Aaannnnd here it is…
First impressions? What excites me most is the scale. A fully operational park full of crowds means interesting opportunities for some serious mayhem on a wide canvas, very different from the more intimate, tightly focused approach of the third installment.
Looks like an interesting balance of new stuff (mosasaurs, nifty ride systems, new characters) alongside old stuff that we’ve come to expect from the franchise (wonder, terror, kids in peril, raptors, and scientists making reeeaaaallllly bad decisions).
Would’ve been nice to see some T. rex, but there’s still plenty in that two-and-a-half minutes to take in.
I wish next summer would hurry up and get here already.
That shallow, panicked hyperventilation sound at 2:15 is a clever throwback to the kids hiding in the kitchen in the original. It’s not coincidental.