For about 20 minutes I felt like a 12-year old kid again

Rating: 9/10 (11 July 2015)

I saw Jurassic Park on my 12th birthday 22 years ago, and it was one of the best cinema experiences of my entire life. As a kid who loves dinosaurs, that was the perfect movie for me. To this date I still love that movie, and always will.
For the first 20 minutes, I actually felt like I was that same 12-year old kid, just marveling at the grandeur and awesomeness of this film. I felt the old magic, not as a repeat of the old movie, but as nostalgic bliss.
But then it sort of faded away as the plot began. The movie was surprisingly good. I thought it would just be CGI hell, with wooden acting and sloppy pacing, but the movie succeeded in pulling me in over and over. I felt excited and on edge all the time.
To be true, the plot is rather lame, and very predictable, but I was able to tune all the inconsistencies out and let myself be carried along.
It is a beautiful and fast-paced action-adventure, not an epic love drama. It's dinosaurs! Big ass dinosaurs, and that's why this movie is great.