Probably one of Weird Al's better works.
Jurassic Park: Blu-Ray
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Probably one of Weird Al's better works.
I watched the hell out of my Jurassic Park VHS as a kid. I'll definitely be buying this one.
Yeah I caught some of the first movie recently on cable, and I unfortunately have to agree. The schmaltz and cuteness was laid on SO much thicker than I remembered that it was almost painful to watch at times (E.T. almost looks gritty and hard-edged in comparison).
It's still a great movie with a lot of great moments of course, but as a whole I have a much harder time buying into the "reality" of the situation like I did as a kid. It just feels like too much of a cheesy theme-park ride now.
And yeah, a darker and more violent adaptation would have been awesome to see, but by now the novelty of the idea (and of seeing dinosaurs on the big screen) has just worn off too much I think.
I vastly prefered the book over the original film. The movie was okay but I have issues with Spielberg (I like some of his movies, though). Two was rubbish (same goes for the book). Three I'll pretend doesn't exist. It was appalling.
The book IS much better - but you can't have an heroic lawyer in a movie...
The second book: I thought it was a fun read, and I actually like the movie - even the Godzilla-like ending that's been added on after the novel's actual ending.
The third film is mindless but fun to watch.
Personally, I could stand a fourth Jurassic Park-movie.
The second novel was so awful. Especially when Crichton retconned Ian Malcolm to be alive.
I'm looking forward to this - I've not sat down and watched the original in quite some time, and I've never seen JP3. I do remember what a watershed the dinosaur effects were. Plus it's got Wayne Knight and Samuel L. M. F. Jackson!
Jurassic Park was the first and only movie that I made my parents pick up for me (on release date, no less) before I was able to get myself to the store.
And I'm glad they did.
It might not of been CGI, but I can always remember Sam Neil listing to the dinosaur breathing...classic stuff.
What ever happened to the younger actors? I had a crush on Ariana Richards who played the daughter. (before people wig out, I was born two months after her, so I was a kid when I had a crush on her)
What ever happened to the younger actors? I had a crush on Ariana Richards who played the daughter. (before people wig out, I was born two months after her, so I was a kid when I had a crush on her)
Joseph Mazzello was in The Social Network and The Pacific recently. Ariana has an art degree and a failed music and acting career.
I want them to turn 'The Lost World' into a movie.
And by that I mean the novel, which was damn good. And no, the film called 'The Lost World' has nothing to do with it. They were pretty much being written at the same time, I think, and didn't really relate to each other in any way.
And by that I mean the novel, which was damn good. And no, the film called 'The Lost World' has nothing to do with it. They were pretty much being written at the same time, I think, and didn't really relate to each other in any way.
I was the same, though it's kind of weird now. I started out being quite a bit younger than her character, and then slowly became older, so now it always feels slightly strange when I think about it. Apparently, she's gone on to have a fairly successful career as an artist.
Sorry to zombify this. The films look great in HD, although there's a lot of grain in JP. The real treat are the Return to Jurassic Park documentaries (Most of the other material on the discs is sort of imported from the DVDs). The JP one is the best, with pretty much the entire main cast except Attenborough. Pretty much covers a great deal.
The TLW docs are somewhat dissiapointing, you get the feeling there was tension on set, they only really talk to Goldblum and Stormare from among the actors, there's a lot of technical talk and Spielberg seems kind of meh about the sequel apart from the much-maligned ending. (He seemed to want to do something with the shaving cream can instead of Crichton's site B).
As for III, the movie looks the best of the three. Haven't seen the documentary for that one but reportedly it's mainly about the Universal ride.
The TLW docs are somewhat dissiapointing, you get the feeling there was tension on set, they only really talk to Goldblum and Stormare from among the actors, there's a lot of technical talk and Spielberg seems kind of meh about the sequel apart from the much-maligned ending. (He seemed to want to do something with the shaving cream can instead of Crichton's site B).
As for III, the movie looks the best of the three. Haven't seen the documentary for that one but reportedly it's mainly about the Universal ride.
