This was the whimpering death that ended the franchise. Let's get into it. The first Jurassic Park movie is essentially perfect. There is magic in each story beat and each camera move, all coming together for a cathartic roar of the T-rex at the end of the film. No series is more notorious for losing its magic than Jurassic Park. All the magic of Jurassic Park was lost by the start of the second film, which might have one of the best jump cuts in all of cinema. Steven Spielberg said everything that he wanted to say in the first film about man versus nature and the human desire to control the uncontrollable and came across as cynical and disinterested while repeating the same message in the sequel. Yet, we kept coming back to the Jurassic Park franchise. The films focused more on big dinosaurs cornering our heroes rather than the importance of characters and themes, and it kept the franchise alive until Jurassic World Dominion. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 6 January, 2023