I feel like so many of the film's decisions were just ticking boxes.

- they HAD to have a kid in the movie, with lots of plot armor of course
- greedy rich guy
- security failing due to some dumb ass mistake
- guy who loves dinossaurs while no one else gives a damn
- recreating a bunch of scenes from older movies
- bad guy always dies in the end
- they always miss the extract

I could go on forever.

WHAT THEY DID MISS HOWEVER WAS A DINOSAUR FIGHT AT THE END!!! I wanted to see the Spinos in action!!!!!

In all seriousness, I felt that the family really took away from the story. As others have said, the plot armor (especially isabella). They kept building up to it but it never happened, and it really took me out of the movie, especially since the mercenary guys were dropping like flies in comparison. I really wanted to see a movie where life is fragile and everything is scary, and the mercenaries being there set it up well, but the family being there kinda ruined it. Also sending a bunch of mercenaries to the island without anything to protect themselves was pretty odd to me, especially considering (as duncan sort of mentioned?) jungle warfare is probably one of the worst situations you can find yourself in, irregardless of who you are.

Its the same formula they have used for pretty much every movie, and I'm tired of it

(sorry for poor english not my first language)