Jurassic World: Why the Least Believable Character is not Indominus Rex

Amanda June 24, 2015

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By Amanda Festa
Jurassic World is a fantastically fun movie and anyone who wants to escape life and the heat for a few hours should most definitely see it. That said, it’s also one of those movies you go into knowing you are along for the ride and if it’s fun maybe you shouldn’t question certain things like over-the-top stock characters.
In fact, in movies like Jurassic World those type characters can actually work really well. Chris Pratt’s Owen, an ex-military, velicoraptor whispering, rebel-with-a-heart is a likable character from start to finish. The most successful character of the movie...

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