Usually when a franchise gets 5+ sequels at least one is pretty good, but none of the JP sequels have been.

Jurassic World Rebirth spoilers

And this latest one with ScarJo was particularly bad; they took the Star Wars 7-9 approach where they copy and paste scenes from the original movie and weave a slightly different story around them.

Meanwhile the few “new” things they added were thinly veiled shots at the audience “no one is interested in these creatures anymore so we have to invent hybrids”… and the hybrid they created was basically a Rancor from Star Wars.

(Also wtf does the title “rebirth” have anything to do with what happened in the movie? It’s all about collecting dino blood for Pharma research into human heart disease medication. Nothing is “reborn” at all.)

  • LikeableLime@piefed.socialEnglish
    41·
    4 days ago

    The modern King Kong films, starting with the Peter Jackson one which was alright when it came out. The rest of them are just straight schlock trash

      • steeznson@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        Yeah Skull Island was a bit of a hidden gem. Painful to see what has happened to Western Godzilla - at least Japan is still doing the big man (lizard) justice.

        • EvilMe@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          3 days ago

          Oh yeah, shin Godzilla and Godzilla -1 are by far my favourites from the last couple years.

    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.orgEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      I find it fantastic how they manage to make a kong movie or godzilla movie and then go: alright, this is vool and all, but how about this child that is the main focus of the movie? Predator movie? That sounds cool, but how about a child with autism.