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Jurassic Park
mich_izzle
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Just watched this delightful, entertaining thriller last night and I now feel nostalgic. The movie came out when I was a mere 3 year old and after being brought to watch it at the cinema with my parents it had a strong effect on me. The dinosaurs terrified me as a child, the one scene sticking in my head being the raptors hunting for the children in the kitchen. I have to say no dinosaur movie has managed to top this film. The actors are magnificent, the storyline is flawless and the dinosaurs were a new generation of special effects in film. The first scene where we see the long necked dinosaurs with the tear-jerking musical composition in the background remain with me forever, leading to the famous quote "Welcome to Jurassic Park"
What are other peoples thoughts on the film? Your reaction/memory of watching it for the very first time
What are other peoples thoughts on the film? Your reaction/memory of watching it for the very first time
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SFX still hold up today. Casting is perfect. Characters are awesome.
It still stands up today, the effects are still impressive and it has the perfect mix of action, suspense and comedy. I enjoyed the sequels to a lesser extent, and I'm looking forward to the fourth installment.
My nephew who is 4 is a huge JP fan so when I bought the Blu box set I passed my DVDs onto him.
Though I was a lot older than you mich_izzle when I first saw it, the kitchen scene was scarey.
I love the Jeff Goldblum line in the sequel.
'Ooh' 'Ahh' that's how it starts, but then there's running and screaming
The SFX still look great today. The balance of CGI and real effects is well done. Still get goosebumps when I see the water ripple.
I can hardly remember the sequels though.
Moore and Vaughn's characters were awful. They basically caused most of the deaths in "The Lost World", including one of their own guys
Saw Jurassic Park when I was older so it didn't scare me one bit but I do wonder if it would have had the same Jaws effect on me if I watched it when I was a kid.
On the contrary, going to a cupboard in the next room to turn the power back on doesnt do much for the drama.
I'd say it's more dramatic licence that the bunkers were situated where they were. It's an action adventure film afterall.
URGH. Can't they just leave our favourite movies alone without 3D-izing it?
I've got the blu-ray anyways... So that'll suit me fine. Watching it the way it was originally intended.
Dinosaurs......eat man.......woman inherits the Earth.
Its been known for years that Raptors were roughly the size of Chickens or Turkeys and possibly had feathers... But from what I understand, the Raptors were based more on Deinonychus which was a larger relative.. Yes I am that much of a geek! lol.. I was 9 when the film came out and it is still one of my most favourite films ever
I agree with your comment about the special effects.
Some people are saying that the effects still hold up today. I say that's underselling them as I think they're superior to most effects today as they appear to blend in rather naturally.
The raptors in the kitchen scene is one of the best uses of special effects I've ever seen in any film.
Probably one of the most memorable set piece scenes in recent film history.
The film itself? Pretty good. I've seen many films I'd say were much better. But as entertainment fare it's a good watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
It's the set pieces and the way in which special effects are used though which I think raise this film far above most of the special effects action films of even today.
Oh absolutely right there, but I find it does detract from the film somewhat that nobody at all during the planning stage of the park, or indeed those actually in the film thought , stupid bloody place to put a power switch.
Too fussy that's my problem.
I agree. That and the fact that palaeontologists since the release of the book and film have unearthed (ouch, sorry about the pun) new fossils which does not agree with what researchers originally thought. That is very easy to live with as a viewer.
The revelation that amphibian DNA lead to the spontaneous changing of gender is dealt with more casuallyy in the film but Crichton does go into it in more detail in the novel including Wu's thoughts about it.