Its a continuation of the saga.. I'm sure you knew that.. Executive director was still Spielberg, tho, and you could tell, because he always throws little things in there that other people probably don't even think of.. For example in Jurassic World, crazy scene where thousands of people are told to immediately evacuate since a flock of Pterodactyls was about to attack them and he shows a dude grabbing his two martinis (or mixed drinks - can't remember) and running away..
I thought JW was done pretty well.. we haven't seen JW Fallen Kingdom that Iowa spoke of, but I do have it DVR'd and we'll check it after the Super Bowl..
..but I hear ya.. CGI tends to get overdone and the story usually suffers.. well, probably more like they have no story and overcompensate with GCI.. I think that's what made Jaws so great.. No CGI and the mechanical shark never worked, so they had to ramp up everything else to even have a movie..
Friendship is like peeing your pants.. Everybody can see it, but only you can feel the warmth..