I began by giving this film a 7 and my opening line was "If you are wanting to leave disbelief at the door and immerse yourself in mindless fun then this is a good choice ....", only, this wasn't all fun. You had some fun, and the rest, when looked at objectively, was garbage AND WE WATCHED THIS IN RPX which makes me wonder how many others who are giving it glowing reviews (aside from reviewing only this one film), are doing so because of the theater experience, and not the film itself.

The problem I have, is that if the creators this time around wanted to give us just action and adventure, they should have done that and just left all the boring and annoying parts out. Even the chemistry between Owen and Claire was dead, no matter how many times the camera held her looking at him with parted lips and a dreamy gaze. The baddies were just silly. Also, many of the parts that may have been moved to the fun or good column were ruined by the Franklin computer guy or the other character meant to assuage the PC crowd (and I say that as a living, breathing, card carrying liberal). The little cloned girl was there for one purpose (I won't give it away), but her story was dumb. They literally could have introduced her at the beginning as "This is Macey, a clone of my daughter", and it would not have made a difference except for allowing them to cut out all the unnecessary scenes spent on this that drama.

The more I think about it, Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes are right.

Theater Experience: 8 Film itself: 3

Three years after the destruction of the Jurassic World theme park, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from a volcano that's about to erupt.

They soon encounter terrifying new breeds of dinosaurs, whist uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the entire planet.....

I was so happy with Jurassic World when released in 2015. It somehow caught some of the magic that was so crucial to the ground breaking first movie. So despite the maundering trailers, the poor one sheets, and an air of excitement that seemed as sparse as when JP3 was released, my expectations were pretty high for this.

And why shouldn't they have been? Here we have a great director, the chemistry between Pratt and Howard made JW much more than just a reboot to a much loved masterpiece.

But no, this has to be one of the most disappointing films not just of this summer, but of any summer since that magical one of 1993.

It just takes everything that worked with JW, and extracted it and added elements that just made the film almost unbearable to endure. Yes, the efects are amazing, and the opening scene is decidedly quite effective, but when we get to the charachters proper, you can see the lack chemistry that was so important in the last chapter.

Pratt looks bored on the verge of saying 'Am I the biggest star in the world yet?', and Howard is resorted to nothing more than a bolshy babysitter for the children in the film.

The film has a gothic element to it toward the final act, when we meet Jones and his prehistoric auction. But one couldn't help but hark back to 2008's 'Taken' where we see Neeson compelling his next victim to bid for his daughter.

It's a crying shame that the film goes for the lazy route and resorts to nothing but the cast running away from clouds of smoke and panicking dinosaurs.

And if you didn't already know, if you've seen the trailer, you've seen Goldblum's appearance.

A turgid, lazy film, easily one of the worst of the year.

How many times can they repackage the same old formula? Find another dumb reason to: -- Go back to the island.

-- Wow, look, dinos! Aren't they...still...amazing?

-- Dinos chase humans scenes.

-- Evil person tries to implement exploitive agenda.

-- Dinos eat some people and roar.

-- Don't forget the dino eyeball close up!

-- Will the main characters survive to make yet another movie? Perhaps, as I see one is slated for 2022. And yep, I'll probably watch it as I've seen them all.

The tension and thrill of the original has never been replicated and nothing new is really ever brought to the table in terms of story or thrill. These must still just rake in the cash.