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JURASSIC PARK - A Thread 65 Million Years In The Making
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elrechazado
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Metacritic scores on the second two are about 50 points too high.
RatskyWatsky
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The first movie is one of the best movies ever. Love it so much. The second one is alright. Third one is awful.
Harry Potter
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keep it clean?
Funky Papa
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Can we bitch about the revolting mediocrity of the first film compared to the original novel?
Man, I can't believe I'm still bitter about that.
Man, I can't believe I'm still bitter about that.
RatskyWatsky
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Harry Potter said:
I assume that means no dino porn.
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I'm still waiting on a Rotten Tomatoes consensus on The Lost World before I come up with my own opinion.
SCULLIBUNDO
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The third one really is awful. I caught it again recently. I also can't believe how short it is. Thank fuck.
Anticitizen One
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A worthy thread for the greatest movie of all time
Was on AMC in glorious commercial-interrupted, moderately censored HD today.
A friend and I caught JP1 at a local theater that does "retro" showings occasionally a few months back. Not surprisingly, it holds up, but moves at a faster clip than I remembered.
A friend and I caught JP1 at a local theater that does "retro" showings occasionally a few months back. Not surprisingly, it holds up, but moves at a faster clip than I remembered.
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Shouldn't the OP have info on the Blu-ray? Comes out soon, right?
The first film is the last time special effects in film really made me wonder, "How did they do that?"
Nowadays there's no sense of wonder. How did they do that? Computers, obviously.
The second film is pretty much garbage from frame one.
The third...well, it has Sam Neill in it again. And this hilarious dream sequence.
Nowadays there's no sense of wonder. How did they do that? Computers, obviously.
The second film is pretty much garbage from frame one.
The third...well, it has Sam Neill in it again. And this hilarious dream sequence.
Scullibundo said:
There are infinitely more crappy action movies out there. JP3 at least has an entertaining moment here or there and some nifty CG. As a comparison to JP1? Sure, it's shit, but so was Spielberg's own sequel.
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Saw the first one in theaters not too long ago, excellent experience. I loved the movie as a kid, but some of it did wear off if I'm being completely honest. I had a different picture of it as what I remember. Still highly enjoyable though, but not god-tier for me.
Jurassic Park is definitely my Star Wars - it was a formative cinema-going experience and just looking at the logo today stirs feelings deep inside me. It's not just the special effects, or the action, or beasts, but the idea of this universe - the park, the merchandise, the on-rails sightseeing ride. Everything was 100% compelling.
And it put a fascination for dinosaurs in me that I can't say I've lost despite growing too old for the toys.
And it put a fascination for dinosaurs in me that I can't say I've lost despite growing too old for the toys.
Nard Bagman
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Graphics way ahead of its time. I'll fap to that.
Sleeper901
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Funky Papa said:
i greatly prefered the movie. maybe because i read the book afterwards
i don't remember the book much but the whole plot with raptors at the end was kind of tedious
also no Jeff Goldblum in the book, so movie wins!
dangerbyrnes
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awesome thread. probably my second favorite movie ever, just behind raiders of the lost ark.
also, I'm just gonna come right out and say it. i like the lost world almost as much as the original. I honestly don't see what everyone dislikes about it other than gymnast raptor killing scene, and t-rex in city scene. and I don't find either of those scenes that bad.
I'll agree that JP3 was pretty bad though...
also, I'm just gonna come right out and say it. i like the lost world almost as much as the original. I honestly don't see what everyone dislikes about it other than gymnast raptor killing scene, and t-rex in city scene. and I don't find either of those scenes that bad.
I'll agree that JP3 was pretty bad though...
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This is the best thread on GAF.
XiaNaphryz
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ClassyPenguin
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What about the SNES game?
The music was awesome in that game, one of the only good qualities about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssn6C8Quh8A
The music was awesome in that game, one of the only good qualities about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssn6C8Quh8A
RatskyWatsky
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magawolaz said:Great movie. The first one.
HEY. He said to keep it clean. My boss just walked past and almost saw that shit. ffs
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Typographenia
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First movie is what got me hooked on films. I must have watched it around 150+ times.
It still holds up, and I think it will always be in my favorite movies of all time.
It still holds up, and I think it will always be in my favorite movies of all time.
The first movie was one of the defining cinematic experiences of my childhood. Great thread. Sequels sucked .... JP2 actually has some pretty good scenes and moments. Too bad the plot focused on the wrong things and Jeff Goldblum hammed it up. I mean, really, how many fucking times is Spielberg going to shoot a close-up of him saying a one-liner or something witty to the camera? "Mommy's very angry." His character was so good in the first movie too.
Pete Posthelwait was the best character in JP2, should have been about him. He could have been Jurassic Park's Quint.
CG T-rex in those night sequences still looks real as fuck.
Pete Posthelwait was the best character in JP2, should have been about him. He could have been Jurassic Park's Quint.
CG T-rex in those night sequences still looks real as fuck.
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