Here at Grazia, we’re more into RomComs than action movies. However, after we watched Jurassic World featuring the oh-so-yummy Chris Pratt, you could say we’ve been converted. Somewhat.
Steven Spielberg’s fourth Jurassic Park film has broken box office records, raking in R6.3 billion in its opening weekend – and for good reason. The franchise’s newest R1.8 billion-budget installment sees the island from the original movie opening up as a theme park twenty two years after the events of Jurassic Park (1993).
However, public interest in waning and tickets to visit Isla Nublar are dropping. That’s why a corporate mandate forced scientists to create a new dangerous super-beast to re-spark visitor’s interest. Not surprisingly, this backfires horribly.
Considering the film’s massive budget, you can imagine the graphics are out of this world – which they are. Thanks to the flick also being filmed in 3D, it feels like you’re right there, running for your life along with some of the ill-fated characters.
While we enjoyed seeing Chris and Bryce Dallas Howard take the lead – with their chemistry on-screen coming across as totally believable (sorry, Anna Faris) – we’d be lying if we said the plot was anywhere near as strong as the previous Jurassic Park films.
Jurassic Park was what our childhoods were made of. Super-scary dinosaurs roaming around humans, one man’s obsession to create something larger than life… It was a script that had never been brought to the big screen before. Jurassic World on the other hand, takes the same stories’ leftovers, makes the dinosaurs seem even bigger and more realistic, but lacks the meaty bits, ultimately denying the viewer of a deeper scientific plotline.
But that’s not to say it isn’t worth a watch. While the flick does take a while to kick off, the graphics truly are amazing and the story’s surprising (yet corny) ending will blow you away. If you want to score extra brownie-points with you man, make sure Jurassic World forms part of your next date night. But be warned: if he asks you if you enjoyed it and you say ‘it was lame’, we can’t be held responsible for what happens next.
Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson and Jake M. Johnson
Running Time: 2h; 10min
Rating: ****