After "Reunion 3", the mainland theaters have not had a decent blockbuster for a long time, and many people are looking forward to "Jurassic World 2" to refresh themselves (but the World Cup has started again) - then , can this new film shoulder the responsibility of "carrying a big blockbuster"?
After all, 2015's "Jurassic World" achieved excellent results and brought the "Jurassic" series of movies into a new era. Everyone must have a lot of expectations for this sequel.
Personally, I think that as an action, sci-fi, adventure, and thriller type of commercial film, the effect of the film is still remarkable, but it will cause some controversy in the plot arrangement, and it cannot be said to be "bad", just in my opinion Come on, the story design of the film is really weird.
[Friendly reminder: There will be a lot of spoilers below. 】
In fact, today's (mainstream) audiences have lower and lower requirements for the plot of this kind of entertainment blockbuster with main scenes and special effects... As long as the story can be told smoothly and well, and there are not too many loopholes, generally they will complain. Forget about the "old-fashioned plot", it won't be too harsh, and if you can achieve a certain "sublimation" on this basis, you will get a lot of praise.
From this point of view, "Jurassic World 2" is not a big problem, but with the ambition of "buying one show two", the film laid a weird "double yolk egg", which is a bit too much .
The plot of the film is very clear: three years after the accident at the dinosaur theme park, the dormant volcano on the island of Nublar became active again. Traveling to the island to save endangered species, Claire and Owen are also invited to join the team in order to find the velociraptor Blue.
Obviously, this is a continuation of the basic style of the first film, and the sequel is to be made into an adventure story in the style of "jungle exploration and survival in the wilderness", and the movie does indeed show it like this.
Moreover, this adventure has an unstoppable " countdown bomb " as a backdrop.
The common design of volcanic eruption "destroy the sky and destroy the earth" (similar to the self-destruction of the base) adds enough thrills to this rescue operation accompanied by a conspiracy. The rescuer instantly became a survivor like a dinosaur, and must race against the clock to leave the small town. island.
It should be said that this part of the content is still quite thrilling, straight to the point, straight to the point, the reversal is neat and tidy, the crisis explodes when it explodes, and it is so smooth... like pressing the fast-forward button.
Wait, it's only been less than half of the time, why is it like the movie is over?
When Owen, Claire, and Franklin escaped from the water after escaping from the dragons and the flying fire, I really had the illusion that "the movie is almost over" - this is the way of thinking, I was "Inertia" cheated.
Most adventure movies should be ready to end after the Jedi is born, and "Jurassic World 2" has always stated in the previous preview and promotion: This is an adventure in a natural environment.
When Owen and his party caught the last boat, the film revealed its true ambitions: I didn't say it would only tell a story.
So, after a short "Dragon Rescue", "Jurassic World 2" entered the next chapter "Lockwood Manor" from the "Nublar Island" map.
In fact, if you think about the many clues in the first half of the film, you can understand that this is an inevitable follow-up plot-however, these two major stories have been made into the main event, regardless of the priority. There is no high or low level of the theme itself, but the order of the films is a bit "not tasteful".
The former is like a hard vegetable with more salt and oil , while the latter is a small vegetable that has been carefully stewed. It is not impossible to eat it together, but after eating three or five sauce elbows, you will inevitably feel "light" .
After entering the manor, the style of the film began to change drastically, the only one who did not change was Dr. Henry Wu (Mr. Wu, you are the first person in the "Jurassic Movie Universe").
Various textbook-style encyclopedias of "human self-destruction" are staged in the manor :
Old Lockwood tried human cloning technology early out of obsession, but asked Mills, who had gone the wrong way, to surrender without any precautions; The new breed of "magic transformation" of doctors; the rich people continue to do whatever they want, and they are scrambling to escape for their lives when something goes wrong; the little leader who loves to collect dinosaur teeth also contributed the most standard death...
Of course, there can be no positive roles. Owen and Claire, the two people who should have been "killed" were changed to "permanent custody", and they didn't even mention "Qiuhou asked to kill"... This naturally gave them a chance to escape .
The two meet the little girl Maisie, plus Zia and Franklin, who are responsible for their respective responsibilities.
The human villain is not enough to look at at all, so it is necessary to design a hunter that is cool enough and suitable for displaying his abilities in such a small area, so the Tyrannical Raptor (sample) debuted.
To be honest, the brilliance and completion of the "Mansion Horror" in the second half of the film is not inferior to the "Island Escape" in the first half, whether it is hunting and anti-hunting in relatively confined spaces, or in the human construction environment. The "Dragon Infested" and the display of the beauty and ugliness of human nature have made it somewhat different from the previous "Jurassic" films.
... But as I mentioned earlier, these are two different film styles, whichever one you choose to focus on can be made into a chapter independently, and can be placed in one film, regardless of priority and equal treatment, the taste will be poor.
"Jurassic World 2" gave me the feeling that I wanted to make something new, but at the same time I was reluctant to give up the good foundation laid before, and as a result, I laid a double-yolked egg that "does both."
It's a pity that the movie is not an artificial hybrid dinosaur. The latter can gain "hybrid advantage", and the former can become nondescript.
Everyone has different opinions on the above "technical level" problem, and maybe not everyone will have this sense of inconsistency, so finally I want to briefly talk about the core problem of the film .
Ian Malcolm, another "soul character" of the series, clarified human's attitude towards the re-extinction of dinosaurs at the beginning of the film: respecting the laws of nature, we should no longer play God arrogantly and go against the sky recklessly (by the way Congrats to Jeff Goldblum, who was named on the Walk of Fame a few days ago at the age of 66).
Although the words are not very pleasant and feel quite cruel, I think it is the attitude that the new master of the earth should have , which not only takes care of the face of the race, but also does not lack reverence for nature too much.
However, the real protagonist in the film is a fanatic with some Madonna complex - so Claire and others took Owen to be pitted by Mills. I think Jurassic World 2 deserves a lot of credit for making this clear: Idealists chanting "equal liberty" tend to be cheap tools for conspirators and profit-seekers.
The experience of Claire and others is completely self-inflicted, so at the end of the film, if she still insists on pressing the switch to rescue the surviving dinosaurs, the tone of the film will be completely broken.
Fortunately, the movie also has a "clone" Maisie who is the same generation as the dinosaurs.
As a commercial entertainment film, "Jurassic World 2" cannot use the reason of "right choice" to carry out genocide, which is too blatant, after all, it still has to take care of the emotions of many "ideal people", not to mention " Jurassic World 3 is on the agenda...
Maisie's approach has largely eased the dilemma of the film's final dilemma (although the four "ineffective" adults next to him are still responsible) , and the series of films has been realized without the human attitude being completely blamed Like never before: "Jurassic World" where humans and dinosaurs coexist.
The velociraptor galloped through the town and countryside, the mosasaur "played" with the surfers, the Tyrannosaurus Rex wanted to regain the title of "Beast King" on the head of the lion, and the pterosaur became a big hairless bird in the sky (by the way, The last few seconds of Easter eggs are a bit nonsensical)…
Dinosaurs that can pose a threat to humans exist around people ... In order to lay the foundation for the third film, the film gave such a magical ending.
I just hope that the next "Jurassic World" movie can pick up the end of this film as soon as possible, don't be careful "three years later and three years later", of course, the audience most wants to see dinosaurs, but they also want to see not only is a dinosaur.
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