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Summary: When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth...Again!
Review: Steven Spielberg has always been my favorite movie director because of his innate ability to tap into people's fears, hopes, and aspirations. And while he may not always be successful at it (1941 and HOOK being examples), he is successful far more often than not. JURASSIC PARK, based on Michael Crichton's 1990 novel, is a prime example of Spielberg's abilities.The story revolves around the dreams of an eccentric billionaire (Richard Attenborough) to construct an amusement park on an island 120 miles off of Costa Rica that features genetically engineered dinosaurs, created from cloning dinosaur DNA. He invites two paleontologists (Sam Neill, Laura Dern) to the island to check it out for themselves, along with a hugely cynical "chaos" mathematician (Jeff Goldblum). But while the park itself is overwhelming to its visitors, including Attenborough's two grandkids (Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards), there is a strong feeling that Attenborough and his fellow creators have left a few things out. Then it hits. An overly ambitious security expert (Wayne Knight) has involved himself in smuggling dinosaur embryos off the island for a competitor. But the only way to pull it off is to shut down the entire park's security systems...which is exactly what happens, unfortunately. With the fifty miles worth of electrified fences shut off, and a tropical storm lashing the island, the dinosaurs break free of their enclosures. What results is some of the most terrifying and suspenseful sequences of 1990s cinema, from a director who clearly studied the techniques of the Master, Alfred Hitchcock. Winner of three Oscars (Sound, Sound Effects Editing, Visual Effects) and a $1 billion box office winner to boot, JURASSIC PARK, scripted by Crichton and David Koepp, is a hugely entertaining and relevant science fiction/suspense thriller that, while giving audiences the requisite chills and thrills, also has a warning about the potential dangers of cloning, which now seem to be coming perilously true in reality. Even well-meaning enterprises like this film's amusement park are susceptible to human failures or lapses of morality. Neill, Dern, Goldblum, and Attenborough are pretty good in their roles; and, contrary to what others might think, I don't think the special effects overshadow them. John Williams, yet again, provides Spielberg with another memorable music score. Followed four years later by THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (a very respectable sequel), and in 2001 by JURASSIC PARK 3.
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Summary: A Great Action/Adventure Film for All Ages!
Review: You really can't say enough about Jurassic Park. This first film was above superb! But they did horribly with the second film. I mean it made a lot of money, but did'nt make a lot of sense. The reason it held the single grossing record of a 3-day movie premiere (which WAS the record until Harry Potter came out (...), was the kids wanted to see it. Above all the third was so-so. It had great action scenes, but not a thick plot with it. However the first is original, and totally unprediactable. The film is about a rich scientist who offer a couple of paleontologist three years more research on there project if they will just come and visit his "amusement park". They agree and off they head for "Jurassic Park". They finally get landed and they find out the park had REAL dinosaurs. But the rich scientist needs the aproval of the paleontologists (played by Laura Dern & Sam Neil), and another scientist (played by Jeff Goldblum). A storm then hits Jurassic Park, and with the help of the son of the owner, the electricy gets shut off. They then realize the mistake they made, when the dinosaurs cause havoc all of the "amusement park". This film is one of my favorites and I think that any parent will love it as much as your kid will. This dvd is a great addition to any dvd library. DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDED: • Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen
• Production notes
• Documentary
• Industrial Light & Magic Dinosaur Encyclopedia
• Theatrical Trailers for JP, Lost World, and JP3
• Widescreen anamorphic format (2:35:1)
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Summary: jurassic action rocks!!!
Review: This movie is great. The effects are superb, the plot very entertaining, and it (in my opinion) is better than the book in many parts. You won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: Incredible!
Review: This is a really cool movie. The special effects and sound are awesome. The movie just sweeps you into it. Sam Neill, Joseph Mazello, and Ariana Richards do a great job together as they are lost in the park. As the movie goes along, they give you all sorts of hints as what's going to happen, then later, those hints all come together. It's full of suprises and twists and turns, as the story will leave you on the edge of your seat. It's not a nightmare giver, but it is a little creepy. This is the coolest movie ever, and it's a definate must-see!
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Summary: Spielberg does it again
Review: a stellar cast and crew help make this film one of the best of all time. the dinosaurs were teriffic and splendidly made. this film is all about action and thats just what it delivers. who wouldn't fear a giant t-rex or velociraptor just bearing down on them like the way they did in this film. what a wild ride, as spielberg shows just how good a moviemaker he actually is. spielberg also made other superb films most notably jaws, close encounters of the third kind, and the new a.i. artificial intelligence.this one has thriller written all over it.
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Summary: Unless you have a tiny tv, don't buy the pan and scam versio
Review: Buy the widescreen edition instead (unless your tv is really small, of course you should just buy the widescreen edition and get a larger tv in that case).
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Summary: Spielberg's shallow thrill ride.
Review: Jurassic Park, while exciting and awesome in parts, is no Jaws. The movie is really an excuse for Spielberg to mount the greatest Ray Harryhausen movie never made, and he succeeds far too brilliantly. The commentary and conscious of Crichton's terrifying novel is disposed of in favor of easy thumbnail sketch characters and simplistic narrative tools to make the monster movie machine hum right along. Once the dinosaurs do get loose the movie drops any pretense of developing or even caring about the 'characters' and invites the audience to simply enjoy the spectacle of the attacks. The pioneering effects may make this an essential in some collections, but the lack of dramatic weight makes it no more effective that its 1950s drive-in cinema cousins The Black Scorpion or The Deadly Mantis. Recommended just for the thrill of it all.
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Summary: A great dinosaur film
Review: Scientists learn how to recreate living dinosaurs via recovered DNA fragments, and a rich entrepreneur uses this knowledge to construct a prehistoric amusement park on a remote island. He brings in a team to evaluate his living attractions, and from that point forward everything that can go wrong does. The lean, economical screenplay, by Michael Crichton and David Koepp, does just what it needs to--it moves us efficiently from thrill to thrill. Only at the very end do the writers get sloppy. In this movie, however, it's really the special effects that matter. These dinosaurs live and breathe. I remember when I first saw this movie in the theaters back in '93; I don't recall ever being so impressed with the technical mastery of a film. Even today, when almost every film seems to include some CGI, the effects hold up very well.
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Summary: A true action/adventure classic.
Review: 'Jurassic Park' is a masterpiece, even today. I never get sick of watching this movie. In fact, I was watching it last night! Though they could've added more features to this DVD (there are way more features to the 'Jurassic Park III' DVD), just for the movie is well-worth the price! This movie is about two scientists who specialize in peleontology, are taken to this island amusement park designed by a wealthy business man to test it and see if it will work out for the public. This amusement park is unlike any other, for it is an amusement park of real-life dinosaurs which were re-created by top scientists who discovered a way to bring dinosaurs back to life. The theme park is called Jurassic Park, and once on the island, they meet a top mathemetician and the wealthy business man's two young grandchildren who come along for the trip, too. When someone suddenly shuts down the security on the island, things start heating up and the T-Rex gets loose! Now the humans are on a wild chase to get off the island alive before they are all eaten by the dinosaurs. This movie rocks and the special effects are just stunning and simply spectacular. The plot is really good and there's even some humor. The whole cast from Sam Neill to Samuel L. Jackson is absolutely superb. This is one of my favorite Speilberg films ever. The directing and filmmaking are top-notch. Some of the best special effects of the early '90s are featured in this movie. If you have not yet seen 'Jurassic Park', then I strongly recommend it - the movie never loses your interest! And if you liked 'Jurassic Park', then I also strongly recommend 'The Lost World' and 'Jurassic Park III', which are just as amazing and awesome as the first!
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Summary: Nice, very nice
Review: This movie may not have been Oscar material, but it is a great movie. I'm a big Sam Neill fan, and his performance as Dr. Alan Grant is wonderful! The dinosuars are breath taking, and the story is rather concrete in comparison to its successor, The Lost World. This is the best of the Jurassic Trilogy, followed far behind by JP3 and Lost World. Buy it, rent it, and if you see it on DVD watch the documentary to see the CGI people pretending to be dinosaurs!
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