Films are something that we all look towards for escapism – the action, the humour, the romance, the animation. Sometimes these can hold so much more meaning then just an image on a screen and create narratives and memories in our own lives. Welcome to the sister article to Music Memories where we take a look at some of these personal stories attached to films.

Film: Jurassic Park
Original Release Date: 2000

I have never been a big fan of dinosaurs and this meant that I had no interest in ever watching Jurassic Park. It just did not appeal to me. The first and only time that I saw the film Jurassic Park was in 2013 at a guy mates house when him and his friends deliberately put it on to make me watch a ‘masterpiece’.

Watching it, I can see why people love the franchise and it was sort of a cult thing but for me it was enjoyable but not really my sort of thing. I could understand why so many people adored it but I was still not a fan. There is however a different version of Jurassic Park that I prefer MUCH more. That is the Lego game version.

The reason I prefer the Lego game version is because it is just so light-hearted and fun. It takes some of the serious parts of the film and elevate it into hilarious skits throughout the game. The dinosaurs have a personality and there are a lot of random pigs throughout which creates a lot of comedy.

I appreciate how much fandom there is around Jurassic Park but the Lego version made me appreciate it a lot more then I would of before.

Facts about Jurassic Park

• The T. Rex occasionally malfunctioned, due to the rain
• The Mr. DNA cartoon was Steven Spielberg’s way of condensing much of the novel’s exposition into a few minutes.
• Universal Pictures paid Michael Crichton $2 million for the rights to his novel before it was even published.
• John Williams scored the movie at the end of February 1993 and recorded it a month later.
• Steven Spielberg liked the dinosaurs to do behavioral things that had nothing to do with the plot, like stopping to scratch, something he learned on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).

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