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Sunshine Challenge 1: Amber
Jul. 9th, 2022 04:21 pmAmber always reminds me of Jurassic Park and the iconic mosquito! I even have a pin of a fake mosquito in amber. I really loved that film, and actually the whole original trilogy.
We saw Jurassic World Dominion, and I was so excited because all of my favs were coming back to reprise their roles! I did have some fun seeing them on screen with dinosaurs, and they all got some level of closure, but I was disappointed in the film overall. Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, because I haven't liked any of the Jurassic World movies. I feel duped, because they got me to show up for my favs in theaters even though the movie was terrible - just a series of explosive and ultimately empty action scenes. The T-Rex didn't even look that cool because of all the other predators they chose to add in.
*The linked articles contain mild spoilers for the movie*
I liked how this scathing and honest article pointed out the problems with franchises generally, and how Jurassic World fits right in this mold. The Jurassic World team haphazardly throws in symbols and scenes from the original without even understanding what those symbols and scenes meant in the first place. Why bother? On the one hand I know filmmakers and script writers are just jobs like any other job, but on the other hand aren't these creative people? Wouldn't they enjoy making a good story?
I also didn't realize that there is a 20 year age gap between Dr. Grant and Dr. Sattler. At least the actors reflected on how that wasn't necessarily strange back when the film first aired, but it does feel a little weird that this movie wanted to smash them together after so many years without any re-development of their relationship.
We saw Jurassic World Dominion, and I was so excited because all of my favs were coming back to reprise their roles! I did have some fun seeing them on screen with dinosaurs, and they all got some level of closure, but I was disappointed in the film overall. Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, because I haven't liked any of the Jurassic World movies. I feel duped, because they got me to show up for my favs in theaters even though the movie was terrible - just a series of explosive and ultimately empty action scenes. The T-Rex didn't even look that cool because of all the other predators they chose to add in.
*The linked articles contain mild spoilers for the movie*
I liked how this scathing and honest article pointed out the problems with franchises generally, and how Jurassic World fits right in this mold. The Jurassic World team haphazardly throws in symbols and scenes from the original without even understanding what those symbols and scenes meant in the first place. Why bother? On the one hand I know filmmakers and script writers are just jobs like any other job, but on the other hand aren't these creative people? Wouldn't they enjoy making a good story?
I also didn't realize that there is a 20 year age gap between Dr. Grant and Dr. Sattler. At least the actors reflected on how that wasn't necessarily strange back when the film first aired, but it does feel a little weird that this movie wanted to smash them together after so many years without any re-development of their relationship.