Jurassic World | The Cynical Blockbuster

[@reecord2]

watching clips from Jurassic Park and World back to back makes me realize how oversaturated and aggressively color corrected today's movies like Jurassic World are. JW almost doesn't look like a 'movie', there's something about the softer film grade of the original JP that's just more inherently appealing to the eye.

[@dalekrenegade2596]

I think they used a blue filter for the camera and it doesn't help that most of the dinosaurs looked mostly grey.

[@anisioc.3426]

I think Jurassic World may be the worst case of color grading I’ve ever seen in a major blockbuster, to be honest. I remember watching in the theater back then and thinking “it can’t be SUPPOSED to look like this”.

[@hanburgundy4317]

@@anisioc.3426 It's because of the CGI. Color correction can work if applied properly e.g. used on tangible props. For whatever reason, these directors can't understand that animatronics are the ONLY way to go; all of these CG dinos look beyond fake. Go back to the simpler time: film and robots. You'll thank us because we'll definitely thank you lol

[@domini384]

It's all on the camera work and framing

[@nolaffinmatter]

@@hanburgundy4317 Practical effects look better in terms of color, lighting, texture, etc. but it tends to look unsettlingly fake when it comes to movement (which is usually a plus when it comes to horror). A combination works best: the original JP used animatronics for relatively still shots, but CG when the dinosaurs were required to DO something.

[@Leto85]

12:41 'If these boys don't serve Claire's story, why are they even in this movie?' The only obvious thing I could come up with was that of being a substitute for the younger audiences.

[@cmere9141]

And because the first Film had children from divorced parents, too. So they put this element in JW but it went nowhere. I didn't touched me emotionally and the scenes with the mother calling while being at the attorney's office did nothing to me, nor to the story. It was B-Plot that could be handled with throwaway lines.

[@c.r.blankenship9040]

I can never think of a good reason for Nick Robinson to be in a movie. Something about him just rubs me the wrong way.

[@danielskrivan6921]

Or just a bunch of checkmarks. The original had kids? Okay, we must have kids.

[@anishsingh2848]

sadly the Indian Actor who played Simon Masrani in Jurassic World name Irfan Khan has very recently passed away as recent as the month of April

[@tastycookiechip]

RIP. He was the only sympathetic human like character in the whole film

[@penrilfake]

That's awful. Was it covid-19? :(

[@playerone6995]

@@penrilfake No. Something else. Can't remember right now.

[@kennethsatria6607]

Well that's sad his character was pretty cool, though also dead so

[@NisarKhan-jm1uh]

He died from cancer that he was suffering from for 2 years

[@tylerdiffie3900]

There's something you missed about Dr Wu. The first time you see the character, what is he doing? Erasing something on paper. If you're at all familiar with laboratory etiquette and scientific morality, you'd know that is a big no-no. This establishes him being an untrustworthy and morally ambiguous scientific mind.

[@lordbepis5971]

Oh you’re right!

[@OGrupxe]

Forgive my ignorance, but could you elaborate on why that is?

[@HiddenThicket]

@@OGrupxe The original comment is from almost a year ago, but TL;DR: to erase something implies you are hiding something. Unethical record keepers will seek to normalize their data by erasing anomalous results. This makes it appear that the record keeper has an agenda. It appears the record keeper is being dishonest and trying to make the data fit their hypothesis, rather than testing the hypothesis properly and accepting the data as they come. The agenda doesn't matter. It only matters that it appears they have one. And they often do. The ethical and honest thing to do is to mark a line through a correction, then add the new data to the record with a footnote or some other way to indicate the location of what is being corrected, the reason for the correction (new data, obsolete reference, bad art skills, misunderstood data), and any other relevant information. Even misspelled words should never be erased. Mark through and correct. You are supposed to write with a pen or some other method that makes it impossible to alter your marks without it being obvious. Your records may be used by someone else, and them knowing that a set of data was unproductive allows them to re-test, replicate, or disregard the method that caused those data to become unproductive. Not only is it ethical to show your mistakes, it is important to know why you made them, and even more important to show other people what they were, why you made them, and how to avoid making them, too. It's a huge time-saver and a lot of the reason science can progress at all without constantly having to test every variable each time. We understand that water does not boil in all conditions and temperatures, but there was a series of steps that had to be taken along the way to find out all those conditions and temperatures at which it does. Now we can use those records to jump straight to the ideal conditions we need for a given test. Once you are writing your final paper, you can correct things within the paper as needed because all the research has been done and you are just writing your conclusions based on the data within the record. Once the paper is finalized, in order to change anything you have to make reference to corrections and why and... you get the idea, I hope. honestly data collection is not for everyone.

[@OGrupxe]

@@HiddenThicket Oh, interesting! So, basically, our buddy Wu was always kind of obsessed with the idea of creating something perfect and taking the credit for it, huh? Wonder if he told Eli, in Fallen Kingdom, to dispose of the Indoraptor after it was deemed a failure (Lacked the DNA conditioning to be trained, which they could acquire from Blue's blood), which Eli obviously wouldn't do, but still. That's some nice attention to detail, if intentional. Thank you for taking your time on explaining

[@josh_reptiliano]

@@OGrupxe I mean, Wu is just taking a very similar role to his book counterpart, the end

[@RTDice11]

20:19 THANK YOU That's my biggest complaint. The IRex got kicked around and everything she went through got swept aside for 'Lmao Monster go Chomp'

[@jpsned]

Equating her with Frankenstein's Monster is so painfully true.

[@oneandonlysound3453]

makes it even dumber when people openly complained about the T-Rex vs. Spinosauras fight in Jurassic Park 3 was way too short and underwhelming (which is true), and then they just LITERALLY put it on repeat but one's a mutant instead basically, like did they even watch the prior films or just do a sequel based on what they remembered watching at some point?

[@hanburgundy4317]

@@oneandonlysound3453 I would have loved the Spinosaurus (and in recent years it has grown on me) had they just not done the whole fight scene between it and a T. Rex; the whole thing was beyond cringey and the VFX crew even said in the BTS footage that "it shows that this is the new dino on the block" or some such cringey shit.

[@christianrosario9414]

I feel like a bunch of you forget that she was intentionally designed to be a monster. It didn’t matter whether it got kicked around or what not, it still murdered it’s sibling, still viciously mauled innocent animals just for shits and giggles, and intentionally murdered anything in it’s path regardless of whether it was hungry or not.

[@Yourleftismyright88]

Yep! Mine too, I think as a whole the movie had some great themes to explore, the morality of training creatures that *might be untrainable and possibly using them as a weapon. The idea that man needs to make things that they don't truly understand and end up making something that can be worse for them in the long run. They set it up pretty okay but then end up making you want to hate the creature that didn't even have a chance where they should have really emphasized the idea man meddling with things for it's own gain and profit by making and again failing at it.

[@victordkv8525]

Well put video essay. It made me realize the genius of Spielberg is that his movies work on every level: action, romance, but also values, reflection, messaging. His work comes form deep convictions. Whereas some others...

[@NotVeryRandomDude]

”The film sacrificed its own story to celebrate the original.” *cough chough* The Force Awakens *cough*

[@robinanwaldt]

I don’t see it. Not at all like the points made in this video. The entire climax of TFA concerns the new characters, their new conflicts and arcs. At no point is anything from the original brought over to take center stage.

[@robinanwaldt]

@4Freedom4All I don’t really get what you’re referring to.

[@robinanwaldt]

@4Freedom4All Still no idea what this has to do with anything.

[@derekhofstetler3998]

@@robinanwaldt You are completely clueless, aren't you?

[@robinanwaldt]

@@derekhofstetler3998 Only clueless as to what these random opinions have to do with the matter at hand at all. Because they don’t.

[@michaeldimitroulakos1307]

imagine how impactful a scene or two of Indominous alone, plodding through the jungle at night, with no purpose, over Owens short monologue of how she was created and raised so terribly. Maybe add in some sympathetic music for effect. Would have changed our feelings over her and the people at hand DRAMATICALLY. Unfortunately so many remakes and sequels focus on repackaging the original for nostalgia's sake, filling it with cheeky call backs that it completely forgets to be its own film/story.

[@kennethsatria6607]

Man I would've loved that. Like its much more intelligent and self aware than the hulking brute surface, cursed with awareness though also still unnaturally aggressive.

[@anubusx]

I wish it invaded the main park where all the tourists were. Total carnage

[@floydnimrod1826]

It should be noted that the T-rex in Jurassic Park is never shown to explicitly hunt and consume people like the Raptors do. When Ferrero is killed on the toilet, the T-rex gives an inquisitive tilt of the head and picks him up, shaking him and obviously killing him, but it's never shown to actually eat anyone on camera. It was intentionally filmed to behave more like a curious dog than a cold-blooded killer, while the Raptors pack acts as the main antagonist of the 3rd act of the film. Now in Jurassic World, the T-rex stand-in is shown to be a calculated killer, so they send the Raptors after it? To act as our pseudo protagonists for like 20 minutes before they start hunting people as well? The Raptors have always been a hostile presence in a some way, so it just confuses the tone and makes everything a bizarre mishmash of poorly planned ideas.

[@NostalgicGamerRickOShay]

Dammit Michael, I should have thought of that.

[@royalcass]

They could have just removed the scene where the kid cries over the divorce, seeing as that plot point goes nowhere and is completely forgotten about

[@ThePonderer]

This video puts into words a lot of issues I’ve had with the film since theaters. A big one is that Owen is a terrible role and a miscast for Pratt.

[@grimprime0158]

Though he does do a good job wile being miscast eh? I’ll admit In the movie I enjoy each of his scenes, He gave it his best with what he was given I think.

[@Appathetic_Substance_Abuse]

@@grimprime0158 i thought he was awesome. Nailed his role perfectly. Super beleivable. Considering i first saw him in parls and rec

[@aryshandono3249]

Having Chris Pratt in these films turns this franchise into more action oriented instead of sci-fi or adventure, especially since in recent times, Chris Pratt seems to be associated with action-hero archetype. The modern incarnation the likes of Sylvester Stallone or Bruce Willis

[@elbashar7589]

As much as I like thr jurassic park franchise, the sequeals have legitimately good concepts, ideas and overall themes. One of the biggest problems I see is the constant switching and deletion of scenes within the franchise. Like you always see people asking "oh why did it do this, what happened to that, etc" that's more of a directive desicion then a narrative one. So that criticism is usually off for me. I honeslty just want these movies to have their own identity, regardless if they are good or not. The lost world was a really good film, exploring the concept and themes of nature. The dark, gritty aspect of it. Family, and how family can get divided, and be felt vulnerable. How bad descions can have a butterfly effect of consequences etc. Granted their are some goofy moments and cut scenes. But its a good sequel overall. It told its own story, but it constantly felt like it was holding its own potential.

[@rbw3000]

Still have the VHS!! Iconic!

[@Richard_Nickerson]

Ditto

[@hanburgundy4317]

Me, too :D Mine even has the "Own the Original" red sticker on it. I also have JP on laserdisc (not to mention dvd, blu-ray, etc. lol) Still have my action figures, too.

[@nbucwa6621]

@@hanburgundy4317 And here i am w just my childhood vhs copy painstakingly recorded from the when it played on tv and every adbreak was a race to pause and unpause lol

[@NostalgicGamerRickOShay]

Same here! Even has the same wear and tear!

[@iainhansen1047]

Wait rise of Skywalker is a parody? Wow that makes far too much sense.

[@josesosa3337]

I agree to an extent but the story is still too reactionary in its writing. If the parody thing is to be believed then they should have leaned heavily towards comedy instead of promising a deep story for things we should care about. With how the story treats its characters it does not feel like a parody but just bad writing.

[@gamefan987]

Whole sequel trilogy is a parody

[@thatssofetch3481]

Even the name. Parodies the dumb 3 word mysterious title that every Star Wars movie has.

[@navi0760]

That’s would make so much more sense. But the people behind it make is seem like the opposite

[@y3ee3e]

i think jurassic world had some decent commentary regarding society today and the absolute need to be constantly sensitized by something fresh. The fact the older brother cared more about impressing the next girl (notice how disinterested he was from the first girl we were introduced to) he met than dinosaurs really hit this idea home. Sure yah their story was used as stand-in characters for the audience to hammer home the nostalgia, but i feel their addition was to point at the constant reliance on new things to be satiated. The contrast between the brothers tried to show how we should live our lives like the younger brother and just enjoy the moments...the older brother later appreciating his kid brother and protecting him showed a nice arc. Also your point about grey the younger brother not revealing his knowledge about dinosaurs at any relevant time missed the mark, when the indominus was attacking he clearly notified claire that they needed 'more teeth' to handle the threat. This idea literally saved their lives as it prompted claire to unleash the trex who has 'more teeth'

[@MegaZeta]

I think a movie yelling at me that I will find it boring is both boring and insulting

[@ChrisPTenders]

I love all the JP sequels. They all bring something to the table, usually something deeper than expected. People love to trash them because they all live in the shadow of the original, but that's just kinda the way it is when your first blockbuster is a masterpiece and you've still got a franchise to build.

[@dez-m]

I love em too! No film is perfect and I love this video for pointing that out too.

[@LegioXXI]

Well you are free to enjoy bad things, i mean, even Windows 8 had its fans. But one claim is just objectively wrong: People don't love to trash them because some "shadow of the original", they trash them because they are worse films with weaker stories, uninteresting characters (and motivations) and worse Dino behaviour. The appreciation for JP1 is not just blind nostalgia. Thats complete nonense.

[@Xenofilmsproductions]

I’m actually surprised that this movie has a deeper meaning behind it.

[@AnakinFury]

More like it's failure to become a proper homage to the OG or pave it's own story is a more insightful story itself than the actual movie.

[@Xenofilmsproductions]

Why are people hating on this movie recently?

[@ATATChat]

LOL, the laugh track with Poe.

[@MrSheed92]

Hello there AT-AT Chat! Love your Star Wars videos! I think you are to Star Wars to what Klayton Fioriti is to Jurassic Park!

[@andrewjpalla]

I didn’t even notice it but you’re right, the first Jurassic movie was quite progressive only for Pratt to be the full on masculine archetype that we’ve seen in every other blockbuster.

[@NostalgicGamerRickOShay]

"Progressive"?

[@matthewsmith3078]

Sam Neil came off as pretty “manly” and don’t get me started on shirtless Jeff Goldblum.

[@LegioXXI]

@@matthewsmith3078 Nothing, uhhh, will ever beat, uuhhh, Jeff Godlblums manliness.

[@cstumpy51]

This is the best defense I have seen for Jurassic World. As someone who lives for Jurassic Park, I hate seeing mindless youtubers ragging on the movie because they thought it was a cash grab when it was actually made with the best intentions and the hopes of telling a unique story

[@stevenmartin176]

I agree, I actually love this movie, as well as it's sequel (although this one is better). Of course its not Jurassic Park, but that doesn't mean it was bad at all.

[@rev0568]

I quite like it myself and I just personally see a lot of the things people hate on in a different way. It is what it is.

[@antisora13]

“Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions.” -Dr. Alan Grant -Gray Taylor, Esq.

[@cstumpy51]

@@antisora13 touché

[@osiris7127]

The Indominus Rex can camouflage! Luckily we installed a tracker so we know where it is at any time. OMG! where did it go! QUICK LEAVE THE CAGE OPEN AND SEND PEOPLE IN TO LOOK FOR THE KILLER DINOSAUR! what don we just check the trac- SHUT UP, NERD! CAN'T YOU SEE WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY HERE!?

[@nebuloushammer8773]

Even if there is no tracker. I have an idea. Lets check the wall outside the enclosure. The thing weighs a ton, it'll be easy to spot the tracks. That's a stupid idea, because it's definitely outside the enclosure considering some scratch marks on the wall. Instead, we should go inside the enclosure for no apparent reason.

[@dawnderhenker]

@@nebuloushammer8773 yeah or just anything else BUT entering the cage. That´s so dumb on so many levels

[@marzillaproductions]

“A monster is being created to turn profits” Sounds like this movie

[@fergin4979]

Thats...what they said

[@syedsyclone6827]

Bruh

[@DallasMay]

There was a lot in Jurassic World. What I liked best was the discussion on how audiences weren't impressed with dinosaurs anymore. It was a perfect critique of CGI movies. And the only animatronic puppet dinosaur died, slaughtered ruthlessly by the CGI monster.

[@JonasHorn]

„Somehow, Palpatine returned“ - *Laugh track* LOL

[@SultanSamet]

Background music: Jurassic Park Theme 100% slower

[@QuincyKane]

Some really great insights here; thanks for sharing!

[@MylotheZooLovingScientist]

19:00 - I'm gonna need you to say "Guillermo" again, chief. In all seriousness, though, what a brilliantly-made video. Wonderfully structured, great writing, and solid analysis. This is the most intelligible breakdown of Jurassic World's metaphysical nature (and all that it entails) that I've yet seen.

[@trevortaylor5501]

Fantastic video! My mom took me to see the original in theater and I'll never forget the lesson I learned. God creates dinosaurs, god destroys dinosaurs, god makes man, man destroys god, man creates dinosaurs.

[@cybrarian9]

I appreciate your video, especially the last few minutes of it. Thanks.

[@Crippycooke]

This video is awesome. Really good deconstruction.

[@TWProductions90]

When Owen was describing the Indo rex being raised and isolated I did feel bad for it. However, you had to stop it from doing what it only knew how to do

[@cablewaffel7957]

This is such an awesome point of view to take! This totally changes the way I will watch movies and specifically the way I view the newer Jurassic and Star Wars movies. What an awesome take!

[@hiteshk1]

DAMN!! Watching Irrfan (Misrani in JW) in the video made my eyes moist. what a great loss to Cinema! RIP sir!

[@GrainneMhaol]

Yeah, he was a wonderful actor.

[@Godzillakuj94]

The one thing I hate is how this film uses it's meta stuff to act like it's clever or better than what came before, which doesn't help when the film doesn't do anything about them or good. Like you said, it seems more like a "get out of criticism" card. Edit: also this film really has something against people who don't want kids.

[@josesosa3337]

Yeah. Its like some creators plant seeds early cause they don't have faith in their own writing. Either some creators love a certian property too much or they don't love it enough. You see this where a story has no change or when characters are butchered.

[@siim_mar000]

23:01 yess please!!

[@captainhowlerwilson508]

One scene that went so off the rails was during the pterodactyl attack, where the babysitter who was the most human and likable out of the group with mostly human and relatable traits and intentions was the ONLY ONE TO DIE! by being carried by those flying creatures and devoured by the Mosasaurus. It not only made for one big plot hole which is why those creatures didn’t pick up anyone else if they picked up her, but it felt so grotesque for no reason other than being grotesque, and was the director desperately trying to manipulate the audiences’ emotions. That scene is one of the reason why I want to put this film out of my mind.

[@lizafootfor5471]

I agree this film isn't perfect but it does have more hits than misses. Still, I'll always remember fondly of Jurassic Park as part of my childhood.

[@peterfrank3365]

I've never come across to a video essay more spot-on. From the irony and/or tragedy of the Indominus Rex to the miscast of Chris Pratt. I'd also like to point out how the Park in 'Jurassic Park', despite not officially open yet, felt bigger than the Park in 'Jurassic World', despite the latter already opened.

[@amac203]

He never said Pratt was miscast

[@Quagula]

Just rewatched jurassic world. Its really good. 8/10

[@grimlore3431]

This was a wonderful video. That’s why I love the lost world, Steven decided he couldn’t do the same film twice.

[@manum3536]

Zack and Gray (Yuck) were incredibly annoying, maybe only topped by the Kirby Kid, from the 3rd one!

[@DEDITS-gd8qt]

Can I ask how? (genuine question) Zack, Gray and especially Eric in JP3 are the least annoying. The films gradually got better with the kids. The first one they scream, are fairly incompetent and can be annoying (Tim could've helped, at least Lex did), Kelly was meh, Eric was the best, literally had no issues, Zack and Gray were competent and Maisie in the new one was perfect minus that ending decision.

[@manum3536]

@@DEDITS-gd8qt I guess in the End it comes down to Sympathy for the little brats..it's subjective perception!

[@oneandonlysound3453]

Yeah, I mean I wasn't a huge fan of the kid in 3, but it didn't really mess up the narrative or flow of the film. The kids in jurassic world were totally pointless and added zero to anything whatsoever. The one in fallen kingdom is just a horribly written disaster. As opposed to Jurassic Park where it was about several subjects, had subtle comedy, and the kids were not just sitting around or purposely being stupid "oh let's go outside the gate" no they were trying to survive. Lex is a brilliant hacker, and Tim "being a kid" is shown but not in the ignorant/moronic way the kids in world are. Honestly I know people really dislike Malcolm's kid in Lost World but the way the whole thing comes together (even if the dino kicking scene is silly) it works way better upon 2nd watch when you realize they were actually trying. The "world" series is honestly paint-by-numbers bs and we definitely could've gotten a way better 4th film if they'd followed the original "extinction" plot where it was a cold/flu/virus and they had to chose whether or not they should be saved, similiar to how fallen kingdom began but devolved into total trash.

[@hanburgundy4317]

I think it comes down to this: can you remove the characters from the story and still have it function normally? - With Jurassic Park, it would be impossible. Lex and Tim are Hammond's main focus and they are the catalyst to Grant and Sattler's relationship moing to the next level. - With The Lost World, yes; you could remove Kelly and Malcolm's motivations would still be the same: save Sarah. - With Jurassic Park ///, it would be almost impossible. Eric is the sole reason they go to the island. You _could_ workaround this, but it'd take some effort. - With Jurassic World, it'd be easy. Claire doesn't care about her nephews, but "learns to" as soon as they're in danger? I don't buy it. Her whole arc could be just as easily established without them. Add on the fact that the kids are genuinely unlikable and yeah, just ditch em. - With Fallen Kingdom, again it's a yes. You could remove the little clone girl and not have much if any impact on the story. God, it'd be a LOT better without her. Such a stupid decision... clone child... yuck. "They're alive... like me." Barf.

[@manum3536]

@@hanburgundy4317 😂 That thing you wrote at the End was pretty funny, yeah really cheesy line! As far as the Kids go. I just went for the superficial viewpoint, you analyzed this thing on a deeper level and we come to the same conclusion, i like it.

[@ZachBobBob]

This gave me much more respect for Jurassic World somehow. Also constantly dunking on Rise of Skywalker was amazing

[@kennethsatria6607]

Sweet you think so too, Jurassic world in my book was a damn solid movie, I'd rank it close to the original though I did not grow up with that as like my first exposure to dinosaurs, that would be Walking with Dinosaurs XD

[@shinndig1293]

Rise of Skywalker was better than the JW trilogy.

[@theobscenekiwi]

Thank you for voicing why the end of the movie always feels shallow and like an empty CGI firework to me. i though at least in fallen kingdom, we would get so see a sympathetic side towards the abused animal anomalies that are the indominus rex and indoraptor. but nope, they just recycled the idea of: let me glamorously show you why these animals are extra evil and why you will cheer when they die. both completely fail to tell the actual narrative message that made the book so enjoyable, and made frankenstein's (Wu's) monsters empty shells instead of rich, empathetic story elements. too bad.

[@eugenesesmaiii3278]

That last line "made with the best intentions" could have hit so much harder with a different reading. Something more fitting for the end of a video and not the middle of a paragraph. Great video overall!!

[@casedistorted]

I saw JW in theaters and grew up in Madison my entire life. That airport is not in Madison where they made it look like they were flying out of (though maybe they drove to O’Hare lol) but yeah gotta love inaccuracies. Last film that shot in Madison I remember was Chain Reaction in the 90s with Keanu Reeves.

[@lonellfletcher]

This is what the Jurassic World films have been missing; depth. Few mention it, but Jurassic Park had much depth brought from both Michael Critchon and Steven Spielberg in social and psychological commentary and effectiveness.

[@ronald8664]

RIP Irrfan Khan

[@timotanzer322]

14:27 "This is a series at it's best, when children are in trouble and/or screaming" 🤣🤣🤣

[@hellofromhokkaido690]

Alan Grant is still my biggest hero. Not an action star. Just a guy learning how to be a father. Beautiful stuff.

[@thespookymage6294]

This kinda encapsulates why I like Jurassic World more then any of the other sequels. Its meta commentary is very compelling for me and I find that, with this franchise, that commentary works well for this franchise.

[@spartan003]

WOW I Never noticed you could actually see Zara trying to climb out. 2:23

[@goth_fraggle]

jesus...I never noticed...now I hate this scene even more...JW has some scenes I really like and some dumb stuff...but it could have been a guilty pleasure..if it weren't for this scene alone.

[@EvilDaren]

Gosh it's so well explained, you're my new favorite channel

[@dauntless64]

Underrated channel. Loving these vids

[@caitlindemarismckenna3932]

I haven’t seen this film since release, but your essay reminded me of what I most disliked about it on my watch: the dinosaurs aren’t allowed to behave like real animals. Part of what makes JP so compelling is the conflict caused by dinosaurs acting on their instincts in a modern world. The characters who survive do so in large part by learning how to respond to those behaviors and respect the dinosaurs as powerful animals who are not acting out of evil intentions but simply the impulse to survive. Jurassic World throws this out the window and instead has the dinosaurs behave in ways that are either too anthropomorphic, or worse, that only make sense as a plot device. The scene where the pterodactyls break out and immediately start snatching guests is one example: why would pterodactyls, who likely ate fish and small animals, start carrying off humans that weigh as much as they do? They most likely wouldn’t pay any attention to the guests unless one of them was threatening their nests. The scene is there just to inject danger and tension at the expense of believable animal behavior. The most egregious example of this is the mosasaur jumping out of its tank (!?) to chomp on the Indominus. I’d checked out by this point in the film but that scene made me actively angry. It doesn’t even have a sheen of believability as something a real mosasaur would do, and worse, turns the Indominus’ death from one that could have had pathos into the butt of a joke. It just underscores how little respect it feels like the writers had for the dinosaur characters as animals trying to survive who are twisted into being monsters by the bad (or cynical) intentions of humans.

[@jcohasset23]

Agreed. Too much happens in the movie just for the sake of tension or action even though it doesn't feel like it makes sense. As someone that's worked and volunteered at several zoos a lot of the park doesn't even make sense nor the behavior we can surmise the dinosaurs likely had based on the behavior of current day animals, and as things slowly spiral out of control the response just seems to get worse. I'd also checked out by the end fight so I didn't care what happened to any of the dinosaurs but it did feel like a cheap way to have the Indominus lose (the mosasaur in the movie is also just way too large and over twice the size of fossils that have been found, and feeding it would cost a fortune).

[@caitlindemarismckenna3932]

@@jcohasset23 That’s interesting that you have experience working and volunteering at zoos! It must have made the liberties the film took with animal behavior even more infuriating. About the mosasaur: when JW came out, someone created a diagram that extrapolated its size based on the size of the sharks it was being fed (how they could afford to regularly feed it sharks is another question). Their conclusion was the mosasaur would have to be something like 600 feet long for it to be in proportion with the sharks it was eating. Obviously mosasaurs weren’t 600 feet long. So the filmmakers didn’t even bother to get basic details like the animals’ sizes right!

[@superrswalkthrougn]

nice use of the thing theme for the frankenstein's monster segment

[@larrymcphe8821]

13:50 *Look at Little Goblin Jr.*

[@GrnRaptor]

I really hadn't considered anything like this before, but I definitely see your point. Jurassic Park is my favorite film of all time, and I was genuinely excited when I saw Jurassic World. And then I saw the HISHE episode on it and cringed some, knowing that they were right. And now this analysis just lays it all bare. Drat.

[@Droemar]

I think the biggest cynicism of the franchise is that every movie except the original derails the park because of human error. The theme of the first book/movie was that humanity can't prepare for every possibility in chaos theory. A natural hurricane brews and knocks out the park. It could be neither stopped or controlled, and creates a domino effect in the park that does the same. And in every other movie it's just "Make everyone fucking stupid so the park and plans will fail." There are zoos that train their employees for 6 week so they don't kill a guar from stress while transporting it, but people heading to Dinosaur Island can't be bothered to look through a pamphlet of dinosaur names, or go through basic reconnaissance training. Everyone is stupid, and that's why everything goes tits up. And I feel like "Everyone is stupid" clashes horribly with the themes of "human innovation and genius creates wonders." People are smart enough to reconstruct dino DNA, but they can't hire a capable SWAT team? Jungle guerilla Navy SEALs? Animal behavior experts specializing in large predators? A fucking paleontologist? Because I'm an armchair paleontologist and even I knew the Indominus would hurt itself "getting over a wall" by sheer physics alone; elephants break legs in a 5 foot drop, so you bet your ass an animal that weighs MORE than elephant couldn't climb over a wall without wrecking it, let alone dropping down the other side of it without getting hurt. But this animal's keepers, who are supposed to be experts, think that camouflage changes that rule? Give me a break. Everyone is stupid. Root for them? Yay!

[@felipea1399]

I hope you come back. I like your videos a lot

[@Jenacide]

I always felt a bit bad for the way the movie portrayed the "blood sucking lawyer". In the book he was actually a decent dude who bravely helped save several other characters rather than a coward who abandoned children to save himself.

[@lolloblue9646]

And successfully wrestled a raptor

[@spideymenz5738]

The timing on 4:03 was ON POINT

[@Origami84]

I watched Jurassic World. I remember a couple of scenes, but not the overall plot itself. It just.... vanished from my mind.

[@yallneedjesus5465]

I think you give the movie WAY more credit than it deserves.

[@robertsavageau112]

More like he gives it enough or not more than enough it deserves.

[@Thought0Ninja]

That was a cathartic watch. You nailed it in every criticism. Now I don't think this is a terrible film but it makes me kind of hate it for what it could have been. I could say that's pretty much true for all the JP sequels at least from my perspective. They each fell further away from what made the original great. Riveting well paced story/plot, interesting combination of well defined/explored characters, intelligent dialogue, and of course interesting concepts. Terrific visuals, action, and tension of course as well. TLW, JW, and JW2 were more flash and less substance to varying degrees respectively. JPIII is practically a big budget made for TV/direct to video family movie so it doesn't even deserve to be included in the discussion. (They did rexy dirty there too so that's another strike.) At this point either reboot the franchise while still acknowledging the first film and go full cerebral horror with or kill it off with dignity/a well made sendoff film. Realistically neither are likely to happen and the milking will continue.

[@ultragamer4205]

That comment about the ST in the intro was spot on, great observation.

[@Dosnmeda]

The first priority of the new JW movies is to sell merchandise, everything else is an afterthought.

[@simonegreco1958]

Does the Jurassic franchise even have merchandise?

[@prathapkutty7407]

@@simonegreco1958 have you not seen the Mattel toys that came with movies?

[@simonegreco1958]

@@prathapkutty7407 Honestly, no. I'm not american so the most I see is Lego sets. But I trust what you are saying, ty

[@Linnnaeus]

If that was true, how come there was so little advertisment for JW? how come there were no games, comics, better toys etc. I mean, do you not remember how much fucking merch the first 3 had? Everywhere you looked was JP stuff. Not with JW or FK

[@ronniesanders5906]

So you're basically saying that this film was made only to remind others that the first one exists? True none of the sequels will never EVER top the original. But when I want to remember the original, I just watch the original. I have a passion for every film in this franchise (and yes, that includes Jurassic Park III) and it isn't only because the original exists. It's because each feels as different as it does familiar. In my own personal opinion, this franchise is like a fishing rod. But nostalgia isn't the bait that brings me in. Its the line that keeps me tied to it.

[@cpenner7086]

one problem with your critique of the raptor bond with Owen is that he only has a real bond with Blue and it is set up in fallen order that he needs to let go of Blue. the very arc you were wanting in jw 1

[@kleerude]

13:49 “Are you crying??” YIKES.

[@topiguy]

This guy just made a whole English essay on this series

[@upsetstudios1819]

I really liked this video, it really helped me relax after a bad day. I'll definitely be checking out your other videos now

[@Kuudere-Kun]

I hate the R rated X-Men movies, to me their approach is what cynical and Jurassic World is what's Optimistic. The piece of the allegory you are missing is that the Indominous Rex was killed by a new Dinosaur not seen before coming out of nowhere like the T-Rex did in the original.

[@theST1NG]

I agree, but the mosasaurus isn't technically a dinosaur. It's a marine reptile.

[@vadalia3860]

The most annoying part in my mind is that if you're going to focus THAT much on a nature vs nurture question for your film, don't throw away fundamental parts of how those work for cheap tension. If you're making a point about how something living is behaviorally f-ed up because it was raised in isolation... don't have it know how to "speak" the language of some creature it's never even encountered before. Language is a learned trait- 100% nurture. Given what we know about the Indominus, not only should it not know how to speak Raptor... it shouldn't even know how to speak Indominus. It's like if one of those feral Raised By Wolves kids were found in the jungles of the Amazon... but able to speak perfectly fluent German because his grandfather was from Berlin.

[@Igotboredatwork]

It might be important to note that the book version of Doctor Wu is a way more established character. I'm not going to argue that if you don't read the book you're a poser and that's why you don't understand everything because the film definitely could have done a better job at that if it wanted to. In the JP book, Doctor Wu was enticed to work at the park with the intention of publishing his work, becoming famous/making a name for himself in the world of genetics and at all the big Universities. He debated going elsewhere and ultimately decided to work at the park because it was thought to be best for his future. After some point in the book he realizes that the park not opening would suggest nobody would hear about his work and the last few years of his professional career would have been for nothing and his dreams of using the work to land a top position at a University or a major global award was quickly slipping away. I actually think he was killed in the book if I remember correctly. So seeing Dr. Wu in this film is a bit depressing as we desperately see him trying to keep his work seen and accepted by the rest of world in, what I assume, is the only other shot he's had at a career since the first movie. He's really a bit of a tragic figure disillusioned by the first park like many others.

[@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574]

18:27 uhh this is wrong he wasn't "controlling" Blue, he cares deeply for her and she cares deeply for him. They are family and family do anything for each other It was Blue's decision to fight for him not Owen's

[@joshuabrown9398]

Instead of having the mosasaur jump in ( which makes no sense given the position of its pen) we could have a the T Rex wear down and kill the I Rex, it could have played out as a kind of tragedy, with Owen watching with sadness as the Indominus breathes its last breath after such a short existence. Again Wu would be a a frankenstein character here, ultimately responsible for the suffering of his own creation.

[@LizardTheMonitor]

Really interesting video! i really hope you do one for Fallen Kingdom!

[@austins88]

JW: "Everyone's a terrible person in the movie and I feel awful for the I-Rex."

[@NostalgicGamerRickOShay]

I want to see Yautja going blade-to-claw against velociraptors.

[@martindouglass3248]

I'm just discovering your channel and these essays are really well done and fun to watch. I can't wait to watch more of them (these videos, not JP movies lol). Your insight and positivity are a refreshing thing on KZbin. That said, along with countless lazy and cynical ideas and scenes, it kinda boiled down to discount Jessica Chastain running away from a T-Rex in heels. In. Heels.

[@toadboy7493]

12:10 It wasn’t plot armor, they say in the movie that the i-Rex legitimately wasn’t hungry it was just hunting for fun.

[@fuckyouyoutube7921]

Oh my God I love your break down of this movie. I've never seen it explained like this. Also the music you used here really played into all of it. Gonna re-watch this many times more. I can't wait for you to do a clip on the new movie when it comes out.

[@teddybearkiller5271]

Is.......is everyone gonna ignore the fact that John Hammond in the second movie said that "these animals need our absence not our help". That he would probably want them to be left alone and not put into a f*cking theme park because that's pretty f*cking disrespectful if you ask me..... >_>

[@jurassicpark1fan920]

I love Jurassic Park but I'm also a fan of the franchise as a whole. The sequels are flawed but I still find entertainment out of all of them.

[@João-u8b]

Finally someone i agree with

[@theotherbk1819]

"The best intentions...some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions"-Dr. Alan Grant. No but in all seriousness as someone who treasures the original Jurassic park trilogy I loved, loved, LOVED how Jurassic world handled continuing the franchise especially after hearing what was originally planned for the fifth installment. I think what of the biggest reasons why there is more if a divided opinion about the Jurassic world movies instead of just full on hate like the Disney star wars movies is that we know the people working on the Jurassic world movies are fans of the original trilogy and really want to show their passion by actually making the fans happy while also continuing the story the way they think is best. We know any mistake made was an honest one. The exact opposite happened with the new star wars movies. Plus without Jurassic world we wouldn't have camp Cretaceous which is a Jurassic park show I gave been waiting on for YEARS.

[@DiddyKongsTrashCollection2001]

Jurassid World is basically Hollywood blatantly saying "Go fuck yourself", to both JP fans and people who just want to see good movies that don't have to parasitize and ultimately destroy the legacy of past works. As said in this video, the movie highlights the problems and tropes of the franchise, but not only doesn't move on from these, but goes even farther than before and even proceeds to both prey on the viewer's nostalgia of the original film and shit on it's legacy almost simultaneously.

[@gunnarswanson9438]

I don't really know why, but I've always liked Jurassic World, much better than any of the other sequels, to me it just has some sort of charm that I only felt before in the og.

[@velaphinosdumo]

Wonderful video, thank you so much for this.

[@anubusx]

The Indominus was wasted. Imagine how awesome it would've been if it invaded the park where all the tourists were.

[@vaporean_boylove.0w083]

Plus I would love to see it more as a confused, panicked, and fearsome creature and not a full-on monster. Plus it could have had an ark in the movie of finding a companion which could have been Clare to be the trainer and to grow her character more

[@xxcrankflipxx716]

Wow I cannot believe there isn't more views on this. Hope the comment and the like help (: Great Video!

[@eliastico]

Am I the only one that liked Fallen Kingdom and is excited for the Jurassic World's upcoming movies ??

[@simonegreco1958]

I liked FK but only because I see every Jurassic movie since Spielberg as dumb child's play with toy dinosaurs It's like after they were done with serious symbolical Godzilla they just started making him fight with monsters using rubber suits

[@andiran23]

Nah, same. I agree about ow awful some of the writing is, but overall I liked it, whereas I found JW mediocre. The Indominous 20mn chase in the manor is the best thing I've seen in the franchise since the "T-Rex in the city" climax of The lost world. Also Michael Giacchino's score for FK is great!

[@rudolphgeizcrad]

I liked the direction (director) how it shoots. But the script was awful. Shame on the writers. Dinosaurs are NOT weapons!

[@adithyasudheer1561]

@@rudolphgeizcrad um thats the whole point

[@simonegreco1958]

@@rudolphgeizcrad Are you implying that the villain who wanted to use dinosaurs as weapons is framed as right?

[@frankhaugen]

It's not a masterpiece, but it's fun and goes well with popcorn. I saw it three times in cinema, and I was having fun each time, but I'd never think, "oh, was a great movie", however my first thought was "this could have been a lot worse"

[@Penguin2923]

Fallen kingdom was better than it.

[@WhyTho525]

But The Lost World and tbe original Jurassic Park are the best forever

[@PhelesDragon]

21:38 I always thought the best version of Jurassic World would have been (primarily) from the I-Rex's point of view. Her story was the most interesting one, so why wasn't that front and center? Open with her isolation with her twin. Show us the ugliness she was shown that drove her to killing her twin. THAT'S a movie intro. Edit: Hell, even give her the same gag death. The ultimate insult delivered to this tortured creature, now monster, is a death of inconsequence and meaninglessness. In all her rage and hate and destruction, she was but a smaller fish, destined to be food for another, more powerful monster.

[@ChloeAriT]

Jurassic World is undeniably the most derivative Jurassic Park sequel, yet it's probably my favourite, and I don't know if there's any way for me to justify that.

[@Olderaccount17]

As someone who really enjoyed it the first tine he watched it, there isn't.

[@londoncintron680]

At least you’re favorite isn’t the one where the raptors say “Alan.” Yet, I do like Grey as a character, he’s been able to resonate with me, though it’s probably because I’m obsessed with dinosaurs.

[@beautifulsunlight7911]

The whole premise of jurrasic park was that you can't control everything and nature is not in your control and jurrasic world completely missed the whole point . Owen controlling raptors is most ridiculous and disgrace with the original.

[@MadManMatrix]

it shows how far humans have advanced that they can now control nature to an extent although letting go of the raptor at the end showed that they still dont have full control over nature and still have much to learn so I wouldnt say it missed the point but rather was attempting to show off that humans have advanced drastically from the first attempt at controlling dinos but still have a ways to go.

[@chaosmirco]

Amazing video, pls do the sequel and jump into Jurassic park more. It really shows that know the franchise and I feel that this franchise could use some love! The first 3 movies in particular!

[@VulturePilot]

Both of the Jurassic world movies, like the three Disney Star Wars sequel trilogy movies, are complete garbage

[@DEDITS-gd8qt]

I despise the sequels but love Jurassic World and it's sequel lol. The SW sequels ruined parts of the franchise, JW film's however built on the franchise and did original things, similarly to the original novels.

[@sophwillis]

Maybe I misunderstood 5:48, but doesn't Ian Malcom come back in the second Jurassic World? He plays less of a point than Dr. Wu does in Jurassic World, but I'm just curious.

[@rev0568]

You say the film is deliberately undermining his vision, I feel the opposite. It's not quite what he was originally going for, but the fact of the matter is John was originally creating a theme park, not just a prehistoric biological preserve. Jurassic World is that dream realized in a more modern setting. Beyond that, much of what makes JW succeed where JP failed is that not only do they know what to expect and are far more careful with containing their animals (The raptors being housed in a near impossible to escape paddock yet having a lot more running room in comparison to their predecessors while also having their own personal security) and being more careful with their employees (Much of what went wrong with JP is all due to Nedry's interference. Now, there is an entire control room full of people with Nedry's skillset. If one goes bad, one of them is capable of fixing it.) And you offer some one sided points without looking at the full image. Wu, in JP, was a much younger man. JW features a more ambitious man, one who has been influenced by his ego. He is who he should be. He is the man that managed to bring back dinosaurs, so his ego leads him to continue to innovate so no one does it first. Beyond that, even though he says Simon authorized it, it's clear that's just his way of keeping pressure off his own back. More than likely, the indominus was also made like this as a part of his and Hoskins plan. There is a lot to say, but I'll stop here for now.

[@hugothedog5258]

14:01 What about the whole ”We need more teeth” moment

[@mageside]

Larry deserved more screen time and should have been in the sequels I thought it was obvious that the I-Rex was coming back but sadly it did not