The Jurassic Park trilogy of movies is slated for a BD release sometime this year, probably this summer. Universal's BD conversions have been treated quite well (see: Back to the Future) so I'm quite excited to see how the clean up and bring out the look of at the very least the original movie.
Between this news, this week's Nostalgia Critic "review" of the second movie The Lost World it got me thinking about this movies some.
The first one, of course, remains a modern-day classic as the magic, action, and effects in it are top notch. I'd almost argue the CGI effects in it still can rival even the ones done today. The Lost World was an okay movie but I think it's a little schizophrenic in what it wants to do and say and it lacks some of the "majesty" the first movie had. The Jurassic Park theme in the first movie is used when the helicopters approach the island in the second movie the theme is used... When Hammond counts his fingers just after Malcolm leaves the room.
The third movie? I found it more fun than the second one as it was less lost, Sam Neil being in it was a plus but it's certainly not without many flaws in of itself.
But neither sequel really lives up to the original. I keep hearing that a 4th movie is in the pipeline but... I dunno. I'd almost like to see a "reboot" of this movie series and another, darker, and truer adaption of the book (a book I haven't read since high-school and may have to consider picking up and reading again) done. (Christopher Nolan, anyone?
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But, really, that first movie is just magical in ways that cannot really be explained. Very well done movie, aside from maybe the characters, with iconic action scenes that are still be copied today (namely the vibrations in the water). The behind-the-scenes features out there on the movie just show the "magic" of movie making mostly dealing with the robotics, animatronics and other practical effects done far more magical to me than the work done in a computer (even though JP deserves a lot of credit for doing some stellar work with early CGI.) But there's just something awesome about the idea of the life-sized animatronic T-Rex Spielberg built and used.
Now, of course, in present-day adaption of the book done or a present-day depiction of dinosaurs I suppose would have to bring in modern findings on the creatures, namely that they likely had feathers, which might upset the imaginations of many people but think it'd still be cool to see.
Between this news, this week's Nostalgia Critic "review" of the second movie The Lost World it got me thinking about this movies some.
The first one, of course, remains a modern-day classic as the magic, action, and effects in it are top notch. I'd almost argue the CGI effects in it still can rival even the ones done today. The Lost World was an okay movie but I think it's a little schizophrenic in what it wants to do and say and it lacks some of the "majesty" the first movie had. The Jurassic Park theme in the first movie is used when the helicopters approach the island in the second movie the theme is used... When Hammond counts his fingers just after Malcolm leaves the room.
The third movie? I found it more fun than the second one as it was less lost, Sam Neil being in it was a plus but it's certainly not without many flaws in of itself.
But neither sequel really lives up to the original. I keep hearing that a 4th movie is in the pipeline but... I dunno. I'd almost like to see a "reboot" of this movie series and another, darker, and truer adaption of the book (a book I haven't read since high-school and may have to consider picking up and reading again) done. (Christopher Nolan, anyone?
)But, really, that first movie is just magical in ways that cannot really be explained. Very well done movie, aside from maybe the characters, with iconic action scenes that are still be copied today (namely the vibrations in the water). The behind-the-scenes features out there on the movie just show the "magic" of movie making mostly dealing with the robotics, animatronics and other practical effects done far more magical to me than the work done in a computer (even though JP deserves a lot of credit for doing some stellar work with early CGI.) But there's just something awesome about the idea of the life-sized animatronic T-Rex Spielberg built and used.
Now, of course, in present-day adaption of the book done or a present-day depiction of dinosaurs I suppose would have to bring in modern findings on the creatures, namely that they likely had feathers, which might upset the imaginations of many people but think it'd still be cool to see.
