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Honestly, some people are being too hard on this movie. Sure, nothing will ever be as good as the original. But I honestly thought this was the best installment in the franchise since the first one.

It had some really genuinely scary moments, the acting and pacing were good, the score was good... most of the characters were likeable, and thankfully they didn't force some big final dino-battle like they did in the last few. I like that they finally got to work in elements from the books and prior movie ideas that never quite made it, and see them work out. It's easily leagues better than anything in the main Jurassic World trilogy.

My biggest beefs were that some of it looked too CGI-ish; I miss having more animatronics. Some of the backgrounds were showing the CGI look too. Also, I felt the family was a tad superfluous, and the teenage daughter was annoying. But in my opinion this is where the 2 stars get knocked it'd; it was definitely not enough to ruin my enjoyment of the movie.

I saw this movie back when it was in theatres, and watched it again recently. And there's a lot to like about this one! The acting is pretty good, the effects are done well, the story and characters are interesting. The action is done well too - action scenes are choreographed well, and they're used appropriately - they fit with the pacing, they're not unnecessarily long, etc.

If you're a fan of the games, there are also lots of fun little call-outs you'll enjoy. But you don't have to have played to enjoy the movie - my dad watched it with us, and he hates video games and doesn't usually watch fantasy stuff, but he really enjoyed it and wishes they made a sequel (as do I).

My biggest criticism is the pacing is a bit off in the beginning; it jumped around a lot unnecessarily and you could tell there was a lot of interesting background info that was skimmed over. That setup probably could've done better.

But on balance, this was an entertaining and interesting movie, well worth a watch.

I couldn't stomach watching the whole thing. And yes, it's fair to write a review reflecting that lol. I will give it 2 stars because the cinematography was lovely and the acting was good. Unfortunately, I couldn't handle listening to Sandra Bullock having a perpetual panic attack and not following basic instructions. It grated on my nerves; I was like "if I have to hear her panic-pant one more time, I'm shutting the bloody thing off" and about a minute later, that's exactly what I did. Like I get she's on her first mission, and that it would be an awful situation to be in, but it got to the point where she was just annoying and even a bit unbelievable. Like, I've had panic attacks before, they're not easy to control. But I can promise you in a life or death situation I would do my best to pull it together asap instead of failing to follow basic instructions all the time cos I'm too busy using up all my oxygen on panicking.