Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) [No 3D Blu-ray] [Digital only - AVP]

[WaverBoy]

Can any of the films in this series besides Jurassic Park be considered really good movies? Or pretty good? Or even kinda good? The only one I’ve seen is JP, which is great fun and absolutely fantastic in 3-D.

[BluBonnet]

I consider his one to be a pretty good movie.

[trialobite]

Originally Posted by WaverBoy

Can any of the films in this series besides Jurassic Park be considered really good movies? Or pretty good? Or even kinda good? The only one I’ve seen is JP, which is great fun and absolutely fantastic in 3-D.

I’ve heard a couple reviewers that I respect say about this one “Can’t we just turn our brains off and have fun at a summer blockbuster??” So I guess that’s something. I really really really wanted to like this one, but I just couldn’t. (On the other side of rhe same coin, F1 was a dumb fun summer blockbuster that I did get into! Not 3D but an old fashioned good time at the cinema!)

As I said though, this one is a least worth a watch for the very good 3D!

[eagle1]

Lots of great depth in this one. I’m a die hard Jurassic fan and I actually loved the world trilogy. Will need a 2nd viewing to fully decide on this one. The Dino set pieces were incredible though and there was a lot to love and enjoy. Just a few things that didn’t fully gel with me but I think a 2nd viewing might smooth them out.

This was a wild ride in 4DX though. The Dino set pieces (2 in particular) are some of the most fun I’ve ever had in a theatre.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Keviguane

It can't be worst ! Dominion was awful...

In a hypothetical world - Dominion would have been a great R-rated movie

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by trialobite

Just got out of this. The 3D is a massive step up from Dominion. It’s medium strong throughout. (Though its almost entirelybehind the window, so don’t look for pop-out.)

The movie, on the other hand? I’ve been really thinking this would finally be a return ti form for Jurassic Park. The original is one of the most important movies for me… but unfortunately the nearest comp for me is Rise of Skywalker. It has all the hallmarks and elements of the franchise, it has some fun ideas and cool set-pieces… but it’s all executed in the dumbest and least exciting way possible. It rushes from one idea to the next. The characters have almost no humanity and constantly make decisions that make zero sense. It’s a bummer, but it’s worth watching at least once for the 3D.

Big relief, thanks Trialobite. I was on the fence with seeing this one as it looks like more of the same. And hearing it's almost like a remake of JP3 in ways. The 3D will get me into the theater and hearing it's not milder to low medium (some medium) 3D like Dominion and Fallen Kingdom, good news.

Koepp, the writer, is the same writer that wrote Jurassic Park 1, but then also wrote Dial of Destiny Indy film, so he's been losing it maybe over the years.
He also wrote Mordecai (Depp), and Crystal Skull Indy. I'm not too hopeful with this story...

Just hoping it'll be generally entertaining. If the 3D wasn't good, I wasn't going to see this. Good to hear, thanks!

David Koepp Writer:

[Show spoiler]
Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
1988 Apartment Zero No Yes Yes Co-wrote with Martin Donovan
1990 Bad Influence No Yes No
Why Me? No Yes No

Credited as Leonard Maas Jr.
Co-wrote with Donald E. Westlake

I Come in Peace No Yes No

Credited as Leonard Maas Jr.
Co-wrote with Jonathan Tydor

1991 Toy Soldiers No Yes No Co-wrote with Daniel Petrie Jr.
1992 Death Becomes Her No Yes No Co-wrote with Martin Donovan
1993 Jurassic Park No Yes No Co-wrote with Michael Crichton
Carlito's Way No Yes No
1994 The Paper No Yes Co-producer Co-wrote with Stephen Koepp
The Shadow No Yes No
Suspicious Yes Yes No Short film
1996 Mission: Impossible No Yes No Co-wrote with Robert Towne and Steven Zaillian
The Trigger Effect Yes Yes No
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park No Yes No Also second unit director and cameo
1998 Snake Eyes No Yes No Co-wrote with Brian De Palma
1999 Stir of Echoes Yes Yes No
2002 Panic Room No Yes Yes
Spider-Man No Yes No
2004 Secret Window Yes Yes No
2005 War of the Worlds No Yes No Co-wrote with Josh Friedman
Zathura: A Space Adventure No Yes No Co-wrote with John Kamps
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull No Yes No Co-wrote with George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson
Ghost Town Yes Yes No Co-wrote with John Kamps
2009 Angels & Demons No Yes No Co-wrote with Akiva Goldsman
2011 The Little Engine That Could No Yes No Co-wrote with John Kamps, Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser
2012 Premium Rush Yes Yes No Co-wrote with John Kamps
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit No Yes No Co-wrote with Adam Cozad

2015 Mortdecai Yes No No
2016 Inferno No Yes No
2017 The Mummy No Yes No Co-wrote with Christopher McQuarrie and Dylan Kussman
2020 You Should Have Left Yes Yes No
2022 Kimi No Yes Yes
2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny No Yes No Co-wrote with Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth and James Mangold[40]
2024 Presence No Yes Executive
2025 Black Bag No Yes Executive
Jurassic World Rebirth No Yes No
Cold Storage † No Yes Yes Based on his novel[41]
2026 Untitled Steven Spielberg film No Yes No Post-production
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koepp

[Just_Discovered_3D]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Big relief, thanks Trialobite. I was on the fence with seeing this one as it looks like more of the same. And hearing it's almost like a remake of JP3 in ways. The 3D will get me into the theater and hearing it's not milder to low medium (some medium) 3D like Dominion and Fallen Kingdom, good news.

Koepp, the writer, is the same writer that wrote Jurassic Park 1, but then also wrote Dial of Destiny Indy film, so he's been losing it maybe over the years.
He also wrote Mordecai (Depp), and Crystal Skull Indy. I'm not too hopeful with this story...

Just hoping it'll be generally entertaining. If the 3D wasn't good, I wasn't going to see this. Good to hear, thanks!

I want to believe that Dial of Destiny was more influenced by James Mangold and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. But then this guy was involved in The Lost World, a film where the ultimate weapon against velociraptors was a gymnastics routine.

Jurassic Park 3 was sorta fun, it redeemed its Nedry character and the idea of the milquetoast husband making a Tony Stark style alter ego to assemble a team of the greatest dino experts + hunters was novel. But the dream sequence and the feathers on the dinosaurs are a tough pill to swallow.

For the last JP, the pillarboxing really emphasized the positive parallax, I almost wish all theatrical 3D had some pillarboxing. But having a white background around the picture traded strong enhancement to the 3D for lower picture quality.

[emailking]

Well if it's a better movie than Dominion that's something I guess but I as definitely hoping for more. Glad to hear the 3D is great!

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by Just_Discovered_3D

I want to believe that Dial of Destiny was more influenced by James Mangold and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. But then this guy was involved in The Lost World, a film where the ultimate weapon against velociraptors was a gymnastics routine.

Jurassic Park 3 was sorta fun, it redeemed its Nedry character and the idea of the milquetoast husband making a Tony Stark style alter ego to assemble a team of the greatest dino experts + hunters was novel. But the dream sequence and the feathers on the dinosaurs are a tough pill to swallow.

For the last JP, the pillarboxing really emphasized the positive parallax, I almost wish all theatrical 3D had some pillarboxing. But having a white background around the picture traded strong enhancement to the 3D for lower picture quality.

JP3 is a good one. Just was wishing for more original ideas with this series by now, this being the 4th World film. Rebirth makes it sound like almost a reboot, but the trailer seems like more of the same stuff.

But I'll give it a chance for the 3D and hope the movie is a slight improvement. There are things I like about each movie, just wish they were more exciting with smarter humans who don't intentionally go into the most dangerous places so often. Although that is what brings tension, being vulnerable against the dinosaurs.

Originally Posted by emailking

Well if it's a better movie than Dominion that's something I guess but I as definitely hoping for more. Glad to hear the 3D is great!

An improvement sounds like it's more on track with the really nice 3D of Jurassic World 1, which has medium to some stronger 3D. Much better overall than the last two of JW2 and JW3, this new one being JW4.

Even so, it's nice they're still in 3D in theaters. I hope Turbine can get this one licensed for blu ray 3D in 2026.

[hasslein]

I posted this in deals -

Fandango $5 off 3D Jurassic World Rebirth with code JWR3D. Can only use over the weekend. I tried with AMC discount Tuesday and it said only valid this weekend although website wording does not specify that

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Just_Discovered_3D

I want to believe that Dial of Destiny was more influenced by James Mangold and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. But then this guy was involved in The Lost World, a film where the ultimate weapon against velociraptors was a gymnastics routine.

Jurassic Park 3 was sorta fun, it redeemed its Nedry character and the idea of the milquetoast husband making a Tony Stark style alter ego to assemble a team of the greatest dino experts + hunters was novel. But the dream sequence and the feathers on the dinosaurs are a tough pill to swallow.

For the last JP, the pillarboxing really emphasized the positive parallax, I almost wish all theatrical 3D had some pillarboxing. But having a white background around the picture traded strong enhancement to the 3D for lower picture quality.

Dinosaurs did have feathers though.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Dinosaurs did have feathers though.

They did find some with feathers with the bone fossils, yes. That was a cool discovery. If the feathered dinosaur got bit, I can picture some feathers flying off in 3D.

[Creed]

I can cosign that the 3D conversion rocks for Rebirth. Unfortunately, I missed the first nine minutes due to my glasses not working, but the depth is very much medium to strong at times. Some of the wide shots of locations do shine. Very much a better experience than Dominion.

[Jbug]

I liked Jurassic World Rebirth also. Much better than certain reviews. My wife liked it also. It kept us occupied from start to end and the 3D was good. There were some shots that had the background out of focus and took away the depth. I didn't notice any pops. After seeing Megan 2.0, I was glad to see a decent movie.

[Zivouhr]

I did not expect to be so entertained by this movie.
This felt like a sequel to the fun Kong: Skull Island.

The 3D was very good too from the Rafting scene forward. Going into medium to high medium 3D layers. The scene looking down the valley below from the cliff was a great showcase for 3D. Really cool and a fun scene too.

While the story is lacking, this was one of the most fun Jurassic movies I've seen in the series. 4/5

I was not expecting that.

Quick Jurassic World 4 Rebirth 3D Review: Cinemark 3D theater
3D Layering: Mostly medium layers, some mild 3D, and some high medium 3D layering.
3D Pop Outs: I can't remember any.
3D Framing: Some nicely composed shots of foreground, midground and background layering.
Favorite 3D Shots: The steps of streaming mini waterfalls, the awesome view over the cliffs to the valley far below, the rounded rock pointing in the foreground with the arched rock formations in the background. The cornfield with the giant dinosaurs and their long tails.
Overall 3D: 7.8/10 Very nice 3D conversion and on par with Kong: Skull Island's 3D. Not as good as Jurassic Park or JWorld 1's 3D, but better than Dominion and Fallen Kingdom's 3D.

[levcore]

Great review Zivouhr, thanks!

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by levcore

Great review Zivouhr, thanks!

Thanks Levcore! What is really nice about this movie is most of the movie takes place in bright day light for the 3D. The end is at night but was still lit well so the 3D can work. Worth checking out if you like dinosaur and giant monster movies. Really good pacing once they get to the raft onward. It was like one of those theme park amusement rides. Entertaining with a lot going on at each turn.

The 3D Cliff scene, that was great and lasted a good few minutes. Not as great as GI Joe Retaliation 3D's strong 3D cliff scene, but very nice here even so.

A little bit of Journey 2's style here for the movie and 3D too.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Thanks Levcore! What is really nice about this movie is most of the movie takes place in bright day light for the 3D. The end is at night but was still lit well so the 3D can work. Worth checking out if you like dinosaur and giant monster movies. Really good pacing once they get to the raft onward. It was like one of those theme park amusement rides. Entertaining with a lot going on at each turn.

The 3D Cliff scene, that was great and lasted a good few minutes. Not as great as GI Joe Retaliation 3D's strong 3D cliff scene, but very nice here even so.

A little bit of Journey 2's style here for the movie and 3D too.

I have enjoyed this movie 3 times now - only once in 3D - but I did notice that the scenes that take place in the dark look a lot darker in Dolby Cinema, it's like GE was trying to really push the Dolby Vision range to the limit.

Normally that would be bad news for the 3D version, but in that version the darkness isn't even remotely as, well, dark.

The 3D is an awful lot of fun, on top of a movie that is itself almost the very definition of old-fashioned fun.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

I have enjoyed this movie 3 times now - only once in 3D - but I did notice that the scenes that take place in the dark look a lot darker in Dolby Cinema, it's like GE was trying to really push the Dolby Vision range to the limit.

Normally that would be bad news for the 3D version, but in that version the darkness isn't even remotely as, well, dark.

The 3D is an awful lot of fun, on top of a movie that is itself almost the very definition of old-fashioned fun.

That sounds like a nice theater. Cinemark, at least the one I go to, also does a great job making night time scenes look brighter and easy to watch in 3D.
I agree, fun 3D and a fun movie in general.

[Just_Discovered_3D]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Dinosaurs did have feathers though.

I've heard that they were thought to have back when JP3 was made. But changing the look of the dinos after 2 films, if they'd kept the same look I wonder if the film would've been given a more fair shake.

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

I did not expect to be so entertained by this movie.
This felt like a sequel to the fun Kong: Skull Island.

The 3D was very good too from the Rafting scene forward. Going into medium to high medium 3D layers. The scene looking down the valley below from the cliff was a great showcase for 3D. Really cool and a fun scene too.

While the story is lacking, this was one of the most fun Jurassic movies I've seen in the series. 4/5

I was not expecting that.

Quick Jurassic World 4 Rebirth 3D Review: Cinemark 3D theater
3D Layering: Mostly medium layers, some mild 3D, and some high medium 3D layering.
3D Pop Outs: I can't remember any.
3D Framing: Some nicely composed shots of foreground, midground and background layering.
Favorite 3D Shots: The steps of streaming mini waterfalls, the awesome view over the cliffs to the valley far below, the rounded rock pointing in the foreground with the arched rock formations in the background. The cornfield with the giant dinosaurs and their long tails.
Overall 3D: 7.8/10 Very nice 3D conversion and on par with Kong: Skull Island's 3D. Not as good as Jurassic Park or JWorld 1's 3D, but better than Dominion and Fallen Kingdom's 3D.

As a fellow Cinemark viewer, thanks for the review. I'm not so sure that my traditional Cinemark boosts the brightness for night scenes.

I'm liking your impression that the pacing was quick, the other reviews that have made it my way thought it got bogged down because Mahershala and ScarJo both played mostly the same type of character.