With Dominion, the filmmakers officially turned the Jurassic Park Franchise into Michael Bay's Transformers and Fast and the Furious. What a tragedy 😢

There is only one Jurassic Park movie

I don't know why it cracked me up so much, but explaining the convolution on Maisie and ending with "This is a dinosaur movie franchise." killed me.

It's weird how the original JP movie is actually underrated. People usually talk about the special effects and finally bringing believable dinosaurs to the screen. Which is true, but overlooks what a tremendous job Spielberg does of building suspense, putting out exposition without slowing things down, etc. The half hour or so before we even see a dinosaur is almost as compelling as what comes after.

Hey Mark, when I was in elementary school there was a popular kid who told the same joke every day at recess, to see who would laugh. When no one laughed, he promised to stop telling the joke. Guess what happened - by the third day only one kid laughed at the joke. By the end of the week, that same kid was still laughing. I'm convinced that 21st century movie audiences are like that kid who laughed at the same joke everyday. Get ready for, "Jurassic Universe: Dino Trek".

The stability of Ellie’s outfit makes me think of cartoon characters that almost always wear the same clothes…

Impregnating yourself, with a clone of yourself is peak narcissism.

I love how Mark when going over the movie has to keep reminding us it's a dinosaur movie because the movie went so far off the rails.

I’m so glad you brought up the utter stupidity of him holding up his hand to fend off the dinosaurs! When I kept seeing it in the film I was constantly thinking “put your stupid hands down!” and hoped the dinos would bite them off!

I thought they were going to explore more about how dinosaurs must coexist now with mammals. And how that's messing everything up but they barely touch on it, instead they went with locusts🦗🦗🦗🦗

It's so wholesome how Mark uses these videos about how bad some movies are to sneak in talking about how and why other movies are really great. It's a nice mixture of what sells on YT and what he's obviously passionate about.

"There's only so many times you can tell the same story. " Disney acquires Star Wars: " hold my beer..."

So, the dinosaurs are just secondary supporting characters now. The next film will be a jewel heist where they use triceratops to bash their way into the vault, after that it will be a Western where everybody just rides around on dinosaurs instead of horses (and I will definitely watch that one because it sounds awesome!)

I remember seeing this because my brother wanted to and man it was painful. I’ve never struggled that hard to sit through a movie before, I think I even fell asleep at one point. I don’t remember anything because nothing happened, the dinosaurs weren’t even the focus anymore, they were just side pieces

Honestly, Mark... this review was an absolute home run. You hit the nail on the head. I just wish it was the final nail in the coffin of stupid, half-baked rehash sequels, spinoffs, etc. And as usual, your skits were top notch. Thanks a bunch for this. It was really gratifying to hear you say the same things I had to say about it.

6:05 “This is a dinosaur movie franchise….” That one deadpan line, delivered perfectly, not only made me laugh out loud, but also summed up all the problems in this giant muddle in a single sentence. Brilliant stuff, Mark!

I had dreams about being chased by dinosaurs for a full year after I watched Jurassic Park for the first time. I still, to this day, will still have a dinosaur dream every month or so. That's how effective the original movie is.

"now even though i thought jurassic world was just a crappy retread of jurassic park i will give it credit for being a movie about dinosaurs"

Jeff Goldblum's career has gone full circle, from dumb movies to good movies to dumb movies. Well Done!

Jurassic Park: Awesome The Lost World: Alright Jurassic Park 3: Meh Jurassic World: Fun Fallen Kingdom: Dog-shit Dominion: WTF?!

Once again, Mark shines when breaking down the reasons why the first movie is so iconic and an instant classic - and putting it side by side with this pile of garbage is enough to make you cringe and feel for the state of pretty much every new movie in any franchise these days. I also love how he uses a simple, knowledgeable yet always accessible language that anyone can understand without sounding snotty or condescending. After more than a decade, this channel really IS better than ever. Thank you, Mark!

Your talk about Muldoon brings me back to that moment in the theater when he got eaten. I was 13 and had already read the book as a deep lover of all things dinosaur. I thought the violence might be pushing it for myself, but felt having read the book I knew what was coming and so would be fine. This set me up to learn a very important lesson on screen adaptation--there is no rule that says the movie must mirror the source material. SPOILER for a 30 year old book: he survives in the novel. Muldoon getting eaten in the movie scared the crap out of me! And that God-meddling old man Hammond survived! I loved the movie experience but was pissed about both of those changes.

“Ah, now eventually you do plan to have dinosaurs in your dinosaur franchise right? Hello? Yes?” -Jurassic World Dominion audience

I want to see more modern reviews like this. Especially since there's so many movies today that are worse than even 50 year old movies with 1/1000th the budget

A HUGE difference between the first Jurassic Park and all the rest is that the original film was written by Michael Crichton, based on his novel, and directed by the master, Steven Spielberg. Need I say more?

I was hoping you’d cover this one, it was so unbelievably bad.

The single biggest problem with this movie about dinosaurs, is that if you take out every single dinosaur scene, you'll have the EXACT SAME movie with the same outcome. It's two hours of "hey, look at these awesome dinosaurs, arent they cool, anyway, back to the movie!"

The whole Magic Hand thing since Jurassic World always bothered me. It has some merit if it were only Blue. As someone, who also works in Animal Husbandry concerning our modern day Dino descendants, there can be a connection between a trainer and the specific animals they work with. However, making his approach work with every dinosaur like that.... I was literally expecting someone dressed in robes to suddenly walk in and say, "Your handling with the Force is strong. However, You need training. Come with me.... to Ossus." or something.

Mother's giving birth to clones of themselves? This sounds like something Hideo Kojima would write.

I always ask this question: "Who in the hell is watching and enjoying this crap?" I though the first Jurassic World was terrible and made JP3 look amazing in comparison, but I was shocked the movie generally had such good ratings. I simply don't understand - on one hand, I want to blame Hollywood for pumping out lazy, terribly written rehashes of former successes, but at the same time, should I really blame them, when there are so many people that will apparently watch anything, as long as the movie is decently shot? Screw the story, screw the dialogues and characters, as long as it looks presentable and there is action, no matter how dumb, it can make hundreds of millions.

OMG -has it really been 30 years since the first Jurassic Park😮 I’ll never forget seeing that movie in the movie theater -AMAZING and I’ll never forget seeing all of those magical scenes with the dinosaurs and the story Steven Spielberg made..AMAZING! Miss those times when a movie was so much bigger and better and going to the cinemas was such an amazing experience👍😀

03:50. I hate that stupid part of the film...so much. I wish the director just had a spine, stood up to the actress, and say "No, you are changing into boots. Running around in the woods and fleeing animals in high heels is stupid."

I was a kid when Jurassic Park came out, the plot of Jurassic Park was simple enough for kids to get in a certain degree. When I got into my teens I figured out more of the plot cause I understood why Wayne knight’s character did what he did. So in that aspect it was good for kids and adults. Who says children stories can be scary or have tragedy. Look at Bambi or fox and the hound both amazing kids movies that tell a real story and is totally fine for kids

I saw this in theaters and when the “Branding Moment” happened I heard a child behind me go “…oh my god….” so exasperated that I couldn’t help but bust out laughing!

So, as usual, Mark surprises. When he pulls up the dead hand... it gets dark and funny. Maybe even morbid. But I laughed. Thank you Mark. Your videos are seriously missed.

Holy crap! That story is AWFUL! I heard that the Jurassic World franchise took a nose dive but I completely forgot just how hard it crashed and burned. I think I’m going to have to blame the audiences for Hollywood constantly saying: “‘memba this?” for most movies these past few years. I am so glad I opted out of watching these movies.

I read the "Jurassic Park" Book like 2 Months ago for the first time and I was really suprised how different it was from the Movie. Even the Age of the Kids was switched for some reason. I remember some Adults back then saying how brutal and gory Jurassic Park is when the Movie came out and that Kids should not watch it and was confused because I didnt thought it was that bad... now I realize that those People most likely read the Book and thought the Movie would be the same because the Book is really brutal in the Deaths and the descriptions.

I knew you wouldn't have trouble dumping on Dominion, but the quality discussion of Jurassic Park is why I'm subscribed. And you still keep it funny!

Jurassic World 7: "Somehow, Dodgson has returned." "Who?" "Dodgeson" "I don't. I don't know who that is."

I think modern film sequels are so obsessed with fan service that they often fail to understand their own callbacks. It's not just a phenomenon between the Jurassic Park trilogy and the Jurassic World trilogy, either. I mean, even within the new trilogy, callbacks fall apart. Just look at Owen's hand thing. In the first Jurassic World, you probably assumed that he could do that to the velociraptors because he raised them, but in this film, he's able to do that to all dinosaurs. He knows DSL (Dinosaur Sign Language). On side note, I also roll my eyes now whenever I see road flares in a dinosaur movie.

5 movies about being isolated in a contained area with dinosaurs. Then comes Dominion. A movie about dinosaurs around the world! That were then quickly gathered up and put into an isolated area so we could go there and forget the rest of the world. Also football size locusts that eat everything but Biosyn food is the worst evil plan ever to hope to not be noticed.

Jurassic Park is still brilliant and beautiful. 2 has a bit of nostalgia for me. Everything else is crap.

So, most current blockbuster movies manage to be too smart and too stupid at the same time.

for Jurassic Park initially they didn't want to use CG for the movie because up until that point it was very apparent how unrealistic it looked and Spielberg didn't want that. Instead they were going to use stop motion but it was clear that stop motion was not capturing the realism either and were looking for other solutions but even then they were still against VFX. A team of two or three guys who believed in it spent days/weeks working after hours to develop the software and studying motion to get it right. But they couldn't convince their seniors to give them a meeting to show their progress. I think they were given a firm warning along the lines of "I don't want you to bring this up again or else". When the producers and directors were taking a tour of the studio the VFX team conveniently left an animated dinosaur model looping on their computer monitor. The filmmakers were floored and the rest is history. The visuals in the original Jurassic Park still hold up incredibly well. Its techniques are still taught in animation and VFX classes.

I rented this movie a while back and I remember absolutely nothing. I could rewatch it and be totally in the dark. Maybe my mind just blanked out.

I have to give you a *hand*. Thank you for taking one for the team Mark! I waited until you did this video to decide if I would see the movie. Glad I didn't. Your review is infinitely more entertaining!

The build up to the t rex is still bone chilling to this day, a genuine on the edge of your seat sequence only to then attack you with total horror, i could watch it on loop and that effect never gets old

The sad part is for the first 2 1/2 movies this was a horror franchise. Ever since world its felt more and more like a "blockbuster" type of movie. The setup for this movie could have had so much potential to focus on characters we've never seen and put them in real horror situations that would come with having to live with dinosaurs. Horrible movie one of the worst I've seen in a while.

When it comes to franchises like this I think that audiences nowadays only want to be entertained and given a healthy dose of callbacks to satisfy their nostalgia. I've seen all of the Jurassic World films in theaters and every time that I went the theater was filled with families. Parents with their children who probably just want to see some dinosaurs and eat some popcorn. I think that all of the problems that you pointed out mean very little to the modern-day moviegoer. Plot armor is expected and the bad guy dying is predictable. I mean, there are channels whose sole content is explaining movie endings for those who didn't get it. I think that spoon-feeding the audience keeps them from seeing all of the inconsistencies with almost any modern-day film and people don't like to think that much these days. They don't seem to want anything out of the box, just something familiar with a different twist that is easy to digest for their brain.

I can't tell you how much my heart sank when you said how long ago the Original Jurassic Park came out.. 😢😅

The first movie scared me as a kid and I still love it till this very day! And the first movie still remains as my favorite in the franchise!

The magic hand skit is quite possibly my favorite Mark insert so far. He was too funny during it.

Just wanted to say that I absolutely love your videos ! Your in-depth analyses and comedic style are always fascinating and funny- I appreciate the effort you put into them. I actually click the like button before I even start watching because I know I'm in for a treat. I was thinking, since you clearly have such a sophisticated knowledge of movies, have you ever considered taking one of your favorite films and doing an even deeper dive into the aspects and details that make it great? I for one would love to see that, and I'm sure many others would too. The longer the better, at least for me! Thank you so much for all the entertainment you provide through your uploads.

They could rejuvenate the franchise with a live action "Flintstones" movie, explaining that it is actually a post apocalyptic sequel to the JP series.

It's weird that it took so long to have dinos roaming the world as a main plot point when both the books and orignal trilogy somewhat tackled this issue, It could have happened as early as JP III. And then it wasn't even the main plot point, it was like an inconvenience in a movie about giant loucsts. I went into this movie with the lowest expectations possible, only wanting dumb monster movie action since i already hated Fallen Kingdom, and i was still disappointed by it.

I enjoy how objective this video is whilst keeping a comical spirit about it all. Truly, you are talented.

When one of your favorite tubers posts randomly.... life is awesome.

The dinosaur movie about insects.

It baffles me how 30-50 dinosaurs were released from the mansion in Fallen Kingdom, to them being EVERYWHERE and interacting with full on ecosystems within 4 years. It's like the writers didn't even care. They just said f*ck it I want dinosaurs to be part of life now. If the protagonists were smart they would inform the US government and the military would take a long weekend to hunt down all the escaped Dino's.

Jurassic park 1: playing god bad. Jurassic World Series: playing god natural and good - go by with it. As the world turns.

Next "Jurassic Park/World Christmas Edition", dinosaurs help Santa save Christmas.

We knew this movie was gonna be shit when the characters from Jurassic Park through Jurassic Park 3 were added in the third one for nostalgia bait. They have little screentime because Dominion had too much focus on Owen, Claire, and the cast we knew from World and Fallen Kingdom. Same goes with the dinosaurs' screentime by the locusts. The CG is worse here, but what we have here is what Malcolm admitted to Hammond during the dining scene in the first movie. JP became the label on lunchboxes Universal sold to kids. All with no personality, and killing the franchise as a whole. And many thought the ending to Fallen Kingdom when the dinosaurs coincided with society outside the islands jumped the shark even more than The Lost World's ending where it became a generic monster movie.

The stupid hand-holding thing, did the writers forget that worked for Blue and the raptors because he trained them since hatching??? And I laughed so much how Maisie releasing a few (there were like, maybe 20?) dinosaurs into the wild means they are widespread in the whole world now. In reality the army would have hunted them down in days. They are giant reptiles, not really hard to find, and they don't breed like rabbits, so this concept is just stupid.

And people think I'm crazy because I don't like watching reboots and sequels...give me three movies, and I'm done with the franchise...

This ain't no April Fools Joke either.

I just happened to watch the original like 2 days ago, so I'm pretty happy that this review just dropped, and that you compare the two movies thoroughly. Great content as always Mark!

As always, top notch entertainment and a great break down and comparison between the original movie and the newer ones. Thanks Mark!

Yeah, JP1 was more of a horror film, but the new ones are action films. They should have just made a scarier JP.

Awesome review, these movies just keep getting worse.

What pissed me off was that they made the Dinosaurs a Background problem. Not only that the film focused on bugs. Who ever came up with that plot was high Asf. The fans don't want a world where dinosaurs coexist they want horror. Not only that people are saying that it was the best film, ignoring the fact that it had no villain.

Thank you! Thank your for pointing out that bad guy being able to answer Owens questions while his arms are being shewed up. That moment made me facepalm myself so hard I almost knocked myself out. This movie is such a cashgrab high budget mess its unbelievable. People should be fired after dumpster fires like this. Almost nothing in this movie worked for me. Some dinos looked cool I guess. Thats about it for me. Everything else fell flat on its face. Story, dialog, action scenes. Everything.

Great review. Never felt a pull to watch the last two movies.

They'll make these films until one bombs. And if they follow the lead of the Terminator franchise, they'll keep making them even after they bomb, too.

You are the best, Mark Enjoying being a subscriber of yours to be up to date on your humor lol

I’m really upset about how neglected the mosasaur was for the past two films. It only had two scenes in fallen kingdom and one in dominion.

I love that they have giant lizards living in snowy climates and eating pine trees. I'm always seeing lizards and gators in the Rocky Mtns.

"Welcome back TO the show." Love it!

Always makes me so happy to see uploads from this channel, you'll always be an OG

What's the specific name of that Overwerk song playing through the outro? I love Mark for all of his good work, charisma and humour but sometimes it's the music and editing that really bring a video together 🥰

Terrible sequels will never ruin the original for me, in fact they make it even better because you can see just how great it is by comparison.

The dinos going from the main attraction to a sideshow and the movie mainly follows a complicated and unnecessary human plot line? I've seen this happen before with Godzilla; the next JP movie will have aliens trying to take over the world and... oh, god, they're going to try and tie it in to Independence Day 3. I'm betting on that now.

I’m half expecting the fourth sequel movie to be the company discovering Claire is in fact a superhero that can control dinosaurs, like Aquaman… but Jurassic Jane

My personal experience was since Fallen Kingdom just seemed to go out it's way to be dumb, it really just made me unable to care about anything that happens in Dominion.

The damn Holding up of the hand was the absolute worst idea ever.

Jurassic Park was made to make a thrilling and thoughtful story. Jurassic Park Domination was made to make boat loads of money. Story isn’t important when people will see it no matter what they put out.

The main problem, besides the boring repetitive sequence is TOO MUCH CGI. I couldn’t make it half way past the first reboot movie. I’ll stick to the original.

As always, brilliant video!

I live for Mark talking shit about objectively bad movies lol. Love this channel ❤

In Jurassic Park, Hammond was fond of saying "Spared no expense!", but the visitors weren't provided with Dasani or Fiji waters in moving vehicles? I posit the scene with the vibrating cups of water would have been just as effective if there had been bottles.

There truly is only one Jurassic Park movie, and that is..... Encino Man

I may be mistaken, but Happy Birthday, Mark!

This could have been such a great and really dark post-apocalyptic movie, but then kids couldnt have seen it, so less profits. There are other tired franchises that could have been great if not disneyfied and all that crap.

17:51 There's something weird about having two movies next to each other that are 30 years apart, but somehow it's the new movie that looks like crap.

The huge difference for me is how the dinosaurs act, in the first film they acted like actual living breathing animals which are dumb to an extent and had the basic idea of self preservation. When the Rex breaks out its scary not because big scary with lots of teeth its scary because of the thought of having your life in the in small hands and the big jaws of a curious animal exploring its new environment only attacking the car when it realizes that there is a treat inside. In one thoughtful scene it bites a tire and the tire produces a hissing sound, the Rex draws back and then bites again thinking of it as a rival animal. That is the kind of behavior and detail first film has that the world series doesn't. edit: also as a dinosaur nerd in general the designs are lazy, in the first film they researched their designs making them accurate for the time, the Rex still aged pretty well (though it looks worse in the world series cause of how slimmed down it is, T-Rex was a bulky animal). Only bad design in the first one in my opinion is the Dilophosaurus they gave it the frill and made it smaller than it really was so your average Joe doesn't get it confused with Velociraptor but they still made it natural looking to a degree.

There is a lesson here; don’t take the nostalgia bait. 🤔

I actually paid money to see this film, and sat and watched it, feeling like a complete fool the whole time. Seeing clips of the film is re-traumatizing and a painful reminder of my shame.

Always a great end to the day when Mark posts a new video. Definitely an underrated channel, thanks for another awesome video

horrormaster13 already said this in a comment but jurrassic franchise is officially fast and furious

Of the sequels, I've only seen Lost World, and then decided to keep the first one pristine in my mind, to the point where it seems weird that, yes, I guess it is a "franchise." The takedown of the latest movie was fun as usual, but I also really enjoyed your elaboration on what made the first one so great. Makes me want to go rewatch that one for the umpteenth time!

How did the dinosaurs get all over the world? Just wondering. I want to know.