"Jurassic World" Trailer Reactions

Well, the first trailer for the highly anticipated "Jurassic World" as finally hit but, rather than me breaking down the entire trailer in pictures, here's the full video (which I'd recommend putting in full screen) and then we'll move onto the reactions and my own thoughts.

Hmmm......It's a difficult one to make up your mind on, isn't it? For one, the new cast and effects are gorgeous but there does seem to be a heavy reliance on nostalgia of the previous films with a few old similarities. Kids trapped on the island. Yep, got that. Raptors chasing people. Check. Heck, you could even argue that that shark being dangled over water for that dinosaur resembles the lowering of the goat into the cage from the original classic "Jurassic Park!" My personal opinion is that it is great. And here's why.

Pratt plays dino dentist Owen in the movie. Only kidding, his name's not Owen.

The new cast is an exciting one because of one actor. Chris Pratt. Most recently seen in Guardians of the Galaxy as leading man Peter Quill AKA Star-Lord, and before that Emmett in the Lego Movie, Pratt is certainly moving up in Hollywood. And no wonder! The man is extremely talented, able to pull off a healthy mix of serious and comic in the same movie. Other cast members are quite unknown. The kid from Iron Man 3 is in it. I know that much. 

Go, go, Team Velociraptor!

The plot is also a new direction for the franchise. Rather than being trapped on the island, people are willingly going there now as Jurassic  Park, now named Jurassic World, is open for business. Pratt's character, Owen, who takes care of the dinosaurs, has some reservations when the scientists decide to genetically create a new dinosaur from scratch, though. They do it anyway. Three guesses what happens. Well, you've watched the trailer, so if you didn't say "everything goes horribly wrong", you're clearly not paying attention. It looks like an action-heavy plot but interesting at the same time although it can be said that it does look very serious. Maybe even too much so.

I guess executive producer Steven Spielberg decided it was time to kill Jaws once and for all. And how better to do than by having the shark eaten by a giant dinosaur!

The effects are also awesome, with the Dinos looking as good as they did 30 years ago, although the team working on the film did make the controversial decision to CGI the Jurassic World gate and it does look a little strange. In the end, though, this trailer was awesome and it makes me really excited to see a potentially good Jurassic Park film return to our screens (2 and 3 don't count). It could, of course, all go horribly wrong but I doubt it will and I am definitely going to be seeing this one next June.