A visit to the cinema – by Madhuri
Went with my friend and her teenage son to see Jurassic World in our beautiful little cinema last night. Lots of fun. She and I were shrieking and hopping up and down in our seats. Scarlett Johansson plays a very tough cookie (with however those big squishy mobile lips that give the lie to the toughness). She lit up the screen, even armed and in jungle gear. I read that she really wanted to be in a Jurassic movie. I can’t imagine anyone better for the role. She just gave it that edge of glam silliness which took some of the bite out of the mayhem, so to speak.
I did wish that somebody would make a movie about dinosaurs who were kindly and loving and friendly, and only meant well to people. Of course, humans aren’t to be trusted though.
The movie agreeably had a villain who was from a pharmaceutical giant and talked slick and acted sneaky. It was a bit much to watch a Dino bite the guy’s head off, crunch, twist.
It’s mostly set on an equatorial island, where the engineered dinosaurs have their only proper climate and everybody else can avoid them. The plot thickens when a family sailing not far away are capsized by a marine reptile and have to get rescued by the boat with Scarlett et al on it.
Great movie for the little boy in you.
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