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Summary: Reference Quality DVD
Review: Most of you know the story and the movie, and you either like it or you don't (I do). My comments will focus on the DTS version of the DVD. In short, I believe that this is a reference quality DVD. I own over 50 DVD's, including most of those that you can use to demo your home theater (Matrix, Air Force 1, Eagles Hell Freezes Over, several Bonds, etc.), and I think I'll be using the T-Rex scene as my personal HT demo scene. The sound is the best I've heard (I believe Jurassic Park was the first film to use DTS in theaters). During the T-Rex attack scene, the rain and other sounds surrounding me made me feel like I was in one of the Explorers. Hearing T-Rex approach, as the drink spits out concentric circles, was unreal on my Hsu subwoofer, with tons of low bass information. T-Rex's roar was truly frightening, and I've seen this movie a number of times. Visually, the movie is also stunning. The dinosaurs look as I would imagine them, and the transfer to video seems excellent. My only (small) nit would be a momentary pause fairly early in the film when the disc is probably changing layers, but this could be a function of my player (Panasonic A120) as much as it is the disc, although my player hasn't experienced this momentary delay except once or twice before. Overall, this is a must-own DVD for HT buffs.
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Summary: Excellent visual transfer - but sound lacking
Review: I am not writing this to comment on the movie. You either like good popcorn effects movies or you don't. I got this DVD almost solely for the workout it would give my home-theater (well I do actually like popcorn movies). I was very impressed with the visual transfer; the image is crisp and colorful. What I was surprised about was the lackluster audio especially being DTS. I was expecting the T-Rex scene to really have presence but it didn't. It is a good DVD but I was really expecting more considering that Spielberg took so long getting this out the door.
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Summary: A review of the Special Addition DVD Box Set
Review: A warning for those of you about to buy this DVD box set. First, Jurrasic Park is a fantatic move, they use every inch of 5.1 encoding; i have a state of the art sound system it was bliss. Now, first you should know the "hour of cut footage" is 100% on the lost world CD not Jurrasic Park. the lost worl in my opinion was a very week movie. Almost like they were standing around with a bunch of Dino robots and extra film and they said "why not" So the lost worl cut footage was just as bad as the movie. I wish they released it on DVD without Lost world, but still - worthy of my DVD collection. Cheers.
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Summary: Jurrasic Park DVD....Pump up the jam!
Review: OK the producer of Jurassic Park came into our school the other day and talked to us and then we saw the DVD. The Video is awesome. The Sound on my schools like 30.5 stage sound setup SOUNDED NICE! This is a MUST BUY! Lacks in the extra department
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Summary: THE ROAR IS BACK, BADDER THAN EVER!
Review: Jurassic Park, the movie that made dinosaur's popular, is back on DVD! What a great transfer it is! I was blown away by the special effects, and the sound transfer was amazing. The "boom" of the T-Rex that makes ripples in the water cup is a thrilling moment, making the purchase of this movie essential. So if the movie scared and thrilled and excited you when it was in theatres the first time, then buy this DVD and relive Spielberg's magical ride forever and ever in the comfort of your own home. Only don't get too comfortable, cause you never know when the might velociraptors are going to attack next!
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Summary: The Butlersaurus did it!
Review: This is a story where the book and the film take equal honors. The Crichton novel has a few gems of characterization which the film omits. That said, this film's special effects, though now eclipsed by the digital wonder that is Lord of the Rings, were top-flight in 1993, and still are gripping. The story is a retelling of the Godzilla Myth: man toys with nature experiencing inevitable retribution. The twist here is that it is not the action/reaction of the Old Newtonian World that engenders the demise; rather, it is Chaos Theory: newest god in the Pantheon of Physical Science. The chaotician, brilliantly acted by Jeff Goldblum, pontificates for several minutes about how the idyllic pleasure park cannot last, only to find his predictions made reality in the space of one afternoon. Apparently, a butterfly flapped its wings in Peking that particular day -- so the theory would have us imagine. The plot device, of course, is the household word "DNA." Behind all the modern trappings, theories, and special effects is the age-old hoary tale, that of the sorceror's apprentice. Science in this film is a form of black magic which destroys all who attempt to employ it for personal gain. That's a moral for you. On the visual level, Jurassic Park is a dream-come-true for children. I would have loved to have seen this film when I was a child -- and no doubt been frightened for days after. Fortunately, I was able to watch it with my nine year-old son, which, I think, was even better. Again, Jeff Goldblum steals the show, speaking what is certainly the film's most memorable line. Stranded in a powerless jeep, helplessly watching as an enormous Tyrannosaurus Rex bursts free from its electrified pen, he remarks: "Boy, do I hate being right all the time." A roller-coaster of a film certainly worth seeing at least once.
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Summary: Why?
Review: Why can Spielberg can create such visually stunning films yet cannot find a script worthy of a TV movie of the week. This film is a prime example of how actors without quality dialog are reduced to stage props.
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Summary: Intriguing Idea, Great Effects, Needlessly Silly Jokes
Review: The idea is fantastic, yet not so far-fetched: To bring back pre-historic creatures by using DNA extracted from fossils. The notion to have a "Jurassic Park" -- An Adventure Land featuring dinosaurs, could be a goldmine when handled properly. What the entrepreneurs did not count on was the unpredictability of wild "monsters" that quickly turned on their creators. -- The visual effects are first rate, the latest Hollywood had to show, fantastic. The story is fresh and interesting. The only thing spoiling this great movie are the countless, gratuitous jokes that serve none other than to appease kids. Either it's a drama or a comedy; the subject matter should not be exploited for both!
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Summary: consuming things
Review: Steven Spielberg's work both fascinates me and makes me wary. Great viewing, no doubt; but for me, his are films which have designs on the audience. You get the unmistakable feeling that you are being guided towards a predetermined emotional response: one which reflects the convictions of the director. Try it with any of Spielberg's films. In *Amistad*, for example, when you hear Anthony Hopkins, who portrays ex-president John Quincy Adams, telling the supreme court: `We have come to understand that who we are is who we were' (which is a direct appeal to the Founding Fathers' assertion of the liberty and equality of all), you also hear a trumpet sounding over the rhetoric; and as the historian Simon Schama observed, "hearts around the theatre swell like popcorn". For all its laudable sentiments, however, a number of educationalists, on both sides of the Atlantic, were reportedly highly critical of *Amistad*, not least because of the subsequent creation of a multimedia package involving study guides and regularly updated web-sites which discussed the historical case not in its own terms but in the light of the film. To some extent, of course, and particularly in an art form which is primarily entertainment, this is going to be inevitable. Spielberg does not write critical historical analyses, he makes films. Another director, Ken Loach, has always argued that the only reason to make a historical film is because it illuminates the present, and Spielberg would probably agree. And as long as you know that this is what is happening, you can make your own judgements accordingly and enjoy the show. In each of his very different films, the trick is to spot what it is that Mr Spielberg wants you to agree with: how, in his view, this particular film `illuminates the present'. He in fact does this in a number of ways. One of these involves the use of striking visual themes and leitmotifs (think of the jangling keys in *ET* or the heavenly light in *Close Encounters*). *Jurassic Park* is no exception. It is, in fact, a film about the consequences of greed; and the dinosaurs aren't the only ones doing the munching. Notice how often the human characters are shown eating, drinking or, in Arnold's case, chain-smoking. When they refrain, a point is being made. The moral of the story - as if it needed spelling out - is that consuming things heedlessly leads ultimately to being consumed by them. They who exploit the world around them are destroyed by their own desire, and the lives of others are damaged as a result. There's something very karmic about the premise of *Jurassic Park*, along with the unsubtle threat that `nature' will defend itself: violently if need be. Having got the message, you can then go on to appreciate the special effects. But entertaining though they are, I'm not sure whether Mr Spielberg himself would agree that the computer-generated dinosaurs are the point of the film.
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Summary: All time classic
Review: I dont know how can any one call this a bad movie ,This movie is one the best movie's ever made (if not the best at all),Well the effect are realy cool but its not just that there are realy cool moments in this movie no mater how many times i see it i still injoy watching it and thats what makes it a classic and one more thing to say the effects that were used in the lost world was way much better but i didnt like it but in this one they used the effects the right way
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