Jurassic World

Jurassic World

What do you get when you combine the heat and humidity of summer, a group of friends, and cheap movie night?  You get an awesome night out in Strathmore!  

So Tuesday night found us with a baby-sitter and a chance to hang out some friends.  The weather was hot and muggy, so it was perfect for sitting in a barely-ventilated small-town movie theater.  

Seriously, it was perfect.

Jurassic World takes place on a tropical island off of the coast of Costa Rica.  Every time I saw the characters sweating in the heat I felt the same heat.  It made me feel enveloped in the movie.  Add on top of that a full theater with half of the occupants being pre-teens and small children, and I was immersed.

I'll be honest, with the atmospheric factors giving me a bias towards the positive, there was no way that I could not like this movie.  I came out of the theater as happy as I would have been had I seen the original Jurassic Park as a 9-year-old when it first came out.

Speaking of the original, Jurassic World pays homage to its predecessor in a number of fun ways that makes the adults in the viewing audience smile and wax sentimental.  As a lover of nostalgia, these tributes buried the hook deeper in my cheek and reeled me in hook, line, and sinker.

I categorize this film as:

Nostalgic -for the homages to the first Jurassic trilogy.

Ridiculous - for being a perfect summer popcorn movie that didn't take itself seriously at all.

4.5/5 Stanley Cups  - I downgrade it 0.5 due to the casting of Judy Greer.

Format:Local theater (www.joylandtheatre.com)

Viewing Period: One shot, all the way through

Inspired me to:Watch Jurassic Park and watch more Chris Pratt