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Post by louise on May 1, 2017 14:27:47 GMT
6/10. quite fun, but like most such films goes on too long.
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Post by sdrew13163 on May 9, 2017 4:11:52 GMT
10/10. One of the best films to ever grace the screen. It could also be a blueprint to modern blockbuster directors who don't know how to pace a film.
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Post by SciFive on May 24, 2017 18:27:12 GMT
Incredible special effects for its time and wonderful characters.
"Hold onto your butts!"
10/10
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Post by politicidal on May 25, 2017 1:35:58 GMT
It's the only movie I can think of in recent memory (say 1990) that can, did, and still evoke a genuine sense of wonder and awe. 10/10.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jun 6, 2017 14:10:55 GMT
7/10.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 22:28:13 GMT
the effects holds up very well
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Post by James on Dec 3, 2017 14:08:53 GMT
8/10 Awesome.
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Post by kevin on Dec 4, 2017 20:18:14 GMT
10/10, One of the most exciting and adventurous movies ever made. Reminds me of movies like Star Wars in the sense that it evokes a sense of wonder, like politicidal said.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Dec 5, 2017 7:57:17 GMT
5/10. Biggest disappointment I had in a movie theater for a film I was looking forward to. The CGI was amazing and lived up to the hype but the story and characters were retarded. The only characters with spirit are Nedry and Malcolm--both end up sidelined.
Two things I expected from the pre-release advertising hampered my enjoyment as well. It was advertised as Jaws on land and Westworld with dinosaurs but it had a lack of tourists. It was a claustrophobic park experience where the dinosaurs were carted in at specific moments and hidden from view way too much. The trading cards for the movie showed a triceratops attacking a jeep. In the movie, we get a sick one.
Did I really want to watch Sam Neill learning to like two bratty rich kids? That was what the plot was about.
Spielberg hated stop motion animation and wanted to avoid using anything but full scale animatronics for the film-but he was forced to use some for long shots. CGI advancements came along during production and they swapped technology. However, the shot list for FX did not change much--Spielberg decided that 6 foot raptors were more visually impressive than a 25 foot T-rex--he even made this argument to the press, but in the end he had the tyrannosaur return because it was the most impressive FX character in the film (and you will notice in the sequels that the big dinosaurs gain a bigger role). How the T-rex could enter the rotunda without alerting either of the raptors didnt matter much since the FX was so impressive.
The FX crew deserve kudos for their achievement but Spielberg was thinking of Schindler's List when he was making it, thus he blew a once in a lifetime chance to push the envelope in storytelling with that technological advancement. To put it in perspective--there is under 7 minutes of CGI animation in JP. Ray Harryhausen, who did the animation entirely alone, got almost 20 minutes of animation for the Valley of Gwangi (and it is about a half hour shorter than JP so the lack of dinosaurs is more noticeable).
The film also ushered in the requirement that any dinosaur film had to have at least one child in it-something that never occurred to the makers of THE LAST DINOSAUR, THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, and several other dino films.
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Post by Vits on Dec 9, 2017 14:06:37 GMT
8/10
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