The Lesson Jurassic World: Dominion Can Learn From Godzilla
When it comes to movies about giant monsters and the disasters they create, it can be hard to manage the actual characters. It's a shame, but the worst part of monster movies is almost always the human beings experiencing the grand events. Jurassic Park: Dominion is the third in the rebooted series of films that began with 2015's Jurassic World. Beginning its run over a decade after the original trilogy's conclusion in 2001, the new characters that the films center around have been controversial at best and forgettable at worst.
A ton of Jurassic Park: Dominion's marketing has been based around the slightly tired choice of bringing back old cast members to reprise their iconic roles. Sam Neill as Alan Grant, Laura Dern as Dr. Ellie Sattler, and Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcom are returning to the franchise for the new film.
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Of course, Goldblum made it in for around 5 minutes of Fallen Kingdom, but he seems to be playing a bigger role here. Neill, Dern, and Goldblum are all incredible actors with countless excellent roles under their belt, but as franchise media becomes more dominant, they'll be dragged back into their biggest roles. Bringing back a classic cast can be seen in a variety of ways. Whether it's a chance to let a fan-favorite character evolve or a cynical attempt to profit off of name recognition, it's a franchise tactic that isn't going anywhere. But, unintentionally or not, it doesn't reflect terribly well on the franchise's new characters.
The Jurassic World series has centered on Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire Dearing and Chris Pratt as Owen Grady, but most who've seen the films wouldn't recall their names. Both
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