I finally had gotten my ticket; I had bought it the day before just to be safe. I was going to see Jurassic World as soon as I possibly could. I was pretty excited for this one; a Jurassic movie had not been released in fourteen years since the third one came out back in 2001. I had rather high hopes as well; the title was changed from a Jurassic “Park” to a “World” and a different director from the last one. One thing I knew is that for me it would not be as good as the first, I felt they could of put real live dinosaurs in Jurassic World and it would not of changed my mind any. The night finally came to go see it at seven o’clock, I just had to get a pop and popcorn and then I was all set. Theater number seven was easily over 3/4 of the way full when I got in there. Mostly seats up close by the screen were available; I prefer to sit in the middle though. I don’t remember the last time I was in a theater this full, even for the earliest showing of the Jurassic Park re release in 3D. This was just a regular showing of Jurassic World, since last time I ended up getting a headache afterwards, but I figured it was worth it for my favorite movie. Even when I got to my seat on time there were people still coming in, taking a moment to pause to see where they could actually sit. I was hoping no one would have to end up sitting next to me as there were hardly any seats available to my left or right. After the movie I felt I had spent my nine dollars well. It had that familiar and nostalgic Jurassic Park look and feel to it, this time it was a fully functioning dinosaur theme/amusement park. It had tied the first one to it more so than the last two did which was nice to see, they even brought back the familiar face of B.D Wong who played Dr. Henry Wu from the first as their chief geneticist. Jurassic World also takes place on the fictional island of Isla Nublar just as Jurassic Park did. Overall I was pretty pleased with what I saw, and with the weekend record breaking Box Office success it was, maybe I will see another Jurassic World movie in the future.

The third Jurassic Park was my least favorite one without a doubt. I don’t think it was a bad movie; it’s just hard to call it one of the Jurassic Parks. Especially considering that this time around the Jurassic Park franchise was no longer being directed by Steven Spielberg, nor was there a Michael Crichton novel to base it off of either. Steven Spielberg may have helped produce the film, but Joe Johnston ended up directing it. I feel that the plot of the third film hurt it more than anything. It just simply did not add much to the overall story like the first two did. It definitely had its exciting moments and even introduced some new dinosaurs, but that was not enough to redeem it in my opinion. Being an old school Jurassic Park fan, I wasn’t too thrilled about the major color and dinosaur changes of the logo either. The first two Jurassic Park movie logos had the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but it was changed to the Spinosaurus instead. With the upcoming Jurassic World, the logo now looks more like the first one did. The return of Sam Neil (Dr. Alan Grant) and Laura Dern (Dr. Ellie Sattler) did help bring back some familiar faces to the film. The third Jurassic Park came out back in 2001, at that time I had outgrown playing with dinosaur toys and reading dinosaur books. So a lot of the childhood excitement I had with the first two Jurassic Park films sadly was now gone. This time around I just went to see this particular Jurassic Park just once in theaters with my mom. Back in my middle school math class I would talk to my friend about the teaser/trailer that we had seen. We were both pretty excited for it at the time. Like the last two Jurassic Park movies, I got this one for Christmas later in the year. I accidently stumbled upon it while “looking” in the bottom of our dining room cabinet. When I finally did get it for Christmas, it ended being the least watched of the Jurassic Park movies. The ending of Jurassic Park III was definitely a major disappointment; it’s almost as if the creators of the movie were just looking for something quick & easy to put an ending to the film. Hopefully, Jurassic World will be able to put this grand dinosaur movie franchise back on track.