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From Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, Jurassic World: Dominion immerses audiences of all ages in a new era of wonder and thrills where dinosaurs and humankind must learn to coexist. Jurassic World is set against a global backdrop of diverse locations, with a sprawling story grounded in believable science and populated by distinctive dinosaurs, heroic humans, and cunning villains at both ends of the evolutionary spectrum. Jurassic World: Dominion is directed by American filmmaker Colin Trevorrow, director of the movies Safety Not Guaranteed, Jurassic World, and The Book of Henry previously. The screenplay is by Colin Trevorrow and Emily Carmichael, from a story by Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow. A continuation of the Jurassic Park series, which has evolved into the Jurassic World series. Based on characters created by Michael Crichton. It’s produced by Patrick Crowley and Frank Marshall. (synopsis courtesy First Showing)
Pssst! Can I share a secret with you?
When Jurassic Park first filled cinemas with dinosaurs and screaming humans way back in the near-primeval days of 1993, preceded by a marketing campaign so intensely relenting and exciting in the way it built expectations to a near-unmeetable level, I wasn’t all that impressed by it.
I loved the idea of dinosaurs coming alive again, adored the blockbustery narrative and warmed to the characters to the point where I was heavily invested in whether they lived or or not, but as a film overall? Meh …
Then I happened to see it again in the cinemas six months after it opened – this was back when films stuck around for longer than a nanosecond in theatres – and LOVED it and have done ever since.
The only explanation is that marketing hype ruined it for me, and free from it half a year out from its initial release, I was free from its enervating effects and could appreciate the film on its own terms.
Now with a flew of sequels in its wake, the Jurassic franchise is well and truly part and parcel of the pop culture landscape, and it’s exciting to see another instalment just over a month away, the final entry in the current trilogy, following Jurassic World (2015) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018).
Once more to the dinos my friends and get ready to run because, this time around, humanity in no loner the main game in town …
Jurassic World: Dominion opens 9 June 2022 in Australia and 10 June in US & UK.