*Alan Partridge voice*.....JURASSIC PARK!!!

So, I went to see Jurassic World on Sunday and for those of you put off by the trailer - don't be.

Yes we have Chris Pratt as a dinosaur whispering Velociraptor wrangler and a hybrid super dinosaur in the Indominus Rex but if you're looking for a realistic film - one which has the basic premise of recreating dinosaurs from the DNA taken from mosquitoes frozen in amber this is not a good place to start. You could maybe ask how they keep getting liability insurance to open these disaster prone theme parks....

Leave any grasp of reality at the door and just enjoy it, it's a popcorn movie but one of higher quality than some with more action than the original, genuine suspense, levels of threat and hardcore dinosaur on dinosaur battle scenes. I would give it 4.5 Phils* out of 5

As always this blog is just an excuse you promote my drawings, so........buy my stuff!



*as opposed to stars/thumbs up, etc I use my name as a rating system, the more Phils the better the film.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane, no it's...........

Watched Man of Steel the other night, IMAX 3D as well. Not sure if the 3D was needed though and as for my verdict? A provisional 3.5 Phil's out of 5, bit of a low score but would like to watch it again in 2D and maybe it will go up a bit. The special effects with a bit too much for me on some occasions and during the fight sequences everything happened far to quickly to actually work out what was going on, the super strength fights work for The Incredible Hulk in Avengers Assemble but it was a bit too over the top and too often in Man of Steel for me. But we will have the inevitable sequel to look forward to where things may slow down a bit.

There'll be comparisons to the other films starring the last son of Krypton and for me you can't beat Superman II, I guess when it comes to the man with an S on his chest I prefer mine I little bit more comic book.
If you haven't seen it go along and let me know what you think.
The picture at the top of the page is inspired both by the release of the rebooted Superman but also by the trailer of the upcoming  Alan Partridge film Alpha Papa - with Chap of Steel as one of Alan's favoured alternate titles.