The “Jurassic Park”/”Jurassic World” franchise always favored a janky, what-should-we-try-this-time approach. Fans of dinosaurs (and who isn’t?) and the 1993 Steven Spielberg original based on Michael Crichton’s novel, have been forgiving enough to show up for most or all of the sequels, with their new batches of dinosaurs and hilariously secondary humans.
Just as millions will never forget seeing Spielberg’s truly classic “Jaws,” millions look back at the first encounter with the classic-adjacent “Jurassic Park” with a warm feeling, for its revolutionary digital effects and, in particular, the lawyer on the toilet scene. It was so crafty and convincing visually, you found yourself thinking for a second that some stand-in had literally been eaten by a T. rex, while the American Humane monitor on set was over by the craft services table, looking the other way.
People have lots of opinions about their dinosaurs. As I took my seat for a recent preview screening of “Jurassic World Dominion,” the family on my left was debating which was the worst in the series so far: the second movie in the first trilogy or the second in the second.
