‘Jurassic World’ Director Returning Blockbuster Fantasy Causes a Shudder

Jurassic World Dominion may have earned a billion dollars at the box office, but we can all agree that it was a terrible movie. It’s one of the worst-reviewed ten-figure smash hits for a reason, with director Colin Trevorrow‘s obsession with giant locusts being one of just many infuriating plot points.

Bringing back the original trio of Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum to partner them up with Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard was a slam dunk of nostalgia and fan service on paper, but in the end we wound up with Star Wars fans breathing a sigh of relief that Trevorrow was booted out of the director’s chair on the film that eventually became The Rise of Skywalker, which says it all in microcosm.

However, the filmmaker has once again been handed a mammoth budget to dive back into the world of blockbuster fantasy, with Atlantis gearing up to shoot. As you can imagine, the prospect of seeing Trevorrow diving back into the realm of effects-heavy adventure has been greeted with a collective shudder, as opposed to an outpouring of praise.

We’re not actively trying to dunk on Trevorrow, but let’s not forget that The Book of Henry also sucked, while Dominion was roundly trashed by critics and fans of the franchise alike. For all we know, Atlantis could turn out to be just the rehabilitation his reputation needs in the eyes of his detractors, or it could be yet more damning evidence that points to a successful director not necessarily being a good one.

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Jurassic World Dominion may have earned a billion dollars at the box office, but we can all agree that it was a terrible movie. It’s one of the worst-reviewed ten-figure smash hits for a reason, with director Colin Trevorrow‘s obsession with giant locusts being one of just many infuriating plot points.

Bringing back the original trio of Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum to partner them up with Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard was a slam dunk of nostalgia and fan service on paper, but in the end we wound up with Star Wars fans breathing a sigh of relief that Trevorrow was booted out of the director’s chair on the film that eventually became The Rise of Skywalker, which says it all in microcosm.

However, the filmmaker has once again been handed a mammoth budget to dive back into the world of blockbuster fantasy, with Atlantis gearing up to shoot. As you can imagine, the prospect of seeing Trevorrow diving back into the realm of effects-heavy adventure has been greeted with a collective shudder, as opposed to an outpouring of praise.

We’re not actively trying to dunk on Trevorrow, but let’s not forget that The Book of Henry also sucked, while Dominion was roundly trashed by critics and fans of the franchise alike. For all we know, Atlantis could turn out to be just the rehabilitation his reputation needs in the eyes of his detractors, or it could be yet more damning evidence that points to a successful director not necessarily being a good one.