Jurassic World [DVD]

JURASSIC WORLD 3D [2015] [3D Blu-ray + 2D Blu-ray + Digital HD ULTRAVIOLET] A Triumphant Return!Directed by Colin Trevorrow [‘Safety Not Guaranteed’] and Executive Produced by Academy Award® Winner Steven Spielberg, one of the biggest movie franchise of all time, gets even bigger with ‘JURASSIC WORLD’ 3D. Twenty-two years after the events of ‘Jurassic Park’ [1993], that was originally envisioned as a dinosaur theme park by John Hammond, where guests could experience the thrill of actually witnessing dinosaurs. Today, Jurassic World welcomes tens of thousands of visitors, but something sinister lurks behind the park’s attractions: a genetically modified dinosaur with savage capabilities. When chaos erupts across the island, Owen [Chris Pratt of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’] and Claire [Bryce Dallas Howard of ‘The Help’] race to restore order as a day in the park becomes a struggle for survival.Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, B. D. Wong, Irrfan Khan, Jake Johnson, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Tee, Katie McGrath, Judy Greer, Andy Buckley, Eric Edelstein, Courtney James Clark, Colby Boothman, Jimmy Fallon, James DuMont, Jimmy Buffett, Matt Burke, Anna Talakkottur, Matty Cardaroplem, Michael Papajohn, William Gary Smith, Isaac Keys, Patrick Crowley, Chad Randall, Colin Trevorrow (Voice of Mr. DNA), Brad Bird (cameo appearance), Jack Horner (cameo appearance), Jerome Andries (uncredited), John L. Armijo (uncredited), John R. Bennett II (uncredited), Hélène Cardona (uncredited), Edward J. Delmore III (uncredited), Divine Prince Ty Emmecca (uncredited), Osvaldo Fernandez (uncredited), Tait Fletcher (uncredited), Rob Fuller (uncredited), Christopher Heskey (uncredited), Abraham Hao Hsu (uncredited), Brent Kappel (uncredited), Justin Lacalamita (uncredited), John R Mangus (uncredited), Silvia Moore (uncredited), Johnny Otto (uncredited), Alan D. Purwin (uncredited), Anthony Ramsey (uncredited), Emilio Reynoso (uncredited), Sandy Ritz Kerry Sims (uncredited), Billy Smith (uncredited), James Michael Smith (uncredited) and David Stickler (uncredited)Director: Colin TrevorrowProducers: Christopher Raimo, Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley, Steven Spielberg, Thomas Tull and Trevor WatersonScreenplay: Amanda Silver, Colin Trevorrow, Derek Connolly, Rick Jaffa and Michael Crichton (characters)Composer: Michael GiacchinoCinematography: John SchwartzmanVideo Resolution: 1080pAspect Ratio: 2.00:1Audio: English: 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Spanish: 5.1 DTS-HD, French: 5.1 DTS-HD [Audio Description], German: 5.1 DTS-HD, Hindi: 5.1 DTS-HD, Italian: 5.1 DTS-HD and English: DVS [Descriptive Video Service] Provides narrated descriptions of a programmes key visual elements for people who are blind or visually impaired.Subtitles: English SDH, Arabic, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese and SwedishRunning Time: 124 minutesRegion: Region B/2Number of discs: 2Studio: Universal Pictures UKAndrew’s Blu-ray Review: 22 years on and Jurassic Park is once again open for business and though it can't capture the magic and awe of the original it still makes for solid blockbuster fare. On the island of Isla Nublar in Costa Rica, theme park goers enjoy their stay at the Hilton Isla Nublar hotel and enjoy all the educational activities, where get to see Mr. DNA, dig up dinosaurs, and feed the Zuniceratops, plus and the water park shows that the theme park has to offer. Simon Masrani [Iffran Khan], the owner of JURASSIC WORLD, realises a vision of the park’s success rests on inventing newer dinosaurs that are terrifying even in nightmares to parents let alone children. Scientists are working hard with the advent of genome splicing to deliver monsters that are bigger, scarier, and which reinvent the wheel in terms of gaining global admiration from theme park goers who now view dinosaurs like the T-Rex as mediocre according to data research. Dr. Henry Wu [BD Wong] and his team of geneticists engineer a new breed of dinosaur that is more than what anyone has bargained for. Initially brought on-board to evaluate and critique the safety of this new ‘Indominus Rex,’ Owen Grady [Chris Pratt] reveals and informs that it is perhaps not a good idea to Claire [Bryce Dallas Howard], operations manager of ‘JURASSIC WORLD.’ With her nephews being on the park, Claire cannot afford to have a dinosaur on the loose in terms of what even the company cannot comprehend. What ensues after the Indominus Rex escapes is a film that is filled with wonderful full on chaos, adventure, and a sense of purpose throughout the plot. But even though the plot line of ‘JURASSIC WORLD’ for the most part is entirely predictable, it is still a jolly good rollercoaster romp. Despite this, Jurassic World does keep a charm about it purely with its visual splendour and deep rooted concept to the original films.While ‘JURASSIC WORLD’ is entertaining largely due to the fantastic brilliant visual splendour on screen. The main story revolves around the separation of the two boys, an aunt that does not have a close relationship with her nephews due to her busy work schedule, a military man seeking to use dinosaurs as a weapon, a love interest between Owen and Claire that is entirely void of any detail, a teenager that cannot control his glares at other girls despite already having a devoted girlfriend in his life back home, and the bond between man and Raptors that leaves more questions than it resolves by the end of the film due to its erratic nature. At the end of it all, you get the sense that you have been through an adventure with a group of very shallow characters that did manage to reap some entertainment value in their sequences with attacking dinosaurs and chases, but despite this aspect of the film, I still found it very entertaining.‘JURASSIC WORLD’ has totally splendid visuals experiences that deserve a mention here for the most part. In 2D of the film is stunning and the lush jungle and whole design of ‘JURASSIC WORLD’ as a theme park on a remote island with various parts captures the nostalgia from the first film franchises. But to me the 3D is definitely the only way to view ‘JURASSIC WORLD,’ as the layers of 3D and screen depth are apparent, and help to really sell a larger-than-life image of the park that simply cannot be missed.‘JURASSIC WORLD’ ends up delivering a lot of brilliant action sequences that encompasses fights between many different dinosaurs on a large backdrop, most notably the classic T-Rex and the Indominus Rex in an effort to pay homage to the contrasted nature of the classic films vs the newer one. You get a sense that you are actually at a theme park, but a bulk of the movie feels rather underwhelming for many portions and all the characters feel hollow and underdeveloped. Chris Pratt acts totally excellent throughout the course of the movie with some light comedic moments which are more than appreciated, but it does not do the film enough justice. Colin Trevorrow, the film’s debut director, takes the helm from Steven Spielberg in this latest adaptation to the dinosaur thriller and it is clear that he definitely had somewhat of a hard time trying to recreate a classic and enhancing on it further in a more meaningful way other than to really up his game in producing some awesome totally stunning CGI effects and providing a straightforward plot as a bonus.‘JURASSIC WORLD’ is a really memorable film in its own right, and is easily the best of the series since the original. It retains that same magic, that sense of scope and awe, that feeling of novelty and adventure, even as it's little more than that first film repurposed, jazzed up with better visual effects and a mild reworking of the core story. It also has larger-than-life spectacle and CGI razzle-dazzle. The 3D effects are a fantastic three-dimensional video and reference-quality audio that's sure to make owners feel like they're in the middle of the action. ‘JURASSIC WORLD’ is an undeniably entertaining movie, but not one that will stay with the viewer very long after it’s done. But if prefer only to like viewing it in 2D, you will still have a great ride throughout the whole 124 minutes.3D Blu-ray Video Quality – Universal Pictures ‘JURASSIC WORLD’ 3D has the dinosaurs unleashed and run rampant on this 3D Blu-ray with a fearsomely awesome stunning 3D 1080p encoded image with great effect, that nicely adds to the film's wow factor. Some of the shots are with a combination of 35mm, System 65 and digital cameras, the elements terrifically lend themselves to the format. Separation between the foreground and background objects is excellent, often creating a realistic 3D world with a great sense of distance and space, especially during the many sunny exterior shots. In a few scenes, however, the illusion isn't quite as effective, such as when the two nephews roam the visitor centre where we see more of a layered, pop-up book effect, as if some of the kids were paper cut-outs. The faces and shoulders of the actors have a believable roundness to them while the snout of the dinosaurs can occasionally feel as though protruding from the screen and not quite at reference quality, but despite this, overall results are nonetheless very impressive. As to the 2D Blu-ray disc, which again has a terrific 1080p encoded image, especially with the blending of the various locations with CGI extensions that are completely believable, so giving us an overwhelming amount of CGI effects that is startling in how realistic it all looks.Blu-ray Audio Quality – ‘JURASSIC WORLD’ 3D is presented in a monstrously spectacular 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack that will leave your house trembling in fear of the Jurassic battle. Simply put, the track easily ranks as one of the best audio presentations of the year, and as would be expected from an action on this magnitude, the rear activity satisfies on every level and surrounding the listener with totally fluid movement and panning, and the sounds mix delivers a variety of subtle ambient sound effects in every scene with the hybrid dinosaur stealthily moving among the trees and the eventual mayhem it wreaks, such as the pterodactyls descending upon unsuspecting visitors, creating a stunningly immersive 360° sound field. As usual with the Jurassic films in the 7.1 DTS-HD sound mix, happily fills all the channels with atmospheric sound and especially Michael Giacchino’s score, with several cues built from the original 1993 John Williams score. The subwoofer is also very active here, especially with a fantastic spacious soundstage, and the bass astounds with deep, unrestrained palpability, adding tremendous depth and weight to Indominus Rex's every stomp, the explosive action and the final clash for the king of the dinosaurs. Irrespective of whatever package you pick up, the ‘JURASSIC WORLD’ 3D Blu-ray release always provides the same equally impressive and similarly reference quality audio in all the Jurassic films.Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:Deleted Scenes [2015] [1080p] [2.00:1] [6:08] Here we have seven deleted scenes, totalling just over 6 minutes. There’s nothing particularly crucial, just some extra fillers that could not be included in the film, as I suspect they felt it slowed down the film. One bit of grossness is when Owen and Claire have to cover themselves with dinosaur dung. One nice factor with these deleted scenes is that it is presented in 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.Special Feature: Chris & Colin Take on the WORLD [2015] [1080p] [1.78:1] [8:56] With this feature is really a mutual Question and Answer session between Chris Pratt and Colin Trevorrow on all aspects relating to ‘JURASSIC WORLD,’ which apparently conducted in February 2015 as part of the international promotional push for the film. There are no major revelations here, although Chris Pratt does get noted for having called out the idea that he would be doing this film in footage from the set of “Parks and Recreation” which you see in a personal video. Watch carefully at the beginning of the promo and you will see that they have pulled footage from two different features with Colin Trevorrow in the montage that starts everything; there is a shot of him wearing a different shirt. What I liked about this feature is the nice banter you got between Chris Pratt and Colin Trevorrow, plus you get some behind-the-scenes on the set of ‘JURASSIC WORLD.’Special Feature: Welcome to JURRASIC WORLD [2015] [480i/1080p] [1.33:1/1.78:1] [29:52] Here we get a mutual interview with Colin Trevorrow and Steven Spielberg about the previous Jurassic films and we also get excerpts from the original ‘Jurassic Park’ and also behind-the-scenes of ‘JURRASIC WORLD.’ Colin Trevorrow actually admits that he broke a grounding punishment from his parents and sneaked out of the house to see ‘Jurassic Park’ in 1993 as a teenager and yes, you read that correctly, he was a teenager when ‘Jurassic Park’ came out, doesn’t that make you feel old. We find out from Colin Trevorrow that he wanted a different slant on the film where the humans to react with the some of the dinosaurs. We also get to see some location shots and 50% was shot in Hawaii, especially at the Honolulu Zoo and the other 50% locations shots were done in Louisiana, especially at a Theme Park. We also get loads of contributions from people like Derek Connolly [Co-writer]; BD Wong [Dr. WU]; Jake Johnson [Lowery]; John Schwartzman A.S.C. [Director of Photography]; Daniel Orlandi [Costume Designer]; Edward Verreaux [Production Designer]; Chris Pratt [Owen]; Bryce Dallas Howard [Claire]; Ty Simkins [Gray]; Nick Robinson [Zach]; Omar Sy [Barry]; Irrfan Khan [Masrani]; Patrick Crowley [Producer]; Vincent D’Onofrio [Hoskins]; Frank Marshall [Producer]; Lauren Lapkins [Vivian]; Chris O’Hara [Stunt Coordinator]; John Robert Rosengrant [Puppeteer] and Jimmy Buffett.Special Feature: Dinosaurs Roam Once Again [2015] [1080p] [1.78:1] [16:28] This in depth feature gives another aspect of the behind-the-scene shooting and also covers the awesome dinosaur special effects that seen in the new film. Most of this work was done with CGI, of course, but the one lovely scene done is with a puppet on set and is given some good focus on the subject. We again get quite a few contributions and they are from Chris Pratt [Owen]; Colin Trevorrow [Co-writer/Director]; Dennis Muren [Sr. VFX Supervisor, ILM VFX Supervisor for Jurassic Park]; Chris Moore [ILM Data Wrangler]; Steven Spielberg [Executive Producer]; Ty Simpkins [Gray]; Bryce Dallas Howard [Claire]; Chris O’Hara [Stunt Coordinator]; Tim Alexander [Visual Effects Supervisor]; Glen McIntosh [Visual Effects Animation Supervisor]; Kalie McGrath [Zara]; John Schwartzman A.S.C. [Director of Photography]; Phil Tippet [Dinosaur Consultant]; Vincent D’Onofrio [Hoskins]; Frank Marshalls [Producer]; Patrick Crowley [Producer] and Geoff Cambell [Digital Creature Model Supervisor]. One nice bonus is that we get to visit Industrial Light & Magic in San Francisco in California to see how they bring the dinosaurs to life in photo real and we also get to see quite a few of some of the ILM Motion Test Shots of the dinosaurs, plus some really nice Concept Art of the dinosaurs.Special Feature: JURRASIC WORLD: All-Access Pass [2015] [1080p] [1.78:1] [10:10] This feature feels like a holdover from the older “Take Control” or “U Control” interactive features. It’s designed to allow Chris Pratt [Owen]; Derek Connolly [Co-writer] and Colin Trevorrow [Co-writer/Director] to show the viewer moments from the film and immediately discuss how those moments were accomplished via on-set footage. We also again get to see some more Concept Art of the dinosaurs, plus you also get to see actual scenes from the film.Special Feature: Innovation Center Tour with Chris Pratt [1080p] [2:01] This is a very quick look at the visitors’ centre for the new SAMSUNG Innovation Center park, with Chris Pratt providing some up-close looks at various bits of the interactive playback on the New Orleans set, as well as some of the set dressing. There are a few nice items we get to view, including a bronze statue of John Hammond [Sir Richard Attenborough] in homage to his first appearance in the original ‘Jurassic Park’ film. We also get some contributions from the likes of Colin Trevorrow [Co-writer/Director] and Edward Verreaux [Production Designer]. One thing is very clear, Chris Pratt is a bit dumb when it comes to explaining some of the information display boards that gives information on all aspects of the prehistoric period and especially the creatures that roamed on the earth millions of years ago.Finally, Universal Pictures ‘JURASSIC WORLD’ 3D delivers on its promise of satisfying in telling us to "leave your brain at the door" because they have given us a larger-than-life spectacle and total CGI razzle-dazzle. But with the brilliant cast of Christ Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard giving us some spectacular moments like when they round up all of the wild dinosaurs, the 3D film comes into its own, and offers easy, uncomplicated entertainment with hints of self-awareness, and especially adding a bit of tongue-in-cheek comedy as a bonus. The Blu-ray arrives as a brilliant 3D and 2D two-disc set and especially the 3D Blu-ray is a fantastic three-dimensional video extravaganza and with totally reference-quality audio that for sure gives you the impression you are in the middle of the action packed film. Plus with a substantial amount of brilliant collection of special features that will give you a fair amount of a decent informative assortments of entertainment, so giving you an overall package that is of massive good value for your money that will give you 100% total satisfaction. One bit of information about this particular Universal Pictures UK Release, because it is in fact a French Release, as when the Blu-ray disc loads up and you get all the languages displayed that you have to click on for your particular language, because at the top it is for the French language, and you get this young lady asking if you want to watch the film in the French. Highly Recommended!Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film AficionadoLe Cinema ParadisoUnited Kingdom

Arrived in time and it’s a great movie!!

Perfect

The Jurassic Park movie franchise - where Dinosaurs are brought to life in the present day via genetic engineering, with things then going awry - gets a new lease of life. With a film that is both a sequel and a reboot. And requires no knowledge of the original trilogy in order to view it.Jurassic World is a new Dinosaur viewing theme park. Built on the ruins of the old Jurassic Park. You can watch Dinosaurs in shows or in their habitats, via travel vehicles.Boss lady Clarie [Bryce Dallas Howard] a woman who is good at her job but not so good at work life balance, has her two young nephews come to visit.Park worker Owen [Chris Pratt] is a former forces guy a little more at home working with the dinosaurs than with people.The new park can't avoid the old mistakes, though. As a deadly predator gets out of control, and chaos follows, Claire and Owen will have to learn how to get along, in order to survive...This is designed to be a big entertaining blockbuster that will appeal to all ages. You have dinosaurs for the kids to marvel at. Although some moments might be a bit much for the very young. Visual effects have come a long way since the original, and the ones here can't be faulted at all. You have two kids whose characters are designed for people of that generation to relate to. Younger brother and older one who can't help but look out for him. Let's just say adults won't be annoyed by them too much.For the adults there's Owen and Claire. Who have a very entertaining relationship. There's not much to Owen as a character, but Chris Pratt's effortless charisma makes him a very good leading man, and an entertaining actor to watch. Bryce Dallas Howard is very good as well, since Claire is a realistic creation. Someone at home in the boardroom where she can be tough but like most of us, not so much at home in the wild. The two characters do spark off each other really well.The films tries to deliver spectacle and action and suspense, and to up the ante for all when required. And it does deliver on all this as well.It's not a five star film. But it's not one that was ever going to be a great bit of movie making. Unless you count entertaining blockbusters as such. In which case it delivers. A film that sets out to be entertaining bit of escapism first and foremost. And succeeds.The disc has the following language and subtitle options:Languages: English, Spanish, French, Hindi.Subtitles: English, Arabic, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hindi, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portugese, Swedish.It's also English and French audio captioned. So when you hear a French voice when you load the disc up, don't panic. Just move the pointer down to where it says English, and click on that.The disc begins with several trailers and adverts, which can be skipped via the next button on the dvd remote.There are two extras;Deleted scenes: five minutes worth, which can only be watched all in a row. Some are short and not of much consequence, but the long Owen and Claire one in the middle of these is well worth it.Then there's Chris and Colin take on the World. Instead of being a short featurette about the film, like most extras nowadays, this involves Chris Pratt and the director interviewing each other. This is a very entertaining watch. The only criticism of it beingt that at eight minutes, it's too short.

Love this film series

*Some possible spoilers*I was hoping that this film would live up to my expectations and i'm glad to say it did. After the blandness of the third film, they needed to get back to basics for this one and thanks to the writers, director and Chris Pratt they did just that.Set pieces are pretty good and like the other films are not really suitable for those of a nervous disposition and very young children. One death scene actually made me jump and i don't do that very often. The scene with the dying Aptosauras was genuinly quite moving and that is rare in a big hollywood blockbuster especially one about genetically created dinosaurs.Acting wise, Chris Pratt puts in a decent performance as the main hero and is funny in parts too and has genuine chemistry with Bryce Dallas who puts in a thankfully unannoying performance as the boss lady and love interest and the same goes for the kids too. I thought Jake Johnson was pretty funny as the park's tech expert who doesn't get the girl in the end.All in all i thought it was a vast improvement on the third film and place it between the first and second films in the franchise.