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Universal studios amusement parks, powered by the Universal Studios, an NBC Universal division are based on films the company has produced through the years. At present, open parks involve Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Orlando and Universal Studios Japan theme parks. The idea of this company's amusement parks started out back in 1981. Although Universal had a Studio Tour which was pretty famous back in the days, they desired something a little larger. They preferred a functional studio that could also become a theme park and thus the concept of this amusement parks came to be.

The first theme park from Universal Studios was launched in 1990. The early times of the theme park wasn't remarkable. The points of interest didn't show to be as successful as it had been expected. Long line delays caused lots of people to vow never to come back. In truth the 2 theme parks, Earthquake and Kongfrontation, the most famous attractions during the time of their opening hit a brick wall. JAWS similarly suffered a related fate. Because of these failures, the company triggered presenting free passes as apologies for the unhappy enthusiasts. Nonetheless, damage had previously been done and it would take a period of time before Universal could endure these disastrous failures.

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By 1996, an enormous development was happening with all the launch of a 2nd theme park, a new hotel and an entertainment district that were launched almost simultaneously in 1999. The brand new amusement park which was entitled "Islands of Adventure" made all conscious that Universal Studios was effective at providing the same degree of excitement to a recreation area as Disney. In fact, a number of the imaginative skill behind the highly flourishing Disney-MGM studios was responsible for Universal's Islands of Adventure. The theme park wasn't any "kiddie park" because it was capable to supply high energy coasters and thrill rides which were directed at a mature audience.

Within the same year 1999, their team created the City Walk, an entertainment district similar to Disney's Pleasure Island and luxury hotel Portofino Bay. Today, the district has 3 hotel properties, 2 amusement parks as well as an entertainment district that generally seems to rival Disney. Having an additional 2000 acres, Universal is definitely not done. They want to build a couple of additional theme parks and more accommodations. If you are searching to experience the field of the spine-tingling excitement of films like Jaws, Twister and out-of-this-world adventure with movies like E.T., Men In Black and Back to the Future, this is the place to revive those fantasies.

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The image of Tom Hanks tootling along on his scooter pretty much captures the spirit of Larry Crowne: this laid-back study (comedy might be too strong a term) putters along at a sensible speed, observing its world in a pleasantly upbeat way. Hanks not only stars in the film, but also directs--his first feature after That Thing You Do!--and cowrites with Nia Vardalos, so it's not a difficult leap to assume the mood of the pictures stems from his nice-guy persona. Larry is a recently divorced and newly unemployed guy who enrolls in college to improve his future job chances; he'd gone into the navy in his youth, instead of school. While this scenario might suggest a number of possibilities for Hanks to comment on generational angst or the economic recession of the Aughts, he pretty much focuses on Larry getting hipper and becoming attracted to his speech-class teacher, played by Julia Roberts. She's in loosey-goosey form, with a sparkling drunk scene and a few well-snapped put-downs (the latter mostly directed at her shiftless husband, Bryan Cranston). Larry has mildly happy experiences: front-lawn conversations with yard-sale neighbors Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson, budding friendship with a cute young Gen Y'er (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and her boyfriend (Wilmer Valderrama), and teacher's pet status with his econ prof (George Takei). For the most part, though, Hanks makes Larry Crowne as though conducting an experiment in how few serious conflicts you can put into a movie and still have it be a movie. Unfortunately, this means the film's pleasantness feels pretty slack, and while you may get a few smiles out of the situation, you won't get too many chortles. We've seen the wild man in Hanks before, and this movie could use a little of that energy. --Robert Horton