Jurassic World

I expected an action-packed, scary movie, but ended up giggling my way through Jurassic World. The basic story is a hoot as it stumbles from scene to scene. The acting is over the top, which makes the actors much more intense than the material they are given to deliver.

The animation is good, with the dinosaurs stealing the movie from the humans. The clash of the titans scene that pits gargantuan dinosaur against blood-thirsty gargantuan dinosaur lost some of its intensity by having the humans next to the action. If you can believe that a human can out-run a running or flying dinosaur, then you will be totally into the fight scenes, but I was rooting for the dinos to do some damage to the main characters and was disappointed. Two young boys in fear for their lives in a "bubble" car escape when the largest dino cracks open the vehicle with its foot. The boys run to the edge of a what looks like a 100-foot waterfall, leap blindly into the abyss, and save themselves from certain death.

The absolute best part is the co-starring actress role, a role in which the actress wears her white suit and 3-inch pumps throughout the action. She finally ends up with a well-placed, provocative split up one side of her skirt, but those 3-inch heels take her from the control room to the wilderness of the dinosaurs and many near-death adventures with nary a speck of dirt or blood on them.

Rest assured: there will be another episode in the franchise. How do I know this? The bad guy absconded with the engineered dino eggs and missed all the fun of being chased by all manner of pre-historic creatures and dangers.