User blog comment:BastionMonk/Jurassic Park is overrated/@comment-5870856-20130423225725

You know what I enjoyed about Jurassic Park?

I think that part of it was John Hammond. He was a man with a dream that turned into a nightmare. I think that one element of Jurassic Park which made it quite haunting was that transformation from a childhood fantasy into cold, hard reality.

And of course, Terra Nova was cancelled because the plot was sucky. (Not my personal belief, but the opinion of many viewers)

Essentially, JP is good because it represented something new and original, and they did a terrific job of making dinosaurs come to life. Now, people think they can balance a movie on special effects alone and forget plotline. That, my friends, is why every dino movie since JP has flopped - because they decided to focus on special effects made great by JP, thinking that was why JP was great. You need an even balance of plot and special effects for a movie to work.