Review by Neil Healy – Despite the negativity, I think Jurassic World Dominion is a great summer picture, and a blockbuster at that. As an avid cinema fan and film critic over many years, I could not refrain from fist-pumping because the Movie House is back in full splendor. Top Gun: Maverick, Jurassic World Dominion are just a start. Elvis, Nope, Bullet Train, are coming and so are many, many more. Can’t Wait.
Dinosaurs in frigid waters sinking boats, Pterodactyls knocking planes out of the sky. Who at age 10 didn’t envision this and more, and because of multilayered CG dinosaurs we finally get to live it. I thought the whole movie shocking, because of the effects, the message of co-harmony and the Pandora’s Box of Genetics shocked me, in a good way, a way that I didn’t have to over-analyze the story to get these precepts.
Although an even better claim of glory this summer is the fact that Top Gun: Maverick didn’t use any CGI at all, just aerials, fantastic. Nonetheless all the CGI, SOUND, MUSIC in Jurassic World Dominion are state-of-the-art, i.e. mind blowing. The memories of other “Jurassic” (Park/World) imagery is apparent, as it is recalled time after time in this cinema episode. I loved everything from the vistas to the heaving dinosaurs, to the Star Wars tributes. Tributes such as the Dinosaur’s Black Market scene in Jurassic World Dominion, emulating the Mos Eisley Market scene from Star Wars. A great effort.
One criticism I have of Jurassic Park Dominion is the lack of one-on-one dinosaur face offs with humans. There is an overwhelming dinosaur ubiquity in the film, but I missed the type of tension seen in the famed Raptor Sequence in the Original Jurassic Park. There is plenty of tension, but not on that intimate level. Yet, these are trivial remarks.
Go see it! You will relive your own, personal Dinosaur fantasy. You will be transfixed, at least for a moment, and you will be glad there are still Movie Theaters. “I’ll take the large popcorn, Yeah, the one in the big bucket. Is it fresh?
– Neil Healy
