Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

I managed to catch an early screening of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom late Thursday night. I enjoyed the movie a great deal. When I saw the opening scene, with the Mosasaurus (the crocodile-like dino with the fins that swims through the water), which is one of my favorite dinosaurs, I realized that this movie was going to be good. I didn't think they would have been able to get the Mosasaurus back in this one, but the fact that they did so made me very happy.

The dinosaur action is fun and very imaginative. The CGI effects were very crisp and realistic--with everything from a raging volcano to raging dinosaurs, it was all very well done. The dinosaur fan within me was pleased.

The only problem I have is that Fallen Kingdom is a little too familiar to The Lost World: Jurassic Park in terms of plot. But, it still breaks away from the "running from the dinos in the jungle" story trope in a very nice way. And the ending opens up the series in a new direction that looks pretty exciting. All in all, I liked Lost Kingdom a great deal.

There's also some bondage in the film, although it's very slight. Daniella Pineda, who plays Zia Rodriguez, is captured by the bad guys. She's standing with her arms behind her back at one point. We don't see any bonds, but the implication is pretty obvious that she's tied. Later, she's seen handcuffed with one wrist to a cage containing a dinosaur. The handcuffs on her wrist are clearly seen. A dinosaur flick with something for everybody? What's not to love?