Mundo Jurássico

Um blockbuster que tem TUDO! A ligação nostálgica ao primeiro filme, a elaboração de dezenas de temas e ideias, o ritmo e rapidez da ação, faz com que o segundo e o terceiro filme se tornem spin-offs desnecessários (e eu adoro o segundo e não me importo com o terceiro). Há um carácter bem definido para todos em Mundo Jurássico — desde experimentar a aventura através dos olhos dos dois rapazes heróis, até às faíscas opostas entre o aventureiro simpático e a gerente fria e sensual, ao jovem geek de óculos com T-shirt «Jurassic Park» de e-bay, ou ao diretor financeiro indiano do parque que é um inside-joke alegórico dos investidores indianos que gastam quantidades de investimento em Hollywood. Mundo Jurássico contém todas as convenções de blockbusters, mas não as utiliza passiva e preguiçosamente, mas faz malabarismos imaginativos e engraçados. Como nenhum outro blockbuster, Mundo Jurássico leva-nos à cultura fenomenal das atrações e dos parques de entretenimento americanos — incluindo uma cena de esconder-se numa barraca de t-shirts pela qual nos estúdios da Universal Studios passará depois de cada atração obrigatoriamente, mas com entusiasmo. Mundo Jurássico tem uma longa e lindamente editada introdução que, com os tons do tema de Williams e o esboço da constelação familiar de alguns dos personagens principais, nos introduz perfeitamente no parque de Isla Nublar com um renascimento da nostalgia de 1993 e a sua mudança para um presente tecnologicamente mais avançado (a transformação duma atração intimamente escondida numa máquina megalómana, que atende 20 mil visitantes por dia). Mundo Jurássico desenvolve-se bem ao revelar os genes a partir dos quais o monstro principal é construído. Graças à sua inteligência, oferece reviravoltas inesperadas, aumentando a experiência da aventura. A mudança no enredo, que esperamos durante longo tempo e com ansiedade (raptor attack), torna-se apenas um prelúdio para um nível dramático mais elevado. Mundo Jurássico tem um grande final que, com a sua edição e colocação espacial de personagens vivos entre as bestas digitais, supera o final dos filmes de monstros e transformers de toda a década, e no último momento, perfeitamente programado, mostra o seu maior ás escondido duma forma que me fez querer gritar e bater palmas como um puto pequeno. Não avalie Mundo Jurássico comparando-o ao primeiro filme, cuja singularidade se articulava no primeiro grande espetáculo de sempre de criaturas de CGI vivas. Avalie-o como um blockbuster contemporâneo que, mantendo os seus fundamentos históricos, tem de competir ao lado de Nolan e Bay. IMAX, 3D! (11/06/2015)

A perfect contemporary studio film, pitch-perfectly refined to fit almost everyone's taste. The stars have "just the right" luminosity, Spielberg behind their backs, special effects artists at work, and a scripted cocktail of everything a family wants to experience on a trip to the movies. The studios will fight over Trevorrow now because we rarely see such pure craft. The unfortunate thing is that it doesn't give anything for free. Therefore, especially in terms of tension, it's pretty instant, without anything really substantial, like "climbing over a high-tension fence" or "raptors in the kitchen," which still affects me after more than twenty years and can refer to someone who has something in their head besides craft. [Btw: Chris Pratt is likable, no question about it, but his position is more so iconic, pushed by an army of e-fans. When he really carries an entire film, let him have the whip and the hat.] (13/07/2015)

I like how the entire Jurassic World is referring to the good old Jurassic Park. It’s not hiding the reference and it’s not attempting to be just another embarrassing remake. On the contrary, it expands the entire dinosaur world and that’s actually quite a good thing. And even though the main plotline is about an over-grown and mutated dinosaur, which actually isn’t too great a premise to build a movie on, it still watches pretty well. The authors did a great job in terms of casting. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are exactly the reason why I really enjoyed the movie. Chris Pratt plays his standard cool dude who looks like he just crawled out of the jungle and who can communicate with every mammal on the planet, and Bryce Dallas Howard is so beautiful here that I will keep dreaming about her fringe for several months to come. (15/12/2017)

Hardworking and teachable Beta of Spielberg’s Alpha. From the very beginning, Jurassic World has profiled itself as a "new generation" blockbuster, which consciously draws from its inspirations and at the same time tries to name the basic rules, regularities and limits of its universe. So, we find ourselves in a world where the good old attractions were no longer "jagged and big" enough, so it was necessary to develop new ones that are artificially boosted, and thus reliably deadly. Jurassic World is in fact a struggle between enchanted film nostalgia and the triumph of megalomania in the form of a genetically infused prehistoric lizard. Surprisingly, the film is clearly for the lovers of the great first film, to which it completely subordinates its mythology, logic and the directing style to the talented Colin Trevorrow. However, Jurassic World will never achieve the brilliance and smoothness of the attractions of Jurassic Park; it will always be missing a bit of it. Nevertheless, it has enough entertaining parts to hold one’s attention. At the same time, it has one big advantage - the growing ironic charisma of sweaty adventurer Chris Pratt. Is a new Harrison Ford being born? (10/06/2015)

In the past, the second and third movies tried not to follow a safe path of the first movie, but although it was a nice try they failed terribly (in terms of both acceptance and, unfortunately, quality). The third sequel, on the other hand, follows the path of the first movie and it turns out to be the right decision (it is great both in terms of acceptance and, fortunately, quality). However, it is not only a dull follow-up, but a playful and self-conscious continuation. Although it may not impress you in such a way (or any) that the first movie did but even without this bonus it is a high-quality movie in the form of a fun and excellently graduating summer Hollywood craft in the best sense of this word whose biggest mistake is the simple fact is that we have already seen it (multiple times). What they did really well are the "gojira-like" ending and Pratt, who is labeled as a new Ford/Indy and even though it is already the most annoying universally acknowledge cliché, but we simply cannot deny the fact that this person is a new Ford, that is for sure. (11/06/2015)