Jurassic World (7.5/10)

I never thought I would see another Jurassic Park sequel but how silly of me. This is Hollywood.

But what's most exciting here is that Jurassic World is finally the worthy sequel of Jurassic Park. The third installment, Jurassic Park III, left such a bad taste in everyone's mouth that it almost killed the franchise.

But now, to reignite the franchise, director Colin Trevorrow has cast the perfect actor to do just that. Chris Pratt is hands-down the best thing about this movie. And that in itself is kind of a problem.

But before I take off in a tangent, Pratt is an actor today that has enough charisma, likability and acting chops to start a new franchise. Look at what he did with Guardians Of The Galaxy. And now he's done it again with Jurassic World.

Playing opposite him with the right amount of chemistry is Bryce Dallas Howard. The pair fed off each other's vibes very well, and with a lot of back-and-forth that was entertaining and also provided some humour.

And I love how toned down Pratt was with the comedic side of him, but he still have that comedy timing when needed. That look on his face when Howard's character ran past him when he thought he would give her a hand, priceless.

But the biggest problem, to me, was how the focus wasn't on the dinosaurs. Yes, the whole direction of the movie was that the dinosaurs have become such a norm now that people are losing interest to go see them. But that shouldn't take the focus away from them. When we first got into the park, and when that iconic theme started playing, the camera panned around the park and showed off the buildings and structures instead of giving us the dinosaurs. That was a pity.

Also another negative for me was Vicent D'Onofrio's character was such a cliche that he did not shine at all. Actually, even Pratt and Howard's characters were all quite one dimensional and caricature-like. They didn't feel like real human characters but just a personality.

Even the two siblings that we were supposed to follow, didn't really work as I didn't care about them at all. And I found it hard to believe that the two brothers can fix up a car that's much older than them, even with some prior experience.

But there were a lot of nods to the first Jurassic Park. Without going too much into spoilers territory, the tribute to what came before was very evident, especially back then when T-Rex stomped into the centre of the hall and roared, with the Jurassic Park banner falling down in front of him; we almost had a glimpse of that, twice.

The action sequences by Trevorrow were brilliant. They were very exciting. The raptors once again were the main stars in the dino-world, as we saw in the trailers. But what I missed here was the kitchen sequence of the first movie that was the most intense and most memorable.

This was a great start to restart a very loved franchise. What I would like to see in the sequel would be better characterisations of the main cast, make them more human. But other than that, this was very enjoyable.