Jurassic World Dominion's Violence Misunderstands Jurassic Park's Appeal
Jurassic World Dominion is set to be an ultra-violent encounter as dinosaurs freely roam the planet, but the brutality of the Jurassic World series completely misunderstands the original Jurassic Park's success. Dominion will focus on the velociraptor-loving Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), and also feature the returning Jurassic Park characters Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), and Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill). Dominion will continue the old movie's focus on humanity's attempt to co-exist with dinosaurs, but early signs suggest that Jurassic Park Dominion has forgotten what made the original so great.
Colin Trevorrow, the director of the first two Jurassic World movies, returns to direct the sixth installment of the film franchise. Four years on from the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, dinosaurs will be scattered all over the world in Dominion. Naturally, that will lead to several action-filled encounters between humans and the dinosaurs that escaped in Fallen Kingdom, in all kinds of unique set pieces, but the trailer for Jurassic Park Dominion suggests that it misses the mark on one of Jurassic Park's biggest strengths.
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Jurassic Park's best moments come when director Steven Spielberg shows restraint and builds tension in a scene, rather than jump straight into gory deaths like Jurassic World Dominion promises to do. The raptors in the kitchen scene is one of Jurassic Park's best because the focus is almost entirely on creating suspense and putting the audience on edge as Lex and Tim have to quietly outwit the dinosaurs. Only after a couple of minutes of build-up do the
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