The View From The Mountain

It was inevitable that there would be a sequel to Jurassic World , the smash hit film that was the top movie of 2015, until it was dethroned later that year by Star Wars: The Force Awakens . I enjoyed Jurassic World immensely (and still do) because it was a sequel that continued the story by finally doing what was never done in the first three Jurassic Park films: it opened the dinosaur park to vacationing visitors. Of course, these very same vacationing visitors promptly became happy meals for rampaging dinosaurs, but, let’s face it: nobody goes to see a dinosaur movie to watch humans and dinos peacefully co-existing together. Another thing about Jurassic World that I really liked was Bryce Dallas Howard, who played the chief executive of the park, a control freak who tried in vain to manage the raging chaos that crazily blew up all around her. Howard came off as being very endearing to me, especially how she played against Chris Pratt’s rugged dino expert. But what was really coo