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Summary: Its worth the wait
Review: We bought Jurassic Park on VHS several years ago, but when DVD was getting close my daughter and I decided to wait for the first two movies to come out on DVD, then we heard about a third movie and decided we'd wait until all three of them came out in a single set. Long story short - It was worth the wait and the Beyond Jurassic Park volume is very interesting. We're big Jurassic Park fans and have really enjoyed these great films on DVD. It seems common to rate the movies by preference so here it goes: Jurassic Park is still our favorite. Its just so in-the-right-time and in-the-right-place that the spirit of thing probably cannot be repeated. Daughter thinks The Lost World is her next favorite of the three, as for me, Jurassic Park III is my next favorite. For me The Lost World was too much of a parade of the dinosaurs, and I really didn't believe that Mr. Spielberg had his heart in it, certainly not anywhere near what he put into Jurassic Park. I got that feeling even before the movie was made while watching pre-release interviews with him. He said the audience wanted to see more dinosaurs and that's what they were going to get - and indeed we did. But let's face it, even a medium size effort by Spielberg is still awesome by any general movie making standards. Jurassic Park III was second on my list precisely because Mr. Spielberg turned the camera lenses over to somebody who could still get into it and at least attempt to bring back some of the real magic of the first film. Still - (true confessions here) - we watch all three of them over and over.
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Summary: Have To Love This Trilogy
Review: One of the best things I Have ever gotten is the Jurassic Park Triology not only does it contain 3 awsome movies containing shocking encounters with creatures from the past but it includes a special DVD "Beyond Jurasic" which i like alot.. if you want to see a good movie.. i give this set 2 thumbs up.
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Summary: Jurassic Park, The Lost World, and Jurassic Park III
Review: These three films are truly a saga, but each have their own traits. The first film, JURASSIC PARK, generated fantastic, realistic, and the most incredible ideas ever written for a movie. Excitement and top of the line storytelling truly add to this film. As for THE LOST WORLD, another masterpiece was created. Special effects are spellbounding in this film and the story, although difficult for some people to follow, is truly well told by Michael Crichton and David Koepp. This film adds much more adventure than the first film and doubles in excitement due to the new film score mixed with the old one composed by John Williams. Finally, the third film comes along, JURASSIC PARK III, and adds sort of a dissapointment. Within the third film, the thrill of seeing Alan Grant return is portrayed, but the class to it is lost thanks to brainless writing from new-coming writers Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, and Jim Taylor. A new comedey angle is taken with the characters and deletes much of the adrenaline to the film. Another factor that deletes this feeling of true excitement is the newcoming composer Don Davis. The score was not well done and did not fit the style to Jurassic Park. John Williams should have done this score. Had he done so, this film may have still had some class to it, but Davis's score was not the one to go with. It also would have been nice to see some better writers and many other credits. Joe Johnson has his legacy in other films, but this was not the one for him to take. This ultimately should have been A Steven Spielberg Film, and a better story should have been waited for. As for its addition to the series, I find it unneccessary. The only parts to it that make it great to buy and have for your Jurassic Park collection is: 1) It is a Jurassic Park movie, like it or not. 2) The science is true for the most part and you can be well educated, especially with the raptor call which has actually been done on hadrosaurs. 3) If you get tired of watching the T-Rex stomp everywhere, it is really nice to see the Spinosaurus jump in, however unfortunate to hear the film score by Don Davis ruin Spiny's big moments. For the most part, this whole Jurassic Park collection is great to have and I recommend purchasing it if you want to recieve chills of fun and adventure. Even though the thrid one is a dissapointment for writers and critics, some, like myself, just have to say "Oh hell, it's a fun ride and I'm gonna buy it anyway!"
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Summary: What do you got in this boxed set? King Kong?
Review: As a former Jurassic Park fan, and loyal subject, I have waited an entire year (Oct 11th, 2000)(or, 391 days) for this boxed set. I knew it would happen, deep down, so I bit the bullet and endured these last 14 month's Jurassic Park-less. It was worth it.The set includes Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Jurassic Park 3, and a fourth disc, "Beyond Jurassic Park". What more could you want? Within these dvd's are nearly all the features you could want. But, Jurassic Park, and The Lost World are NOT dts. That is a bummer. I suppose I should have waited longer for the day when Universal becomes overstocked with the DTS Collector's Editions and start jamming them into the pack's. Oh well, I am really happy with the way these have turned out. All three feature pretty neat Animated Menus: (Menus spoiler ahead). Menus: For Jurassic Park you start with the drum and choir sound of the opening film (....a Universal picture....a Steven Spielberg film...Jurassic Park.) What you see is a swoop that goes from the Universal emblem in outer space, then drops down at light speed to the Island of Jurassic Park - Isla Nublar. The soundtrack and jungle sounds continue as the pretty decent menu pop's up. Lost world's is nearly the same, with the exception that the swoop goes down to the secret location of the surprise ending (don't want to give to much away). Then you see the footprint of the t-rex on broken pavement accompanied by a flashing siren. You can hear the siren and people yelling in the background. Jurassic Park 3 has the most unique menu of the bunch (but no complaints about the previous). You see scratchy metal covering the screen found in the JP3 symbol, followed by the snarling of a raptor. The raptor is behind the metal off screen. He (or she) tears three slashes in the back, revealing his eye watching you. He (or she) run's off, you glide through the slashes, and there is the menu. The raptor screams. Beyond Jurassic Park's menu, I'll leave that for you to see. Reviews: Remaining as the longest running favorite movie of mine, Jurassic Park takes the cake. It is still great. I have intentionally not watched JP for the past 14 month's so the dvd would be all the more special. I knew I would never get an encore theatrical presentation (you know how spielberg is though, March 2002 is the re-mastered release of E.T.) so I have toughed it out to say, it was worth it. The picture is great and so is the sound (DD 5.1). (Be advised there was a recall earlier this year for the dts releases of JP and Lost World.) And like I said, I would have preferred dts, but when the raptors run at you in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, you really don't care, because you will be too busy jumping from your seat to the floor and covering your head. Instruction's: Crank all the way up until you feel the heat from the t-rex's roar burning the hair off your neck. There are many informative features that include the aspects of nearly every area of the Jurassic Park process. Included is "The Making of Jurassic Park". I am so glad I didn't pay 12 buck's
when it came out a few years back on video. I wanted it bad, and it is well worth it, but its nice to know that the money I didn't spend went towards this set. My favorite features were the ameteur video shots from spielberg scoping out the Hawaiian islands for shooting locations. In one part he films some cows and says "We could put some latex costumes on them and put them in the film". The cows run off. You can see him in the rearview mirror as he films with the video camera. Also, in another feature you see the production meeting's, in which Spielberg pops out idea's with a bunch of people that are...I won't say what I think about them. Anyway, in the meetings you hear him come up with several idea's that become the most important scenes in the film. Like, the t-rex attack. Yes, I have read the book, but the rex scene greatly differs between the book and film. As they discuss the scene, Spielberg plays with some toys in front of him. A woman (remaining nameless, cause I don't want to badger her) says to Spielberg, "In the Rex scene we could have sparks shooting from the fence." He know's the story better, quickly replying "The power is off." Fun stuff. The Lost World has similar features, in fact it has the EXACT same theatrical trailers. (The reason is, these are the same disc's released in 0ct 2000, just crammed into the boxed set. And, this was before even a second of film was released for advertisement. So on JP and Lost World you get a trailer for 3 that is just some sound effects and glimpes of jungle.) You get The Making of The Lost World, and many informative features on the creation process. Such as, Using the Universal Parking garage for the trailer-dangling scene. (That was the best scene in the book, for me. Remember the battery acid dripping on Ian's shoulder? And the shard of glass?) Back to the film. The film itself have been hit hard, as a lousy sequal. Im not going to make any kind of offending statement on that remark. All I am going to do is say that Spielberg was rushed, and even so, did a good job with what pressures he had, you know, dealing with Julianne Moore. Anyway. It was made for the dino's and that's all there was to it. Jurassic Park 3 was the chance for Joe Johnson to make a name for himself. One of my favorite film's, October Sky, had Johnson at the helm. The dvd is sharp as a tack, and the sound is YES,
DTS! Graphics are used to the fullest extent, and though I think the dino's in the original JP look just as good (and I am picky about such things) I will have to say, bravo. Included is the Jurassic Park 3 trailer that differs tremendously from the one found on the other disc's. During the time I waited (8 month's) for it to come out, I watched the trailer for jp3 more times (on the net) than any other preview. Beyond Jurassic Park bridges the gap for extra's, giving no doubt of Universal's desire to show the fan's how Jurassic Park, The Lost World, and Jurassic Park 3 were made. It is fun, and informative, and will surprise you. There were effects done in these movies that you might not have even known were effects. Remember the scene in which Lex (Ariana Richardson) falls through the panel on the ceiling and the raptor jumps up to snatch her? That's not her, its a stunt double with Lex's face digitally imposed onto her's! Lot's of good stuff. A split decision between critics and audiences about the quality plot-wise is kind of rediculous, because ALL of the Jurassic Park films are for fun, and not examination. That's like breaking a toy to see how it works. It just does! (Side note: A magazine that shall remain nameless claimed that there was an improper touching between a child and adult in Jurassic Park. The scene, again is when Lex falls through the panel. Grant grabs her by the upper leg, with Ellie, to pull her back up before the raptor chews her to bits. Ebert says it best, "Being eaten by a raptor ranks high on my list of inappropriate touching." When I read that I nearly fell out of the chair laughing.) ~S.A.O.S.~
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Summary: Best movie series that has ever hit the box office!
Review: This movie series is the best! Non stop action full of suspense! It also has a very interesting plot to the movie about the dinosaurs being recreated! But once there created the power goes out and the dinosaurs roam free.......... In the Lost World Jurassic Park you find there is another island of Dinosaurs..... I highley suggest this movie to anyone who wants a high suspense non stop action movie!
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Summary: For serious Jurassic Park fans only.
Review: I am a huge JURASSIC PARK fan. This box set is excellent. The only thing that disappoints me is that you can only buy this box set in widescreen format, and I do not have a widescreen TV. I am not saying that you cannot watch a widescreen DVD on a regular full frame TV, but it just comes out better if you watch a full frame DVD on a full frame TV and a widescreen DVD on a widescreen TV. So I hope Universal will come out with a full frame edition of this box set. And, you can still get the fourth bonus disc and the fancy, silver engraced box itself even if you have the first and second collector's edition DVDs! All you need to do is go out and buy the JURASSIC PARK III collector's edition DVD (in either widescreen format or full frame), and then there is a form inside the DVD which you need to fill out and send off somewhere to receive the extra bonus DVD and box. And there you have it! Now that I've got all that cleared up, I might as well write plots of all three JURASSIC PARK films. Okay? So here we go. JURASSIC PARK (1993; directed by Steven Speilberg)
Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Richard Attenborough, Jeff Goldblum, Bob Peck, B.D. Wong, Wayne Knight, Samuel L. Jackson, Ariana Richards, and Joseph Mazzello.
Plot Summary: A wealthy business man, John Hammond (Attenborough), designs a top secret prehistoric theme park on a romote island in the Carribean. He invites a top paleontologist, the paleontologist's girlfriend (who's also a paleontologist), a top mathematician, a lawyer, and his two young grandchildren to explore the park before it opens to the public. Everything is going fine until something unexpected happens and the park's security dies down, letting the dinosaurs break free and it's now up to the humans to find a way to stay alive and get off the island alive.
My Opinion: I loved the original. Speilberg did an awesome job and this is one of his best films ever. The special effects are just spectacular and the sound is incredible. The dinosaurs looked so real. I own the video tape of this film and I must have seen it about a million times already but I still love it and I get a chill down my spine everytime I watch it! ***** THE LOST WORLD (1997; directed by Steven Speilberg)
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard, Richard Attenborough, Vince Vaughn, and Vanessa Lee Chester.
Plot Summary: Hammond still can't keep away from his dinosaur theme park. When he agrees to do some stuff for the public on the island, he has to go back. Dr Ian Malcolm (Goldblum) says that he never wants to go back to the island, but when he finds out that his girlfriend is already on the island, he must go back and get her off the island.
My Opinion: THE LOST WORLD was not as exciting as the first. Maybe that is, because I've only seen it on broadcast TV and I haven't seen it in a very long time. Perhaps if I see it again, I may like it more. But the dinos in San Francisco was funny. I forget much of this one because I haven't seen it in a long time. Still, the special effects are pretty good and the dinos are better than ever. *** JURASSIC PARK III (2001; directed by Joe Johnson)
Starring: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Alassandro Nirvola, Laura Dern (cameo role), and Trevor Morgan.
Plot Summary: Dr Alan Grant (Neill), claims no heaven on earth can get him back to the island of Jurassic Park. But then, a rich couple named the Kirbys (Macy & Leoni) pay Grant a large sum of money to take them across the island for their honeymoon. Grant agrees, but once flying over the island of Isla Serona (the *B* site where the second film took place), the plane crash lands onto the island and their two pilots are eaten by a dino. Then the Kirbys tell Grant that they actually wanted to come here because they are looking for their missing son, Eric (Morgan) who disappeared onto the island weeks ago while para sailing with Amanda Kirby's new boyfriend. Now, they must find Eric and get off the island alive.
My Opinion: I think this was the best of all three! It has a lot more action and gore, and better-looking dinosaurs. The plot is fun and straight-forward. There's more comedy, too. And the action is just awesome and non-stop! The special effects, visual effects, and sound effects are just stunning. The acting is really good, too. This film totally rocked! ***** ~Hope this review helps!~
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Summary: BUY THIS COLLECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: THIS IS A GREAT COLLECTION BUT IF YOU WANT THE FIRST 2 WITH DTS SOUND JUST BUY THEM SEPERATELY.BUT IT IS A GREAT COLLECTION TO OWN IF YOU WANT TON'S OF EXTRA'S.THEY INDIVIDUALLY ARE EXCELLENT MOVIES ALL ARE WIDESCREEN 1:85:1.THIS WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT COLLECTION FOR CHRISTMAS.SO GET IT NOW DON'T PUT IT OFF.
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Summary: All widescreen, but only #3 has DTS track
Review: Wait for them to put out a trilogy with ALL movies in DTS. You REALLY want DTS for THESE movies.
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Summary: A Very Disapointed Fan, Universal!!!
Review: Put together a very nice Trilogy Box, with part 3 in DTS, but the other two DVD's still in DD 5.1. Why???
I bought ones a time already the first two part's, in DD 5.1.
Now DTS is much nicer, and was waiting for this box set.
Why not make two box set, with and without DTS???
This is sloppy Universal!!!!
I did cancel my order for the Trilogy for that reason, and bought only part tree!
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Summary: It's not a trilogy.
Review: There is only two Jurassic park films( Jurassic park and The Lost World) Jurassic Park 3 was so bad that it should not be mention in the same breath as the first two. My Opinion, wait intill They make a real part 3 to this series.
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