In 1992 I saw a framed movie poster hanging on a wall in a movie theatre and it was a bit intriguing. However, there were no social media sites on the internet, and the internet wasn't even a thing for most people living in the free world, so there was no way to try make an inquiry as to what this movie was going to be about. The poster's colors were a very attractive black, yellow, and red, and there was what looked like a dinosaur skeleton. The apparent name of the film? Jurassic Park. And of course, what stood out the most was who the director was...Steven Spielberg. Keep in mind, this was, probably 7 or 8 months before the movie was to be released. I couldn't wait to see it. And in June of 1993, I did just that. It was an amazing film, and I enjoyed almost every minute of it. Fast forward to today, and I have now seen every sequel in the franchise, and I can say that, in my opinion, the first film is still, by far, the best of the bunch ( although I did think The Lost World was pretty decent as well). What is the worst? Until today, I would have said Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Now, by about a hundred miles, the worst is Dominion. The makers of this steaming pile of dino doo-doo seemed to have worried a bit too much about bringing back several characters from JP1, that they forgot to make sure that these characters would be a part of a good film, with a solid story, believable dialogue, and other well written characters. So, unfortunately what we have here, is a very subpar film. This, quite frankly, is very lazy filmmaking. Take what is one of the biggest franchises in the history of cinema, make yet another sequel to add to the collection, do the bare minimum to try and force the film into the Jurassic movie universe. Sadly, Dominion is already raking in some serious dough at the box office, and, although it might not perform as well as expected, it is already starting to approach the billion dollar range. If it does get to, or surpass the "one, followed by nine zeroes" figure, then do not believe those who are trying to convince everyone that Dominion will be the last in the series. As long as a film franchise is performing well economically, we can all rest assured that someone out there will want to tap into the cinematic and economical juggernaut that is Jurassic Park/World. If that happens, I hope it will actually be a worthy addition to the the first two films...although my hopes will not rise much above mild curiosity.
Review of Jurassic World Dominion
