Reviews

I'm just continously baffled by how these big Hollywood productions keep having the most basic and obvious little plot holes. Why are transformers on original cybertron transformed into earth vehicles? How is Bumblebee apparently able to completely heal himelf, even from the most severe damage, yet his audio synthesis is permanently damaged and his car radio needs to be manually fixed by a girl?

Such logical offenses prevent this from truly setting a solid landmark for the reboot of the franchise which is a shame because the movie has quite a bit of charm (save for John Cena's awfully cliched and bland character)

..after seeing the trailers. I lost all hope for this franchise, and I felt disgusted. Well, surprise surprise..after seeing the movie(of course I had to), I dare to say I actually rank it second only to the original Jurassic Park. Somehow all the plot holes (the biggest one being the fact that it turns out the original Park was "ingeniously" built on an island that is basically a massive active volcano peak above the ocean), and ridiculous sequences (the girl manages to escape and locks herself in a room, then jumps into bed of all places, then waits for the monstrous dino to crawl inside slowly through the window and onto the bed itself. This is followed by the Chris Pratt character busting into the room, and after unsuccessful attempt to tase the beast, standing still right next to an open door and staring into it while it slowly recovers..in other words, doing absolutely nothing a person in such situation should do)... somehow it all fades under the sheer cinematic brilliance and a number of superb scenes and sequences, some of the best in the whole series - the dinosaur stampede in front of volcanic eruption, Chris's paralysed character getting licked by the ceratopsian and getting exposed to lava, the collective fall off the cliff, the whole idoraptor chase sequence etc. There are some moments of pure superbly styled gothic horror, marvelously visualized and with qenuine care for detail. Last but not least..the CGI effects are, at long last, PERFECT. They were the worst part of the worst movie in the franchise, The Jurassic World. But this time they finally did it right and made me genuinely impressed. It is the first time the CGI creatures left a convincing, realistic impression of musculature, mass, momentum, texture and movement. The final scene where raptor and indoraptor fall together is a triumph of simulated physics engine. Granted I'm a geek and maybe this matters to me more than to the average movie goer, but the quality of the visual effects itself is a big deal here, and is a true landmark moment. It must not be overlooked.

Overall, a movie with silly premise and some large plot holes, but a brilliantly filmed, entertaining movie that really kept me engaged and brought suprising amount of awe.