I've reviewed one of this year's biggest blockbusters: Colin Trevorrow's dinosaur sequel JURASSIC WORLD, starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio and lots of prehistoric beasts.
The JURASSIC PARK franchise has always been looking back 65 million years (wondering how modern man would cope with the return of prehistoric animals), but JURASSIC WORLD is a sequel with a stronger attachment to mere decades ago; when Steven Spielberg's 1993 original wowed audiences. In that respect, certainly more than the previous two sequels, enough time's passed for JW to squeeze a lot of nostalgia from audiences either weaned on Spielberg's classic or recognise it as a game-changing spectacle. I'm more in the latter camp, as JP was my first cinema trip that left an indelible impression on me as a 14-year-old. If the pioneering work of Spielberg's film made it feel like dinosaurs had truly come back to life, then how can you top that after 23 years of now-commonplace CGI? In Colin Trevorrow's sequel the answer is beautifully simple: you commit to delivering the dream Richard Attenborough’s character dared to have. Continue reading....
