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This movie was playing in theaters the same time Jurassic Park was....

posted 16 years ago by harlowfan
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I remember that me and my two cousins were dropped off at the theater by our parents to see Jurassic Park that day. We were 13, 9, and 6 (almost 7). (Looking back, I don't know how my cousins got in with just me and not an adult, being a PG-13 movie, but they did. Laidback small-town theater, I guess.)

Anyway...

We sat down and were really just bored to death. Being a little older I was willing to sit and wait for the movie to pick up, but my cousins weren't having it, and they were just being annoying. And after a while, I didn't care enough about the movie, to try and sit through it. We decided to leave Jurassic Park and ended up sneaking into Made In America. hehehe

I don't remember if we planned to do that before getting up out of our seats, or if we just had the idea on a whim when we were out in the hallway.... but we did it, and we have a lot of fun watching Made In America. Even my six-year-old cousin liked it, and he wasn't a patient kid.

Just thought I'd share. That's one of those insignificant things that turned out to be a fun childhood memory.

I don't know about my cousins, but to this day, I've not attempted to ever watch Jurassic Park again, or any of its sequels. Quite an overrated blockbuster, IMO. Made In America, on the other hand, is a classic modern comedy.

[–] glassrose385 14 years ago

I saw both movies in theater. I saw Jurassic Park one weekend with a friend and her family and the next weekend my older sister wanted to see Made in America and I went with her. As a kid I like JP but not that I'm older I really don't care for it. Made in America still has a rewatch factor years later.

[–] pcremeans6291 14 years ago

Is this the twilight zone? Made in America has a rewatch factor but Jurassic Park doesn't? Please.

[–] Mets2013 13 years ago

I think it's just the hype that Jurassic Park had back in '93, it was ridiculous. They made it out to be the best movie ever and IMHO Last Action Hero was the best movie of that summer and even Made in America was better than Jurassic Park. Why anybody would want to see Jurassic Park instead is beyond me. I guess people were ass backwards in the 90's.

[–] ow-3 13 years ago

I watch this film for the nostalgia also. Just finished watching it. I used to watch this film all the time when I was a kid. My dad used to have an expensive VCR player that played SVHS (super vhs LOL) and he had a huge VHS collection. I would sneak and watch all kinds of films. I've been a film lover for over 20 yrs. I'm 26.

[–] super-staff 12 years ago

Ah, movie theater memories are always sweet (or bittersweet).