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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShinHakkaider" data-source="post: 9861341" data-attributes="member: 9213">I'm someone who strongly believes that Spielberg has two eras in his career. His movies before JURASSIC PARK and his movies after JURASSIC PARK. I'm someone who grew up in the era of JAWS, RAIDERS, and E.T. , so to me those movies are MY Spielberg. BUT...I remember showing JURASSIC PARK to my then 9-10 year old son (at home on DVD), who liked it but wasn't that impressed. A few years later, it was the 20th anniversary, and Universal had re-released it in IMAX, and I kinda dragged my son to see it. I distinctly remember him complaining, saying, "Dad, I've seen this already..." and me saying to him, "Yeah, but on the big screen it's a different experience." When those cars stopped in front of the T. rex paddock, and that entire sequence started? He was riveted, and for the rest of the movie, he was locked in. Coming out of the theater, he turns to me and says, "You were right dad. That was so much different." I don't think Jurassic Park is anywhere close to my top 5 favorite Spielberg movies, but to the generation that was just the right age when it was initially released in 1993(?) I get why it's their favorite, especially if they saw it on the big screen.</blockquote>