10 Exact Moments Movies Stopped Trying
3. The Brontosaurus' Death - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Or was it a Brachiosaurus? Who cares? The writers certainly didn't.
Immediately, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom feels like two films with one half taking place on the dying Isla Nublar, and the other half taking place in a mansion that hosts illegal dinosaur auctions. Neither act is that nail-biting, but a film set on the original Jurassic Park island, and the main story is trying to get as many dinosaurs off the island as possible should have been better.
Capturing the dinosaurs was a big part of The Lost World, but in this muddy puddle of a film the entire endeavour is treated like a shopping montage. All so the story can can fast-forward and get off the island. And what better way to mark this transition than to have us witness a poor, innocent Brontosaurus get consumed by the molten lava as Isla Nublar sinks?
It's laughably lazy, and a weak attempt to tug at heartstrings. As you hear this unknown animal moan through the ash clouds, you can imagine the writers expecting their day of work is done, only to realize they have another hour of a movie to write, and so they latch on a dumb auction/horror mansion plot.