Possibly one of the most highly anticipated, highest grossing and most discussed films of 2015, Jurassic World was bound to leave a big impression on people one way or another. With an accomplished female lead (Bryce Dallas Howard), a capable velociraptor trainer (Chris Pratt), dinosaurs, dinosaurs, and did I mention dinosaurs, Jurassic World seems like an infallible formula.

Indeed if you are looking for a high-energy adventure, complete with thrilling chase scenes featuring the terrifying and brutal Indominus Rex, the new attraction to the park to keep things fresh and exciting, this is the film for you. It isnÔÇÖt strictly necessary to have watched the previous three films, but for those that have there are some lovely morsels thrown in. The old jeeps, leftover from when Jurassic World was known as Jurassic Park, the return of a certain shifty scientist from the original film, an old and scarred Tyrannosaurus Rex whom we last saw defending her children, and of course the lovable DNA Man, still educating visitors to the park on the molecules that make up all of us. The trademark music will send a shiver down fansÔÇÖ spines and the great effects, rendering the prehistoric inhabitants of the park in all their toothy glory, make seeing this film on the big screen well worth it.

Considered by some to be an even bigger hit than the dinos, Chris Pratt played Owen, an ex-military man recently employed as a dinosaur trainer. Attractive, confident and likable, his character wins the hearts of viewers early on. The stance he takes when confronted by his velociraptor crew after finding himself in their enclosure has been mimicked by animal handlers across the world ÔÇô if you donÔÇÖt know what I mean, try typing ÔÇÿChris Pratt Clever GirlÔÇÖ into Tumblr.

DallasÔÇÖ character Claire, leading lady with the pristine outfit, career-orientated attitude and competency that led her to become senior assets manager for Jurassic World, is also quite taken with Owen. She caused some controversy with fans ÔÇô despite her flame-red hair, she doesnÔÇÖt have the fire of previous Jurassic Park heroines. Driven, determined and obviously intelligent, she manages the park with meticulous precision, and when things start getting dicey she somehow succeeds in traversing the jungle terrain in her impractical heels, holding her own against smouldering Owen. But the film doesnÔÇÖt seem to want to give her the limelight she deserves; her colleagues donÔÇÖt respect her prowess, her sister spends the whole movie insisting that ClaireÔÇÖs life must be empty without children and her nephews even go so far as to say they feel safer around Owen, a complete stranger, in a surreal moment after she saves Owen from an attacking Dimorphodon. A far cry from how the original movies treated characters like Professors Ellie Sattler and Sarah Harding, putting Jurassic World a little behind its predecessors.

Although (debatably) Jurassic World may not match up to previous Jurassic Park movies, it was still a wonderful adventure revisiting the island that started the dinosaur craze all those years ago. YouÔÇÖre guaranteed to walk out of the cinema longing to have lived in a different age, when fantastic creatures roamed the Earth and humans were far from the most terrifying predator on the planet. Rated 4.5/5 Triceratops, at least.