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.)

  • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    81·
    3 days ago

    Man I do not get this one. It seems a very popular online opinion to shit on the Matrix sequels, but I love them.

    • Nate Cox@programming.devEnglish
      6·
      3 days ago

      They aren’t as good as the original by any means, but I also enjoyed all three.

      The first one was mind blowing, and the next two were good in their own right.

      • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        Chateau fight all the way through the highway chase is in the top three action sequences of all time for me.

        Mech versus sentinels in 3 is not as high, but still high.

      • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        They aren’t as good as the original by any means, but I also enjoyed all threI

        It sometimes feel like people are saying ‘How dare they! They failed to capture lightning in a bottle three times in a row. Now we only get to have the single most groundbreaking science fiction film of all time to watch because it’s sequels just aren’t as good.’ -or something like that.