Why do people love Jurassic World so much?

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• Salix Babylonika

  2015-06-17 10:23:11

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  I didn't love it but yknow

  
  

  it had dinosaurs fighting each other

  
  

  that's pretty good.
• Anonus

  2015-06-17 10:24:19

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  I guess.
  
  Also I generally concur with this thinkpiece: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/06/16/jurassic-world-sexism-bryce-dallas-howard/28811873/
• Anonus

  2015-06-17 10:25:48

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  Mind you, I haven't watched the original Jurassic Park, but maybe I should
• Anonus

  2015-06-17 10:29:39

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  Also Jimmy Fallon was in it, in a blatant piece of NBCUniversal cross-promotion
  
  He might be a bigger charisma void than Leno was
• Anonus

  2015-06-17 10:41:30

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  I suppose what I'm getting at here is that I'm not a big fan of huge Hollywood machine event pictures anymore. It doesn't help that a lot of the ones I've seen have lost their luster after two or three viewings.
• Salix Babylonika

  2015-06-17 10:43:32

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  I can count on one hand the number of movies I've seen more than once.
• Hexartes

  2015-06-17 12:30:11

  They don't, really.
• MissUtilis

  2015-06-17 12:38:41

  BEWARE OF GRRL!
  

  They don't?
• Odradek

  2015-06-17 12:42:23

  My dreams exceed my real life

  The reactions from the people here who have seen Jurassic World seem to be 6/10 on it, so you are, pardon my expresin, barking up the wrong tree.
• Hexartes

  2015-06-17 13:08:33

  Miss Utilis said:

  They don't?

  Honestly it's garnered quite a hatedom.
  
  
• Odradek

  2015-06-17 13:13:28

  My dreams exceed my real life

  Miss Utilis said:

  They don't?

  
  Honestly it's garnered quite a hatedom.
  
  

  https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CHehhQNXAAAhXuM.mp4
  
• Klinotaxis

  2015-06-17 13:51:28

  kill living beings
  

  it has dinosaurs
  
• Tachyon

  2015-06-17 13:52:05

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  a good reason imo
  
• Odradek

  2015-06-17 14:29:08

  My dreams exceed my real life

  Klinotaxis said:

  it has dinosaurs
  

  
  
• Tachyon

  2015-06-17 14:32:12

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  a good reason imo
  
• lee4hmz

  2015-06-17 15:46:11

  ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

  Anonus said:

  Also Jimmy Fallon was in it, in a blatant piece of NBCUniversal cross-promotion
  
  He might be a bigger charisma void than Leno was

  Jimmy Fallon isn't a grumpy asshole like Jay Leno is, as far as I cna tell, so that's something at least.
• PatchAwful

  2015-06-17 16:50:05

  The Mysterious Ballerina and her Tree Stump Ghosts

  I guess it would make sense to have a big opening if nothing else, since it's a follow on from a very popular film series and has a neat concept (as has been said, dinosaurs). Whether or not it has any staying power once you've seen it the first time on the opening weekend, well
  
• TitleName

  2015-06-17 17:45:20

  It had dinosaurs. I am a simple person with simple tastes.
  
• Tachyon

  2015-06-17 17:52:21

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  (a good reason imo)
• Section42L

  2015-06-17 17:55:44 edited 2015-06-17 17:58:27

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  Back to the OP...
  
  Wasn't that supposed to be the appeal of Fury Road?
  
  I've also pretty much lost my taste for huge Hollywood machine event pictures, but based on what I've heard about both, I think I would rather Fury Road be this successful than Jurassic World.
• Salix Babylonika

  2015-06-17 18:08:47

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  Jurassic World is ostensibly family friendly.

  
  

  we went to see it was for that exact reason.
• Calica

  2015-06-17 18:13:36

  Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

  opinion on jurassic world seems p split down the middle, yeah
• One-Winged Eagle

  2015-06-17 18:22:00 edited 2015-06-17 18:23:43

  Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.

  It seems to be making big money, so clearly, people love it.

  
  

  Unless we're not considering the so-called "lowest common denominator" to be people.
• Tachyon

  2015-06-17 18:25:02 edited 2015-06-17 18:25:21

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  i imagine that its being part of a successful franchise and having a strong marketing campaign had something to do with that, plus, as has been said, dinosaurs
  
  i'd be wary of assessing the popularity of something on the basis of the number of people who watched it, because it's perfectly possible to watch something and dislike it
  
• Odradek

  2015-06-17 20:44:48

  My dreams exceed my real life

  Anonus said:

  I saw it on Monday and found it to be brainless, utterly forgettable semi-entertainment. But it had the biggest worldwide opening weekend of all time and it has great buzz. Did the people want a good brainless movie?

  They were probably relieved at a movie they didn't have to write thinkpieces about.
• MissUtilis

  2015-06-17 20:59:07

  BEWARE OF GRRL!
  

  also '90s nostalgia is a big factor - though it somehow escaped me earlier
  
• Odradek

  2015-06-17 21:02:19

  My dreams exceed my real life

  also '90s nostalgia is a big factor - though it somehow escaped me earlier
  

  Sebulba WAS available you know...

  
  

  
  
• Calica

  2015-06-17 21:48:08

  Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

  george lucas doesn't own sebulba anymore
• Calica

  2015-06-17 21:48:33

  Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

  now he...what the hell is george lucas doing nowadays
• Obā-san

  2015-06-17 21:51:52

  
  

  writing sebulba fanfic
• MissUtilis

  2015-06-17 21:54:16

  BEWARE OF GRRL!
  

  Calica said:

  now he...what the hell is george lucas doing nowadays

  owning Disney stock, also being grateful that no one is pointing fingers at him for helping to mastermind the wage-fixing conspiracy that involves Pixar and ILM
• Section42L

  2015-06-17 22:07:49

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  He's also doing whatever the hell this is.
• Odradek

  2015-06-17 22:08:55

  My dreams exceed my real life

  I hope it's the biggest thing in the world and spawns five billion sequels.
• Section42L

  2015-06-17 22:11:27

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  Sorry man, it already flopped.
• Odradek

  2015-06-17 22:15:57

  My dreams exceed my real life

  DAMMIT
• MissUtilis

  2015-06-17 22:25:05

  BEWARE OF GRRL!
  

  beautiful
• PatchAwful

  2015-06-17 22:39:02

  The Mysterious Ballerina and her Tree Stump Ghosts

  Section42L said:

  Sorry man, it already flopped.

  It's no Jurassic World
  
• Odradek

  2015-06-18 00:05:42

  My dreams exceed my real life

  Panurge said:

  Anonus said:

  I saw it on Monday and found it to be brainless, utterly forgettable semi-entertainment. But it had the biggest worldwide opening weekend of all time and it has great buzz. Did the people want a good brainless movie?

  They were probably relieved at a movie they didn't have to write thinkpieces about.

  Wait nope nevermind https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/06/jurassic-park-review-trevorrow-pratt-howard/
• Crystal

  2015-06-18 21:17:06

  Munch munch, chomp chomp...

  Less annoying than expected, personally.
• Alduin

  2015-06-19 13:36:49

  I hope it's the biggest thing in the world and spawns five billion sequels.

  The Strange Magic Expanded Universe

  
  

  Strange Magic: The Magic Unleashed

  
  

  Knights of the Old Fairy Kingdom
• Alduin

  2015-06-20 13:11:45

  I watched it today. It was a fun way to spend an afternoon.
• Alduin

  2015-06-20 13:12:32

  I mean, the characters are sort of cliche and it does feel like a rehash of the original, but the acting's solid and the visual spectacle is something to see.
• Odradek

  2015-06-20 13:23:03

  My dreams exceed my real life

  Acererak said:

  I watched it today. It was a fun way to spend an afternoon.

  I'll wait for my good friend the basement rapist to tell me it's bad
• One-Winged Eagle

  2015-06-20 13:29:13

  Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.

  You need better friends.
• Section42L

  2015-06-20 16:02:22

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  I really don't get what makes Jurassic World much different from your hated MCU, TBH.
  
  (Yes, I am saying this towards the people who hate Jurassic World but love the MCU, too.)
• Hexartes

  2015-06-20 16:06:14

  Yeah like if /anything/ screams Content it is something like Jurassic World.
• Alduin

  2015-06-20 16:11:13

  What's with capitalizing Content?
• Hexartes

  2015-06-20 16:12:06

  Sarcastic invocation of marketing-speak.
• MissUtilis

  2015-06-20 18:13:30

  BEWARE OF GRRL!
  

  NBCUniversal is the embodiment of Content
• Tachyon

  2015-06-20 18:15:03

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  what the heck is Content/content