Jurassic Park
Published August 27, 2012
Film info
- Title Jurassic Park
- Director Steven Spielberg
- Year 1993
- Run time 1hr 57m
- Genres Science Fiction, Adventure
- Tagline An adventure 65 million years in the making
Director Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park masterpiece is one of the most successful films in worldwide box office history and remains a 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 about to turn deadly, as five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.
Live Blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 0:35 | Even just the typeface made me clap my hands in excitement. |
| 3:37 | I never noticed that eye to eye contact before. |
| 7:42 | Why is there a child on the archeological dig? Aside from letting us see that Dr Grant doesn’t like kids? |
| 11:28 | “Setting up a kind of biological reserve… Make the one down in Kenya look like a petting zoo.” |
| 18:42 | I want an island with a waterfall. |
| 20:35 | Love that moment. First dino sighting with the music and everything. |
| 24:58 | Here comes the science bit. |
| 33:13 | I don’t want to know a dinosaur that is an “astonishing jumper”. |
| 36:08 | Goldblum’s character has loads of great points but standing on the shoulder’s of giants can’t be a complaint… that’s what all scientists do. |
| 39:10 | Interactive CD-ROM, booo. Touchscreen, yay! |
| 43:12 | All the major problems of a theme park and a zoo. Difficult! |
| 56:06 | “You married?” “Occasionally.” |
| 1:04:27 | Oooh, dinosaur. Boy they are loud. |
| 1:12:06 | I’ve just realised, knowing Dennis’ fate… is that the same dinosaur that they failed to see earlier? |
| 1:13:22 | It looks like a gremlin. |
| 1:15:37 | I quite like that Dennis causes all the mayhem but they sort of ditch his storyline asap. |
| 1:18:37 | “But at least you’re out of the tree.” |
| 1:22:23 | They do have some awesome trees at that park. Great climbability. |
| 1:30:26 | Hmm, would you rather be sneezed on by a veggiesaur or chased by a T-Rex? I’m not so sure. |
| 1:34:08 | Emergency bunker! |
| 1:40:08 | Has there ever been a film where someone has seen an electric fence that isn’t on, and stopped themselves from pretending that it is? |
| 1:44:54 | I’ve seen this film a bajillion times and still don’t get what it is that hurts her foot. |
| 1:58:20 | Marvellous imagery. Roaring T-Rex, sign flutters down. When dinosaurs ruled the earth. |
Conclusions
I’ve seen this before, so many times, and I absolutely love it. After the disaster of the previous Film Watch, we wanted to view something that was a safe bet - something we knew would be good. I’ve been waiting for JP to appear on iTunes in HD, and it all came together nicely.
Mm, it was just as good as I remember. Amazingly, it hasn’t aged particularly badly - just the computers, as always. The dinosaurs still look amazing. Something I hadn’t noticed in previous viewings was the overuse of a camera zooming into someone’s face just before they would say something really important, or drop a one-liner like they do. “Mr Hammond, I believe the phones are working.” Etc, etc. It didn’t really detract from it, though, I love the film, I love the music, and it makes me want to re-read the book too.
**Rating: **5/5
Rating: 5 / 5