Jurassic World Dominion and The Case of Chris Pratt

When we first saw Chris Pratt as Peter Quill in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, it felt like a forming star. Forming Pratt as the brutal, clever leader of a shaky team of intergalactic naughts, since his triumphant turn of Parks and Recreation Andy Dwyer, remains one of the most inspiring decisions to occupy the MCU. Pratt’s clear skill for timing comedy and appearance in the cute lunatic translates smoothly into the sensational role of Free Quill. Like Quill, Pratt forms Dwyer’s seductive comedy into a distinctive individual whose comedy protects the empty heart – the emptiness he must fill with the founding family of his Rangers. What one now thinks of Pratt – and much of his public image is marked by rumors of his family, his divorce from Anna Faris and his bad vision – look at politics – he murdered her with the Guardians. Pratt showed an influential blend of heart and humor and became a Hollywood star.

But he wouldn’t do it – at least not the way Hollywood wanted. Apparently Pratt is ridiculous about the Guardians and the success of Parks and Rec. But the big look at the industry that comes from the roles Pratt started is that Pratt doesn’t have to laugh. Pratt should be another big American movie star. Led by a soft restart of the Jurassic Park franchise: The Stubborn Predator Owen Grady, a romantic Claire Dearing film by Bryce Dallas Howard.

With the continuing success of the Jurassic World series, things are still rising sharply for Pratt. He co-leads the remake of Magnificent Seven alongside Denzel Washington; plays with Jennifer Lawrence in the sci-fi thriller Passenger; previously, Green Baret was the first sergeant in the dystopian action film The Tomorrow War. But with each new dramatic role, it becomes increasingly clear that Pratt is not only unable to direct an action film, but that he is not a very good dramatic actor, despite the constant glorious need for cash registers. movies. critical acceptance.

This is unfortunate because Pratt is no longer “funny” and Peter Quill’s role in the MCU remains much less. The only “funny” roles that Pratt now accepts, the roles that made him a household name, seem to be the features of voice acting in animated films such as LEGO films and Disney’s Onward (the latter is less comedy). He also plans to play respected characters like Mario in the pre-title film Mario and Garfield in the pre-title film Garfield – two famous silly characters who need a special blockbuster snark. from Pratt.

The miscalculated seed was planted over Pratt about ten years ago, while Peter Quill still bears rotten fruit. This is Quill, because Quill is not a movie star. It’s the role of a character actor. In the next film, he becomes a comic book instead of the band leader, which is exactly what he did in the two-part Avengers movies when they were next to the “more serious” MCU characters. Quill works the way he does because he plays in an ensemble, which is natural for Pratt’s success in Parks and Recreation. Will Pratt’s performance in the Guardians of the Galaxy almost work without Groot or Drax? Even without Tony Stark, who would break his knees?

As a serious, dramatic star – flying alone or as one of the group – nothing more than Pratt. You know, the things that movie stars do, movie stars. Pratt lacks versatility, the ability to transition from comedy to drama, and any pinch of gravity. His rich expression, pasty comedic face, was replaced by a carved, neat stoicism under which nothing was hidden. He doesn’t really mean a character or personality outside the perspective of dramatic acting, because it just sparkles too much, doesn’t smile, and the dialogues talk with excessive, unbalanced intensity. Unless he played a hospitable bastard (or a ridiculous tyrant as in his previous roles), it’s probably a bit of a claim that Pratt is just a complete lack of charisma. You can replace it with empty space and feel no loss.

This is quite clear from the first Jurassic World film – the first cardinal sin – whose trilogy has now happily culminated in a storm, the Jurassic World Dominion. In this third and final period, Pratt’s failed star control is clearer than ever. And the people behind the Dominion seem to be fully aware of that, too. Pratt, a former film hero, was largely rejected by Howard Claire and the connection between the original Jurassic Park Trio Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum. When Pratt was on screen, it looked like he wasn’t really there. As a reminder, I can only imagine a few scenes where he was. Whether he’s kissing Howard or the screenplay calls her shoe spoon her awful incredible romance, the actor doesn’t even want to be a part of it (in fact, there’s a scene that starts at the beginning, when Howard literally giggles when he giggles in it. He can hug). It is difficult to know whether this degradation of character is the same for this small restart of the franchise as a direct response to the declining public enthusiasm for Pratt’s presence.

To give me an advantage in doubt, I’m sure some of Pratt’s shameful abilities can be blamed on his choice of roles. He has the wrong agent or bad taste, or a little of both. But it’s hard to tell if his public figures will forgive him if he decides to return to comedy, a genre in which he is clearly more comfortable and talented. Does Pratt want it? Apart from the previously mentioned central parts, where he is still a hero (if not even a crazy guy), Pratt has no comic book in space. Perhaps the terrifying comedy wants the contradictions of a pious, Christian family-human person, whom he has carefully created over the past few years, and Pratt wants to turn him into a more messianic man in his role in the film. But while actors from Marlon Brand to Brad Pitt have taken on the role of idolatry in pop culture, Pratt and his forced image of movie stars have just that. For Pratt, it’s just posture: he’s in a jack, but he doesn’t have sex, he’s wearing tent poles, but he doesn’t have a charm, his face is pretty, but without character. Starting with the Guardians of the Galaxy, he was physically shaped by what he wanted to be a train driver in the industry. But there’s no success in Chris Pratt’s blockbusters that makes Chris Pratt a movie star.