“Yeah, yeah,
but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that
they didn't stop to think if they should.”
Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park)
“I
think…that we should allow our magnificent, glorious dinosaurs… be taken out by
the volcano” Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jurassic
Word: Fallen Kingdom)
Morning, Fam…
So, Friday,
we saw Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom)
that deals with the ethicality of letting a volcano take out the dinosaurs man
resurrected, or are we obligated to protect them now that we’ve resurrected
them while shady times want to use them as the ultimate war machines…either
breeding them with Blue’s, a raptor, Chris Pratt’s raised from a hatchling,
temperament, or let them go extinct through their use.
Universal,
the same studio that released the classic monster movies 80, 70 years ago,
incidentally distributed the film. Given
that, the film as a tragic theme with a dose of horror mixed in. There’s A LOT of graphic dinosaur death that’ll
probably be traumatizing to the kiddies, because the film’s obviously geared
toward sympathy toward the dinosaurs.
J. A. Bayona
took the reins from Colin Trevorrow, Jurassic
World director, taking it in the militaristic /extinction angle, taking the
setting away from the park to a military lab/compound and beyond, which, in my opinion's brilliant commentary on we try to tear down everything we build, not knowing we've opened Pandora's Box.
One of the
highlights to JW:FK is the return of
Jeff Goldblum’s Dr. Ian Malcom, who we haven’t seen in this world since ‘97’s Lost World. He doesn’t have a huge part, but what he
says, always in Goldblum fashion, carries a lot weight for the remainder of the
film. Also, the T-Rex from the original
comes back in a heroic capacity. And,
finally, there’s a nice little nod to John Hammond, played by the late Richard
Attenborough, died in ’14, who founded the original Jurassic Park.
I honestly
didn’t know if they were going to be able to pull off taking the dinosaurs out
of the park believably, but it worked, and the sequence of the island’s destruction’s
heart wrenching with everything after just a ride of emotions.
Steven
Speilberg saw this as a trilogy in its own rite, so we’ll see where they take
us next.
If you guys
check it out, sound off on your thoughts.
Be good to
each other.
-J-
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