Giant Mess podcast host Neal Lynch reviews Jurassic World Rebirth starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, and everyone’s favorite shipwrecked family.
The film takes place five years after Jurassic World: Dominion. An expedition is launched to isolated equatorial regions with the goal of extracting DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures—this time for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.
The visuals and dinosaur action are praised as impressive and thrilling. The “T-Rex River Wrath” sequence is called “one of the best scenes of the year.”
References to the in-movie suggestion that people might be “over dinosaurs.” The host challenges this, arguing that the enduring box office and cultural impact prove otherwise—“People love dinosaurs.”
There’s criticism for relying on “familiar and somewhat underdeveloped” plot points and characters. The Delgado family and some other new additions don’t quite land as fresh as hoped.
Scarlett Johansson (“Scarjo”) debuts as Zora Bennett, a covert ops expert. She’s enthusiastic about joining the franchise but gives a more restrained performance, possibly to differentiate from her Marvel persona.
Mahershala Ali (Duncan Kincaid) is praised as a standout, with the host suggesting he nearly “stole the show.”
Jonathan Bailey (Dr. Henry Loomis) is also positively received.
Gareth Edwards is recognized for his approach and commended for atmosphere and “making you feel uneasy,” but Rebirth is described as his “lowest-rated directorial effort,” though still “mid-tier” in the Jurassic franchise hierarchy.
Writer David Koepp returns (he wrote the original Jurassic Park and other classics.
The podcast pushes back on industry/media claims about dinosaur (or superhero) movie over-saturation: “We’re nowhere near the same level of saturation [as superheroes], and dinosaurs are still exciting by nature.
Franchise longevity is compared to Fast & Furious. The host argues Jurassic could continue with annual dinosaur movies and still not reach genre exhaustion.
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