Admission of just how subjective I am with this: The film could be garbage and I'd still enjoy it. In the simplest terms, I was just hoping for a JP film better than TLW and JP3. Everything seen and heard thus far is indicating that we'll get at least that.
What I really wanted in a JP sequel, was something that explored the original concepts of man trying to control nature, and some dinosaur action. I'll admit that some of the CGI didn't wow me straight away, but I just don't give a shit about how polished effects. I was a bit bored by the end of A:AoU, and the effects in that were well done.
I watched Mad Max Fury Road last night and enjoyed every second of it, but watching clips and reviews of it today I noticed a few effects here and there that looked a bit off. It's a fantastic film regardless.
As for the non-CGI complaints levelled at the film, they seem to boil down to: no feathers is dumb; concept of I. Rex is dumb; trained raptors is dumb; action-oriented JP film is dumb. I won't re-iterate here, but previously in this thread I think I've voiced that the I. Rex, both in concept and in execution, is very much consistent with the themes of the first film and the two books. I'm also glad they're doing something new with the raptors, becauseif they'd just made them bogeymen like in the previous three films, it would just be re-treading old ground.
