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The problem really arose both when the movie decided to abandon the broad, peregrinating experience and confine its setting. Hell, there is nearly a half-hour duration where not a single dinosaur is shown or brought up, and if it's in anticipation for what is to come while building character or story then I will let it play out. I also expect them to diversify this on a tonal level where need be as to not become too stale, and I think I was feeling that here. Want to pay homage to the previous films as you conclude your franchise? That is what I expect.
Want to modernize the action and give our protagonists more ability and skill that you might see in the Fast & Furious franchise or with our human Marvel heroes? If the dinosaurs get their large share of the action as well, I'm on board (the Malta scene is a perfect example of this). Want to make Blue become Owen's pet and attack guard? Go right on ahead. We hit the point where we can embrace the ridiculous in several places. Speaking of buy-in, I would have given this film a long leash on a lot of things they could have done or did with this movie. You buy where they are in their lives, and even though TLW and JP3 are retconned the actors clearly tapped into those experiences for their performances to accentuate their statuses. They were not small cameo appearances and served crucial roles to the film. Jeff Goldblum was especially used well as he was able to inject entertainment and comedy through his dialogue where the film otherwise was flat with on its attempts. I caught myself smiling quite a few times during those exchanges. Not only that, but Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum kindled a similar flame to their interactions in JP1 and you sat forward to watch those moments. I thought the visuals were mostly a knockout and supported the onscreen setups. All of this is supported with fantastic animatronic work and much improved CGI blending with it. They even fix some of the poorly written aspects of Fallen Kingdom such as maturing Franklin's character, giving better use to the laser-targeting attack system, and giving Maisie a more believable backstory. It shows that it can slow down, have a genuine heartbeat, provide pathos for the existence of our reptilian brethren, trot the globe to see how they have integrated (or not) with our species, and reintroduce characters new and old (with possible internal conflicts) to show how they would pave their globetrotting paths. They felt like they were the contrivance meant to unite our two character groups, and nothing more. Instead, they threw in extremely disjointed story bits for this final chapter that seemed to have no source of origin. Hell, there was even that Battle at Big Rock short that was done which could have told these elements on their own, or at the very least introduced them. I can imagine the main plot elements being adapted from, say, a novelization or a comic series. And it's not that there isn't a medium where this story doesn't work just fine. Bayona pulled a Rian Johnson and put him in a corner with the concluding chapter that he had to rectify and had no actual written plan of his own. No matter what my actual opinion is of the film hereon out, I can't help but be letdown with disappointment that Trevorrow either deluded himself into believing this was the kind of conclusion that fans yearned for ala War for the Planet of the Apes (which has a much more compelling protagonist that makes it work despite its story misdirection) or J.
Throw in the military, philosophical conversations regarding their eradication versus their survival, advance some more characters, and you have a bona fide fun summer blockbuster.
It was all there think The Lost World's San Diego epilogue but on a grander scale with more dinosaurs. Final shots of Fallen Kingdom included the T-Rex at a zoo, the Mosasaurus attacking surfers, a velociraptor overlooking a suburban California, and pterodactyls towering above a tourist-populated Las Vegas. Where Fallen Kingdom ended, you had endless opportunity to explore the world with dinosaurs running amok and causing mayhem. For every reason imaginable, I believed him. I don't know whether this is a fabled memory, but a few years ago I think I read an interview where director Colin Trevorrow said that the story of Dominion was always his ultimate go-to, that Jurassic World and Fallen Kingdom were the stepping stones to there (almost as if it was gathering the right build-up with characters, fan anticipation, budget, and technological advances).
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