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My favourite thing about Jurassic World is still Jake Johnson's original logo wearing meta-character, because he could go between parallel dimensions and see the 1993 film we saw instead of remembering how it was in his world: a terribly managed disaster that resulted in the deaths of multiple members of staff. 😵
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I liked this enough that I didn't feel my time was wasted. Surrender to the campness and there's enough to enjoy. It knows there's nowhere to go after the first trilogy that wouldn't be a retread, so you might as well make fun of the retread itself. Not every day you see a movie call out its own financing studio by name. Unfortunately when it's no longer in meta mode and gets on with the earnest part of the story - rescue Trinity - it gets really boring, and the action scenes are barely worth talking about. Clearly Wachowski is a lot more invested in the Neo Trinity love story than most viewers are. I also have to say the digital photography was ugly as fuck - it made the movie feel so much smaller than its predecessors. I assume its ludicrously high budget was partly down to covid? Becuase it sure as hell didn't look like a 200m movie.
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Rewatched the first one yesterday, I'd only seen it once before about 25 years ago. The dogfights are still really boring (I hate them in Star Wars as well, to be fair), but the film's way better looking than I remember. Scott's sweaty, sunset-laden photography makes everything feel huge and visceral. A real precursor to Michael Bay, for better or worse. The script also takes itself just the right amount of serious, it's not nearly as camp as its reputation suggests. I wouldn't say it makes me desperate to see this sequel but if they can make the ariel stuff more exciting then it's already a major win.
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Curious to see how this does. On the one hand the criticisms about the first movie having a meagre legacy are somewhat warranted; on the other hand in a world of peak MCU saturation even a goddamn Avatar sequel feels like a breath of fresh air. And sorry Jim - however I end up watching this it won't be in 3D. Fool me once...