Here’s what went wrong story-wise in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and how it all could have been fixed. Some of the most visually impressive action sequences ever filmed are disappointingly squandered in this shrug-worthy plot that’s being driven by characters we barely care about.Īnd all of it could have been avoided with literally one more script revision, without changing barely any of the film’s actual plot. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has four basic storytelling problems that do the movie a disservice. Well, Patrick (H) Willems explains the biggest reasons in this very thorough video essay.īut he focuses on the thematic reasons why Jurassic Park was a cinematic unicorn that’s so hard to duplicate, while I want to talk about something more basic:

So, why is it so hard to tell a good Jurassic Park story? And some of it is due to the childlike wonder of seeing “real” dinosaurs onscreen for the first time, a rare thrill that may be technologically improved over time but whose initial, indescribable magic can never truly be repeated.īut there’s also a functional reason why Jurassic Park remains the beloved outlier in a five-film franchise with diminishing critical returns: Yes, some of that love is due to nostalgia. See, there’s a reason the 1993 original Jurassic Park movie is still adored by fans and critics alike, even though special effects have greatly evolved over the past 25 years. But that doesn’t mean a well-told story wouldn’t make these movies better.

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