I wish people would stop saying that. The effects are definitely dated and obvious. And no, they are not better than the effects in the Jurassic World movies. They were amazing effects for 1993, but they are definitely dated today.
1) There is too many white people in it. 2) The movie promotes hetero-normative behavior and there is no LGBTQ+Z representation. 3) The female characters do not achieve their agency though the domination of men or though their humiliation. 4) The movie promotes _harmful_ stereotype like women as desiring children. 5) The children are not depicted as being gender neutral. 6) The references to society being an oppressive White patriarchy are too subtle for children to recognize. 7) While capitalism and consumerism is shown to be appropriately toxic there is no references to Marxism or the superiority of socialist economic systems or praise for such leaders as Castro, Mao and Stalin. 8) There are no references to anthropomorphic climate change, no denouncements Western imperialism and no vilifying of producers and users of petroleum. 9) While the little girl's veganism is a positive there is no real anti-human message or acknowledgement that the planet needs to shed itself of 8 billion humans in order to have a chance to heal. 10) THERE IS TOO MANY WHITE PEOPLE IN IT.
@@KurNorockpeople say they aren't dated because there are a lot more shitty and obvious effects in the new ones. Back then they knew how to hide them with dark lighting, mixing them with practical effects or just good cinematography. Now they don't care.
@@KurNorock They really aren't tho. Give them some updated textures, better shadows, and subsurface scattering and they would rival the jurassic world dinos pretty closely.
@@Arbosh4 I mean, they should probably pick up on the fact that they have different last names...? And Nedry never before or again refers to Hammond as his father...? Oh well.
I watched this in the theatre with my dad when I was a kid. There were only a couple dozen people there, scattered throughout the seats, so for the most part it felt like we had the place to ourselves, until the moment where the raptor appears behind Ellie in the power station. The lady across the aisle from us let out a blood-curdling scream that made everyone else jump, and then everybody burst out laughing. It was the best moment I've ever had in a theatre. Thanks for recreating it for me! 😱🤣 I love all the Jurassic Park movies. #3 brings back Alan Grant, what's not to love?
A - My dad and I (12 y.o.a) had read the book the previous few weeks and my mum hated us discussing what was missing and how they changed the plot, and still to this day my mum will not let me forget. B - I adore this movie, apart from in the making of JP book they concepted Toyota Landcruiser's as the tour vehicle, but Ford outbid them to use the explorer. The Firestone thing was karma imho. C - Do you not remember the raptor in the plane in JP3?
This movie is proof of why practical effects are so important Edit: Ok, it’s more accurate to say it’s proof of why not fully relying on CGI is so important
@@davidmcleod5133 yes, because the purely CGI T-Rex looks janky af, but in that first appearance, where it attacks the cars, it still looks amazing, because it's mainly a giant puppet head, with the CGI blended around it.
Michael Crichton had a way of making his books sound plausible, even if it was technically science fiction. From what I've understood, he spent a lot of time into research before he'd even start into a book, and it shows. The second thing I really liked about his books was the human element. He had a great way to write characters in his books, you could always relate to them somehow. There were no cartoony evil villains in any of his stories, just flawed characters. It's really no wonder that the later Jurassic Park films failed, and I like to think it had to do with the fact that Michael Crichton was no longer around. Rip Michael Crichton.
Some he knew from experience too. I remember the prologue sticking out to me for the book cause part of it was from the perspective of a physician or something. I could tell that he either has experience or a really good consultant for that medical perspective to shine. I do know that he has an MD…
I love watching Jurassic Park reactions just so I can see people react to the big “I think we’re back in business” jump scare. This did not disappoint.
Natalie, if you haven't yet, READ THE NOVEL! There is so much going on in it that explains things in the movie, although the ending is different in numerous ways. Deep details into why Nedry tried to take the embryos (he had a decent reason for his anger), details into Dodgeson and BioSyn and why they want them and how little regard for them they have as animals, Malcolm's ramblings, especially on the morphine, are fun. There is just so much more to explore. There was also a video game called "Jurassic Park: Trespasser" that came out at the same time as "Lost World" that took place on Site B and had massive amounts of story and exposition by Hammond that helped explain that. JP3 seemed like it pulled a bit from Trespasser at times, though it could have been a coincidence. The novels really are worth the read of you haven't.
Agreed about a lot of scientific ideas from the book being dropped in the movie. (Understandable since they only had 2 hours, but it does dumb down the story.) As one biologist pointed out, having movie Malcolm say that dinosaurs were "destined" to die seems like an odd thing for a chaos mathematician to say about creatures that were around for almost 200 million years (in one form or another). The scientists in the book point out that these were never going to be "true" dinosaurs. Complex animals learn from their parents and their community. (Nurture vs. nature.) These feral creatures were not going to behave like their counterparts from the Mesozoic Era.
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Michael Crichton is a literature god and book Lost World topped book Jurassic Park.
Made a point to read the book before seeing the movie, and it was "unputdownable". Fortunately the book and film are not exact copies and the book has many more character deaths. Of course with a 2 hour movie you can't have every concept represented so many ideas from the book came back for future movies ( a key scene from JP3 was in the JP1 book for instance ). Crichton was my favorite novelist at that time and his style of storytelling is fantastic at guiding you through the hard science. Sadly not every one of his books translated into good movies - lookin' at you, "Congo". May he rest in peace.
Lost World is also notable in that its the only sequel Crichton ever wrote. Makes you wonder just how much money his publisher and Spielberg threw at him.
Totally agree. I love the novel. I also love how they figure out that the dinosaurs are breeding in the book. There are so many great parts to the novel.
Fun story, back when this movie came out my parents owned some movie theaters and I watched it several times every day. I had every line memorized, seven year old me loved it. One of my favorite things to do was go to the front of the theater a couple minutes before the raptor jump scare when she turns the power back on and turn around to see the ENTIRE theater jump. To this day it is one of my absolute favorite movies and such a great memory from my childhood.
You're right, Nat, that this film was amazing to see in the theater. *Feeling* the thuds of the T-Rex's footsteps and its roaring slam into you physically had me gasping and frozen in place like the kids in the car. Such a fun trilogy!
This movie is much closer to what Michael Crichton wanted out of his book originally. A little more family friendly. However, I will always dream about what if James Cameron had gotten to make his r-rated Jurassic Park like he was interested in. The book was brilliant.
I'm glad Ian Malcolm and John Hammond didn't die in the movie, but I would have loved to have seen a waterfall chase scene where Dr. Grant, Tim and Lex have to escape the Tyrannosaur. Same with the much more brutal death for Dennis Nedry.
Old? Babe, I saw this movie at the cinema when I was 10 😬 I have a Dino daughter and I live and breath them now. It’s fabulous. I’m so happy you did this. My daughter at 3 was correcting people’s pronunciation of adults at the museum 😂 now she’s 8 and draws them. She met a palaeontologist and got to help name a dinosaur that was an unknown species for the Apollo Bay Area here in Australia. She amazes me every day. So this is close to my heart ❤
I saw this movie at the cinema when I was 12, only time I ever sat in the front row I can still remember the tiny rip in the screen. It was like trying to watch something on a screen with dead pixels but waaay before that problem existed and it was like I was the only one that noticed it .
I was 9 -- best movie experience of all time. Like your daughter, I was an aspiring palaeontologist at the time as well -- I happened to have the advantage of living in Alberta, home to some of the most significant dinosaur finds and probably the best museum ever (the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller). Awesome that your daughter is so clever and interested, I hope you get a chance to take her to the Tyrell some day!!!
The fact that Steven Spielberg went from this to Schindler's List is just astonishing. He even had to approve visual effect shots for Jurassic Park while shooting Schindler's List.
There has never been a greater feat in directing than Spielberg releasing both Jurassic Park and Schindler’s list in 1993. 30 years later and the movies released in 2023 are just so blah in comparison.
Wait…I always knew he made both but idk why I never thought about the fact that both films were made/released around the same time. Spielberg’s range is actually INSANE to think about. He’s never been a one trick pony.
Another interesting thing about dinosaurs is that you don't hear many people question if they really roared like they usually do in the movies. But there is little to no evidence that meat eaters like the T-Rex had the vocal cords that would have allowed them to roar, and if you think about it, the large reptiles that have survived since prehistoric times like crocodiles and alligators don't make much noise aside from some hissing and growling. So it's quite possible that dinosaurs like T-Rex only hissed and growled, but the roaring is more dramatic for cinema.
"your scientists were so focused on if they could they didn't stop to think if they should" "Life finds a way" "Boy do i hate being right all the time" "We must go faster" This whole movie is so quotable
One of my favorite moments in this movie (not seen here) is when they are landing and during the bumpy ride, Dr. Grant ties two "female" buckles together. Foreshadowing the "Life finds a way." A nice little golden nugget you would miss if you havent seen the movie before.
Jurassic Park has a special place in the hearts and minds of a certain generation in the early-mid 90s. It's highly nostalgic. I was 8-years-old when Jurassic Park came out but I never got to see it in the cinema. At least I got some of the toys, drink bottle, a making-of magazine, and other merch at the time of release. It wasn't until the VHS release a year later did I finally watch JP in glorious 4:3 pan and scan.
Jurassic park is my favorite movie of all time. As a kid i loved it because it was a spectacular rollercoaster ride with dinosaurs that looked so real that it blew my mind. As an adult it is still that, but as i got older i saw layers of smart writing that made me look beyond the spectacle. I can watch this movie over and over again and never get tired of it.
I remember one line the most in this movie. Jeff Goldblooms character says something like you thought about what you could do you didn’t think about if you should(or something like that) absolutely loved that line
Fun fact: Richard Attenborough (John Hammond) accepted the role partly because he felt bad beating Spielberg at the Oscars 11 years prior. Attenborough won Best Director for GANDHI (1982), beating Spielberg (for E.T.), Sydney Pollack (TOOTSIE), Sidney Lumet (THE VERDICT) and Wolfgang Petersen (DAS BOOT).
I was lucky enough to watch this in the theaters on opening night as a kid. I wish I could fully articulate just how amazing it was, seeing dinosaurs on the screen and how it was such huge leap forward in special effects. The T-Rex escape scene - especially the sheer _sound_ of the roars pinning me to my seat - will forever be burned into my memory. It doesn't feel that long ago...
I'm a dino-geek like you. Naming them all, loving everything about them, just like you described. I still remember sitting in the theater on this movie's opening weekend. It was packed. We'd all seen the trailers and we knew there would be dinosaurs in it, but those trailers only gave is super short glimpses. Blink and you miss the dinosaurs. When Dr. Grant sees that first brachiosaurus and we get to see it too, I was floored. I could hardly breathe. I had never seen a movie like this. CGI was brand new and nobody had ever done it on this scale before this movie. And here it was, larger than life, right in my face. I still get teary 30 years later every time I see that moment in this movie, remembering the sheer joy and astonishment and wonder I felt in the theater that day. I've never had a moment like that since. Nothing Hollywood has done has ever hit me with so much feels as that moment did right then.
Yeah, I think the meta-ness of that moment is lost to subsequent generations. Dr. Grant being absolutely awe-struck to see a real live dinosaur was the exact reaction of the audience watching the movie.
These movies as well as the “the land before time” movies gave me so much joy as a child and they’re the reason I became interested in dinosaurs and I still am today as a grown adult. It’s always been the same for me, i could tell the people giving tours at museums the names of the Dino’s before they could even begin to try and pronounce it.
This film still holds up to this day. Yes you can tell its cgi but it never takes you out of it. The t rex escape is one of my favourite moments in cinema
28:26: You can thank the turtles for that. That's the sound of them mating. They also used, like, (I'm pretty sure) elephant seal noises as well. At least, to portray the sound effects for the raptors.
I was 12 and this blew my skull back this and Terminator 2 off topic but going to the midnight showing of mortal combat the movie when my aunt said I go to that midnight showing I was so happy. 😂
Same, except I was with my older sister. At one point, I think when the raptors were hunting, my mom jumped so hard she screamed and kicked the hell out of the chair in front of her 😂😂. Made that moment extra scary for the teenager sitting in that seat.
This movie. This is why we love cinema. There's so many magical moments in film history, but when the first dino is revealed... that one is on the short list.
Everything about this film is great. The practical effects, the CGI, and most notably, the score. John Williams is one of the greatest composers of all time.
Born in 87 Jurassic Park, Batman, Turtles, Gremlings. This was the best era of just showing your favorite VHS to your friends. You would have seen the movies X amount of times and knew every line, but I swear I could put any one of these on. Watch it and run over to some friends house and watch it again the same day.
I love John Hammond's character. He's not like the usual evil tech billionaire that's in every film nowadays. He massively fucked up but his heart was in the right place. Edit*I'll try get his name right this time!
When Jurassic Park came out in theaters, the experience was like watching an IMAX film nowadays, it's the only film I constantly begged my parents to go watch again. Back in '94, Ft. Worth's Museum of Science & History held the "only official movie exhibit sanctioned by Steven Spielberg". They had a life-size Velociraptor and Dilophosaurus on display, I think a Trike and T-Rex skeleton w/ the museum, along with a dinosaur dig for kids to dig up a skeleton. I remember there were other dinosaur movie props and a kind of tour for groups, where you'd sit down and watch a promo video. Spared no expense. It was called "The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park", and as it goes, the proceeds to the exhibit went to a non-profit (on Spielberg's request) that benefited paleontologists at the Dinosaur Society and the American Museum of Natural History. Core memories.
Dang, I turned 13 when this came out, talk about getting old. This is the best dinosaur film out there. The story, the acting, the effects with the animatronics which they had a few people assigned to control each dinosaur was so epic. Wished I would've seen this back in 1993 in theaters. Great reaction Nat.
The effects on the dinosaurs, to this day, are still absolutely magnificent and way ahead of the cheesy CGI we see in movies today. The iconic scene with the glorious music when they arrive at the park and see the dinosaurs for the first time and the camera pans on the huge dinosaur, what an emotional moment. Whenever we see the T Rex on screen, he looks genuinely terrifying and that roar. That iconic roar is marvelous. A truly earth shattering sound, rattling and like a cyclone. Given that the movie is a few years older than me, I never got to experience what it must have been like in the cinema the first time, the atmosphere must have been electric.
Nonsense. I wish people would stop saying that. The effects are definitely dated and obvious. And no, they are not better than the effects in the Jurassic World movies. They were amazing effects for 1993, but they are definitely dated today. If a movie came out today with the exact same CGI as this movie, you would laugh your ass right out of the theater.
I was in high school when this came out. And, yes, it was amazing to see this in theaters. A few years ago, the Dallas Orchestra had a showing of this movie where they played the soundtrack. The nostalgia was amazing. I took my kid with me and that was great for him.
@@gildo101rossi No, they really aren't. The CGI is obvious and very dated. Where this movie shines is how it uses CGI, and more to the point, how it avoids overusing it.
I love these movies! How the T-Rex got inside the building was that there was construction going at the side wing area of the foyer. It tracked the Raptor through the open wall and made its way inside.
It is amazing not only for its visuals, but it’s many layers. Despite what the sequels want you to believe, it’s so much more than an empty monster thriller. The depth in the first film is astounding; Some of Spielberg’s best work. There is a scene with all of the main characters sitting together, having lunch, discussing the philosophy of bringing back dinosaurs and it is screenwriting at its finest. If more films followed in Jurassic Park’s footsteps of having compelling dialogue and themes to match with their astounding visuals and concepts, we would have more memorable films in media today.
While I saw this in the cinema. This was one of the few VHS tapes we bought when that was a new thing. My father, my sister and me watched this EVERY DAY for like a year when he returned from work. Absolutely fantastic movie.
The intro made me very emotional when you mentioned walking with dinosaurs and walking with prehistoric beasts, they were the first DVD's my parents bought me as a kid, I'd watch them every day after school. This video gave me a huge nostalgia trip. Jurassic Park was also the first movie i considered a masterpiece
Same here! My mum got me them because I begged they were educational haha. Is it sad that I’ve gone and gotten all them on DVD again last year and I’m 30 now 😄.
I was so obsessed with this movie, I remember being too impatient to wait for the home VHS release and so watching a pirate version at my friend’s house. It had been recorded with a camcorder in what appeared to be a crowded theatre, so the “one big pile of shit” scene had a laugh track, and the audience went “ew!” when Alex gets sneezed on.
Before Steven Spielberg was picked to direct the film, Richard Donner, James Cameron, Tim Burton and Joe Dante were considered. Cameron was going to make the film, but Spielberg, who was a close friend of author Michael Crichton, said in an interview that "he knew he wasn't the right person to direct the film." His version would have been darker scarier and more violent.
Earlier this year, I took my wife to see this movie for the first time. But the best part is that we went to an amphitheater and a live orchestra played the music for the movie. It was a lot of fun and since then, we have watched all 6 movies because she enjoyed it so much.
I was also the dinosaur kid growing up. Then the dinosaur man. I am a software engineer but I still know all this dinosaur shit. I watched this in the cinema 4 times as a kid lol. I dragged my mum to see it twice, then my best friend and his mum, and then my uncle. If someone asked me "Whats your favourite movie, without thinking, go!" I would say Jurassic Park. It's an oddly heady/philosophical movie for a popcorn action-suspense flick. Like, you don't even see a dinosaur until 30 minutes in to the movie, and then after that you get 20 minutes of scientists discussing the ethical and moral ramifications of their actions before it all goes wrong. Then all throughout the movie its scientists assessing these animals, their behaviours, and their genetics. Always really liked that about it, and it sets it far apart from all of the subsequent movies. (as much as I also love JP2... and 3 to an extent lol).
Me and my girlfriend JUST rewatched this the other day with our roommate. It’s blew me away by how much it held up. Crazy that you happen to be watching it so soon after.
I witnessed this in theaters 6 TIMES as a kid. That's how epic it was...feeling the T-Rex's steps along with cup of water...chills forever. Back when actual effects and CGI had a balance and not dependence. God bless special effects artists. I wanted to be one as a child because of things like this.
Fun fact: The Addams Family, The Jetsons Movie, and Jurassic Park are all on the short list of movies I've seen at a drive-in theater when I was very young and possibly when I lived in Missouri.
We just watched this with our 7yo a couple of weeks ago (who also knows all the scientific names and shows). I saw it in theaters as a teen, and I remember allllll the angry parents and traumatized kiddos who watched a PG-13 movie that they shouldn't have. I get the trilogy favorite thing... Return of the Jedi was the trilogy movie I could finally go see, and it will always have a special place in my heart because of that.
Natalie I just love The amount of effort you put into your videos. The comedic gifs funny phrases self-deprecating humor show you care about your audience.
It's almost ironic that Richard Attenborough's brother David is legendary for his nature documentaries. It's always impressive seeing actors credibly showing awe at something that isn't actually there. If you ever get the chance, see Bob Peck (the actor who played the guy you said was creepy) in the original Edge of Darkness mini-series. He gives a brilliant performance, and Joe Don Baker is his most Joe Don Baker ever.
Reading the book really gives you a new perspective on the movie. In a way the Spielberg's adaptation is the best one when you read about the different drafts that were made during the production. There's an audio drama made from Rick Carter's JURASSIC PARK screenplay if you want to give it a try. Also, Jurassic Time channel made a compilation of John Hammond's memoirs that were heard in the Trespasser game if you want to listen to that as well :)
True, Denis Nedry wasn't John Hammond's son, but Robert Muldoon (the hunter guy) was actually the uncle to Sam Jackson's character, who in his turn was an adoptive mother to several of the brachiosauri. Legend says they're still grieving for him up untill this day.
Steven Spielberg and John Williams are such a magical combo! I also loved their recent collaboration in THE FABELMANS (2022), and would love to hear your thoughts on it.
So glad you mentioned Walking with Dinosaurs and Walking with Beasts at the beginning. Love those series. You should totally do a reaction towards those shows!
I adore the young Dilo and it’s chirping songs no matter how many times I’ve watched/heard it! 😊 Indeed beautiful but deadly, minus the made up spitting 😄 Also the Rex smashing the branch during the chase.❤
This movie will never get old. I remember when I went to watch it. The cinema from my little village from France was full and it was mostly all the kids from school. At the time, we had interlude of 15 minutes. It happenned just when Lex said : where is the goat. Then the lights on and every body screamed NOOOOOO
The first time I saw this movie I was on vacation in Seattle. We went to an early evening show, it was bright and sunny when we went in. After seeing the show we came out of the theater to a tumultuous electrical storm, total darkness and crashing thunder. It was the perfect climax to the evening. We were all properly traumatized! 😅
Few scenes are greater than the first time they see the Brachiosaurus. Imagine seeing a real life Dinosaur for the first time, the pure awe and joy of seeing such glorious creatures walking around in front of you
Bit of history for you: I met Richard Attenborough as a teenager at special showing of Chaplin (with RDJ as Chaplin - Attenborough directed it) that my mum, dad and I were invited to see at Pinewood studios. He was such a sweet person. He found out I was a Chaplin fan and spent 10 mins sitting down with me talking about him. It was one of the most memorable times of my life.
@@szeddezs She don't have to watch everything! Maybe: top ten Classic episodes = Star Trek 1 to 6 = top ten "The Next Generation" episodes = Star Trek 7 to 10 = the three J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies? 🖖
One of the pass times here in Florida is to dive the rivers and search for Megalodon teeth. I have found some interesting specimens. I too am a history buff ands especially prehistory. Ancient fauna and flora fascinate me.
I love this movie! My favorite thing about it is the T Rex and I love that she became a recurring element in the other movies. I loved your jump scare reaction when the raptor came through the wall at the power station. It was priceless!😂 Love you and your channel. You're the best. ❤
One of the neatest hidden meanings in this movie was when they were on the helicopter, landing on the island, Dr Grant was having trouble with the seat belts. He ended up only having 2 buckles that were "female" so he couldn't buckle up. But he "found a way ." Just like the dinosaurs that were only female " found a way" to reproduce.
LOVED THIS MOVIE!!! Loved this and The Lost World book too… I remembered being so hyped for the sequel after reading the book that I recruited so many friends and family to go to the premiere with me… and it was the most slowest painful death of my credibility at the time. Everything about it was so painful BEFORE they randomly decided to go to San Diego. I can’t even watch the film now because of it. Lol Oh also, the detail I found interesting that didn’t translate in the first film: Dr. Allen was frozen in fear with the T-Rex, and realized it couldn’t see him when he didn’t move… and like the breeding scene, he realized all of the dinosaurs (not just the T-Rex) have that funky eye sight as that too were inherited by the frogs.
I've seen 1, 2, and 3, but this first one is my favorite. In the second one, they had to jump the shark, and have dinosaurs on ANOTHER island. A relative in our family was a CGI specialist who worked for ILM at the time, and he did some of the special effects in Jurassic Park. That scene with the two velociraptors chasing those kids around in that kitchen? He did that! He also did the scene with the T-Rex crunching that guy on the toilet. He left ILM and worked for Pixar for a couple of years, and now he works on programming for self-driving cars. Still a cool guy, though.
This is one of the movies on my list of movies I have to show my son. Pride myself in showing him older films from my youth and this is def on the list. Saw this in theaters back in the day
I was watching this (my favourite) movie with my girlfriend earlier this year and I was talking about how much I loved this movie when I was a kid and was talking about seeing this movie in theatres when it came out when I was 10, and she casually drops a "I wasn't even 1 year old when this came out..." That cut deep.
Saw this at a midnight showing the night before opening. Theatre was packed. The sound was so good that the entire room shook during the water glass scene.
one of my all time fav movie franchises! And the first Jurassic Park will always be a classic. it's aged very well too i think, still looks great after 30 years! (I was 8 when this came out, I'm not old! lol). As for the second one "The Lost World" it's still a great movie with some brilliant characters! My personal favourite has to be Roland Tembo, the pathfinder of the InGen expedition. What dinosaur park manager wouldn't hire him as head ranger in a heartbeat right!? Really hoping you decide to react 2 and 3 at some point. thanks for a fun video!
I watched it 11 times in theaters when I was 11 and 12. My favorite thing was to look down the aisle when the raptor jumps up to nab Lexi’s legs. Everyone in the theater would yank their legs up into their chests.
This was the first movie I ever watched in theaters. Granted, I was three months old, and while my mom sat near the exit ready to dash out of the theater if I got scared or cried, I ended up loving it! It’s been my favorite movie ever since (:
I am SUCH a sucker for this movie. From Williams's score to the joy of them seeing the triceratops to that shot of the banner dropping over the roaring t-rex.....the nostalgia hits so hard, the tears come, and I welcome them.
As far as the Jurassic Timeline goes, there are 8 Canonical Installments. 6 Movies (Park & World Trilogies), 49 Netflix Episodes (Camp Cretaceous), 1 Short (Battle at Big Rock). You Don't Have to but if were, this is how to watch them all in order: Jurassic Park Jurassic Park: The Lost World Jurassic Park III Jurassic World Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Battle at Big Rock Jurassic World Dominion - Extended Cut The Extended Cut of Dominion is the better version of that movie because it includes additional footage that adds more weight to the story compared to its theatrical counterpart. Here's my Personal Ranking: 1. Jurassic Park (93%) 2. Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (88%) 3. Jurassic World Dominion (85%) 4. Jurassic World (85%) 5. Battle at Big Rock (78%) 6. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (74%) 7. Jurassic Park III (64%) 8. Jurassic Park: The Lost World (52%)
The 3D conversion of JP is incredible, depth adds so much to the film. And the technical accomplishment is amazing; I understand the process and it is crazy what was accomplished. Shots like Sam Neil looking out the SUV window at the Trex, and the rain is running down the glass in front of his face. The Trex paddock is actually two locations, a daylight location in Hawaii and the nighttime location in a sound stage in California. One thing that bugs me about that scene is how the Trex is shown outside the wall, and moments later it is shown that there's a sheer drop there. A goof in the scene where Grant is told about the park's Trex, and when he hyperventilates, and you can see that his pants are already soiled from the previous take from dropping to the ground. Something incredibly easy to digitally fix in post that was left in.
it was an optical illusion. the rex broke out next to grant and malcolm about 50 feet down the line from the kids who were pushed into the earlier mentioned concrete moat of the paddock. the telephoto lens spielberg/cundey chose for the break out scene compressed everything to fit in frame and messed up proportions and depth perception--everything looks crammed close together and makes further objects looks closer and bigger than they naturally should be.
Love the entire series. This was released on my 10th birthday weekend and was the first movie I saw alone in theaters. I remember my parents letting me go see this while they went to see something else. Fell in love from day one.
i love the little bits you add in post to razz on viewer-you, like with how you thought Nedry was Hammond's son!! media can be convoluted sometimes and recording your first reaction to a film can catch you saying things that sound silly in retrospect. i just love how you use those moments to connect with your audience and have a little laugh :]
When I was a teen, I worked at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) as a volunteer when they had an exhibit of life-size anamatronic dinosaurs. One of the tasks I had was telling visitors all about the diplodocus. Ahh. Good times!
I saw this movie when it came out in the cinemas, and I remember the reaction of the people in the cinema when the dinosaurs came on screen. It was magic and scary all at the same time. I'll never forget it
So i was a huge fan of the jurassic park movies. this one hit the theaters the summer before junior high for me. so like, when jurassic world came out naturally i had to see it in the theater. I rode my vintage motorcycle to the cinema after work and barely got in as it was starting. place was packed and i had to grab the only available seat i could find, way back in the nosebleeds on the aisle next to an old lady. i managed to suspend my disbelief all thru the movie up until the scene where dude jumps on that triumph scrambler and it starts on the first kick to which i shouted "bullshit!" (cuz i know those bikes, you're gonna kick em over 6 times, cuss at them, kick them a few more times, flood it out, wait a few minutes, cuss some more and about the third kick that time it'll half-start and die, then you kick it again and it goes). the old lady next to me elbowed me in the ribs hella hard. good times.
This movie is what sparked my love for dinosaurs, art, and animation. Without it, I honestly don't think I would be who I am today. Also, if you liked documentaries like Walking with Dinosaurs and Walking with Beasts, I'd highly suggest Prehistoric Planet! It's the most recent dinosaur doc and has some very incredible visuals (albeit a lot of speculation)! Loved the reaction! It's crazy how well the visuals hold up. Even for today's standards!
The effects have barely aged and the joy is timeless. Take a kid who's never seen it and watch their imagination expand before your eyes.
I wish people would stop saying that. The effects are definitely dated and obvious. And no, they are not better than the effects in the Jurassic World movies.
They were amazing effects for 1993, but they are definitely dated today.
I agree. Practical effects are ALWAYS better.
1) There is too many white people in it.
2) The movie promotes hetero-normative behavior and there is no LGBTQ+Z representation.
3) The female characters do not achieve their agency though the domination of men or though their humiliation.
4) The movie promotes _harmful_ stereotype like women as desiring children.
5) The children are not depicted as being gender neutral.
6) The references to society being an oppressive White patriarchy are too subtle for children to recognize.
7) While capitalism and consumerism is shown to be appropriately toxic there is no references to Marxism or the superiority of socialist economic systems or praise for such leaders as Castro, Mao and Stalin.
8) There are no references to anthropomorphic climate change, no denouncements Western imperialism and no vilifying of producers and users of petroleum.
9) While the little girl's veganism is a positive there is no real anti-human message or acknowledgement that the planet needs to shed itself of 8 billion humans in order to have a chance to heal.
10) THERE IS TOO MANY WHITE PEOPLE IN IT.
@@KurNorockpeople say they aren't dated because there are a lot more shitty and obvious effects in the new ones.
Back then they knew how to hide them with dark lighting, mixing them with practical effects or just good cinematography. Now they don't care.
@@KurNorock They really aren't tho. Give them some updated textures, better shadows, and subsurface scattering and they would rival the jurassic world dinos pretty closely.
That last T-Rex shot at 30:45 is so perfect. Still looks great after all these years.
The unofficial king of the dinosaurs 😊
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@gldnspectrLMFAO!
Nat thinking that Nedry is Hammonds son is absolutely hilarious. 😂
I lost it at the note. These are indeed trying times 🤣
I've noticed a lot of reactors hear that line and run with it
She's not the only one. I guess the sarcasm of Wayne Knight is too subtle for them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Quite a few reactors don't pick up on his sarcasm when he says that line.
@@Arbosh4 I mean, they should probably pick up on the fact that they have different last names...?
And Nedry never before or again refers to Hammond as his father...?
Oh well.
I watched this in the theatre with my dad when I was a kid. There were only a couple dozen people there, scattered throughout the seats, so for the most part it felt like we had the place to ourselves, until the moment where the raptor appears behind Ellie in the power station. The lady across the aisle from us let out a blood-curdling scream that made everyone else jump, and then everybody burst out laughing. It was the best moment I've ever had in a theatre. Thanks for recreating it for me! 😱🤣
I love all the Jurassic Park movies. #3 brings back Alan Grant, what's not to love?
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A - My dad and I (12 y.o.a) had read the book the previous few weeks and my mum hated us discussing what was missing and how they changed the plot, and still to this day my mum will not let me forget.
B - I adore this movie, apart from in the making of JP book they concepted Toyota Landcruiser's as the tour vehicle, but Ford outbid them to use the explorer. The Firestone thing was karma imho.
C - Do you not remember the raptor in the plane in JP3?
This movie is proof of why practical effects are so important
Edit: Ok, it’s more accurate to say it’s proof of why not fully relying on CGI is so important
That and also putting shadows and getting the lighting right on cgi throughout the film makes it look more believable
The movie that mainstreamed CGI effects?
@@davidmcleod5133 Yes. It doesn't rely on a single tool, but uses every one available.
@@davidmcleod5133 yes, because the purely CGI T-Rex looks janky af, but in that first appearance, where it attacks the cars, it still looks amazing, because it's mainly a giant puppet head, with the CGI blended around it.
@@GARYHODGKINSON plus actually having the physical model right there on the same set to use as reference when creating the CGI Rex.
Michael Crichton had a way of making his books sound plausible, even if it was technically science fiction. From what I've understood, he spent a lot of time into research before he'd even start into a book, and it shows. The second thing I really liked about his books was the human element. He had a great way to write characters in his books, you could always relate to them somehow. There were no cartoony evil villains in any of his stories, just flawed characters. It's really no wonder that the later Jurassic Park films failed, and I like to think it had to do with the fact that Michael Crichton was no longer around. Rip Michael Crichton.
Michael Crichton 😎
Yeah I remember reading the book before seeing the movie and of course the book was better as usual.
Some he knew from experience too. I remember the prologue sticking out to me for the book cause part of it was from the perspective of a physician or something. I could tell that he either has experience or a really good consultant for that medical perspective to shine. I do know that he has an MD…
The human element is exactly why George R.R. Martin's works are so great as well.
I love watching Jurassic Park reactions just so I can see people react to the big “I think we’re back in business” jump scare. This did not disappoint.
Also the Dilo’s frills ! 😄
My friends and I would reenact scenes from Jurassic Park at school, that scene being one of them 😊
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I've watched the movie about a hundred times and I still allow myself to be scared at that point.
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I’m so touched that Natalie always goes out of her way to welcome me specifically to the show. It’s crazy.
Wait, when?
@@Checkmate1138 I’m kidding. She just always says “you, yes you.” And I’m me.
Ho no! I thought it was me she was welcoming, when, in fact, it was you. My bad.
@@leovk5779 you know what? I hereby relinquish it. It’s only fair. From now on she will be referring to you. Just remember to pass it on in due time.
@@TheAbominableDrFaustus Thanks! I will. Care to rewatch this reaction with me, if you have time? XD
Gee thanks Nat for calling everyone older than this movie old. I'm going to sit back in my corner of elderly shame and count my wrinkles. 😢
As tradition dictates
Your knitted blanket and lap cat will arrive in 5-7 days
right? I'm like "man, i went to the theater to see this as a kid"
We have tea and biscuits, deary.
I was 10 when this first came out. I sat front row at the cinema, which looking back was a bad idea
Natalie, if you haven't yet, READ THE NOVEL! There is so much going on in it that explains things in the movie, although the ending is different in numerous ways. Deep details into why Nedry tried to take the embryos (he had a decent reason for his anger), details into Dodgeson and BioSyn and why they want them and how little regard for them they have as animals, Malcolm's ramblings, especially on the morphine, are fun. There is just so much more to explore.
There was also a video game called "Jurassic Park: Trespasser" that came out at the same time as "Lost World" that took place on Site B and had massive amounts of story and exposition by Hammond that helped explain that. JP3 seemed like it pulled a bit from Trespasser at times, though it could have been a coincidence.
The novels really are worth the read of you haven't.
Agreed about a lot of scientific ideas from the book being dropped in the movie.
(Understandable since they only had 2 hours, but it does dumb down the story.)
As one biologist pointed out, having movie Malcolm say that dinosaurs were "destined" to die seems like an odd thing for a chaos mathematician to say about creatures that were around for almost 200 million years (in one form or another).
The scientists in the book point out that these were never going to be "true" dinosaurs. Complex animals learn from their parents and their community. (Nurture vs. nature.) These feral creatures were not going to behave like their counterparts from the Mesozoic Era.
Michael Crichton is a literature god and book Lost World topped book Jurassic Park.
Made a point to read the book before seeing the movie, and it was "unputdownable". Fortunately the book and film are not exact copies and the book has many more character deaths. Of course with a 2 hour movie you can't have every concept represented so many ideas from the book came back for future movies ( a key scene from JP3 was in the JP1 book for instance ).
Crichton was my favorite novelist at that time and his style of storytelling is fantastic at guiding you through the hard science. Sadly not every one of his books translated into good movies - lookin' at you, "Congo". May he rest in peace.
Lost World is also notable in that its the only sequel Crichton ever wrote. Makes you wonder just how much money his publisher and Spielberg threw at him.
Totally agree. I love the novel. I also love how they figure out that the dinosaurs are breeding in the book. There are so many great parts to the novel.
The movie that truly made anything possible.
Blank! Fancy seeing you here! 🥰🤣
@@nataliefaust7959 Natalie was my first reaction channel and patreon. Always been a fan. LoL
A pity the way they create dinosaurs isn't possible
Sad part is it peaked and never got better. This and T2 are the best uses of CGI since its inception.
Fun story, back when this movie came out my parents owned some movie theaters and I watched it several times every day. I had every line memorized, seven year old me loved it. One of my favorite things to do was go to the front of the theater a couple minutes before the raptor jump scare when she turns the power back on and turn around to see the ENTIRE theater jump. To this day it is one of my absolute favorite movies and such a great memory from my childhood.
Absolutely priceless
Definitely one of the greatest films in cinema history, a timeless classic, it's amazing how this film has one iconic scene after another
You're right, Nat, that this film was amazing to see in the theater. *Feeling* the thuds of the T-Rex's footsteps and its roaring slam into you physically had me gasping and frozen in place like the kids in the car. Such a fun trilogy!
Snowbama's worst legacy.
@@SusanHeaton Is that a lame dig at President Obama or a lame attempt at some kind of cocaine joke? Either way...🥱
This movie is much closer to what Michael Crichton wanted out of his book originally. A little more family friendly. However, I will always dream about what if James Cameron had gotten to make his r-rated Jurassic Park like he was interested in. The book was brilliant.
Much closer - pull the other one 🤣
That compy scene 😨
The book was brutal in comparison! And im glad they re wrote the kids, Lex was sooo annoying in the book and clearly an easy plot device 🙈
Maybe Ill try the audiobook...
I'm glad Ian Malcolm and John Hammond didn't die in the movie, but I would have loved to have seen a waterfall chase scene where Dr. Grant, Tim and Lex have to escape the Tyrannosaur. Same with the much more brutal death for Dennis Nedry.
Old? Babe, I saw this movie at the cinema when I was 10 😬 I have a Dino daughter and I live and breath them now. It’s fabulous. I’m so happy you did this. My daughter at 3 was correcting people’s pronunciation of adults at the museum 😂 now she’s 8 and draws them. She met a palaeontologist and got to help name a dinosaur that was an unknown species for the Apollo Bay Area here in Australia. She amazes me every day. So this is close to my heart ❤
All power to your young'un 👍
I saw this movie at the cinema when I was 12, only time I ever sat in the front row I can still remember the tiny rip in the screen. It was like trying to watch something on a screen with dead pixels but waaay before that problem existed and it was like I was the only one that noticed it .
Do you know what species she helped name? Because that sounds really cool!
I was 9 -- best movie experience of all time. Like your daughter, I was an aspiring palaeontologist at the time as well -- I happened to have the advantage of living in Alberta, home to some of the most significant dinosaur finds and probably the best museum ever (the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller). Awesome that your daughter is so clever and interested, I hope you get a chance to take her to the Tyrell some day!!!
I was 23…😢
I don’t think any of the sequels (including the Jurassic Worlds) can match the original. It’s so good
They nailed it in one, none of the sequels even come close.
The sequels are a lot of fun. Yall are just a bunch of haters
I still think Lost World is a great movie. I know it has a bunch of haters but it's almost as good as the first one.
@@itzbp9949 The newer Chris Pratt movies are horrendous. They should let this IP die, much like the dinosaurs.
@@patrickwaldeck6681 I disagree I personally love those just as much as the original trilogy but I respect your opinion
Alot of kids (including myself) were super into dinos in the 90s.
And that movie was probably why there was so much dinosaur content in that decade.
The fact that Steven Spielberg went from this to Schindler's List is just astonishing. He even had to approve visual effect shots for Jurassic Park while shooting Schindler's List.
There has never been a greater feat in directing than Spielberg releasing both Jurassic Park and Schindler’s list in 1993. 30 years later and the movies released in 2023 are just so blah in comparison.
Wait…I always knew he made both but idk why I never thought about the fact that both films were made/released around the same time. Spielberg’s range is actually INSANE to think about. He’s never been a one trick pony.
These 2 films almost made Steven tap out of Film Making😮
@@sianne79 He said this TO Schindlers List.....So yes this BEFORE Schindler.....LMFAO you were completely wrong and should be so embarrassed!!! 🤣🤣🤡🤡
@@sianne79 well that's what OP said
Another interesting thing about dinosaurs is that you don't hear many people question if they really roared like they usually do in the movies. But there is little to no evidence that meat eaters like the T-Rex had the vocal cords that would have allowed them to roar, and if you think about it, the large reptiles that have survived since prehistoric times like crocodiles and alligators don't make much noise aside from some hissing and growling. So it's quite possible that dinosaurs like T-Rex only hissed and growled, but the roaring is more dramatic for cinema.
"your scientists were so focused on if they could they didn't stop to think if they should"
"Life finds a way"
"Boy do i hate being right all the time"
"We must go faster"
This whole movie is so quotable
Don't forget "Clever girl".
@@Shritistrang of course lol
That was like all Ian Malcolm, too.
@@MySerpentine he's a very quotable guy
30 years later, this movie is still a masterpiece. The characters, dinosaurs, story, and music make this movie feel so perfect.😍❤🦖🦕🎬
One of my favorite moments in this movie (not seen here) is when they are landing and during the bumpy ride, Dr. Grant ties two "female" buckles together. Foreshadowing the "Life finds a way." A nice little golden nugget you would miss if you havent seen the movie before.
I've seen the seat belt sequence more times than I can count. Never picked up on that. 👍👍👍👍
Jurassic Park has a special place in the hearts and minds of a certain generation in the early-mid 90s. It's highly nostalgic.
I was 8-years-old when Jurassic Park came out but I never got to see it in the cinema. At least I got some of the toys, drink bottle, a making-of magazine, and other merch at the time of release. It wasn't until the VHS release a year later did I finally watch JP in glorious 4:3 pan and scan.
Jurassic park is my favorite movie of all time. As a kid i loved it because it was a spectacular rollercoaster ride with dinosaurs that looked so real that it blew my mind. As an adult it is still that, but as i got older i saw layers of smart writing that made me look beyond the spectacle.
I can watch this movie over and over again and never get tired of it.
I remember one line the most in this movie. Jeff Goldblooms character says something like you thought about what you could do you didn’t think about if you should(or something like that) absolutely loved that line
Fun fact: Richard Attenborough (John Hammond) accepted the role partly because he felt bad beating Spielberg at the Oscars 11 years prior. Attenborough won Best Director for GANDHI (1982), beating Spielberg (for E.T.), Sydney Pollack (TOOTSIE), Sidney Lumet (THE VERDICT) and Wolfgang Petersen (DAS BOOT).
Not fun.
It was even more awkward because Attenborough had been very vocally rooting for Spielberg to win for ET.
I was lucky enough to watch this in the theaters on opening night as a kid. I wish I could fully articulate just how amazing it was, seeing dinosaurs on the screen and how it was such huge leap forward in special effects. The T-Rex escape scene - especially the sheer _sound_ of the roars pinning me to my seat - will forever be burned into my memory. It doesn't feel that long ago...
Wish I could relate I’m Jealous
Crazy how old this movie makes me feel. I remember this coming out like it was just a year or so ago. But its most of my lifetime away now. Insane.
"... during this trying time..." priceless and perfect. That's why the editors are the unsung heroes of RUclips! ❤
I'm a dino-geek like you. Naming them all, loving everything about them, just like you described.
I still remember sitting in the theater on this movie's opening weekend.
It was packed.
We'd all seen the trailers and we knew there would be dinosaurs in it, but those trailers only gave is super short glimpses. Blink and you miss the dinosaurs.
When Dr. Grant sees that first brachiosaurus and we get to see it too, I was floored.
I could hardly breathe.
I had never seen a movie like this.
CGI was brand new and nobody had ever done it on this scale before this movie.
And here it was, larger than life, right in my face.
I still get teary 30 years later every time I see that moment in this movie, remembering the sheer joy and astonishment and wonder I felt in the theater that day.
I've never had a moment like that since.
Nothing Hollywood has done has ever hit me with so much feels as that moment did right then.
Yeah, I think the meta-ness of that moment is lost to subsequent generations. Dr. Grant being absolutely awe-struck to see a real live dinosaur was the exact reaction of the audience watching the movie.
These movies as well as the “the land before time” movies gave me so much joy as a child and they’re the reason I became interested in dinosaurs and I still am today as a grown adult. It’s always been the same for me, i could tell the people giving tours at museums the names of the Dino’s before they could even begin to try and pronounce it.
This film still holds up to this day. Yes you can tell its cgi but it never takes you out of it. The t rex escape is one of my favourite moments in cinema
28:26: You can thank the turtles for that. That's the sound of them mating. They also used, like, (I'm pretty sure) elephant seal noises as well. At least, to portray the sound effects for the raptors.
I was 14 in 1993 when I saw this movie in the cinema together with my parents and my 12 year old brother. What an experience!
I was only 2 at the time
I was 12 and this blew my skull back this and Terminator 2 off topic but going to the midnight showing of mortal combat the movie when my aunt said I go to that midnight showing I was so happy. 😂
Same, except I was with my older sister. At one point, I think when the raptors were hunting, my mom jumped so hard she screamed and kicked the hell out of the chair in front of her 😂😂. Made that moment extra scary for the teenager sitting in that seat.
I was 7 when I saw this in the cinema. During the raptor kitchen scene, I was crying non-stop because I was scared shitless 😂
I was 15, saw it while on vacation in Myrtle Beach with my grandparents. My grandma had to go out and have a smoke when the T-rex started going ham 😂
This movie. This is why we love cinema. There's so many magical moments in film history, but when the first dino is revealed... that one is on the short list.
Everything about this film is great. The practical effects, the CGI, and most notably, the score. John Williams is one of the greatest composers of all time.
The effects are almost still better than even the flash movie. Lol.
john williams is the greatest composer of the last 50-60 years for sure
Born in 87 Jurassic Park, Batman, Turtles, Gremlings. This was the best era of just showing your favorite VHS to your friends. You would have seen the movies X amount of times and knew every line, but I swear I could put any one of these on. Watch it and run over to some friends house and watch it again the same day.
I love John Hammond's character. He's not like the usual evil tech billionaire that's in every film nowadays. He massively fucked up but his heart was in the right place.
Edit*I'll try get his name right this time!
In the book he is though lol. Even gets eaten by a pack of Compys near the end.
For real. That whole scene in the dining room where he talks about wanting to show people something real is one of my favorite moments in the movie.
I like the original ending from the book better
You mean John Hammond I'm assuming. Richard Hammond is a completely different person.
@@JoelGriggs42 Hah, yes. I was thinking about the actors first name whilst posting that comment.
When Jurassic Park came out in theaters, the experience was like watching an IMAX film nowadays, it's the only film I constantly begged my parents to go watch again. Back in '94, Ft. Worth's Museum of Science & History held the "only official movie exhibit sanctioned by Steven Spielberg". They had a life-size Velociraptor and Dilophosaurus on display, I think a Trike and T-Rex skeleton w/ the museum, along with a dinosaur dig for kids to dig up a skeleton. I remember there were other dinosaur movie props and a kind of tour for groups, where you'd sit down and watch a promo video. Spared no expense. It was called "The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park", and as it goes, the proceeds to the exhibit went to a non-profit (on Spielberg's request) that benefited paleontologists at the Dinosaur Society and the American Museum of Natural History. Core memories.
The fact that this film still holds up even today is astounding.
Definitely a historic point in filmmaking.
Dang, I turned 13 when this came out, talk about getting old. This is the best dinosaur film out there. The story, the acting, the effects with the animatronics which they had a few people assigned to control each dinosaur was so epic. Wished I would've seen this back in 1993 in theaters. Great reaction Nat.
The effects on the dinosaurs, to this day, are still absolutely magnificent and way ahead of the cheesy CGI we see in movies today. The iconic scene with the glorious music when they arrive at the park and see the dinosaurs for the first time and the camera pans on the huge dinosaur, what an emotional moment.
Whenever we see the T Rex on screen, he looks genuinely terrifying and that roar. That iconic roar is marvelous. A truly earth shattering sound, rattling and like a cyclone. Given that the movie is a few years older than me, I never got to experience what it must have been like in the cinema the first time, the atmosphere must have been electric.
Nonsense. I wish people would stop saying that. The effects are definitely dated and obvious. And no, they are not better than the effects in the Jurassic World movies.
They were amazing effects for 1993, but they are definitely dated today. If a movie came out today with the exact same CGI as this movie, you would laugh your ass right out of the theater.
10 year old me was in awe at the movie theater.
I was in high school when this came out. And, yes, it was amazing to see this in theaters. A few years ago, the Dallas Orchestra had a showing of this movie where they played the soundtrack. The nostalgia was amazing. I took my kid with me and that was great for him.
@@KurNorock😂yes they are better, stop crying
@@gildo101rossi No, they really aren't. The CGI is obvious and very dated.
Where this movie shines is how it uses CGI, and more to the point, how it avoids overusing it.
I love these movies! How the T-Rex got inside the building was that there was construction going at the side wing area of the foyer. It tracked the Raptor through the open wall and made its way inside.
It is amazing not only for its visuals, but it’s many layers. Despite what the sequels want you to believe, it’s so much more than an empty monster thriller. The depth in the first film is astounding; Some of Spielberg’s best work. There is a scene with all of the main characters sitting together, having lunch, discussing the philosophy of bringing back dinosaurs and it is screenwriting at its finest.
If more films followed in Jurassic Park’s footsteps of having compelling dialogue and themes to match with their astounding visuals and concepts, we would have more memorable films in media today.
It's easier to make something with only surface value
While I saw this in the cinema. This was one of the few VHS tapes we bought when that was a new thing. My father, my sister and me watched this EVERY DAY for like a year when he returned from work. Absolutely fantastic movie.
The intro made me very emotional when you mentioned walking with dinosaurs and walking with prehistoric beasts, they were the first DVD's my parents bought me as a kid, I'd watch them every day after school. This video gave me a huge nostalgia trip. Jurassic Park was also the first movie i considered a masterpiece
Same here! My mum got me them because I begged they were educational haha. Is it sad that I’ve gone and gotten all them on DVD again last year and I’m 30 now 😄.
I was so obsessed with this movie, I remember being too impatient to wait for the home VHS release and so watching a pirate version at my friend’s house. It had been recorded with a camcorder in what appeared to be a crowded theatre, so the “one big pile of shit” scene had a laugh track, and the audience went “ew!” when Alex gets sneezed on.
Before Steven Spielberg was picked to direct the film, Richard Donner, James Cameron, Tim Burton and Joe Dante were considered. Cameron was going to make the film, but Spielberg, who was a close friend of author Michael Crichton, said in an interview that "he knew he wasn't the right person to direct the film." His version would have been darker scarier and more violent.
Earlier this year, I took my wife to see this movie for the first time. But the best part is that we went to an amphitheater and a live orchestra played the music for the movie. It was a lot of fun and since then, we have watched all 6 movies because she enjoyed it so much.
I was also the dinosaur kid growing up. Then the dinosaur man. I am a software engineer but I still know all this dinosaur shit. I watched this in the cinema 4 times as a kid lol. I dragged my mum to see it twice, then my best friend and his mum, and then my uncle. If someone asked me "Whats your favourite movie, without thinking, go!" I would say Jurassic Park.
It's an oddly heady/philosophical movie for a popcorn action-suspense flick. Like, you don't even see a dinosaur until 30 minutes in to the movie, and then after that you get 20 minutes of scientists discussing the ethical and moral ramifications of their actions before it all goes wrong. Then all throughout the movie its scientists assessing these animals, their behaviours, and their genetics. Always really liked that about it, and it sets it far apart from all of the subsequent movies. (as much as I also love JP2... and 3 to an extent lol).
Me and my girlfriend JUST rewatched this the other day with our roommate. It’s blew me away by how much it held up. Crazy that you happen to be watching it so soon after.
I witnessed this in theaters 6 TIMES as a kid. That's how epic it was...feeling the T-Rex's steps along with cup of water...chills forever. Back when actual effects and CGI had a balance and not dependence. God bless special effects artists. I wanted to be one as a child because of things like this.
Same here, probably the only film I went to so many times in theaters
Fun fact: The Addams Family, The Jetsons Movie, and Jurassic Park are all on the short list of movies I've seen at a drive-in theater when I was very young and possibly when I lived in Missouri.
We just watched this with our 7yo a couple of weeks ago (who also knows all the scientific names and shows). I saw it in theaters as a teen, and I remember allllll the angry parents and traumatized kiddos who watched a PG-13 movie that they shouldn't have. I get the trilogy favorite thing... Return of the Jedi was the trilogy movie I could finally go see, and it will always have a special place in my heart because of that.
Natalie I just love The amount of effort you put into your videos. The comedic gifs funny phrases self-deprecating humor show you care about your audience.
It's almost ironic that Richard Attenborough's brother David is legendary for his nature documentaries.
It's always impressive seeing actors credibly showing awe at something that isn't actually there.
If you ever get the chance, see Bob Peck (the actor who played the guy you said was creepy) in the original Edge of Darkness mini-series. He gives a brilliant performance, and Joe Don Baker is his most Joe Don Baker ever.
I can't help but feel the urge to shout "MITCHELL!!!" every time I see or hear mention of ol' JDB. Classic.
Reading the book really gives you a new perspective on the movie. In a way the Spielberg's adaptation is the best one when you read about the different drafts that were made during the production. There's an audio drama made from Rick Carter's JURASSIC PARK screenplay if you want to give it a try. Also, Jurassic Time channel made a compilation of John Hammond's memoirs that were heard in the Trespasser game if you want to listen to that as well :)
Rick Carter didn't write the screenplay. It was co-written by David Koepp and JP's author Michael Crichton.
True, Denis Nedry wasn't John Hammond's son, but Robert Muldoon (the hunter guy) was actually the uncle to Sam Jackson's character, who in his turn was an adoptive mother to several of the brachiosauri.
Legend says they're still grieving for him up untill this day.
Steven Spielberg and John Williams are such a magical combo! I also loved their recent collaboration in THE FABELMANS (2022), and would love to hear your thoughts on it.
So glad you mentioned Walking with Dinosaurs and Walking with Beasts at the beginning. Love those series. You should totally do a reaction towards those shows!
I adore the young Dilo and it’s chirping songs no matter how many times I’ve watched/heard it! 😊 Indeed beautiful but deadly, minus the made up spitting 😄 Also the Rex smashing the branch during the chase.❤
This movie will never get old. I remember when I went to watch it. The cinema from my little village from France was full and it was mostly all the kids from school. At the time, we had interlude of 15 minutes. It happenned just when Lex said : where is the goat. Then the lights on and every body screamed NOOOOOO
Nathalie, carry on your great work. It's always a pleasure to watch your videos.
Alright, light your torches, she thought the "Thanks, Dad." line was literal. 😆
The first time I saw this movie I was on vacation in Seattle. We went to an early evening show, it was bright and sunny when we went in. After seeing the show we came out of the theater to a tumultuous electrical storm, total darkness and crashing thunder. It was the perfect climax to the evening. We were all properly traumatized! 😅
Natalie should be the official test audience for every studio film moving forward.
But then they'd remove throwaway sarcastic lines because Nat didn't get them 😂
@@robertcampbell8070 They'd also make more movies like Jurassic Park 3
Few scenes are greater than the first time they see the Brachiosaurus. Imagine seeing a real life Dinosaur for the first time, the pure awe and joy of seeing such glorious creatures walking around in front of you
I hope we're doing the whole franchise Nat 🍿🎉🍾
Bit of history for you: I met Richard Attenborough as a teenager at special showing of Chaplin (with RDJ as Chaplin - Attenborough directed it) that my mum, dad and I were invited to see at Pinewood studios. He was such a sweet person. He found out I was a Chaplin fan and spent 10 mins sitting down with me talking about him. It was one of the most memorable times of my life.
Welcome to Jurassic Park
I absolutely love the 3rd for that reason tew. The spinosaurus just popping up like ‘hi there neighbor🙃’ gets me every time and I’m not ashamed of it😂
Please give Star Trek a chance.
Seconded. Its a big series to get into - but if you can get into Star Wars, you can definitely get into Star Trek.
Where would you even start? The original series? TNG, even the first season? The movies?
@@szeddezs She don't have to watch everything! Maybe: top ten Classic episodes = Star Trek 1 to 6 = top ten "The Next Generation" episodes = Star Trek 7 to 10 = the three J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies? 🖖
One of the pass times here in Florida is to dive the rivers and search for Megalodon teeth.
I have found some interesting specimens.
I too am a history buff ands especially prehistory.
Ancient fauna and flora fascinate me.
I love this movie! My favorite thing about it is the T Rex and I love that she became a recurring element in the other movies. I loved your jump scare reaction when the raptor came through the wall at the power station. It was priceless!😂 Love you and your channel. You're the best. ❤
One of the neatest hidden meanings in this movie was when they were on the helicopter, landing on the island, Dr Grant was having trouble with the seat belts. He ended up only having 2 buckles that were "female" so he couldn't buckle up. But he "found a way ." Just like the dinosaurs that were only female " found a way" to reproduce.
I'm proud of having this movie as my birthyear sibling, in fact, I'm 7 months and 14 days older than its release, absolutely love it!
I love the fact that the character of Dodgson returns in JW3, it's one of those things that that can be easily missed but a great callback.
LOVED THIS MOVIE!!! Loved this and The Lost World book too… I remembered being so hyped for the sequel after reading the book that I recruited so many friends and family to go to the premiere with me… and it was the most slowest painful death of my credibility at the time. Everything about it was so painful BEFORE they randomly decided to go to San Diego. I can’t even watch the film now because of it. Lol
Oh also, the detail I found interesting that didn’t translate in the first film: Dr. Allen was frozen in fear with the T-Rex, and realized it couldn’t see him when he didn’t move… and like the breeding scene, he realized all of the dinosaurs (not just the T-Rex) have that funky eye sight as that too were inherited by the frogs.
I've seen 1, 2, and 3, but this first one is my favorite. In the second one, they had to jump the shark, and have dinosaurs on ANOTHER island.
A relative in our family was a CGI specialist who worked for ILM at the time, and he did some of the special effects in Jurassic Park. That scene with the two velociraptors chasing those kids around in that kitchen? He did that! He also did the scene with the T-Rex crunching that guy on the toilet.
He left ILM and worked for Pixar for a couple of years, and now he works on programming for self-driving cars. Still a cool guy, though.
This is one of the movies on my list of movies I have to show my son. Pride myself in showing him older films from my youth and this is def on the list. Saw this in theaters back in the day
I was watching this (my favourite) movie with my girlfriend earlier this year and I was talking about how much I loved this movie when I was a kid and was talking about seeing this movie in theatres when it came out when I was 10, and she casually drops a "I wasn't even 1 year old when this came out..." That cut deep.
That scene where they see the Dinasaur for the first time is so well filmed, acted, scored and Everything It still my favorite moment in the movie
Saw this at a midnight showing the night before opening. Theatre was packed. The sound was so good that the entire room shook during the water glass scene.
I watched this movie seven times in the theater. I can’t express how awesome this was back in 1993.
one of my all time fav movie franchises! And the first Jurassic Park will always be a classic. it's aged very well too i think, still looks great after 30 years! (I was 8 when this came out, I'm not old! lol). As for the second one "The Lost World" it's still a great movie with some brilliant characters! My personal favourite has to be Roland Tembo, the pathfinder of the InGen expedition. What dinosaur park manager wouldn't hire him as head ranger in a heartbeat right!? Really hoping you decide to react 2 and 3 at some point. thanks for a fun video!
I watched it 11 times in theaters when I was 11 and 12. My favorite thing was to look down the aisle when the raptor jumps up to nab Lexi’s legs. Everyone in the theater would yank their legs up into their chests.
I've seen all the Jurassic Parks. This is still the best and at this point has become iconic.
Natalie’s reaction to the raptor is so reminiscent of the blooper from Anchorman- “whooo! Aaah! Oooh no! They’re coming in the back door!”
This was the first movie I ever watched in theaters. Granted, I was three months old, and while my mom sat near the exit ready to dash out of the theater if I got scared or cried, I ended up loving it! It’s been my favorite movie ever since (:
I am SUCH a sucker for this movie. From Williams's score to the joy of them seeing the triceratops to that shot of the banner dropping over the roaring t-rex.....the nostalgia hits so hard, the tears come, and I welcome them.
As far as the Jurassic Timeline goes, there are 8 Canonical Installments. 6 Movies (Park & World Trilogies), 49 Netflix Episodes (Camp Cretaceous), 1 Short (Battle at Big Rock).
You Don't Have to but if were, this is how to watch them all in order:
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park: The Lost World
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic World
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Battle at Big Rock
Jurassic World Dominion - Extended Cut
The Extended Cut of Dominion is the better version of that movie because it includes additional footage that adds more weight to the story compared to its theatrical counterpart.
Here's my Personal Ranking:
1. Jurassic Park (93%)
2. Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (88%)
3. Jurassic World Dominion (85%)
4. Jurassic World (85%)
5. Battle at Big Rock (78%)
6. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (74%)
7. Jurassic Park III (64%)
8. Jurassic Park: The Lost World (52%)
The 3D conversion of JP is incredible, depth adds so much to the film. And the technical accomplishment is amazing; I understand the process and it is crazy what was accomplished. Shots like Sam Neil looking out the SUV window at the Trex, and the rain is running down the glass in front of his face.
The Trex paddock is actually two locations, a daylight location in Hawaii and the nighttime location in a sound stage in California. One thing that bugs me about that scene is how the Trex is shown outside the wall, and moments later it is shown that there's a sheer drop there.
A goof in the scene where Grant is told about the park's Trex, and when he hyperventilates, and you can see that his pants are already soiled from the previous take from dropping to the ground. Something incredibly easy to digitally fix in post that was left in.
it was an optical illusion. the rex broke out next to grant and malcolm about 50 feet down the line from the kids who were pushed into the earlier mentioned concrete moat of the paddock. the telephoto lens spielberg/cundey chose for the break out scene compressed everything to fit in frame and messed up proportions and depth perception--everything looks crammed close together and makes further objects looks closer and bigger than they naturally should be.
Love the entire series. This was released on my 10th birthday weekend and was the first movie I saw alone in theaters. I remember my parents letting me go see this while they went to see something else. Fell in love from day one.
i love the little bits you add in post to razz on viewer-you, like with how you thought Nedry was Hammond's son!! media can be convoluted sometimes and recording your first reaction to a film can catch you saying things that sound silly in retrospect. i just love how you use those moments to connect with your audience and have a little laugh :]
When I was a teen, I worked at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) as a volunteer when they had an exhibit of life-size anamatronic dinosaurs. One of the tasks I had was telling visitors all about the diplodocus. Ahh. Good times!
The Best Dino Movie! Thanks for reacting to this Nat! That T-Rex roar is just iconic. 🦖
I saw this movie when it came out in the cinemas, and I remember the reaction of the people in the cinema when the dinosaurs came on screen. It was magic and scary all at the same time. I'll never forget it
So i was a huge fan of the jurassic park movies. this one hit the theaters the summer before junior high for me. so like, when jurassic world came out naturally i had to see it in the theater. I rode my vintage motorcycle to the cinema after work and barely got in as it was starting. place was packed and i had to grab the only available seat i could find, way back in the nosebleeds on the aisle next to an old lady. i managed to suspend my disbelief all thru the movie up until the scene where dude jumps on that triumph scrambler and it starts on the first kick to which i shouted "bullshit!" (cuz i know those bikes, you're gonna kick em over 6 times, cuss at them, kick them a few more times, flood it out, wait a few minutes, cuss some more and about the third kick that time it'll half-start and die, then you kick it again and it goes). the old lady next to me elbowed me in the ribs hella hard. good times.
Jurassic Park was among my favorite theater experiences, one of the few film I caught multiple times there.
This movie is what sparked my love for dinosaurs, art, and animation. Without it, I honestly don't think I would be who I am today.
Also, if you liked documentaries like Walking with Dinosaurs and Walking with Beasts, I'd highly suggest Prehistoric Planet! It's the most recent dinosaur doc and has some very incredible visuals (albeit a lot of speculation)!
Loved the reaction! It's crazy how well the visuals hold up. Even for today's standards!