JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION - the conclusion of the Jurassic World saga - could have simply ould have simply rehashed the formulas of its successors, that gobbled up over $2.9 billion at the worldwide box office. But that kind of lacklustre and uninspired vision is what causes franchises to go extinct.
Instead, director Colin Trevorrow is taking Dominion's dinosaurs out of their familiar island habitat and plonking them onto a global stage, where they roam the land and somehow co-exist with mankind. Here's the good news for moviegoers: something goes terribly wrong. That's evident when the gigantic sea-based Mosasaurus capsizes a fishing vessel. This science thriller, however, isn't just a dinosaurs gone-wild escapade. It's also a story about parenting, philosophical ideals and grandeur. But, don't worry, big lizards still wreak havoc.
"To me, Dominion is not just capping off a trilogy," Trevorrow tells SFX. "It's telling the story that feels like the end of a six-movie cycle and honouring all of the characters. It's not as much dramatic storylines. It's not really that kind of franchise. It's more scientific ideas, questions that have been posed by author Michael Crichton from the very beginning.
"To me, it needed to be a movie about genetic power, the danger of genetic power on a larger scale than just specifically, 'Oh, we could make dinosaurs? This is real technology that is affecting our daily lives and is going to affect our future. What more can we say? How much more can we warn each other that this is an extraordinary powerful science that we need to respect?"
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7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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