Review of Jurassic World Dominion (2022) by Howtoben — 11 Jun 2022

85/100.

Dominion is criticised for its meshing of two separate plots together and whilst I agree that there was too much preparation for the merge of the stories, I don’t see it as a huge problem with this film. For me the worst part about the film was the soundtrack, a lot of the music just seemed off. And a few sloppy lines of dialogue from the actors/actresses are noticeable but apart from that, I found this movie pretty fun and interesting.

It’s not what people expected from this ‘finale’ but I like the idea and the direction they went for this movie. The characters feel right for the movie. Franklin's character was hugely improved, as was Claire. Maisy is hit or miss but I was fine with her portrayal and the new characters, especially Ramsey were great.

As for the dinosaur scenes, I think the vast increase in new dinosaurs was awesome! Lots of Giganotosaurus action which was great to see, and even Rexy got some good screen time. It’s a shame they cut the prologue to this movie, but the film is quite long so it is understandable, maybe they’ll have some more deleted scenes on the DVD release. Both the VFX and the Practical effects are well done, for the most part, you won’t notice any of the lesser quality CGI unless you really slow the movie down and this is just not fair to criticise because why would you slow down a fast-paced action scene to .25 of a second.

Overall, this film will divide opinions, I know many aren’t pleased with the film, especially critics. This is the first Jurassic movie since JPIII that attempts something that isn’t a complete remaster of an already produced story. I think that this movie is good, it has flaws but it’s better than fallen kingdom (a movie I actually enjoyed) and for that, it ranks as my third favourite movie of the 6, and it is certainly a fun movie to watch, I disagree with it being labelled as 'boring'.