Posted on 12/05/2005 10:08:46 AM PST by Maximus of Texas
It’s been almost 13 years since its release but this is one of those movies that no matter how often it is on, I still will stop and watch it. AMC has been showing it a lot the past few weeks and it was on again last night so, as is the usual practice, stopped and watched a good portion of it. As with all my lame reviews, here is a chance for Freepers to make comments, share memories, etc. of the movie.
My comments:
1. Why Laura Dern to play the female lead? If Denise Richards can play a scientist in a Bond movie, why couldn’t they pick a real babe to play the role of a paleobotanist?
2. Jeff Goldblum’s character is perfect for him. My wife loves it when he plays the brainy, somewhat edgy character. His “must go faster, must go faster” in Jurassic Park is repeated by his character in Independence Day.
3. In that same scene, where the T-Rex is seen in the side mirror of the jeep and the “Objects are closer than they appear” is seen in the mirror, that same scene is duplicated in Toy Story.
4. Dinosaurs are reptiles and reptiles are the only creatures that continue to grow its entire life, which, during the time of the dinosaurs, would explain their huge size (early biblical records show people living 800 years, etc. Let an alligator grow for 800 years and think of what you might get). With that said, they don’t explain the quick growth of the dinosaurs. Also, wouldn’t have someone discovered this place early? Hard to hide huge herds of dinosaurs to planes flying overhead.
5. Seinfield’s “Newman” creeps me out in this movie. Pudgy little fingers all over the keyboard and then the thought of that raptor having a huge meal at the expense of Newman’s gut….
6. Why didn’t Richard Attenborough use some of his tunnel digging experience he picked up on The Great Escape to get away from the dinosaurs?
If Hollyweird had their way, the boys would be looking at other boys.
I would be relieved if my teenage boy was looking at girls' tooties. I did.
I agree...
I remember JP being hyped and hyped and hyped, but I never got a chance to see it until it was on DVD. I watched it and thought it started VERY slow and got impatient and turned it off. Later a co-worker told me had I waited about 2 minutes more the action would have started.
Translation: day10 thinks this movie was ok at best, honestly.
I fell asleep watching JP last night. I really liked it when it first came out but the special effects look dated by today's standards. Still, Jeff Goldblum was awesome, I've always liked that guy. He was my favorite character in The Big Chill.
The effects aren't too bad, IMO, even by today's standards. Did you see Goldblum in "Earth Girls are Easy"?
No, I haven't seen that one.
I guess when I saw JP at the theater, I was very impressed with the beautiful scenery. It didn't transfer well to tv.
You need to get one of those 52" HD flatscreen TVs. That will solve the problem.
A) the character is a scientist, not a "babe." Part of the reason for casting Denise Richards in the Bond movie is to make the joke about here being a scientist.
2. Jeff Goldblum’s character is perfect for him. My wife loves it when he plays the brainy, somewhat edgy character. His “must go faster, must go faster” in Jurassic Park is repeated by his character in Independence Day.
A) Jeff Goldblum does his best work when playing an ass. His character in Jurassic Park was the quintessential ass. It didn't require much acting. The only thing I've ever seen him not play himself in was the TV movie about Ernie Kovacs, which he was excellent (and likable) in.
3. In that same scene, where the T-Rex is seen in the side mirror of the jeep and the “Objects are closer than they appear” is seen in the mirror, that same scene is duplicated in Toy Story.
A) that's why they used it in Toy Story, because it was such a great gag. It wasn't anything more than a gag, however. It ain't "rosebud." (by the way, do you know what "rosebud" referred to in real life?)
4. Dinosaurs are reptiles and reptiles are the only creatures that continue to grow its entire life, which, during the time of the dinosaurs, would explain their huge size (early biblical records show people living 800 years, etc. Let an alligator grow for 800 years and think of what you might get). With that said, they don’t explain the quick growth of the dinosaurs. Also, wouldn’t have someone discovered this place early? Hard to hide huge herds of dinosaurs to planes flying overhead.
A) Dinosaurs are NOT reptiles. They are dinosaurs. They are related to reptiles, but they were likely warm blooded, which reptiles are not. You cannot make sweeping comparisons between reptiles and dinosaurs, biblically or otherwise. They were what they were. As to other discovering the site, Ingen owned the island, restricted access and it wasn't on any commercial air routes, so there's no reason for anyone to "discover" it. The dinosaurs had only been there a few years, since Ingen had started hatching them through their artificial process. No plot hole there, though there are hundreds of others in both the book and the movie, this ain't one of them.
5. Seinfield’s “Newman” creeps me out in this movie. Pudgy little fingers all over the keyboard and then the thought of that raptor having a huge meal at the expense of Newman’s gut….
A) he was not attacked and eaten by raptors. I think Gallymimus (sp?) is what attacked him in the book. Remember, the "spitters" with the big crest that they spread out on the sides of their head?
6. Why didn’t Richard Attenborough use some of his tunnel digging experience he picked up on The Great Escape to get away from the dinosaurs?
A) Sir Richard did what the character was supposed to do, according to the script. He's a professional (and Academy Award winning director for Ghandi). He does the job, as written. Class act.
Jurassic Park stands out because of its ground breaking special effects, but the story, like almost everything Chriton has ever done, is basically a rewrite of Frankenstein. Scientists meddle where they shouldn't and bad things happen. I don't think it will be viewed as kindly in 50 years as other films. From what I'm seeing Peter Jackson's King Kong takes the same technology and, basically, a grade B movie plot, and turns in a classic for all time.
Spielberg and Lucas are good technicians. Jackson is a story teller.
1) I am not making sweeping generalizations. I am reporting the current scientific consensus. I am also qualifying it with the phrase "were likely," which eliminates the charge of "sweeping generalization." Nyah, nyah, so there, nanee nanee (that's a joke, lighten up Francis)
2) Jurassic Park is on again at 5 PM CST today (about 45 minutes from now) on ScfFi, so if you get cable and have that you can watch it again. It is a great movie, even with my quibling. I particularly love the introduction of Sam Neil to the dinosaurs "welcome to Jurassic Park."
I was keeping it light. I'm just poking fun at the scientific community who base a ton of the theories (theories, not facts) on bones. They find one bone and draw a conclusion of what the dino looked like, what it ate, their sexual preferance, their next of kin, their color and their mode of transportation.
Well, on that one, I think it's fairly safe to say that the majority of the land dwelling ones walked. Even the ones with "wings" (except when they were "falling with style").
However, if they had SUVs they most certainly led to global warming, which must be what wiped them out.
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