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"Jurassic World" lives up to its grand ambitions

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No one cares about dinosaurs in this age anymore, quips Bryce Dallas Howard's character in " Jurassic World " (2015, USA), the fourth (don't know though if this will be the last) installment in the " Jurassic Park " series, this time directed by Colin Trevorrow (of the indie comedy " Safety Not Guaranteed "). That might be a self-referential observation by the director himself (and most probably, by the producers as well, among whom is no less than Steven Spielberg, who helmed the first two films in the series), because about two decades after the first film was released and with the avalanche of superhero-origin stories that have come since then, who among us might still be piqued by the presence of giant prehistoric creatures rampaging onscreen? We may have seen once again the resuscitation of the iconic Godzilla on the big screen last year, but then it was a less-often-than-not occasion and after that, what else? Thus, the whole point of reinvig...