Product Description: Director Steven Spielberg's Jurassic masterpiece is back in this Collector's Edition containing interviews and special behind-the-scenes footage. , One of the most successful films in worldwide box office history, Jurassic Park remains a most compelling and spectacular experience. This thrilling adventure features Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough. , Featuring incredible special effects and action-packed drama, Jurassic Park takes you to a remote island where an amazing theme park with living dinosaurs is about to turn deadly, as five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators. , Rediscover the breathtaking adventure you'll want to experience again and again.
Amazon.com essential video: Steven Spielberg's 1993 mega-hit rivals Jaws as the most intense and frightening film he'd ever made prior to Schindler's List, but it was also among his weakest stories. Based on Michael Crichton's novel about an island amusement park populated by cloned dinosaurs, the film works best as a thrill ride with none of the interesting human dynamics of Spielberg's Jaws. That lapse proves unfortunate, but there's no shortage of raw terror as a rampaging T-rex and nasty raptors try to make fast food out of the cast. The effects are still astonishing (despite the fact that the computer-generated technology has since been improved upon) and at times primeval, such as the sight of a herd of whatever-they-are scampering through a valley. --Tom Keogh
A Great Movie, Made With Dino DNA! Highly Recommended The original Jurassic Park movie remains my favorite of the three in the series. Released in 1993, this was one of the first movies to heavily use CGI effects seamlessly in conjunction with live action. The overall effect is nothing short of unbelievable or, more to the point, totally believable dinosaurs interacting with humans.
The movie's plot centers on a Paleontologist (well played by Sam Neill) who is hired to give his stamp of approval on a new "Theme" park ahead of its grand opening. There is also good casting and acting from Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum (a good fit as a "Chaos-tician"), Samuel L. Jackson (way underutilized), and Richard Attenborough (very likeable as the entrepreneur, John Hammond). Rounding out the main cast are two kids (Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello as Hammond's grandchildren) and an annoying programmer (Wayne Knight, "Newman" from Seinfeld).
The movie does require some suspension of disbelief and acceptance of pseudoscience but overall the plot is strong and the effects are believable.
Once the action starts in this movie it really doesn't let up until the very end. This is one of the few movies that has the ability to keep you literally on the edge of your seat. I have "nervous" people in my family who can't watch the movie all of the way through because the tempo of the action is so intense. For that same reason it is one of my teenager's favorite movies.
Highly Recommended!
Jurassic Park - The Gold Standard! Jurassic Park rates five stars but only because that is full scale (I would award this movie 10 stars if I could)! Never have we seen anything like this fantastic film before. First off, with a great and seemingly plausible story by Michael Crichton, good casting and performances, and absolutely wonderful cutting edge CGI by ILM and the full scale creature effects of Stan Winston this movie will be very hard to ever top. The work that went into paleontology research, animal motion and design studies for the full scale dino work of Stan Winston made me feel like I now know what actual prehistoric animals look like in action.
Most important was the basic story which was one of the best science fiction novels I have ever read. The author is reported to have discussed his cloning ideas with friends at MIT who were in agreement that the described approach seemed most plausible. I would expect the actual cloning of a mammoth to occur in our lifetime. Of course, only a Steven Spielberg and his great eye for composition, editing and direction could have pulled all the necessary talent together! Hats off to Sam Neill and the entire cast for their great performances. A movie experience this great only happens a couple of times in a movie goers lifetime.
The documentary on the making of the film was also excellent and very informative, as well as the other extras provided on the DVD. Although many later new movies have incorporated credible dino CGI, the excellent detail provided in this film have still not been achieved in other films. This movie sets the new gold standard for state of the art CGI and full scale creature effects.
He Does Get Our Attention! Well, I have to hand it to Steven Spielberg, even though he often annoys me. He made us pay attention to archeology and the Ark Of The Covenant; he educated us on Great White Sharks; he made us love an ugly little space alien and he even made Whoopi Goldberg look good. Wow, say what you will, the man has done some amazing things in the world of film. Here, he brings dinosaurs back to life and gives us another classic adventure story, unlike anything seen up to this time.
I rank this one right up with the best of all-time among great adventure stories. Few people can forget how stunned they were when they viewed these life-like dinosaurs for the first time on screen. And who can forget the T-Rex in the first frightening scene and the Raptors in the last intense scene? This is truly memorable stuff. To this day, those scenes can still get your attention.
The movie has always been fun to watch, and not just because of the thrills or special effects, of which there are too many to recite here. There is humor in here and characters are interesting, led by Richard Attenborough as the scientist who creates Jurassic Park. The kids in here - Joseph Mazello and Ariana Richards - do a fine job of acting, as good as the adults.
The only thing left is to see this in high-definition Blu=Ray, which should bring another generation of fans to this innovative film.
not a classic FINALLY! I watched Jurassic Park tonight after telling myself 15 years ago that I'd NEVER watch it!
Why did I change my mind? Because every single day, for the last 15 years, it was driving me crazy choosing to not ever see a movie that was once considered the biggest film of the year. Just think about all those Thanksgiving, Easters and Christmas's that went by with me scratching my head wondering what this movie is actually like, and what I'm missing out on.
Just think about all the other times I was doing some kind of activity, whether going to the carnival back in 2003, mowing the yard, taking walks with my dogs, playing video games once a week for the last 15 years, daydreaming. I was doing these things for many many years unable to think clearly ALL because I couldn't stop wondering what made everyone fall in love with Jurassic Park back in 1993. I couldn't even take a shower without wondering what the movie was like!
Alright I'm kidding about all that stuff, but you know, I have a good reason why I waited so long to watch a supposed classic.
Alright, it's a horrible reason. I can't tell a lie. I was angry that everyone was enjoying something I simply hated- dinosaurs. Why love dinosaurs? They are big, ugly extinct creatures that movie creators like to exaggerate when making them, and make them look gigantic, deadly, and extremely powerful. No point watching a movie when I know I won't like it because I simply don't like dinosaurs, right? See how close-minded I was back then? What a sad little dude I was.
NOW, with a fresh mindset, let's approach this movie completely willing to accept its classic tag... unfortunately I can't do that. The movie let me down a little bit.
As much as it pains me to say it, I was flat out *bored* with the first half of the movie. Nothing but grown-ups and old guys talking and TALKING some more about dinosaurs without actually showing me anything good. How am I supposed to appreciate quiet talking? I can't. You have to show me something to make me interested in it.
Also, some of the actors just got on my nerves. They had annoying personalities or something.
So I was thinking about turning the movie off halfway through, and said to myself "You know what? You wanna wait ANOTHER 15 years?" and then I sat my buns back down on that chair and continued watching.
Good thing I did, because the second half of the movie was a BIG improvement over the first half. Finally, HUGE dinosaurs attacking, and watching them move around alongside the humans was simply *amazing* for film-making developers at the time because it looked so realistic. Nothing quite like it back in the day. 1993 was THE year for amazing film work, no question about it. It was the year everything started getting good in the studio.
So, the movie is not as good as most people were telling me it was, but then again, I was a kid back in 1993, and so were all the people telling me the movie was great, so yeah, take that for what it's worth.
Love this movie I ordered because I only had it on video and have no video player anymore. It's one of my favorite movies and can go into any part of the movie and be captivated.
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