Jurassic World: Rebirth (Gareth Edwards, July 2, 2025) Movie • Page 14

Wait wasn’t the main baddie in JW1 also a D Rex?

 

Indominous.

 

Ah I thought it was just Dominous

 

Drop the I. Much better

 

More like Dumbinous, am I right?

 

They had to throw in a “we gotta save this kid” storyline, huh.

 

I’m trying to be positive, or at least somewhat open minded, about the D-Rex. I do feel that, you know, big dinos are cool and interesting enough as it is and wouldn’t mind just sticking with that, but if they at least make this mutant Xenomorph/Rancor engaging and legitimately terrifying than I’m down with watching the big guy run around with the other big guys. My biggest issue with the Indominous Rex in Jurassic World was that it had all the makings of a compelling, scary creation, but suffered such lifeless direction from Trevorrow that it might as well have not even been there. The Indoraptor in Fallen Kingdom at least had some cartoonish, Bugs Bunny charm in that one scene because of Bayona.

I like what Edwards had to say about the D-Rex being frightening but also sympathetic:

“It’s a design that I was really happy with,” says the director. “I’d like to buy the toy of it when it comes out.” And like the greatest movie monsters, it’s meant to inspire pity as well as terror. “It’s as if another animal has been wrapped around the T-Rex,” says ILM’s David Vickery. “Gareth wanted us to feel sorry for it as well as terrified, because its deformities have caused it some pain, and there’s an encumbrance to it.”

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Finally getting through the sequel novel. I really wish this was made into some sort of limited series because the movie adaptation is nothing like it. It’s like Spielberg took the loose idea of a second island and wrote a totally different story for some reason (not sure why Dodgson was absent from the series until Dominion).

I like the movie adaptation enough but it really did cause things to get pretty ridiculous quite quickly lol. But maybe that was the point.

 

tbf that’s in every Jurassic Park film starting with the first one

 

even just that quick blurb from Edwards and that snippet of a discussion with the ILM guy shows more thought than Trevorrow put into any of the shots in Jurassic World

half that fucking movie is quick CGI inserts because they forgot to / didn't bother to shoot it, like the front gate to the park

215 million dollar budget and they couldn't be bothered to make a fucking halfway decent gate

 

I know. It’s time to retire it lol. A team of scientists and rogues on their own was more interesting to me.

 

...why does its head look like that

 

Aaron you cannot just ask that

 

Because there is no God.

It's giving Shin Godzilla vibes.

 

Pretty sure this is tomorrows AMC screen unseen

 

So the spinosaurus is confirmed in this? Nice

 

Like three of them according to the trailer, though they look a lot different than the JPIII Spino

 

there's so much good shit in the lost world novel that either isn't in the movie or is extremely watered down.

 

It’s pretty interesting to read the two books because you realize how many scenes and little details they’ve plucked out and reused throughout all six (now seven) movies.

The sequel novel was really good and IMO the individual scenes are much better than the movie… but I do appreciate the movie’s overall goal. TLW novel almost feels a little more like an inconsequential side story whereas the movie establishes the stakes and urgency a little better.

 

This was the Mystery Movie at Regal tonight and honestly it kind of rules? Bit of a slow build up in the first act, but when it gets going it’s a ton of fun. Probably the best of the “World” sequels. Very pretty movie too, like one of the best these things have looked. Very impressed.

 

That’s all I want all those things. Hell yeah

 

Found this as well


[Spoiler Free Impressions]

Simple plot, but well executed. Likeable characters with decent dialogue that wasn't too quippy or out of place. Legitimately tense and thrilling setpieces better than most in the JW trilogy. You can probably guess which scenes. Pretty gruesome kills (nothing crazy graphic). Some great callbacks, but not too on the nose (my favorite being a line subtly referencing Jaws). The CGI was overall excellent. Some genuinely beautiful moments of cinematography, too.

Overall, Rebirth fixes a LOT of the issues I had with the prior two films, and even exceeds the first Jurassic World in a number of ways. Feels much closer to the original trilogy in terms of tension and groundedness, though I might need another viewing to determine my overall ranking. However, I feel confident saying this is the best Jurassic has 'felt' for me in years.

 

In Gareth Edwards We Trust