The Worst Jurassic Park Movies Are All Missing A Key Ingredient
Jurassic World: Dominion is in theaters now, and over-performed at the domestic box office in its opening weekend. This film marks the third in the trilogy of Jurassic World outings, which in itself is a successor to the first three Jurassic Park movies. What was once an adaption of a book has since become one of the most recognizable and marketable franchises in film history, particularly as the first movie in particular tapped into society’s natural curiosity in the almost alien like creatures. Humans have long been fascinated with dinosaurs, as they are so visually distant from any animal today, that it is hard to believe they once walked the Earth.
The franchise has long relied on the popularity and sheer quality of the first film, the original Jurassic Park. Not all the sequels have been critical successes, though, as many of struggled to get anywhere near the first. Despite a general interest from audiences, who keep returning despite the middling quality of some of the sequels, it’s clear that the drop-off in quality has in some ways affected the way public view the franchise. What’s abundantly clear, though, is that some of the worst Jurassic Park sequels lack a key member of the original team that made the first film such a hit in the first place: the author of the original novel, Michael Crichton.
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Crichton was an American author who usually focused on the science fiction genre. As is often the case with sci-fi stories, Crichton had a tendency to incorporate real world messages, or warnings, into his work. This was the case with Jurassic Park, a novel he wrote in 1990, just three years prior to Steven Spielberg’s film adaption.
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