Plus:
1. Jurassic World cost Universal $150 million to make (or so I’ve read), which is relatively cheap for a big summer blockbuster, and every last penny is on the screen. Almost non-stop visual splendor (thanks to a seamless blend of ultra-realistic dinosaur effects and striking cinematography), which is more than I can say for recent productions like Godzilla and Skyfall, both of which had much larger budgets and far less to show for it.
2. I don’t know much about graphic design, but that logo up top is flat-out brilliant. The design, the colors, the textures, the font, the blue tracing inside the lettering. You could teach an entire course using this graphic alone.
3. Dinosaurs.
4. If you’re a crankypants who is too sophisticated to acknowledge popular entertainment, why are you reading this?
Minus:
1. The screenplay appears to have been written by an eight-year-old with ADHD.
2. This plot has more dropped threads than a yarn store after an earthquake.
3. All the 3D glasses in the world won’t give these cardboard cut-out characters depth.
4. And since when does an “embedded dinosaur tracking device” look like a vacuum tube from a Marshall guitar amp?
Overall: You really have to love dinosaurs or you will get absolutely nothing from this movie. I guess if you think Chris Pratt is hot…
Eric the Gray 
June 15th, 2015 at 2:44 am
I don’t really love dinosaurs, but I wouldn’t believe it if someone with any common sense didn’t say it’s the second best in the series. The second and third films were atrocious. And the first was magic. I liked it. Serious question, did that ending lead you to believe that Universal wants to make another movie in the series? I didn’t think so, but then I saw that the opening estimate is $204M. Which is RIDICULOUS. That’s Avengers kind of money.
June 15th, 2015 at 10:34 pm
i think after making a half a billion dollars globally in 3 days, Universal almost has to make a sequel. If only someone could come up with a plot that isn’t, “There’s no way dinosaurs can escape from these enclosures. Oh shit…”
I agree it’s the most entertaining since the first. I’ll give the third one a teeny bit of credit in the sense that it didn’t take itself seriously and got in an out of there in an hour and a half. The second one was a bloated mess.
June 15th, 2015 at 10:40 pm
Yeah. I really don’t think anyone saw that number coming for the opening weekend. It was a billion dollar question going in, it isn’t anymore. I really have no idea what to do about the plot.
June 16th, 2015 at 9:46 pm
Maybe they’ll ask one of us to write the sequel. Or not. 🙂
June 15th, 2015 at 6:18 am
Well, that is about what I expected it to be.
June 15th, 2015 at 10:35 pm
It’s really the most limiting concept of almost any big franchise I can imagine. There’s really nowhere to go with the story. Still fun if you are in it for the visuals.
June 15th, 2015 at 8:37 am
It was totally over the top, action filled and paid a lot of homage to the first one – it was epic. And totally worth it! 🙂
June 15th, 2015 at 10:37 pm
It was a big bowl of eye candy, wasn’t it? My favorite shot was the I-Rex looking over the waterfall with the sunbeams all around it.
June 15th, 2015 at 10:41 am
I’ll watch it at home when it’s released on DVD. Thanks for the heads up.
June 15th, 2015 at 10:41 pm
Have a bowl of popcorn handy!
June 15th, 2015 at 10:24 pm
Totally agree with #2, excellent graphic design. All the other points seem valid as well!
June 15th, 2015 at 10:43 pm
If you haven’t seen it yet, you’ll probably have a good laugh at some of the plot absurdities. Seriously, a glass tracking device?
June 16th, 2015 at 1:04 am
I think you’ve missed the conversations. Thanks for the review. Will save us wasting our time when it gets to Netflix. But have you seen the new Mad Max?
June 16th, 2015 at 9:48 pm
I’ve been wanting to see the new Mad Max, but awkward life scheduling/disinterest from my movie-going circle has kept me from it. Did you see it?
June 17th, 2015 at 12:13 pm
Yes. It’s one definitely for big screen. Brian and I liked it – good acting, lots of action, a fair plot.
June 16th, 2015 at 1:39 am
I remember seeing the first Jurassic Park in the theatre as a kid. My dad took me and I recall getting goosebumps when John Williams’ iconic theme filled the room as the family rode the helicopter over to the island. I loved that movie and think I’ll just hold onto those fond memories and give Jurassic World a pass.
I’m starting to get really picky about which remakes and reboots I expose myself to. I have no problem with reintroducing old stories to new audiences, but rarely do these do-overs manage to capture the original magic.
June 16th, 2015 at 9:50 pm
I’m not sure there will ever be a game-changer like Jurassic park again. Film visuals lept forward about 15 years in an instant.
June 16th, 2015 at 7:59 am
So lots of conflict, but very little story, if I’m interpreting your review correctly? Not that I was inclined to see it. Sounds like a typical summer blockbuster to me.
June 16th, 2015 at 9:52 pm
I would say little story so much as 5 or 6 threads introduced and all either completely forgotten or given cursory resolution. There were 4 credited screenwriters, and you can tell.
June 16th, 2015 at 9:52 am
Ah, so if an eight year old wrote the screenplay, there’s hope for me yet!
June 16th, 2015 at 9:52 pm
Do a couple lines of coke and think about dinosaurs, and you should be good to go.
June 17th, 2015 at 7:28 am
As a knitter, I found this complaint to be hilarious: “2. This plot has more dropped threads than a yarn store after an earthquake.” 🙂
I haven’t seen the movie and probably won’t until (maybe) it’s available on Netflix. I thought the first film was great fun but haven’t seen the other two mainly because I’m just not that into dinosaurs 😉
July 20th, 2015 at 7:43 pm
I went in with low expectations and had fun, but if you’re the least bit demanding about storytelling quality, you’ll probably laugh at a lot of things that aren’t supposed to be funny.
July 19th, 2015 at 2:18 pm
Jurassic World should be renamed “Snacks.” I laugh my ass off every time I think about it.
July 20th, 2015 at 7:46 pm
Lol! What?
August 1st, 2015 at 12:32 pm
My son is a huge fan of dinos, so, eventually, we’ll have to see this one. Thanks for being one of the very few people that can keep spoilers out of a review! 😀
August 1st, 2015 at 1:04 pm
haha. I think you’re OK on the spoilers. The statute of limitations is 1 year. Anyway, if I haven’t seen one of the movies you’re reviewing, I just skip the last paragraph.