
This closeness helps us either feel more afraid or in the case of Blue, a dramatic medical treatment scene really highlights the bond that Owen has with her. From the flies buzzing around Rexy’s stinking sleeping body to the mucus and phlegm we see, there’s an impressive blend of both CGI and practical effects in use that helps bring us closer to the dinosaurs.

There's a surprising amount of practical effects on display – in fact, it's the first time I've felt genuinely disgusted by these creatures. If you thought there was going to be too much CGI in Fallen Kingdom, you're wrong. Whether it’s a toothy Baryonyx stalking through a tunnel lit by a menacing drop of lava or the claws of the terrifying new Indoraptor illuminated by a child’s night-light, Bayona’s horror seems classy and rarely resorts to simply jump scares. The latter is definitely felt throughout the film and Bayona’s use of light and shadows to create tension is one of the highlights of Fallen Kingdom. There are echoes of his previous works such as The Impossible (big old natural disaster) and The Orphanage (creepy old secret-filled house) in Fallen Kingdom but more impressive is how it draws on further inspirations like Alfred Hitchcock and Hammer horror style suspense. Bayona feels like the perfect director to take control of Fallen Kingdom after proving he can handle large-scale destruction with confidence but is equally capable of delivering intimate scares. From there you may think you know where the film is headed but Fallen Kingdom is all about playing with those expectations and taking you to places you wouldn’t expect. Rather than take that as a sign that these creatures definitely should not exist, the humans decide to meddle once more and mount a rescue mission. Unfortunately for the dinosaurs there’s a volcano on Nublar with different ideas and is threatening to wipe them out for good (again). To be honest, this feels like the best situation for both humans and dinosaurs given their vibrant history of not getting along. Obviously, this'll be a family-friendly affair, so expect to have plenty of small dinosaur fans for company.Three years have passed since the events of Jurassic World, and the dinosaurs have been left to their own devices on Isla Nublar. If it all sounds rather sizeable, that's because Jurassic World by Brickman is the largest Lego exhibition in Australia. And, Lego aficionados will also be able to get building while they're there, with 2.5 million bricks to play with. Plus, you'll see some prehistoric creatures in the baby dinosaur enclosure, encounter more on the loose and learn how to track them over the exhibition's recreation of Isla Nublar (while using your imagination a whole heap, obviously). Just for Sydney, there'll also be a new 400-kilogram baryonyx that spans 4.8-metres in length. There'll be a life-sized brachiosaurus that weighs more than two tonnes, a huge tyrannosaurus rex, two life-sized velociraptors (Blue and Delta), and everything from a stegosaurus to a triceratops, too. Lego dinosaurs are obviously the main attraction and, yes, this event is going big. your Lego Jurassic World fantasy, basically. More than six million Lego blocks have been used in the exhibition, to create the four-metre-tall park gates, the lab where the dinosaurs are genetically engineered, those instantly recognisable jeeps, a petting zoo, a heap of creatures and more. That'll all be on display at the Australian Museum from Saturday, March 5–Sunday, May 29, as part of the exhibition's tour of the country.

Jurassic World by Brickman first popped up in Melbourne in 2021, and now Sydneysiders will be able to wander through it, too - and peer at more than 50 dinosaurs, props and scenes from the Jurassic World movies that have all been fashioned out of the popular plastic bricks in the process. And yet, we're guessing that he didn't predict the latest development: a recreation of the Jurassic World movies, which started with fourth flick in the series back in 2015, made completely out of Lego. He could've also perceived that a whole film franchise could follow, and that folks would be quoting the movies for decades.

The author easily imagined the story making its way to the big screen, because the Jurassic Park novel started out as a screenplay. When Michael Crichton put pen to paper and conjured up a modern-day dinosaur-filled amusement park, he couldn't have known exactly what he'd done.
