The thing that gets me is that Jurassic World was how it was the complete opposite of what Jurassic Park was, mostly due to the lack of magic and wonder about dinosaurs, but especially with their writing and treatment of women characters. Like, how can you go from the feminist messages from the first film to this? I don't get it. I feel like most didn't like or care about the human characters so much as the dinosaurs (because that petting area with the bby dinos? omg yes pls I want to go there immediately).

The movie is only entertaining if you want to see the dinosaurs. Everything else just fell flat.

And I absolutely agree with your observations regarding the difference between how Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force Awakens was done in terms of rebooting a franchise. TFA truly felt like they were rebooting the series, which was a perfect blend of the familiar with something new and fresh for the next chapter; it had heart and soul with these characters and the plot, and it just worked. Whereas with JW, they relied too heavily on bringing in the dinosaur element and not so much with the human element, which is why Jurassic Park was wonderful to begin with. It had the human characters that you cared about along with the beauty and wonder of dinosaurs. As entertaining as parts of the film were, JW just missed the mark on that.