Jurassic World

My initial thoughts when I heard Jurassic World was going to be a movie and the premise behind it.

"Oh great another cheesy Jurassic Movie, you would think after III they would have been like this is done."

And

"Why the #*$! would you combine a T-Rex with a Velociraptor whats next are you going to combine a Brontosaurus with that spitting dinosaur?

The months when by and I had all but forgotten about Jurassic World planning to wait until it was on HBO or Showtime.  But someone talked me into seeing it.

I am honestly glad I did go to see it.  The director Colin Trevorrow took great pains to bring back the concepts from The Original Jurassic Park that we all loved and mixed it nearly seamlessly with his new vision of the island.  You can spot all sorts of Easter Eggs from the original movie.  From the DNA strand Animation to the Bioengineer who helped create the original dinos on the island.  In the twenty two years that have transpired since the first movie.  A lot has changed on the island.  The Visitor Center has been recreated and relocated to further south of the island.  The Dinosaurs are no longer rampaging around the island.....yet.  They seem to really have their act together for the attractions..... Until....  They played god and created a new Dinosaur hybrid.  Smarter and bigger than a T-Rex without the visual limitations and MUCH MORE.  During inspection of the new beast.  The owner of the company decides to bring in Chris Pratt's character to see if there is anything that can be done to make the creature more docile and ready for the viewing pleasure of audiences.  Chris Pratt clearly does not like the idea and is quick to point out everything they have been doing since this thing's birth is wrong.  This is when the shit hits the fan and you find out only a small portion of what this new Dino can do.  

Chris Pratt's character Owen is an ex Navy guy who has been hired to handle and train the Raptors Blue, Charlie, Delta and Echo.  As the movie progresses you find out that Owen has been with the Raptors since they hatched having them imprinted on him and has trained them since they were hatchlings.  They are a pack with Owen as the Alpha and Blue as Beta.  Needless to say Owen is very good with the raptors and has come to form a sort of relationship with them.  Owen points this out to Claire (the chief of operations at Jurassic World) when he finds out that the new Hybrid Dino has been raised alone. 

Claire: "Your raptors were born in captivity."
Owen: "Yeah with siblings, so they learned social skills.  As well as me as I imprinted on them after they hatched.  The only relationship this thing has is with that crane cause it knows that is what brings it food."

Chris Pratt is clearly the glue that holds this movie together.  He commands the scene and keeps the plot on focus while spouting out witty lines all the while.  I was quick to drop the fact that he was Star-Lord and could easily believe him as this Dino Expert/Trainer.

Overall I give this movie an 8 out of 10.

The movie is well paced, very believable.  There is some sections of it that leave you going ummm that was easily avoidable.  It brought back a lot of fun memories from the first movie and brought in scenes from the first movie only with a 22 year old growth on it.  You should defiantly go out and see this movie you will be glad you did.