How Eight Minutes Can Fix Jurassic World: The Blueprint for Jurassic World 4
The Jurassic World series has been inconsistent in quality, but eight minutes of the franchise provide a blueprint for how to fix things in Jurassic World 4. Here's how Battle at Big Rock can guide the future of the franchise.
The Problem with Jurassic World Trilogy
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The Jurassic World series has returned viewers to the world of Jurassic Park, but it's been pretty inconsistent in terms of quality Part of what went wrong with the Jurassic World trilogy is that it lost sight of the original movies' tone and direction, making the story seem increasingly unfocused and absurd.
Natalie Martinez as Mariana and André Holland as Dennis looking up scared in Jurassic Park's short movie Battle at Big Rock
Jurassic World Dominion is probably the weakest Jurassic Park movie despite a premise that promises great things. The movie opens with dinosaurs and humans inhabiting the same space, a recipe for disaster, as the film soon proves. Unfortunately, this isn't executed as well as most hoped, leaving the Jurassic World movies on a negative note.
A T rex roars in front of a drive in cinema screen in Jurassic World Dominion's missing prologue
Not only could Jurassic World not decide what direction it wanted to take, but it turned the thrill ride of the previous films into an over-the-top experience that missed the point.
The series should return for one more sequel, which would allow it to capitalize on Battle at Big Rock's strengths and honor the original Jurassic Park. If Jurassic World doesn't return for another film, it will have wasted its finale with a lackluster release that has a clear path to improve.
Battle At Big Rock: The Blueprint for Success
Jurassic World's eight-minute film, Battle at Big Rock, is probably the best thing to come out of the franchise in recent years. Although it's a brief aside set in the world of Jurassic Park, it serves as a reminder of what made the 1996 film such a hit in the first place. Directed by Colin Trevorrow, the movie is set after the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
It opens with a family at a camp site that's soon visited by the dinosaurs now living in their world. It executes this premise better than Jurassic World Dominion, highlighting the terror that might accompany an ordinary day in such an environment. That terror is precisely what makes this eight-minute film great, as Battle at Big Rock perfectly captures the atmosphere of the original Jurassic Park movies, complete with the thrills and horror elements.
Jurassic World 4 should take note of this short film's success and attempt to nail those things as well. While a follow-up to Jurassic World Dominion probably can't use the dinosaurs-in-the-wild storyline again, it can capitalize on the other aspects of Battle at Big Rock while introducing a new plot.
Why Jurassic World 4 Needs To Happen
It's not entirely clear if Jurassic World 4 will happen, but it needs to if the long-running franchise wants to maintain its legacy. Given its poor reception, Jurassic World Dominion would make a terrible ending place for the franchise, even if it's a profitable one.
The series should return for one more sequel, which would allow it to capitalize on Battle at Big Rock's strengths and honor the original Jurassic Park. If Jurassic World doesn't return for another film, it will have wasted its finale with a lackluster release that has a clear path to improve.
