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This was refreshingly original in it's own way. Suspenseful and really well shot and acted, score was awesome and the theme is definitely not what I expected, but thoroughly enjoyed.

People here saying it was too long, but I think it was too short! The last 20mins feels kind of rushed, whereas the steady build of pace and suspense for the first hour/90mins was right on the mark for me.

I would argue that this is miscategorized as horror. A sci-fi thriller for sure, but the small amount of horror in the film is more tame than what we see in something like "The Boys", and would you class that as horror?

I will say that I felt there was a solid mystery building that kind of fizzled out and went in a kind of lazy (or rather rushed) direction, the only real disappointing thing about the film.

Kaluuya was also sometimes hard to hear, not his fault but the pickup seemed too low and one section near the beginning I had to go back and listen again at higher volume to hear the line.

Overall I kind of love this concept and it gives a sort of "The Arrival" vibe.

8/10 will watch again.

Compared to big budget sci-fi "2067" is pretty average, but considering the extremely low amount of genuine sci-fi movies that come out of Australia, it was awesome!

I can see a lot of video game influence in the design of some aspects of this movie, which gives me a kind of nostalgia that I wasn't expecting either. The "tunnels" suits are very similar to early Half-Life 2 concepts, as are the scenes in the 2067 city itself, masks included, even with the "Welcome Citizen" giant Holo screen things... Very much like early City 17 designs and I'm all for that :)

The score (Performed by Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra) is masterfully done, moving, and sounds amazing. Mixed with elements from other popular sci fi movie scores and definitely makes it feel "high budget".

The script is decent but it does start to feel a bit like Swiss cheese by the end with too many holes to count, but I don't mind, I didn't watch the movie expecting scientific accuracy on a theoretical concept such as time travel.

There is definitely a Predestination vibe going on here with the self contained plot, and I thought that needed a bit more refinement and the resolution seems a bit rushed, even though the movie felt about 20mins too long.

The idea of The Chronicle is kind of the same idea from "Terra Nova" (also partly Australian, at least filmed here) but flipped backwards, which I'm sure is borrowed from earlier works.

I felt the design of the machine itself needed a lot more polish though, as it's a central part of the journey between the two times and was visually obvious that it was constructed from building supplies... That was one fairly lacking area in this movie was props; good ideas with kind of basic execution.

The transition between the two times was really cool but was too short. For a small moment in there it was "Interstellar" levels of wild visuals but then suddenly we're crashing into the forests of S. E Queensland, erm, I mean "2474". Funnily enough this year they travel to, is actually fairly close to the postal code of the area in Northern NSW Australia, not far from where (I think) some of the forest scenes were filmed. :)

I was pleasantly surprised by the backdrops/matte paintings/CGI backgrounds of the future as well. Considering the budget, they were even better than some $150m+ Hollywood movies. Colour me impressed.

There's some Stargate influence here too, at least from episodes of SG1, which they themselves are inspired by earlier Star Trek and Stanley Kubrick and Ridley Scott films.

Overall, good design, shot and acted pretty awesomely, direction and pacing was good, even if a little long, score was fantastic and the script was interesting enough to have me immersed without noticing the holes.

7/10

Also, what's with the 500 film studio logos at the start? Lol. Followed again by text versions overlayed bottom corner once the movie does actually start.

I realise it's probably a prerequisite for contributing, but it reminds me of a Family Guy skit poking fun of this exact fact. Just when you think the movie's starting, it's just another studio logo :D

I'd recommend to anyone who enjoys scifi that aren't super critical on scientific accuracy.

There's not many movies that I don't sit all the way through, but this is a rare exception.

Even the concept itself is pretty laughable.

I love the first 2 films, but this is just sad and predictable.

I swear the score is stolen from Hans Zimmer too.

Good photography though I guess?

Jokes: meh Action: meh Acting: meh Script: lol

The only half decent scene was the simultaneous shots of Mike getting in the car and Marcus getting food and putting on the TV. That's a great takeaway from a BAD BOYS movie, huh?

I rate 3/10 because people worked hard on this steaming pile of sloppy manure.

I rated this 5/10 from (a distant) memory, but after rewatching it again for the first time in nearly 20 years, I'll stick by that.

This movie is all over the place. In parts it can be great, mostly towards the end of the third act, but so much of it is so unbelievable that even suspending belief can't save this trope fest.

So many things bother me about this, mostly all surrounding plot holes, and choices made by barely passable characters, but some of the redeeming qualities are those that made the first one better-than-great; Animatronic dinosaurs, and a great score.

CGI is dated, and I remember feeling this way 20 something years ago as well. Overuse of it drowns out any believability and it's so obviously fake that it's hard to be immersed. The lighting is out of whack, the animations are definitely better but the models, textures and environmental lighting are all pretty standard mid/late 90s Pepsi advertisement level.

The dinosaur creators (the Animatronic ones at least) are given full glaring credits at the beginning of the credit roll, which does say the film makers thought highly of them too, but their use seems few and far between, I'd guess at least 80% of the Dino's on screen are CGI, whereas the first film seemed more like the other way around.

One thing that really bothered me overall was Goldblum as the lead. He's a great, quirky actor, and was excellent (enough) supporting in the first film, but a maths whiz (sorry "Chaotician"...) outsmarting, and more importantly, >outrunning< fully grown packs of Velociraptors? Lol. So much for "as fast as a cheetah".

Almost every character should have been dead by the start of the second act, but, that wouldn't be much of a movie then would it? What follows is countless attempts to prove that "we can survive if we try hard enough", or something like that.

Why is it that *only* Ian (Goldblum) knows not to move when facing a T-Rex. You're telling me that the band of hunters, some of them displaying quite extensive knowledge of dinosaurs and are obviously brave and fierce people; scream, turn and run at the first sight of one (in act ii)? Sure, ok, but why did Sarah (Harding) hide the obviously product placed candy bars when she's about to encounter one in her tent? I know it wasn't meant to be funny, but for me had me laughing harder than most other jokes in this film.

Backtrack from that scene, why didn't Tembo (Postlethwaite) tell her to immediately discard her blood soaked jacket the moment she told him it was from the infant T-Rex... He's supposed to be a veteran hunter. Why? Because the plot says so, that's why.

Why did Dieter Stark (Stormare) get killed so easily the second time he's ambushed by the Compsognathus's, when the first time, he managed to pretty easily fight them off (one of the few really good scenes in this movie too), and yet the second time he's killed within seconds, and yes, I'm accounting for the perceived exhaustion and injuries, too...? The cutting off of his screams, and the excessive blood flowing in the water is supposed to indicate sudden death. There didn't even seem to be as many as the first ambush, but whatever, plot, I guess.

The raptors in the field at night scene started off good but ended up being completely ridiculous as nobody in the group seemed to be able to hear people being slaughtered directly behind them, either. That could have been an intense scene if edited and directed better but ended up being another contrived non-sensical attempt at "thrilling action".

Backtracking again, the kitted out dual RV command centre going over the cliff scene was another that started off really awesome but like most other action sequences in this movie, ends with some bulls*#!t excuse for a resolution. I was half expecting a giant Mercedes logo to splash on the screen after he connected the SUV to the RV, and stopped it from falling, at least for a little while anyway... They (Sarah, Ian, Nick and the SUV with Eddie in it) would have absolutely been dragged down with it, and what's with killing off a decently interesting character this early on?

Not only that, but some beats and even cinematography of that scene is pulled directly from the East Dock (Dennis Nedry) scene in JP1, especially when you watch these movies B2B as I've just done. There are quite a lot of beats and sequences that feel very rehashed come to think of it, which just comes across as a lazy and a feeble attempt to capture the magic of the first. Swing and a miss.

This movie may be 25 years old, but the first is nearly 30, and for the most part, holds up extremely well for it's age, whereas this is exactly what I would expect from a 25 year old Hollywood cash-grab.

There's a lot that can be told surrounding this fictional universe, evidenced by the (currently) 4 movies that follow this one, but this is one story that should stay lost and forgotten.

5/10 is being generous as I can appreciate the level of effort in trying to live up to the first, but there is no comparison. This feels more like something from the makers of Godzilla (also 1997) than anything by the makers of the first.

Jurassic Park (1993) is still the undefeatable king of the Prehistoric jungle.

Skip this one, move on to JP3.

I rarely write reviews, but this compelled me to put words to screen.

Lets go through some words to describe this movie: Disappointing, annoying, cheesy, heartless, cookie-cutter, safe, formulaic, ridiculous.

So this is supposed to be a prequal to the games right? Well why does it include almost shot-for-shot remakes of some of the later games set pieces? Specifically Uncharted 3 and 4?

The 2018 fan film was absolutely spot on, so much so that even Sony & Naughty Dog execs loved it! So what happened here?

They should have sat the crew down and made them study and absorb everything they could from that film in order to grasp what actually made it great. I think everyone who has played the games, and seen the fan film know exactly what I'm talking about...

This was just outright disappointing. I didn't have high expectations, mostly due to the terrible casting choices. Yes, plural, not just Tom Holland, but virtually everyone in this movie doesn't seem to fit, maybe except for Banderas, which might be one of his best roles in recent years.

Why does Ali fake an Australian accent? What purpose does this serve to the movie or story as a whole, aside from "the game has it, so we must have it too!".

Music was really lackluster and barely contained any cues from the games either, which the games have an amazing cinematic soundtrack, composed by an actual cinematic composer, Henry Jackman (X-Men First Class, Kingsmen, Captain America TWS, etc). Why not just hire him? The music here was barely noticeable and really didn't do much for the film at all.

There was virtually no mystery in the storyline, but the games might have given a bit too much away already in that regard, but still, going back to the 2018 fan film again, there is a real sense of mystery and you really want to see what happens next. Here there's no 'hook' to keep you invested. I rarely cared for what was coming next.

Quite a fair amount of geographical inaccuracies as well, which normally can be overlooked, but the whole premise of the movie is about geographical accuracy in order to find the lost treasure.

Is there anything redeeming I can say about this movie? Some of the set design was pretty cool I guess.

Not even suspending belief, adding alcohol and snacks and disregarding the (masterpiece) games could lift this above mediocre for me.

4 Spider-Drake's out of 10.

Solid finale. Had me glued until the very end. Was totally expecting Vision 2.0 to stay until the end, though... I guess there's something coming in Phase 4 that explains it.

As my title says, watch past the first and second lot of credits. The scenes aren't overly important but they add to some of the fan's comments made here in other reviews that obviously didn't watch until the final second.

Will Wanda be the next villian to the Sorcerer Supreme?

Will Vision 2.0 be the one to stop her?

Will Rambeau team up with Doctor Strange?

I guess we'll find out in the next phase ;)