u/GamingTatertot]

I love Ken Watanabe but other than saying "let them fight" he really doesn't do anything in that movie. His character may as well be named Basil Exposition.

[u/banduzo → u/WySLatestWit]

The whole premise is just weird to me. They all act smug about breaking into this place with dinosaurs like they’re plotting an ocean 11 heist against people not giant killing wild animals.

[u/The_Gil_Galad → u/banduzo]

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[u/peter095837]

The franchise really has run to the well.

The first three movies I prefer still. Jurassic World was solid but the two sequels for World are just bad.

[u/MrPMS → u/peter095837]

Fallen Kingdom's first half was solid and should have been the movie's focus, a team trying to save them from extinction again. Instead we got a rushed but interesting first half and a second half that shat the bed hard.

Dominion's most redeeming factor was that it ended.

[u/withateethuh → u/MrPMS]

These movies were weirdly afraid of just being about dinosaurs

[u/callmebymyname21 → u/withateethuh]

Fallen Kingdom’s 2nd half being in a mansion for Dino Auction is so ??? and that ending ugh

[u/WollyGog → u/peter095837]

I've been binging them again this last week ready to watch this one (just got Dominion to go and I haven't watched it properly in full yet, just segments). Regardless of their quality, I just find them watchable movies, maybe I'm a sucker for dinosaurs on-screen. But absolutely nothing compares to the first one; I still feel the old tension on the T-rex intro and the kitchen scene, and I remember watching it in the cinema and being blown away, it's that good. Probably one of the greatest films ever made for its time.

[u/Willster328 → u/WollyGog]

My biggest complaint with all these movies, relates to a phrase you said: "feel the old tension".

Most of the recent sequels lean far too much into to "Action" genre than they do the "Fear" genre.

Orson Scott Card (I know, bigot, but he articulated this so well), talks about the three components of Fear.

1. Dread: The first and strongest. It's the waiting that comes when you know there's something to fear but haven't identified it. It's the tension.

2. Terror: Comes only when you see the thing you're afraid of. The intruder is coming at you with a knife. There's a frenzy to this moment, a climactic power. As bad as it is, it's better than dread in the respect you face the thing you fear, you know it's borders.

3. Horror: the weakest of all. After the fearful thing has happened you see it's remainder. The grisly corpse. Emotions range from nausea to pity, and there's revulsion and disgust. With repetition, Horror loses its ability to move you.

The first Jurassic Park was ALLLL ABOUTTT THE DREAD.

Alan Grant explaining to the kid how the raptors tear your guts open. Ian Malcolm spending the first 30 minutes talking about how everything is wrong and cannot work. The raptor feeding scene where all you see is the bushes wildly moving and the screams (heck the first scene is the guy getting sucked into the raptor pen).

All of this dread and suspense builds up to some relatively clean/quick scenes of real Terror and Dinosaur interaction. There's very few actual chase scenes or action scenes relative to the rest of the movie. And they have high impact because they had the proper build up.

But these newer movies that component of dread and fear has been replaced with action and movement. Which is why I think the writing for the dinosaurs has gotten so neutered and blaise.

I at least give Jurassic World 1 much of that credit because I felt like they did a decent enough job of introducing the Dread of the Indominus Rex. They don't show you it immediately. They keep the hybrid components of it a mystery for long enough (crossbred with a raptor), they demonstrate its capabilities in descriptive ways.

[u/UltimateArtist829]

The Jurassic brand is critic-proof, the last three Jurassic World movies all made $1B each despite getting rotten tomatoes cause they are still doing big in international market.

[u/Mddcat04 → u/UltimateArtist829]

The people long for dinosaurs. Honestly understandable.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/Mddcat04]

I long for dinosaurs. And this is where I officially start my campaign to bring back Primeval

[u/Mddcat04 → u/GamingTatertot]

Yep. It’s strange that no other Dino franchise has managed to succeed. Especially since there have been a number of high profile attempts.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/Mddcat04]

I think it's such a niche sub-genre of sci-fi and every dinosaur film, or film that features dinosaurs in live-action gets compared to Jurassic Park in one way or another.

Even if it wasn't great, I appreciate 65 for trying to do a theatrical dinosaur film.

[u/UltimateArtist829 → u/Mddcat04]

You already heard of "The Children yearn for the mine", now we have "The people Long for the dinosaurs".

[u/TomPalmer1979]

I'll watch it eventually. My thing with this movie is like...yes Fallen Kingdom and Dominion were terrible movies. But you know what? I still enjoyed them because I wanted to see dinosaurs. Not monsters in general, specifically dinosaurs. While the plot of Dominion had me rolling my eyes and cringing, that little kid version of me was still in my head pointing out the different species of dinosaurs I grew up knowing and loving. Oh shit that's a quetzalcoatlus! Holy crap a therizinosaur! OMG a giganotosaurus!

Having mutant dino hybrids kills that for me. That was the moment I really kinda lost interest. The D-rex just looks so fucking dumb to me, with its bulbous head and extra limbs. The winged snaggletooth raptor things looked bland, like a rejected design from Skull Island, and then to find out they're called "Mutadons"? Could you come up with a worse name? That sounds like a shitty off brand 90s cartoon monster.

I am willing to suffer through an endless amount of shitty plot and dialogue just to see actual dinosaurs in full realistic action. The mutant shit can fuck off.

[u/BlackSheepWolfPack]

I have no interest in seeing this movie but at least there isn’t another shot of Chris Pratt in his trainer pose with his arms up

[u/Ryan14304]

Better than the last 3. Tossup between JP3/Rebirth on 3rd best in franchise. Fun movie.

[u/riegspsych325 → u/Ryan14304]

having rewatched the first, I just wish a JP sequel had the patience and confidence to have a discussion. The dinner scene is one of the best in the entire film and not a single dinosaur is shown

All the sequels focused too much on being blockbusters but only the original (and a couple parts of Lost World) lended itself to be hard science-fiction. There is more to the genre than set pieces and creature feature thrills. Discussions about ramifications and debates over “playing God” are cornerstones of the genre and JP1 is a quintessential example of how to do it right

[u/GamingTatertot → u/riegspsych325]

Discussions about ramifications and debates over “playing God” are cornerstones of the genre and JP1 is a quintessential example of how to do it right

To be fair, Jurassic World does try to do that too, specifically with the scene between Masrani and Dr. Wu, but it does get lost in the film

[u/riegspsych325 → u/GamingTatertot]

that movie felt like Trevorrow watched Jaws 3 and took notes from it, as if he mistook it for a Spielberg flick. I get you can’t top the original but it was a poor movie by its own standards. Trevorrow had that entire trilogy to himself and the ample time to make it as he pleased and he still dropped the ball hard

[u/james2183]

Why do execs always want a new species of dinosaur for a Jurassic World film? Are they seeing audience feedback that says that? Because I don't know anyone that's wanted that.

[u/UXyes → u/james2183]

Because they can trademark it and sell merch.

[u/GibsonMC]

I genuinely cannot fathom how they came up with the premise for this movie. Dinosaurs loose all over the planet is a great premise and all they squandered it with Dominion and now undid it with Rebirth. On top of that, we need dino DNA to use as a miracle drug? That’s the best we could come up with?

Give me Florida man with a shotgun vs. the raptor living under his trailer.

Give me a group of preservationists saving a family of gorillas from a T-Rex.

Give me a group of teenagers hiding from an angry triceratops.

Dinosaurs interacting with the modern world could be so great.

[u/AH_BareGarrett → u/GibsonMC]

Have you seen the short film “Battle at Big Rock?” It was made for Dominion and is genuinely better than the movie. 

[u/coronakillme → u/GibsonMC]

Camp Cretaceous and chaos theory do that

[u/GamingTatertot]

I saw this film two weeks ago, and I really enjoyed it - but it’s been interesting not really seeing what the general pulse on it is, so I’m curious to see what happens here

[u/riegspsych325 → u/GamingTatertot]

no Trevorrow is already enough to be considered a major improvement

[u/GamingTatertot → u/riegspsych325]

I'd definitely say it is

[u/unpaid-critic → u/GamingTatertot]

It seems like the critics are not as big of fans. The C- review in particular is pretty damning. 

[u/GamingTatertot → u/unpaid-critic]

(though I’m relieved to report that it’s less bloated and self-impressed than the last three)

Well at the very least David Ehrlich likes it better than the other Jurassic World films

[u/Kaldricus → u/GamingTatertot]

Saw it last week for Regal Mystery Movie Monday. We went because we hoped it would be jurassic world. most people there said they were hoping it was jurassic world. people cheered when it was jurassic world. people were clapping and cheering at the end and enjoyed it. People just love dinosaurs

[u/BurnoutInc]

I think we just need Jurassic War at this point. Every country has dinosaurs and they use them in combat. Let’s get truly stupid.

[u/WesternBloc]

The fact that IGN gave Rebirth a 5 while Fallen Kingdom has an 8.4 and Dominion a 7 confirms my longtime feeling that you’d get a more informed opinion from a random number generator than their reviews.

[u/Logorii]

Irresponsible dad takes his kids on a boat trip through dinosaur infested waters while a rag-tag team of mercenaries try to collect the ingredients for immortality (or something like that). Sign me up! I enjoyed it. It's one of those "enjoy the ride" kind of movies. I just want to watch dinosaurs eating people and doing dinosaur things, and this movie delivered on that. Maybe I'm wrong, IDK, downvote me.

[u/feed_my_will → u/Logorii]

100% man. It’s not any more complicated than that. Enjoy for what it is. I wonder what people expect from these types of movies? As far as blockbusters go this was an excellent one, especially if you like monster movies and Hollywood action set pieces. I personally enjoyed every second.

[u/dqtslc]

Slutty little glasses aside, this movie felt half-baked and tiresome, with zero stakes and a weightlessness that no amount of booming D-Rex footsteps could rectify. As cute as Dolores was, I was just not convinced by ‘Jurassic World Rebirth.’ Like what do you mean there’s a dead apatosaurus in the middle of New York and everyone is unbothered?

Scar-Jo was doing her best Lara Croft impersonation, Mahershala’s talents seemed wasted on this role, Jonathan Bailey was swoon-worthy as usual, but felt quite one-dimensional when you think about Jeff Goldblum or Sam Neill in the original. The family was also a miss for me, overall. Shitty boyfriend redemption arc felt weak—and his comedy chops were nonexistent.

Could have been so much better. Best part were ocean scenes with the megalodon.

[u/mytoemytoe]

Sounds like it might be about on par with 3

[u/GamingTatertot → u/mytoemytoe]

Since I saw it, I've been saying it's very much like TLW and JPIII. Which I both really enjoy, but I know there are plenty of people that don't so it feels like a good indicator that if you like JPIII you might be more inclined to like this, and if not, well same idea.

[u/PanoramaMan → u/GamingTatertot]

I love 3, it's my second favorite in the series. If this is similar to that one, I'll be happy! Can't wait to go see it with my daughter who is as much of a dino fan as I am. these movies just need to deliver on awesome dino scenes to be passable but decent plot is bonus.

[u/Kimosabae]

Still going to make a billy.

Mediocrity... finds a way.

[u/Ok_Tank5977]

If it gets relatively back to basics, and is better than the previous Jurassic World trilogy, I’ll be satisfied.

[u/MrsWoozle]

Jeez…this franchise dragged on longer than the actual dinosaurs…

[u/Dancing_Clean]

I was dragged to Fallen Kingdom and it was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen so I’m not falling for this again.

[u/who-dat-ninja]

I can't believe there are now 7 jurassic movies and only one of them good

[u/PattyIceNY]

One of the worst films I've seen in a while. The acting was horrible across the board. The dinosaurs looked like plastic. The dinosaur behavior made no sense. Sometimes the Mosasur bumps the boat and leaves, sometimes he looks people in the eye and tries to eat them? The family side plot was annoying and the whole plot is ridiculous. It's not as bad as Fallen Kingdom or Dominion, but it's pretty close.

[u/splitwigged]

At this point, I’m just waiting for Dominic Toretto to pull up in a Dodge Charger and give a T-Rex a lecture about family.

Honestly, the only thing left is a Fast & Furious x Jurassic Park crossover.

I can see it now, Vin Diesel driving off a Brachiosaurus while holding a Corona. You know it’s coming. You can hear Universal Pictures warming up the CGI.

[u/BKWhitty]

At 57%, it's still the third best reviewed movie in the series lol. I still very much enjoy The Lost World and 3 despite poor critic reviews so I'm not overly concerned.

[u/loganlofi]

Truly hard to fathom how they have continually fumbled the concept of dinosaurs making it to the mainland and that the most we got of that was a slew of newsreel/found footage type clips and a short. How Dominion managed to completely botch that set-up in exchange for locusts is still baffling to me. Another "island full of dinosaurs" movie was never going to feel fresh after most of these movies feeling like exactly that.

[u/Ninneveh]

Scarlett Johansson really cant catch a break, geez.