Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom Review

Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom was a much awaited sequel to the hugely successful movie Jurassic World. With huge expectations riding on its shoulders, the movie does not match up to the first part, but does not dissapoint either.

The movie talks about genetic power and uses it to introduce new forms of Dinosaur species on screen, who are both terrific and frightening to watch. This is one of the things that goes for the movie. Another positive for the movie is that though it seems like a derivative of The Lost World, it's writing is better than that movie and thus scores positive marks for it. The Lost World had tried to bring newness to the Jurassic franchise but had failed. This sequel works where the other sequel had failed. But it is not in the same class as the first Jurassic World movie which had never before seen stunts and situations,  and that made the movie awesome to watch. This movie too tries to bring in new situations and new stunts, but they are not as awe inspiring. Thus even though it does not have many flaws, it is being compared against its predecessor and thus falls short of expectations.

The visual effects of the movie are superb and they are what make the dinosaurs appear real and bring in the excitement. The dinosaurs are the real heroes of this movie and one cannot imagine the work that must have gone in to bring the creatures to life.

J. A. Bayona has done a good job in bring the movie to life, but seems to have been limited by the movie's writing. His horror movie skills come to the fore during a few dinosaur - human confrontations and they are the high points of the movie. He has been directing different kind of cinema and this is his first in the action genre. Inspite of that, he has not disappointed the movie watching audience.

Overall this is a good action movie which everyone can watch with their families. So go out and get entertained.

Rating - 3.5 / 5

Solo: A Star Wars Movie Review

Solo: A Star Wars Story was one of the most awaited movies of the Star Wars franchise with it being the story of the most popular Star Wars character, Han Solo. The movie has its share of positives but fails to impress the way the other recent Star Wars movies have done of late.

The movie had the big weight of trying to establish the beginning of Han Solo, and thus there were high expectations with the movie. The movie does have its fare share of good moments like where Han meets Chewie, but such moments so few that they are difficult to notice. The movie is a deviation from the main Star Wars storyline and this is what makes the movie's ongoing a bit less engaging. The film-makers have tried hard to put in various elements of a western classical into a sci-fi movie but they seem to have been lost. This movie looks like a wasted opportunity.

Alden Ehrenreich as the young Han Solo is good in his portrayal of the role, but is nowhere close to Harrison Ford's portrayal of the character. Emilia Clark, Donald Glover and Woody Harrelsen are good in their roles, and out of them Donald Glover is the best.

The movie's directors changed midway through making of the movie and it was completed by Ron Howard. This has affected the vision of the movie and makes the movie fall apart. Ron Howard is a better director than what we see in this movie, but I doubt that he was the best choice to complete this movie.

Overall this movie is a one time watch for all Star Wars fans. However one does not take away much from this movie. The movie has been made as part of a trilogy, but I doubt the trilogy will be completed.

Rating - 3 / 5