Why The Lost World Is The Best Jurassic Park Sequel

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When it comes to filmmaking legacies, nobody has a bigger influence and impact on the box office than Steven Spielberg has. His long career is filled with massive hits like Jaws, Indiana Jones, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. The Extraterrestrial, and so much more make up his blockbuster-riddled resume. All of those films live in the hearts of movie fans everywhere for the awe and imagination that he puts on the screen. But none of these have matched the massive franchise that Jurassic Park has remained over the decades.

Jurassic Park has withstood the test of time and still remains essential viewing for audiences young and old. It remains the perfect balance of awe, wonder, and horror that perfectly reflects the emotions of the characters to the audiences in their seats. Jurassic Park is a spectacle of filmmaking that movies struggle to encapsulate, especially its own sequels. With a new Jurassic World coming out, there have now been five sequels, none of which have even come close to being as awe-inspiring as the original 1993 film. It isn't much of a reach to suspect that Jurassic World: Dominion will be any different. Although that is disappointing, it isn't much of a surprise when looking at what made the original so great.

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As mentioned before, Jurassic Park is a combination of awe and terror. The problem with the sequels is that the awe is gone. Audiences have already seen the dinosaurs at this point, and they can't capture the same feelings fans had in 1993. But the sequels, especially the Jurassic World movies, are still chasing that awe moment. Jurassic World does it by creating new dinosaurs — but once audiences have seen