Hey, Max... welcome to your new office!
I really can't stand that movie. It consists of now-routine special effects and absolutely nothing else of value.
I saw JP II (or was it III) the other night.
It's an OK movie for "stay at home on a rainy evening". Nice, light popcorn flick.
'sides, I love anything about dinosaurs. OK, I think I love wooly mammoths more....OK, maybe even sabretooths more than them....but you get the picture.
I hated Jeff Goldblum’s character. Actually I hated nearly all the characters. I was disappointed when some of them survived. The only likable character was the Aussie, and he didn't.
Go away.
That was the stupidest review EVER - even stupider than your list one. Keep up the good work (/sarc)!
;-)
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.
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.
Stealth dinos.