Jurassic World

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I put this review right after my review of "San Andreas," because they are so similar. Four separate writers had to be called in a various times to cobble together a script that was right in front of them had they watched the first "Jurassic Park." Kids, massive dinosaurs, tense situations....you get the idea.

One of the hardest things for me watching this movie was taking Chris Pitt seriously; he is such a supreme comic on "Parks and Recreation." But I guess he buffed up for "Guardians of the Galaxy" and for this movie and eventually sold me as an action hero. At one point I even thought "this guy could be an Indiana Jones type. Turns out, he will be in some up-coming Indiana Jones films.

It seems that Jurassic Park, after that terrible series of events that happened so long ago, has come back to life in the name of "Jurassic World." The management, always the bad guys in the movie world and the real world, push to get more creepy, crazy, dangerous Dinosaurs. So they finally come up the "Six Million Dollar Man" of Dinosaurs and the fun ensues.

Of course there are two kids in the mix. Did you not see the first movie? And of course they are stupid and make bad choices. That's the things movies are made of.

I have to say one thing. Even if all of these rides would have gone off flawlessly, to me, this is still the most boring park ever. Hey, please, can we go back to Knott's Berry Farm? This crap would not keep a kid entertained for more than 15 minutes. Reality check.

The park obviously creates a mega-dinosaur and then has to deal with the consequences when it gets out. Naturally. And this one doesn't kill for food, it kills for fun.

Of course it gets out, blah-blah-blah. Predictable and boring. I have to be honest. I thought 2 minutes into this film that the final scene would be the super-dino fighting the normal T-Rex. 2 minutes. I was not disappointed.

Jurassic World was a boring and predictable piece of mish-mash that will make millions and millions of dollars. But this is not good on any level.

Like my wife says, whose seen it twice says,  "It's not thought provoking. You won't have deep thoughts. It's not inspiring. But darn it, I like it." I guess I get that.  There is a definite market out there for the mindless. In fact, it's most of us.

I am ashamed of the fact that I have seen this and as of yet have not seen "The Theory of Everything." But I live in a small town and our theater only shows sure-fire hits.

Grade: C-