I watched it yesterday night and it blew my mind. Out of all my movie experiences this year, I haven't had a better time with them than I had with Jurassic World. That's not to say that it's the best movie of all year (So far, Mad Max is just on another level). But I screamed, cheered, jumped and had big grin all the time. I have to say though, I was a huge JP nut way back when, so this movie definitely struck a chord with me. The fanservice is just through the roof and I loved it. The dinosaurs were ace and their scenes causing mayhem and interacting with each other were just awesome.
I get that the characters were all around thin, but I got their motivations and I got who they were pretty quick, which meant more time to focus on the action. It wasn't as intelligent as JP1, but I liked that the movie was really self conscious and also acting as a commentary on the perpetually unsatisfied audience, always wanting more, and how the entertainment industry reacts to it.
The final act was mindblowing. And at the end, I left the movie extremely satisfied. One thing I fear though, is that I think that this movie shines a lot through fanservice and a lot of its high notes rely on the audience having fond memories of past movies and expectations of Jurassic Park. This means, that maybe without its predecessors, it wouldn't have been as good. For the newer audiences, that might be somewhat of a turn off. But for me, I might even say that its my favorite movie I've seen all year. I loved it. Maybe I'll get shot down for having said that, but I haven't felt that good at the movies in a long time.
I saw it again last night, and damn, I have never heard an audience cheer so much during so many moments in my life. This movie really seems to be landing well.
Favorite moment was hearing two little kids saying "Mom, Dad, that was the best movie EVER!" afterwards.
That was me, basically, with my friends after we left the theater. I was a kid all over again!!
