8 Reasons You Should Be Concerned About Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
7. It's A Disaster Movie?
When speaking with EW recently, writer/producer Colin Trevorrow revealed that the upcoming sequel will be half disaster movie and half horror film, saying;
"You have this extinction-level event on that island, and the world is looking at these creatures that we created and asking, ‘Well, what is our right? Do we let them die because we created them and they shouldn’t be here in the first place, or do we have a responsibility to save them?"
The extinction-level event Trevorrow is referencing here is clearly the erupting volcano which has been such a point of emphasis in the marketing. But a Jurassic-themed disaster film isn't why people come to these films and it isn't a particularly new or fresh idea, either. Recent blockbuster failures such as Unviersal's The Mummy or Fox's X-Men: Apocalypse spoke about similar intentions, wishing to channel the disaster epics of old.
But in both cases, the disaster-influences essentially amounted to lots of disaster porn and Fallen Kingdom looks to be guilty of the same sin. The trailers spotlight lots of desaturated, grey destruction without much motivation behind it. It's the exact kind of CGI-excess the original Jurassic Park steered away from for the sake of suspense and believability. Fallen Kingdom seems to be steering right into it.