movie report: Jurassic World

movie report: Jurassic World
In the movie Jurassic World — you're never going to believe this! — scientists manage to re-create living dinosaurs, and exhibit them in a kind of park!
Then, in a totally unforeseen turn of events, some of the dinosaurs actually escape from captivity and begin terrorizing innocent people!!
Not only that, but in a fantastically out-of-nowhere development, among those terrorized are 2 kids whose lives have been shaken by their parents' divorce!!!
Astonishingly, there are some bad people who are only interested in the dinosaurs for money or for military purposes, but — in a who-could-have-seen-this-coming shocker — they are killed by the very dinosaurs they sought to exploit!!!!
Then, in an absolutely mind-blowing plot twist, the best-looking man and the best-looking woman on the island manage to get over their differences and work together to defeat the dinosaurs with pluck and courage!!!!!
Plus — hold onto your hat! — they save the 2 kids!!!!!!
After which, in a totally-out-of-the blue ending, the man and the woman seem romantically interested in each other!!!!!!!

Recommendation: if any of the above was a surprise to you, you're going to LOVE this movie!!!!!!!!!


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