Were there any Spas shotguns? 

I saw Jurassic World also, midnight premier, it was incredibly awesome and I think redeemed the series.

Ok just got back from Jurassic World. 

Short Response -
it was far better than I hoped/feared & was tons of fun.  Exhilarating & often hilarious, it's not perfect, but it's flaws are forgivable.  Dare I say, replaces Avengers in my Top 3 Favorite films this year standing shoulder to shoulder to Mad Max & Kingsmen.

It's also got better giant monster moments than last year's Godzilla (yeah I went there).

Caveat - it's pretty intense, mostly bloodless, but terrifically intense.  Mind the PG-13.  Frankly I will not be taking any of my kids to see it & they loved the original 3 films.  I loved it, but it's not for the sensitive. 

Long Response -
Michael Chrichton's novel was a brooding lecture & assault of the horrors of genetic meddling & science gone astray.  Steven Spielberg made a beautiful ode to childhood love of the great lizards, innocence lost & coming of age.  I think in many ways this manages to touch on some of Spielbergs vision to make this universe an enjoyable one, while veering sharply to an adrenaline pulsing version of Chrichton & his novels. 

The bad -
 the setup of the icy female too busy ceo feels stilted &  at the beginning yet I think it's necessary, somewhat for the movie to truly payoff.  But that doesn't make it great. 

Vincent D'onofrio is a chameleon.  I just got done watching Daredevil with my wife & I couldn't see the kingpin in him.  He's great.  But he is also the prototypical Gung ho archetype, who's also not a good guy.  Hollywood loves them, but can't write them worth crap.  He's wasted, & frankly the films biggest plotholes. 

The containment team/corporate decisions - send a squad of guys to use non lethals on a dinosaur bigger than a T Rex? What. The. Crap?  And some are carrying shock sticks?  Double what the crap?  Similarly - the mercs show up w M4s?  Granted a few M14s etc.  But if I'm hunting something big as a dinosaur, I want something capable of killing an Elephant DRFT!  At least.  If my boss gave me that stick & said go catch a T Rex I'd quit.  Although the magna muzzle was cool.

The jeep - I don't care who you are, how good you are in a shop.  That jeep, is not moving under its own power. 

The Good -
The cast, knowing where the story went, even the questions & characters I chided above, doesn't matter.  The cast is great. Chris Pratt, D'Onofrio,   Bryce Dallas Howard, Simpkins (kid from Iron Man 3) were great.  Utterly charming, fun, just a treat to watch.  Why is D'Onofrio not in more things?  And Chris Pratt? Disney, just give him the whip, the Webley & the Fedora already. 

The story, you've seen the trailer.  You know the story.  But you dont.  It is happy to blaze it's own path for the better.  That actually brings up a second kudos, the marketing, gave you an idea of the basics without spoiling the truly great moments.  Bravo. 

The Stakes - there is death.  Some small & quiet, some off screen & some horrifyingly close.  Think San Diego from The Lost World with more dinosaurs.  Made it extremely intense.

Animatronics & Puppetry - the first Jurassic Park had less than 12 min of CGI.  The rest was Animatronics & Puppetry.  The 2nd & 3rd films departed too much from that.  Well it's back & in a great way.  Loved it.  Made it feel real.

Raptor Squad - I was afraid from the get go that this would be cheesy.  Bad cheese.  And instead, it's really good.  Lived it.  Minor quibble with the cameras in one scene  (story not cinematography).  Another part about this did bug me a bit, but in the context, I'll forgive it.

Final thoughts - I was afraid this would either retread some road that one of the previous films took, or would instead depart in such a way as to disrespect them.  Instead we get a great, thrilling, heartfelt movie.  It has some absolutely terrific & terrifying moments.  But it was a joy. The ending is great. It revisited pieces of movies moments we loved from the first three, but never felt like it was repeating for repeating sake.  And again DANG that ending. 

And finally I know the books & to some extent the movies are a warning, I'm just putting it out there, seeing the park in operation, if there really was a Jurassic Park, I'd take the whole family.  Every ride, every attraction.  I'm ready.  Bring on the dinosaurs.

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The jeep - I don't care who you are, how good you are in a shop.  That jeep, is not moving under its own power. 

Exactly. Parked 15-20 years? Yeah. I could believe in dinos AND space aliens first.

Caveat - it's pretty intense, mostly bloodless, but terrifically intense.  Mind the PG-13.  Frankly I will not be taking any of my kids to see it & they loved the original 3 films.  I loved it, but it's not for the sensitive. 

I took my 6 year old son.  He was fine.    Of course, I forced him to watch the original the day before so he may have been desensitized. 

Otherwise, believe the hype.  This movie was awesome. 

louie the lumberjack

Bang on with the Pterosaurs being fish eaters. I loved it and will happily go see it a couple more times in the theater. My little girls get scared during the opening of Lilo and Stitch... so sadly I won't get to take them to see this on a big screen.

Saw it for the second time last weekend. I agree with everything stated in this thread positive and negative. The funny thing is that the woman running around everywhere in stillettos is what bugged me the most! I also didn't like the way D'Onofro's character was portrayed, though he did the best he could with the character given to him.

I really liked that Dr. Wu made a reappearence and how his character played out. He had the aura of menace that should have been invested in D'Onofrio's character as well, in a more overt way.

So glad to see the Marlin .45-70 Guide gun get some prime screen time! 

I didn't hate it, but I didn't really like it either.  Kind of predictable.


-T.

Count me in the loved it camp.  Took my 9 year old daughter and she loved it x10