Saw it today and it was excellent. J.A. Bayona has a knack for visuals on par with Guillermo Del Toro (seriously, the special effects in this and The Impossible make no sense to be this good) but unlike Del Toro he can capture the human element just as easily. The story is kind of a hard sell with it being mostly meant for kids even though the execution is hardly suitable for kids. Ironically the movie pretty much addresses this when it opens with the description of Conor, a boy too old to be a kid and too young to be an adult. That's pretty much where the movie ends up as well, somewhere in between two age groups.
Regardless, despite it not being the most accessible picture there is little to be held against the movie itself, which feels very Spielberg-esque (in a good way) and simply works on every level intended. Needless to say this movie is a tremendous calling card for the Jurassic World sequel directed by Bayona, which promises to be an immense improvement over the first of the man's talent alone.
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