A film I was actually really looking forward to, then I saw the reviews and opinions and was like... hm. But in retrospect, I did really enjoy it, I admit it does have problems especially pacing and certain scenes that feel out of place/unneeded but I did like what it was trying to do. Ultimately I think it's trying to be an original dinosaur film thats more brutal then the modern Jurassic films, whether it does that or not is complicated. But I did like it.

It's got a lot of major issues though, the first act is way too slow with it dragging and feeling clunky, I can't tell if its reshoots or what, but it just didn't come together. I felt bored honestly, the middle is where it got good with the dinosaur action but that's of course the point... but the later part of the film and ending are bad.

I really liked that someone in the family died- it added weight and made the dinosaur brutality feel like it impacted people you cared about not just random characters. But the way it was done felt so expected. First I thought "my gosh they are going to kill the mother, and the dad won't get there in time!" but then it's like oh... no, the dad died saving her, cause of course that always happens.

Then the ending happened... and I have to say the third act screams of reshoots. I felt like the studio was screaming "happy ending" even the quality of it felt cheap, seriously? The family arrives back home, the dad's perfectly fine they conveniently knew to call for pizza... then after that, the event happens and we get a tv broadcast of how the family, "the wife" not the rest of the family, saved everyone by calling them!??

What is this a happy Spielberg flick? Now I know why people hate those endings. It just felt off, everything that had weight was lost because they hit the reset button. I want the darker cut, I want the cut that got bad test scores, cause this cut isn't even making money. :(