I suppose that's why I prefer the original. I enjoy well written characters and the fact that the film feels like something that could happen in our own world. I didn't find Fallen Kingdom particularly entertaining because it didn't feel like a Jurassic Park film. It wasn't a terrible film, but it wasn't a good film, either. It hit the middle of the road with me.
On that note, many of the dinosaurs in the original aren't cold blooded killers, either. They're animals - some are predators and some are prey. Some are very intelligent, and some don't seem to be. There are a lot of shots of dinosaurs that are simply majestic, even when they're preying on each other there's a sense of awe evoked in the audience! Granted, some of that was because it was amazing special effects (I would argue better effects than the newer movies because they couldn't just rely on color grading to make the CG blend - the dinosaurs in the first two films had to look like they exist in the real world as opposed to making the real world look CGI), but it really holds up.
Jurassic World and Fallen Kingdom were both good action films, but there wasn't much other than action.
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