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Jurasick world - movie

No it is not a spelling mistake.  I really felt sick after watching the latest installment of Hollywood's amalgam of our reptilian ancestors with modern humans.

I am not sure what made this movie popular since nothing that was compiled in this production made any sense other than several instances of showcasing human idiocy that would highlight our place in the pecking order below the reptilian.

It starts with some mindless interaction between members of what constitutes a modern American white family where the parents unload their two kids, older one of which is a loser who owns a headset and maintains a cheesy girl crush, on a vacuous sister that has no clue that her nephews even exist.

Why she signs up to host these two remains a mystery that never unravels.  That she has them brought to a one of a kind theme park containing live dinosaurs that she has operational control of and no time to engage in any other activity other than run this giant park is weird.  Character is played by Bryce Howard who is the daughter of a smart man called Ron Howard.

Then there is an idealistic Navy seal that's found employment at a theme park run by a whacko immigrant of unknown origin played by Irrfan Khan.  The seal's motivation to be at this Dino compound is another mystery that has the audience likely confused until they discover that he has always been wanting to point a gun at a massive creature while ogling at a semi naked woman.  He gets his chance several times during some moronic chase sequences through Hawaii's pastures where some location shoot was done passing of for Costa Rica - again without any logic.

Spielberg has co-funded the project and in terms of return on investment has certainly hit a home run as the film grossed ridiculous amount of money.  I saw it for free with a loaner DVD from our county library.

But with some big names in production and directing behind it I am very confused as to the point of this exercise.   

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  1. RajendraMarch 13, 2016 at 10:13 PM

    I never understood what this reptile -or any other-has that is so fascinating to humans. The fact that people pay to watch such antics speaks volumes of the low (intellect)-life inhabiting the earth..

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