[Originally posted on Facebook: 06/23/2015]

So I went and saw Jurassic World today with Dad and Julian, and I can officially say that I’ve seen every Jurassic Park movie since the original when it came out (yes, even the first).

This post is gonna be semi-long and semi-spoilery so for everybody who wants the nitty gritty, this movie is the second best of the Jurassic Park series without a doubt, and at times touched the seat of Zeus where the first movie sits, needless to say, I was more than impressed. Considering Goldblum being in the second, and the fact that no one is happy in 2015 (according to the internet), that’s a hell of a feat for me, and don’t take my word for it, the cynical internet also rated it the second best on IMDB, to coin a phrase from the film “It’s pretty legit”.

I’m not really one to go super in depth, and certainly not on facebook, but I will say that every time I thought the movie had shown me its full hand, it either sideswiped me (in a good way) or it one-upped itself into being a better movie each time.But lets not get this mixed up people, this movie has a pedigree to uphold, and I think it did it more “honestly” than a reunion of the original would have ever even come close to doing, and that’s coming from somebody who would love to hear the Goldblum snarl-laugh again.It was retro, while also being contemporary, nostalgic while also giving you that new toy feeling at christmas, and still somehow found a way to carve a niche for itself in the franchise that would otherwise be impossible. If you’re still here, I didn’t just think it was a great movie, I “enjoyed” the experience, and for, if ever so brief moments, was transported back into the feeling I had in the 90’s as a boy, but in a much better way than nostalgia.

Doctor Henry Wu (the sole returning cast member from the original) makes a very important point when saying (and I’m paraphrasing of course) that they were always creating monsters, since the beginning, and my god the writers and director nailed that factor harder than well, something, something Alderan.

It kept the dinosaurs in the limelight, but always with a mystique, and the predatory Indominus Rex a true horror, the trailer spot with the shark does this movie’s CG no justice, CG is CG, but I was able to forget that most of the time. Belief suspended, well fucking done movie.Is this a somewhat bias review? Sure, but I’m sick to death of everything being over-analyzed and torn apart and criticized when no one is willing to look at just how important and well done the good parts are. No numbers here, but here’s to the inevitable trilogy of Jurassic World movies and if 2015 is any indicator of the “90’s Nostalgia” era of film to come, we have absolutely nothing to worry about.

Now go watch the movie.

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[New Note: I broke the streak, I did not go see Fallen Kingdom because I had heard it was hot garbage. I am excited to go see the newest entry, however, which will feature Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. We’ll see if it holds up!]