Welcome to Jurassic World!

A film that lives up to the wonder and enjoyment of the first movie over 20 years ago? I honestly thought it wouldn't be possible. Boy, was I wrong!
Jurassic World does not disappoint! I saw this a day before the major release and I've got to say that I am thrilled to have seen it. I'm one to admit that I was not impressed with the third Jurassic Park film. I felt it just relied too much on effects and not on story in addition to it only being an hour and a half long. Way too short.

Let me give you a glimpse of the story:

Jurassic Park then and now

Set 22 years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, Jurassic World is now a fully-functioning theme park just the way John Hammond had imagined. Millions of people every year come to the park from the main land and take a cruise to Isla Nublar off the coast of Costa Rica. InGen, the company responsible for cloning the dinosaurs at Jurassic Park, resurfaced after the incident in The Lost World: Jurassic Park and have been bailed out by the Masrani Corporation, one of the largest oil conglomerates in the world. Having the backing of Simon Masrani, the owner of Jurassic World, the park is now fully funded and relies on attendance and profits more so than just the wonder of dinosaurs. As most major corporations do, it's all about the profit factor rather than the safety. You see, Jurassic World has been open since 2002 and as of recently, attendance and profit has fallen a small amount. What do all major theme parks do in order to garner more attention? They add a new attraction. This new attraction is a genetically modified dinosaurs known to be bigger and faster than the T-Rex. A way to up the "wow" factor and get more people to attend the park. Something backfires and as Morpheus tells Neo in The Matrix: "you have to see it for yourself."

Spinosarurs skeleton on the main strip of Jurassic World

Now, be prepared, there is no one from the original movies except for B.D. Wong. This is not a prequel, nor a remake, but is in fact a sequel and continuation to the world of Jurassic Park. Michael Crichton would be pleased with this movie had he still been alive. Chris Pratt makes his character of Owen Grady his own, and although I was a bit nervous of having Bryce Dallas Howard in this movie, she really pays off and you grow on her character...Not much I can say about Tea Leoni's part in Jurassic Park III.

Jurassic World really lives up to the original film and I've got to say ever since the second film, there has not been a Jurassic Park film that really lived up. So, even though it's been a good 14 years since a Jurassic movie came out, it's really been 18 since an authentic Jurassic Park movie has come out. Don't get me wrong, I love all four movies, but this one really knocks it out of the park for me (pun intended.)

Be prepared to be wowed and keep an eye out for some surprises and snip-its from the previous films!  One more thing I would like to add to conclude this blog, is that you really feel for the dinosaurs in this film. You don't really feel for any particular dinosaur in the previous three movies, but in this one, you do and it's a nice surprise. Enjoy and come back alive!