Amanda Silver

Mistrust between intelligent apes and post-apocalyptic humans leads to conflict.

It's got intelligent writing, believable characters, amazing visuals, and everything about the world seems real. It takes itself very seriously - as seriously as if it were a film about a real war. There's never even the slightest break from darkness. There are some really cool Apes Kicking Ass shots, but in context they're too tragic to be fun. And there's zero suspense - everything is too inevitable for that. show more It's an impressive movie, though, and I look forward to when they finally get around to remaking the original.

Concept: A
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: B
Music: B

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 3.3/4 show less

I knew this would be daft and enjoyable and it was. The main female character really annoyed me though - she's really unlikeable and although they attempt to improve her, it didn't work for me.

Jurassic Park is open for business and nothing could possibly go wrong.

Lots of fun. They take advantage of the 22 years of perspective to recognize what people like about the original, and basically just pack this movie with that sort of thing - only on a larger scale, with every type of dinosaur they could think of.

Concept: C
Story: C
Characters: D
Dialog: C
Pacing: A
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: B

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 2.6/4

Crackerjack latter-day sequel to Jurassic Park, with lots of knowing nods to the original, and some great moments.