jurassic park in 3D imax

i saw jurassic park in a theater in durham during the summer of 1993.  i was 10.  i had just finished 5th grade, and i was at the bad-ass summer camp run by the math teacher at my school, where we learned card games, watched and analyzed tv commercials, and probably did other things that i can't remember.  it was awesome.

one day of camp we went to the movies in the afternoon, and the younger kids (me) were supposed to see some movie that was rated PG, and the older kids went to see jurassic park (PG-13).  my friend molly's older sister was an older kid, and she and her friends went to see jurassic park.  molly and i bought tickets to the lame kids movie and then went to jurassic park, too.  rebellion!!  it was so freaking scary (during the kitchen scene, i remember thinking "this PG-13 rating is legit and i am too young to see this"), and also it ran longer than the weenie movie, so when we emerged into the parking lot the kids our age had already gotten on the bus to go back to school.  we had been caught sneaking into the other movie!!!  but no one yelled at us.  that was awesome.

fast forward TWENTY YEARS.  jurassic park just got re-released in 3D imax and i went to see it this weekend with my friend talia.  (we saw a preview for it a couple months ago and were like "we must see this!")  3D glasses have gotten cooler/less cool (you choose) since i last wore 3D glasses.  this is me being scared of the movie to come.

we are getting our scared faces ready.

3D imax movie tickets are $21.  TWENTY-ONE DOLLARS.  i had a discount ticket thing, so i only paid $15.  it felt like the bargain of the century.

not pictured: the wine and chipotle burritos we snuck in.  i'm still a rebel.

um, this movie STANDS THE TEST OF TIME.  for a while we just laughed at the 90s hair and clothing and technology.  then there were scary parts, but i remembered that they were coming.  then there were scary parts that i did NOT remember and they were so scary!!  velociraptors in the room with the circuit breakers!!  but for a PG-13 movie it's pretty tame...not much blood at all, no sex, you don't see anyone die.  times have changed.  PG-13 movies now-a-days often have lots of those things.

also, the music was as awesome as i remembered.  also #2, samuel l. jackson is in this movie.  how did i forget that?!

also #3, about 95% of people in that theater were 27-33 years old like us, aka reliving their childhoods.

totally worth $15.