Jurassic Park

My all time favourite film. The first film I ever saw in the cinema.... And to those saying that the effects don't hold up........ What planet are you on?

This film was produced and made in 1992... Released in the summer of 1993.... The effects look better than most of the effects I see in films today, and this is all probably due to the fantastic lighting and great direction by Spielberg..... One of the best summer blockbusters ever made..... Transformers take note... This is how you make a movie!
 
It's the only one worth watching imho.

Even if the kiRAB are at truly epic Spielberg levels of annoying (:mad:), it has to be watched just for the bloke on the lav getting eaten by the T-Rex. :D
 
IIRC Spielberg took a back seat role for JP3 because he was doing 'AI'.

I think it's noticeable that his presence was missing from the film.

And agree with Chris a few posts back. 90 minutes is a sorry excuse for an action film. But as i have said before, considering it was quite a crap plot, 90 minutes was a blessing in disguise.
 
GREAT movie still ..... saw it FOUR times at the cinema (once on holiday too)

two MAGNIFICENT moments in it IMO

1: when lex falls through the roofing tile and the raptor jumps at her!! STILL makes me jump

2: when the group are trying to get wverything working againand the raptors are coming through the window ..... and john hammond SCREAMS DOWN THE PHONE!!!!! a totally unexpected response from him

oh and all the others too :D
 
I was in my early 20s when JP 1 was released, and it was an amazing experience, one of those defining moments in cinema if you like, for people of a certain age. I grew up in the 70s when my frienRAB and I were in awe of Harryhausen style effects and the 80s didn't really offer much better. When that packed cinema audience saw the dinosaurs there was literally a GASP from everyone in unison, and the audience just couldn't believe what they were seeing. A fabulous moment in cinema that I'll never forget.
 
Amazing movies. One of my favourite parts in the first one is when Dr Grant first sees the dinosaurs and goes weak at the knees. It perfectly puts across how an obsessive paleontologist would react to seeing a real live dinosaur imo. :)
 
I think Ian Malcolm is a better character and JP3 would have been better with him in it. He had some great lines...

"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."

John Hammond: All major theme parks have had delays. When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked!
Dr. Ian Malcolm: But, John. If the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.

:D
 
Sorry to sound a discordant note, but am I the only one who was disappointed?
Yes the dinosaurs were amazing, but I thought the plot was feeble and the ending a let down.
And you could argue the point forever, as to whether CGI is a good thing or not.
Certainly the CGI in the last Indiana Jones were one of the reasons it was so disappointing.
Just one mind you.
 
Mmmm...it was good for it's time, but on reflection for me the film does not really hold together that well. It had some very good sequences, but it really boils down to a basic monster movie when all is said and done.

The effects, though revolutionary for the time, now look dated.

And I often think it was probably the one film that is responsible for practically every sci fi, disaster and action movie relying far too heavily on CGI these days.
 
I love JP1 and enjoy it every time its on which is more often than not nowdays. I love the way the T-rex's look at the people when they see them and look like they're thinking 'Oooo nice food' hahaha :D :o
 
I agree. If Sam Neill was in the second film, it might have been a little better. Jeff Goldblum/Ian Malcolm is such an unsympathetic and smarmy lead that you actually will him to get mangled.

This film, for me, is one of two defining moments in CGI and animatronic cinema production. This, and Terminator 2, made a giant leap from what was around at the time, and to this day still look spectacularly brilliant. To me, that is almost the pinnacle of CG. We have some incredible stuff around now (I should know, I have my degree in CGI & animatronics) but with all the gloss and the shine it loses soem of the emotional effect.
 
Jurassic Park was a classic Spielberg movie, epic and timeless. It's what he does best. I'll never forget seeing the dinosaurs for the first time, and hearing the noises they made! Can't stand Jeff Goldblum though, he was the one jarring note in the whole film, he just gets on my nerves :D
 
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