movies

[ghostrunner]

"Jurassic World offers one-dimensional characters, misused actors, nonsensical motivations, retrograde gender politics, insipid pseudo-science and a whole lot of fun."

If there's that much bad, hard to imagine it's that fun. Mad Max has a whole lot of fun, with well-cast actors, fleshed out characters, better than average gender politics, clear motivations. It's also [expletive] crazy. It's not like every movie has to be The Godfather or Citizen Kane, but at least try to make the non-explodey stuff compelling.

[Fat_Bulldog]

Jurassic World was fun. It was a movie about dinosaurs eating people and dinosaurs eating dinosaurs.

I don't need to be "moved" or feel a heartfelt connection with a character in a movie about dinosaurs eating people and dinosaurs eating dinosaurs.

FWIW, the acting and storyline was really contrived and bad.

[Schlich]

I almost laughed out loud in the theater when they threw in out of nowhere that the kids' parents were getting divorced. Among other similar scenes.

[Fat_Bulldog]

I almost laughed out loud in the theater when they threw in out of nowhere that the kids' parents were getting divorced. Among other similar scenes.

Oh yeah, that was a doozie!

[Fat_Bulldog]

I almost laughed out loud in the theater when they threw in out of nowhere that the kids' parents were getting divorced. Among other similar scenes.

Oh yeah, that was a doozie!

[Vidor]

I think I officially got old this summer. I already, long ago, lost any urge to see the eight billionth comic book movie. This year I feel no urge to see the umpteenth reboot (Mad Max) or the upteenth plus one reboot (Jurassic Whatever).

Thank God Pixar's still in the game. Gotta go see "Inside Out" soon.

[ghostrunner]

Jurassic World was fun. It was a movie about dinosaurs eating people and dinosaurs eating dinosaurs.

I don't need to be "moved" or feel a heartfelt connection with a character in a movie about dinosaurs eating people and dinosaurs eating dinosaurs.

This is like saying "let's take out everything that's great about Jaws and cut it down to the 20 minutes or so of shark attacks."

[wart57]

Jurassic World was fun. It was a movie about dinosaurs eating people and dinosaurs eating dinosaurs.

I don't need to be "moved" or feel a heartfelt connection with a character in a movie about dinosaurs eating people and dinosaurs eating dinosaurs.

This is like saying "let's take out everything that's great about Jaws and cut it down to the 20 minutes or so of shark attacks."

There was more in Jaws than the shark attacks and needing a bigger boat?

[Jocephus]

jaws had 3 sequels...so...

[wart57]

jaws had 3 sequels...so...

More shark attacks and bigger boats!