Movies matter. The big screen experience, in my humble opinion, is still the most thrilling form of entertainment around.

I can see 100 terrible movies, alongside all those other jerk patrons with their bright cell phone screens and screeching infants, and it's still worth it for the chance at one transformative theatergoing experience.

I haven't seen such a movie recently, but for a couple of minutes on Tuesday, I got to feel again what it was like to have that experience for the first time.

Don't scoff, but watching the teaser trailer for next year's "Jurassic World" was almost as powerful as witnessing the birth of my children.

I heard you scoff.

Seeing the original "Jurassic Park" on the big screen in 1993 was the defining moment of my childhood. Really, I can probably trace every major life decision back to what "Jurassic Park" meant to me in that theater 21 years ago. That's probably true of many moments in life (because Butterfly Effect), but those others can't explain my excitement for the third sequel in a long-dormant franchise.

While I'm going to be excited about any trailer for a new "Jurassic Park" movie, the trailer for "Jurassic World" is particularly effective at conjuring imagery that honors the franchise's defining moments while expanding the scope of its film universe.

Almost every second in the trailer roots to some element of the first movie, from things as obvious as the gigantic park gates to small touches like mirroring images and the clothing worn by star Chris Pratt. John Williams' original score is scaled down to a few quiet notes at the end of the trailer, and it's the perfect final jolt to a generation of people who can hum the entire soundtrack.

Taking nostalgia and teasing something bigger and better is the basic DNA for all sequels, and very few are able to deliver on such promises. "The Matrix" sequels had amazing trailers too, but the movies themselves didn't come close to what the original provided audiences. "The Matrix," much like "Jurassic Park," was a revolutionary technological achievement. Nothing like it had been seen before, and therefore no sequel could simply recreate that discovery.

"Jurassic World" will unquestionably fall short of my experience with the first film. It could be the greatest movie ever made and it wouldn't be "Jurassic Park" to that kid in 1993.

That's why I think it's important to cherish any and all remnants of such feelings while we have it - to believe in the promise of "Jurassic World" before the final product inevitably disappoints us. Right now, two minutes of nostalgia-evoking teases is all it needs to be.

No movie in 2014 has given me a rush of emotion like I had for the two minutes of "Jurassic World." That may sound goofy or even slightly pathetic, but it matters.

Plus there's Chris Pratt riding a motorcycle alongside a gang of velociraptors. If you can't get excited about that, you're probably dead.

Tyler Wilson can be reached at twilson@cdapress.com.