Jurassic World (2015)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2015
	Director: Colin Trevorrow
	Actors: Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy), Bryce Dallas Howard (The Village, Spider-Man 3), Ty Simpkins, Irrfan Khan (Hisss), Vincent d'Onofrio (Daredevil TV-series), Nick Robinson (Melissa & Joey TV-series)
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF, Action
	Conditions of visioning: 12.06.2015, Mathaeser Kino, German version, 3D
Synopsis: Jurassic World is an amusement park attracting thousands of visitors every day. Claire (Howard) is managing its operation and the preparations for the display of a new genetically-engineered species, when her nephews visit her on the island.
Review: It will come to no surprise to people who know me that I wanted to become paleontologist. Thus Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park had a profound influence on my cinema-lover life, its VHS is the first I ever bought for myself and it may be the movie I have seen the most in my life. I also liked a lot its sequel The Lost World, while I found Jurassic Park 3 entertaining but nothing more. I can't believe that this was fourteen years ago already. I was disappointed when I learned that Spielberg would not direct this new episode, only him could have made it something worthy of the original. As a consequence, Jurassic World is unfortunately closer to the third movie than to the first, although with a few good ideas, slightly less simplistic characters and vastly improved special effects. They have a special significance in the franchise when you remember that in 1993 no one had ever animated realistic living creatures in a live-action movie. I liked the generous display of dinosaurs and the link made with Jurassic Park thanks to the homage to John Hammond (played in 1993 by the regretted Richard Attenborough), the character of Dr. Henry Wu (played by BD Wong in both movies) and some other details borrowed from the original idea of an entertainment park. The story is however not very new, it almost feels like a reboot of the first three movies, and if you watch the trailer you actually learn all about it. A typical example of why one should not watch movie trailers, they are often too revealing (also you shouldn't watch the trailer of Terminator Genisys that is shown before Jurassic World). I guess I was not the only one looking forward to this movie as I learned today that it smashed the record for biggest opening week-end in the USA (and in the World), previously held by The Avengers.
Rating: 6 /10