Down the Rabbit Hole

Jurassic Fan

Blog Harbor Challenge - Week 2, Day 8
Prompt: Movie franchises are movie series that are connected by a common character, setting, or other overarching piece of material. They can be open-ended (James Bond, Fast and Furious) or finite (Harry Potter, Hunger Games), centered around a shared universe of content (Star Wars, Marvel Cinematic Universe), or continuations/re-packaging of a popular initial film (Despicable Me, Jurassic Park, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mission: Impossible, Toy Story, Transformers). For today's prompt, tell us what your favorite movie franchise is, as well as your favorite and least favorite movies in that franchise.

I was in high school when the first Jurassic Park was released. We saw it together, a group of eight or nine of us, collectively screaming and jumping whenever the Velocirapters had their screen time. I recall how the missing goat, shown only a few scenes prior in the T-Rex pen, effectively forshadowed the harrowing attack on the park vehicles. We were expecting it but it still thrilled and frightened us. It is one of my favorite franchises and all the movies offered something different and I can't say there was one I really didn't enjoy. The third installment is probably the weakest for me. I loved the return of the original cast member, Dr. Grant, but it wasn't as compelling a story line as the others.
My favorite would be a toss up between the first and the fourth movie, Jurassic World. I loved the homage they paid to the first film in the latest installment. I thought Chris Pratt and his trained pack of Velocirapters was fresh and exciting and injected a new life and rush into the franchise. I am anxiously awaiting the new one due out this summer.