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Dr. Grant: “It’s.....Its a dinosaur”. Imagine the feeling that would’ve run through him. To be studying them all his life and now he’s up close next to a live one.
I love the scene in the kitchen where the kids are being hunted by raptors. Not only is the cinematography perfect, giving us a very nice feel for the layout and where everyone is while still tricking us along with the raptors, but the tension is so great because of the huge imbalance of power. It feels like they escaped an impossible situation, and it felt real rather than a plot convenience.
I just noticed that a few months ago rewatching it!!! Such a brilliant moment. Character development while also tying into the deeper theme of the movie.
One of my favorite parts of this movie is how Lara Durn's character wasn't sexualized. She is never treated as eye candy, she is just as competent and knowledgeable as the men, in the 90s there just weren't very many women in stem fields.
DoomRulz question, what was the last agenda pushing female character? And I’m not talking about the “things Brie Larson said outside the film” shit, I mean actual agenda pushing for an actually promising looking film? Cause I feel like all I’m seeing is white dudes who are pissed that there’s slightly more women, non-white folk, and LGBTQ+ people in big budget films nowadays, and for some reason it makes them insecure and uncomfortable.
@@oops6876 Charlie's Angels, Birds of Prey, The Last Jedi, Ghostbusters 2016, Terminator: Dark Fate, take your pick. If all you're seeing is "pissy white dudes", then you're not paying full attention to the critics out there.
I think that Hammond taking the kids is perfect, it shows his hubris, he never even consider it may fail, it wasn't a test, the "test" was some imposed requirement from the investors, that's why they send the lawyer, Hammond don't consider him or the evaluation necessary. He invites the others to show-off, to see their faces; you may notice that he never ask ideas or suggestions; is not waiting for input, he KNOWS everything is perfect. He doesn't include in the tour armed personnel, nor use armored trucks, doesn't even give instructions in case of emergency. He has no doubt, Hammond fears are if it's gonna be sunny, if the trucks will work well, he is pissed because some dinosaurs are not showing, those are his bad scenarios. He even have prepared a banquet, for a test you don't have that, you have that for a dry run, to test the little thing, if the food is good, if the decor is fine, is a special screen of a new movie. You don't take firemen and cops to that, you invite your family and friends and people you think will appreciate, he is proud, not afraid. That's the point of the movie, he should have, he is the kid at the beginning and he was shown that they are not turkeys.
@@JKJ1900 and how Hammond is just a part of us as humans; the fact that if we could actually breed dinosaurs after watching Jurassic Park (none mentioned that should be called Cretaceous Park) we would probably do it anyway, that stupidity/genius is what makes us dangerous/marvelous, he is my favorite character, if you could have one. Is the child in us, is the explorer, he is a billionaire that instead of opulent cars made dinosaurs!, is the one who didn't question if we should because sometimes we have to, we didn't "needed" to go to the moon, we could argue that paleontology is "useless", like astronomy, sometimes someone find a practical use, but no astronomer is doing it for the applications, to sell something, they do it just like Hammond, because they can, because they have to. What's the "use" of black holes? no idea, probably some day someone will find a use for that knowledge, but it may be the key to make an theory of all, which may not have a use either, that's what, in my opinion, makes us humans dumb brilliant humans; and for sure someday in a distant future will do something stupid about a black hole and will die. Because he could. :)
Not the be that “WELL IN THE BOOK THEY EXPLAINED...” guy, but in that scene in the novel Alan Grant was frozen in fear of the T-Rex, and when the carnivore ignored him, he learned from that moment he couldn’t be seen as long as he didn’t move. They go on to explain this trait was due to the frog DNA they used to fill in the gaps of the missing links... it wasn’t just the gender swapping the dinosaurs gained from the frogs, but it was also their vision.
I can't quite remember the exact quote or justification, but in The Lost World novel Dodgson has two assistants in trying to capture dinosaur eggs from across the island and the payoff will be stealing a T-rex egg. They have this device that emits a painfully loud frequency that keeps them safe, but it ultimately fails and Dodgson is the soul survivor and he remembers from Grant's book that the T-rex's visual acuity is based on movement, so he holds perfectly still, thinking he's safe. The T-rex isn't fooled and ultimately he was killed. It has been probably about 10 years since I read both novels, but I vaguely recall something about the T-rex in the original not being able to detect Grant reliably because of the rain and mud and likely due to it catching the scent of other larger animals that were in its perceived territory.
I wish they adequately explained that in the movie itself. An offhand remark from Dr. Wu during the raptor hatching scene about how frog DNA has caused some unexpected things to happen to the dinosaur like loss of vision connected to movement
Quick note on the ice cream. The professional kitchens I've worked in that make their own ice cream use those containers to store it. There's a good chance that stuff is high end home made stock.
The theme of male-abandonment is really big and I don't think it was wrong of him at all to see that reading in the movie. The children learning to trust in a parental figure, and Grant losing his fear of becoming a father are really powerful undertones that I think go underappreciated.
@@SEDYT358 this is actually a recurring theme is most of Spielberg's films, look at E.T. and Close encounters where the father was absent in one and leaves at the end in the other. We even see it again in War of the Worlds.
I find the ‘he left us’ comment by Lex really interesting especially as i hadn’t connected this to the whole parental thing and their parents divorce. Having said that there is no reference in the film of a Father figure abandoning the children. There is a comment by Gennaro at the amber mine referencing that their parents are getting a divorce (Hammond also references this in a deleted scene) but no sense of abandonment of relationship dynamic with Parents. The children’s father is in the book but their relationship is not explored further in the film.
Hammond inviting his grandkids perfectly shows his salesman edge - it's so that, if anyone questions the safety of the park, he can use the line "it's so safe, my grandkids were the first around the park"
My favourite scene is at the start, where Grant is talking to the kid who thinks the velociraptor isn’t scary. It’s short, but it establishes so much important information: -Grant doesn’t get along with kids easily. -T-Rex’s vision is based on movement (important to establish well before Rex shows up, otherwise it feels like a cop-out). -Dinosaurs are bird-like (not part of general public knowledge in 1993) -Velociraptors are dangerous, intelligent and work together. It also foreshadows the Hunters death brilliantly, explaining that the attack comes from a Raptor you didn’t even know was there on the side.
Man Billy kills it with his analysis. Love the symbolism he's pulled from this. I've watched the movie a million times and never thought about several angles brought up.
I guess you could say the scriptwriters "spared no expense." Gosh, this film was my childhood, and there's one specific scene of the film that melts me into a puddle of fangirlish goo whenever I think about it or rewatch it. The tyrannosaurus paddock scene where the creature escapes for the first time is just... superb. The suspense that is built up with the rippling water effect is incredibly well-done, and Grant's facial expression in particular utterly showcases the horror that one would experience in such a situation. The acting is phenomenal, the tyrannosaurus animatronic and roar are intimidating, and just... it's perfect. Best movie scene I have ever watched. No other scene has ever had so significant an impact on me that I still curl up in fright and feel like a vulnerable little child again. It achieves a primal terror. It's wonderful.
And Timmy looking at the cake with those serving spades in both his hands, like they're velociraptor claws. How quickly the hunter becomes the hunted. We're nothing more than cake to these dinosaurs.
Funny, that was something I noticed too when I was like 10 years old (I was that old when the movie came out)--the juxtaposition of the way Timmy handles the knives and how they looked like claws. Then the fact that they go from hunting for food to being hunted as food almost immediately. I called that "the circle of life" scene. LOL!
For me personally the point is rather it's a monster film, but the monsters aren't out there fiction. For back in 1993, the monsters were ok-ish realistic spare behaving like villains rather than animals.
@@Argacyan I think it's a monster film where the monsters aren't the villain. The dinosaurs are doing what dinosaurs do, it's the hubris of Hammond and Ingen that created the situation. Nedry just hastened an inevitable conclusion. "You never had control, that's the illusion!" - Ellie Sadler
@@DaKyng105 Well said! Also I love that it's a monster movie, an adventure movie, a character movie, a comedy, etc. It's got everything and does it so effortlessly!
I also love how the film is an allegory for the saying "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". Hammond wanted to create something wonderful for people to enjoy, and it turned into a nightmare for others, including his own grandchildren. Something that was well summed up in JP3 when Grant's character says "Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions"
The pelican at the end. After all the spectacular CGI monsters, we end on a majestic shot of a real-life creature, of nature just outside our window, which if we look long enough we see shares all the same imperatives as the dinosaurs that the last 90 minutes spent explaining, and it's done in a very simple beautiful image. Always felt like that's underappreciated. It's not so much a glib reminder that birds = dinosaurs, what it's really saying that for all our imagination, technology and craft, we'll always be outclassed by the natural world.
Lexi having abandonment issues about her dad divorcing the mum and leaving the family, then the lawyer running away and leaving them to the T-Rex makes sense. Alan did answer her repeating "He left us" with him saying "But that's not what I'm gonna do" meaning he was in it with his own life to protect them.
“The movie captures a sense of childlike wonder that doesn’t feel forced or gimmicky.” I’ve never heard anyone put it into words quite so well. That is what today’s movies are missing.
Can't recreate that perfect combination of Michael Crichton's excellent writing, Spielberg's excellent directing, and John William's excellent score. No Jurassic Park or World will ever be as good.
At 16:28. That lavish buffet was for a celebration that would happen when the whole team returned from a successful tour around the park. It was probably laid out the afternoon of the first day. The workers, including the expensive chefs, fled to the rescue ship that night. They probably left the food out for the remaining skeletal crew to eat. That's the same night the kids and Dr. Grant spent running away from dinos. When the kids started eating that food, it was already over a day old.
Did you know that the scene where the T-Rex breaks through the car skylight wasn't planned? The plan was to have it just above the skylight, but the operator lowered the animatrionic too low. The kids being scared in that scene and trying the keep the glass up wasn't them acting. But Spielberg decided to keep the shot because it captured real fear and emotion. It's like Spielberg is the real John Hammond and the Jurassic Park movie was his Jurassic Park.
Yo shut the fuck up. What is wrong with you Not ALL of it is a myth. The scene itself was planned out in detail and it had to be because of how dangerous the animatronic was. That thing was huge, and driven by hydraulics. Whenever they turned it on, they had to treat it like a plane by clearing the area with flashing lights to alert everyone because they could potentially die if it happened to hit them. They even stated it “felt like a bus went by” any time they caught the breeze from its head moving. It almost killed a crew member named Alan Scott who had to go inside of it to finish gluing down the foam. They had to do this while it was on to keep it in position. It happened to power off, which is exactly what they didn’t want to happen. He survived by quickly getting into fetal position so he wouldn’t get crushed by the cylinders and metal sheets when it went down. It would even move on its own when the crew would be on lunch break, scaring the crap out of them. It was a real character they had to treat very carefully. The Rex was supposed to pin them down under the glass...but the glass was NOT supposed to crack and shatter. The head hit the glass hard enough that it even knocked out a front tooth on the animatronic. Next time you want to correct someone, don’t be a shit-stain about it. You make yourself look even dumber when you’re wrong.
The Brachiosaurus’ sneeze wasn’t entirely designed for kids as a funny moment. It was to show that a lot of the dinos had flaws and were not well most likely due to the same gizzard stone issue like the Triceratops, or different atmospheric conditions compared to 65 million years ago. This subplot wasn’t explored as much as it could be but is explained a lot more in the book.
A note on the patisserie desert display - this i always was fascinated by. In movies there is always going to be some artistic licensing for visual purposes. This shot is extremely visual and totally serves a purpose. The jelly glazes, cherries and icing are such a contrast to what is happening outside. The kids are totally grateful for it and distracted. What a wonderful colourful shot we get, it’s like willy wonky in a way. But that turns bad when she hold the green jelly and starts trembling…it’s such a well put together visual scene - add well as there being no dialogue. What could kids love more that a whole room of sweet treats! It breaks up the drama completely.
@Funk O'Matic Oh, okay. You've convinced me that I no longer think JP is the perfect movie. Now tell me how I don't like strawberries anymore because you said so.
Personally I never saw Alan as being afraid of fatherhood, but merely annoyed by children. As he vividly explains to Ellie after he puts a mouthy kid borderlining on being an edgy tween in his place. You've seen the type, the kind of tween that thinks being dismissively apathetic of everything is cool. Alan then justifiably shows transparent irritation at Tim for trying to show off how much of a know it all he is to someone who knows way more than him as a profession. Alan goes well out of his way to make sure that he doesn't end up in the same car as him. That's not fear, that's disgust, possibly hatred. He seemed to tolerate Lex. Alan only starts to really tolerate Tim when he stops being obnoxious, and even then that only ever happens due to life threatening danger. This misconception that Alan was afraid of fatherhood likely stems from the traditionalist notion that everyone should want to have children eventually and the only things standing in the way is laziness or selfishness. As if its not possible that genuine dislike of children could be a reason to not want to be around children.
Hey how come no one talks about The Land Before Time. That's another great dinosaur film, just second after Jurassic Park. Not only is The Land Before Time about dinosaurs, the film also teaches audience specifically the young kids important life values such as overcoming the lost of a love one, putting aside differences in order to work together and overcome challenges and becoming a whole. It teaches love, togetherness and holding on. Also to mention the beautiful music score by James Horner and the ending song by Diana Ross. I know it's not the main topic and people would probably look at it as just a children's film but it deserves alittle more praise.
The best scene in this movie is the helicopter landing when Alan Grant has a problem with his seatbelt. Not only does it further highlight the constant human error. But it also foreshadows the idea of life finding a way before it's even brought up, as two buckles representing the all female dinosaurs coming together to make something work. Also I want to point out that Hamond is a bearded old man constantly dressed in white like how we all imagine god to look.
One thing absolutely worth mentioning is Hammond's declaration of "sparing no expense" being a major catalyst for the plot in the sense that he was a man who paid an exorbitant amount of money on spectical and state of the art technology to wow guests and investors, but he was unwilling to make an investment in the actual behind the scenes processes required to make the park work. A key conflict is how Nedry claims to not being paid enough for the work he's doing and Hammond not caring about Nedry's concerns. This leads to Nedry becoming disgruntled and when approached by Dodgson to steal embryos for a substantial amount of money. We even see in the film that the park literally had no redundancies to fix Nedry's sabotage and no one else who had the expertise to fix it or do Nedry's work. Hammond turned a blind eye to a critical flaw and it cost him everything. Likewise, the park had no security backups or redundant safety measures if the fences ever went down; the entire park relied on electric fences to keep the animals contained. Once those went down, there was nothing stopping the animals from escaping such as landscaping obstacles or other physical containment. Even without sabotage, it's a location that gets strong tropical storms, any failure at the power plant would have taken down the fences without backup. There's other stuff like how the Mr DNA tour with the seats showed off the actual scientists working and the ride allowing guests to bypass the safety bar and directly access these obviously off limit areas, but I think that's just more reinforcing points I've addressed about Hammond saying he spares no expense but in reality he's cutting a lot of critical corners because he only cares about the spectical and not the important, mundane details that need to work properly for this to all work.
For me, the most amazing piece of direction was the dinner scene with the projectors... I mean, they’re not even in a room. It’s an empty soundstage - and it works perfectly.
The book was far better. Movie was good and accomplished everything it set out to do, but I would love to see someone remake it in an adaptation far closer to how the events in the book took place. The Velociraptors for instance were FAR more intimidating in the book. They didn't just charge the humans anytime they saw them. They took their time stalking them, watching them, studying them, and waiting for their moment to strike. There was also a really cool scene where someone tried to take down a TRex with a bazooka shaped tranquilizer gun. Jus sayin... read the book
Dr. Grant goes from being a forever bachelor to loving children during a traumatic event, and then we see him again in JP3 back as a forever bachelor. He didn't need to end up with Ellie, but show him happily settled down with someone instead of going back to the way he was.
When Lex says "He left us!" she is definitely talking about her father. She says the line twice, first when Gennaro leaves. And later when they fall down and Dr. Grant about to leave to look for Tim.
I remember when I was little that as much as I LOVED this movie, the scenes such as when they're having dinner or when Attenborough and Dern are having that talk later in the movie, I always see as the "slow boring" scenes where "nothing's happening". As an adult, those are the scenes that make this film go from thoroughly entertaining to genuine masterpiece.
They didn't talk about how the moment with the seat belts foreshadows the dinosaurs finding a way to reproduce. Grant doesn't have a "male" seatbelt buckle that inserts into the other, he only has two female buckles but he manages to "find a way" when he ties them together. It blows my mind that this scene reinforces the fact that Grant and technology don't work well together while simultaneously foreshadowing the "Life finds a way" theme!
I don’t know where I read it. You know the scene where the helicopter is dissenting and Dr. Grant grabs two seatbelt buckle ends. Then tries to put them together but ends up tying them together because he doesn’t have the seatbelt tongue (the part that goes into the buckle) That little bit was foreshadowing the movie. All the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park are female (seatbelt buckle) but then ‘life’ (Dr. Grant) finds a way. Sorry for any grammatical errors!
As soon as I saw him I was like, "yup, he's gay" but the amount of times he mentions be attracted to women in movies and mentioning a former partner and implied female I was thoroughly confused
I have to disagree with you on Hammond having his grandkids there. My feeling is that he brought them to help convince the experts that the park is a great idea. I think in his mind he thought that they would have trouble saying no to wide-eyed kids getting excited about the dinos. My favorite part is probably the the T-Rex attack sequence because when I first saw it it was one of the most amazing things I'd seen up to that point.
I love this guy so much! I share his love for this perfect movie, the emotional en magical soundtrack from John Williams, the effects and animatronics, the symbolics, the whole mood, the childlike wonder, and yes Ellie Satler awesomeness! (she was the first character I looked up to, because she is so curious, passionate, smart, tough, but still also feminine and soft)
“Sparing no expense” is part of the gag- they spared a lot of expense *beneath the surface.* The ice cream is a metaphor- you can bet that $4-a-tub ice cream would have been served up exquisitely. As for the kids being there, the idea it isn’t completely safe doesn’t even enter Hammond’s paradigm. Hammond’s recklessness is his defining characteristic.
Middle school me wrote an essay not for school about the idea of our progression as humans causing more problems we personally create. We can't ascend beyond our nature as long as we live in our reality. Being defeated by nature, much like a herd over grazing and dying off to restore balance, is proper progression for the species. What we call a disease to us might be a antibody. We, as a just small part of the planet and universe, are not the main thing that is really evolving.
The seat belt scene has foreshadowing to it. If you noticed Grant had two "female" seat belts and he "finds a way" to buckle up by tieing them together.
How the F do you /know/ that ice cream isn't good? They have a French pâtissier. Who's to say they didn't make their own ice cream? If they're gonna order it, it's gonna come from Central America where it'll more than likely be made with wholesome ingredients rather than the Kroger 'ice milk'.
Favorite part is Muldoon taking on the raptors single handed. Even when he knows he's screwed, he gives praise to his opponent, "clever girl" = "Check mate". I mean how much of a bad ass can one man be? He was the best character, had the best hat and shouldn't have been killed off. I know why they did it but still. I'm sure if he survived, Ellie would have been married to him in JP3, not Mark.
I was 26 when Jurassic Park came out and when I knew you were about to show the scene when we first see the Brachiosaurus - the chills hit me just like it the first time I saw it. This isn't my favorite movie - but there is no scene in any movie - ever - that has hit me like that (and still does).
I wasn't sold when I saw Clint wasn't there. But this guy nails it. It took him like 8 seconds and I could tell how much he loves JP and I loved every moment of this.
I agree that we didn't need the dinosaur sneeze. We needed for the kids to have a profoundly, unspoiled good encounter to see that these are animals, not monsters.
Great video, but you guys failed to mention the most brilliant thing about this movie... It was terrifying! It's easy to forget when you're watching it for the 5th or 20th time, but the first time you watch it, it is scary as hell... especially if you have no idea what to expect. The T-Rex scene is one of the most perfect horror scenes in movie history. The goat leg falling on the car, the eye glaring through the window, the glass roof breaking... It is perfect! You made a lot of great observations, but not mentioning the scares and the suspense in a video about Jurassic Park is like not mentioning Jurassic Park in a video about dinosaur movies.
My view about the velociraptor is that they are used as model of what the predecessor to mammals could have been. Before the apparition of mammals, there was a branch of dinosaurs which were quite intelligent. The rational is that we share so many psychological features between all mammals, the common ancestor, the transition from reptile to early mammal was probably already sharing most of what unify mammals. The velociraptors are shown to have group cooperation and strict hierarchy like a pack of wolf, killer whales or humans. The communicate by body language and well controlled sounds. Compare that to, even the closest to humans, the chimpanzees, which don't fully control their vocal emission. They express emotion like a dog barking, unable to decide which type of sound to produce.
What about the use of the automated tour trucks? He keeps saying he spared no expense but can you think of any other reason to not have gas powered vehicles that are driven by employees other than to save money? You ever seen a safari tour set up like that?
The edited picture of Muldoon in the colonial helmet is extra funny because every single time I re-listen to the Jurassic Park audiobook, I picture Muldoon as the hunter from Jumanji. I can't help it! 😂
Fun fact- throughout cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2, Sam is actually wearing Lara Durns outfit from this film also lowkey i think the film version of her has some Croft inspiration with her look i always got that vibe
I think in the book, Crighton calls back to that data -- one bad guy tells the other bad guy that fact, and the T-rex eats him while two others watch. When one asks the other what the hell just happened, the bad guy says, "He must have read some faulty research" or something. It's been 20 years since I've read that book.
i'm at 13:00 i just remembered how john hammond kept saying "i spared no expense" but i don't remember once that he says that about an employee. maybe i'm wrong, but he has that one argument with the computer systems tech, the one who makes the system go down, over his salary. maybe the one expense he spared was paying for actual compotent people since a lot of the employees we see are the main source for the problems from the vet who doesn't check pupils, the scientist that uses frog dna without real research into frogs, and the tech guy who ends up stealing for more money and is generally not productive from how the movie portrays.
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Just saying I got married less than a month ago and my wife walked down the aisle to the main theme of Jurassic Park. So I too think that's a great song to walk down to.
I have a recurring dream since I saw Jurassic Park in my youth were dinosaurs invade cities and people live in a post apocalyptic scenario like the cronenberg universe in R&M. This film has impacted me in so many ways, I also wanted to be a paleontologyst for most my life (ended up being a communication mayor). Its sublime to see a review for this movie taking so much time to analyze story telling points that sum up into such an integrate and timeless film. If you are a nerd like me you can satisfy your Dino knowledge cravings watching channels like PBS EONS 🦖🦕
I recently watched this movie with my Mom, assuming she would have forgotten its specific beats in the decade or so since she last saw it, but apparently I watched Jurassic Park so much as a kid in the ‘90s that even my mother knows it by heart. Not even the “back in business” jump scare got her.
Hammond brings his grandchildren because he has 100% faith in his park. Bringing the visitors in was supposed to be his moment of utmost triumph, when he proves that he has indeed given this amazing gift to the world -- and he wants the kids to be part of the unveiling. Hammond is a true believer.
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My favorite part is the T Rex breakout scene of course
Dr. Grant: “It’s.....Its a dinosaur”. Imagine the feeling that would’ve run through him. To be studying them all his life and now he’s up close next to a live one.
When he ties the two FEMALE seatbelts together in the helicopter, it foreshadows that the all female dinos "find a way" to reproduce.
I love the scene in the kitchen where the kids are being hunted by raptors. Not only is the cinematography perfect, giving us a very nice feel for the layout and where everyone is while still tricking us along with the raptors, but the tension is so great because of the huge imbalance of power. It feels like they escaped an impossible situation, and it felt real rather than a plot convenience.
Don't forget that Dr. Grant solves the safety belt problem using two "female" buckles, that's a great foreshadowing.
I just noticed that a few months ago rewatching it!!! Such a brilliant moment. Character development while also tying into the deeper theme of the movie.
Exactly. Perhaps the most brilliant bit of an already brilliant movie
i know this from RLM commentary track, i think i would never notice it on my own :D great stuff
Was going to point that one out but you beat me to it.
That is brilliant I never saw it that way
One of my favorite parts of this movie is how Lara Durn's character wasn't sexualized. She is never treated as eye candy, she is just as competent and knowledgeable as the men, in the 90s there just weren't very many women in stem fields.
Really wish they'd addressed this. I watched this recently as an adult and was sooooo happy with how her character was done.
DreamsofSpangel 100%
That's what happens when your write a female character like any other and don't use her as a means to push an agenda. Who knew?
DoomRulz question, what was the last agenda pushing female character? And I’m not talking about the “things Brie Larson said outside the film” shit, I mean actual agenda pushing for an actually promising looking film? Cause I feel like all I’m seeing is white dudes who are pissed that there’s slightly more women, non-white folk, and LGBTQ+ people in big budget films nowadays, and for some reason it makes them insecure and uncomfortable.
@@oops6876 Charlie's Angels, Birds of Prey, The Last Jedi, Ghostbusters 2016, Terminator: Dark Fate, take your pick.
If all you're seeing is "pissy white dudes", then you're not paying full attention to the critics out there.
I think that Hammond taking the kids is perfect, it shows his hubris, he never even consider it may fail, it wasn't a test, the "test" was some imposed requirement from the investors, that's why they send the lawyer, Hammond don't consider him or the evaluation necessary. He invites the others to show-off, to see their faces; you may notice that he never ask ideas or suggestions; is not waiting for input, he KNOWS everything is perfect. He doesn't include in the tour armed personnel, nor use armored trucks, doesn't even give instructions in case of emergency. He has no doubt, Hammond fears are if it's gonna be sunny, if the trucks will work well, he is pissed because some dinosaurs are not showing, those are his bad scenarios. He even have prepared a banquet, for a test you don't have that, you have that for a dry run, to test the little thing, if the food is good, if the decor is fine, is a special screen of a new movie. You don't take firemen and cops to that, you invite your family and friends and people you think will appreciate, he is proud, not afraid. That's the point of the movie, he should have, he is the kid at the beginning and he was shown that they are not turkeys.
Exactly right.
What a fantastic comment. Spot on.
I love how this side of Hammonds character is addressed by Grant in JP3 "Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions"
@@playerone6995 thx
@@JKJ1900 and how Hammond is just a part of us as humans; the fact that if we could actually breed dinosaurs after watching Jurassic Park (none mentioned that should be called Cretaceous Park) we would probably do it anyway, that stupidity/genius is what makes us dangerous/marvelous, he is my favorite character, if you could have one. Is the child in us, is the explorer, he is a billionaire that instead of opulent cars made dinosaurs!, is the one who didn't question if we should because sometimes we have to, we didn't "needed" to go to the moon, we could argue that paleontology is "useless", like astronomy, sometimes someone find a practical use, but no astronomer is doing it for the applications, to sell something, they do it just like Hammond, because they can, because they have to. What's the "use" of black holes? no idea, probably some day someone will find a use for that knowledge, but it may be the key to make an theory of all, which may not have a use either, that's what, in my opinion, makes us humans dumb brilliant humans; and for sure someday in a distant future will do something stupid about a black hole and will die. Because he could. :)
It's miraculous how 1993 special effects were better than 2019 Cats.
Rituraaj Datta That movie was doomed from the start
The broadway for Cats has better special effects than 2019 Cats.
Also better than Jurassic World's effects.
No Can Do Slurms nice bait, m8
I think the CG was fine it was the art direction and the creepy choice to make human cat hybrids that was horrriiibbble
Not the be that “WELL IN THE BOOK THEY EXPLAINED...” guy, but in that scene in the novel Alan Grant was frozen in fear of the T-Rex, and when the carnivore ignored him, he learned from that moment he couldn’t be seen as long as he didn’t move. They go on to explain this trait was due to the frog DNA they used to fill in the gaps of the missing links... it wasn’t just the gender swapping the dinosaurs gained from the frogs, but it was also their vision.
That's really interesting. Thanks for the information!
You saved me a long winded comment.
I do wish that in the movie they kept that as a result of the amphibian dna rather than a trait just attributed to the T. rex
I can't quite remember the exact quote or justification, but in The Lost World novel Dodgson has two assistants in trying to capture dinosaur eggs from across the island and the payoff will be stealing a T-rex egg.
They have this device that emits a painfully loud frequency that keeps them safe, but it ultimately fails and Dodgson is the soul survivor and he remembers from Grant's book that the T-rex's visual acuity is based on movement, so he holds perfectly still, thinking he's safe. The T-rex isn't fooled and ultimately he was killed.
It has been probably about 10 years since I read both novels, but I vaguely recall something about the T-rex in the original not being able to detect Grant reliably because of the rain and mud and likely due to it catching the scent of other larger animals that were in its perceived territory.
I wish they adequately explained that in the movie itself. An offhand remark from Dr. Wu during the raptor hatching scene about how frog DNA has caused some unexpected things to happen to the dinosaur like loss of vision connected to movement
Quick note on the ice cream. The professional kitchens I've worked in that make their own ice cream use those containers to store it. There's a good chance that stuff is high end home made stock.
Steven Tsoukalas That’s exactly what I was going to comment, I’ve seen Michelin starred places use those to store high end ice cream made in house.
This was also the impression I got.
"spared no expense"
Spared no expense.
Edward Fryrear fuck
“Your scientists were so preoccupied that they could, that they didn't stop to think if they should." My favorite line in the whole movie
You should get the quote right then... :)
geekunit177 my favorite is when the dinosaurs go rwar
Malcolm: 🤬
Hammond: *condors*
The schmucks who wrote the World movies could have learned a thing or two from that statement
LEX: He left us.... HE LEFT US!
GRANT: But that's not what I'm gonna do.
Grant just became their new father.
The theme of male-abandonment is really big and I don't think it was wrong of him at all to see that reading in the movie. The children learning to trust in a parental figure, and Grant losing his fear of becoming a father are really powerful undertones that I think go underappreciated.
@@SEDYT358 this is actually a recurring theme is most of Spielberg's films, look at E.T. and Close encounters where the father was absent in one and leaves at the end in the other. We even see it again in War of the Worlds.
I find the ‘he left us’ comment by Lex really interesting especially as i hadn’t connected this to the whole parental thing and their parents divorce. Having said that there is no reference in the film of a Father figure abandoning the children. There is a comment by Gennaro at the amber mine referencing that their parents are getting a divorce (Hammond also references this in a deleted scene) but no sense of abandonment of relationship dynamic with Parents. The children’s father is in the book but their relationship is not explored further in the film.
Hammond inviting his grandkids perfectly shows his salesman edge - it's so that, if anyone questions the safety of the park, he can use the line "it's so safe, my grandkids were the first around the park"
Lets not forget the Jeff Goldblum lounging with an open shirt scene. For me that was my sexual awakening
ditto
yes.
Heheh
My fragile heterosexuality trembles at that scene
Same. That was the moment I realized I wasn't a heterosexual or a homosexual. I was a Goldblumosexual.
My favourite scene is at the start, where Grant is talking to the kid who thinks the velociraptor isn’t scary. It’s short, but it establishes so much important information:
-Grant doesn’t get along with kids easily.
-T-Rex’s vision is based on movement (important to establish well before Rex shows up, otherwise it feels like a cop-out).
-Dinosaurs are bird-like (not part of general public knowledge in 1993)
-Velociraptors are dangerous, intelligent and work together.
It also foreshadows the Hunters death brilliantly, explaining that the attack comes from a Raptor you didn’t even know was there on the side.
Jurassic Park 101: RAPTORS = DEATH. And here we are in 2020 with raptors that run alongside people on motorcycles and cry during climactic moments...
Man Billy kills it with his analysis. Love the symbolism he's pulled from this. I've watched the movie a million times and never thought about several angles brought up.
The colonialism reading tho. I think he might be right 🤯
Hammon invites his grandchildren because he believes the park is perfectly safe. His childlike naïveté is like his defining characteristic.
I guess you could say the scriptwriters "spared no expense."
Gosh, this film was my childhood, and there's one specific scene of the film that melts me into a puddle of fangirlish goo whenever I think about it or rewatch it. The tyrannosaurus paddock scene where the creature escapes for the first time is just... superb. The suspense that is built up with the rippling water effect is incredibly well-done, and Grant's facial expression in particular utterly showcases the horror that one would experience in such a situation. The acting is phenomenal, the tyrannosaurus animatronic and roar are intimidating, and just... it's perfect. Best movie scene I have ever watched. No other scene has ever had so significant an impact on me that I still curl up in fright and feel like a vulnerable little child again. It achieves a primal terror. It's wonderful.
Don't lie, you ran around like the raptors and t-rex while making noises.
No, I've never been a fucking idiot
E. C. Hey! No lying
@@tumadrexuxa Everyone's been a fucking idiot at one time or another. Especially the people who don't have it in them to admit it.
Stop hacking my camera and wathing what I am doing at home!!!
Best year of my life!
Nobody:
Literally nobody:
Billy "Get in my van" Domineau: *LAURA DERN AWAKENED MY SEXUALITY*
ZedK49 TDI 😂
transpocalypse
Who is that guy anyway?
That Ellie Satler outfit tho...
And Timmy looking at the cake with those serving spades in both his hands, like they're velociraptor claws. How quickly the hunter becomes the hunted. We're nothing more than cake to these dinosaurs.
Funny, that was something I noticed too when I was like 10 years old (I was that old when the movie came out)--the juxtaposition of the way Timmy handles the knives and how they looked like claws. Then the fact that they go from hunting for food to being hunted as food almost immediately. I called that "the circle of life" scene. LOL!
Its a monster movie, but you won't have the heart to call it a monster movie. Thats whats special about the movie. Its philosophical.
For me personally the point is rather it's a monster film, but the monsters aren't out there fiction. For back in 1993, the monsters were ok-ish realistic spare behaving like villains rather than animals.
@@Argacyan I think it's a monster film where the monsters aren't the villain. The dinosaurs are doing what dinosaurs do, it's the hubris of Hammond and Ingen that created the situation. Nedry just hastened an inevitable conclusion. "You never had control, that's the illusion!" - Ellie Sadler
@@DaKyng105 Well said! Also I love that it's a monster movie, an adventure movie, a character movie, a comedy, etc. It's got everything and does it so effortlessly!
Because the monsters aren’t just monsters, they’re metaphors mannn
I also love how the film is an allegory for the saying "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". Hammond wanted to create something wonderful for people to enjoy, and it turned into a nightmare for others, including his own grandchildren. Something that was well summed up in JP3 when Grant's character says "Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions"
Why does Billy look like the principle from Ferris Bulers day off
Principal Rooney what are you doing there? 😆😆😆
The pelican at the end. After all the spectacular CGI monsters, we end on a majestic shot of a real-life creature, of nature just outside our window, which if we look long enough we see shares all the same imperatives as the dinosaurs that the last 90 minutes spent explaining, and it's done in a very simple beautiful image.
Always felt like that's underappreciated. It's not so much a glib reminder that birds = dinosaurs, what it's really saying that for all our imagination, technology and craft, we'll always be outclassed by the natural world.
No one notice how this movie shift pulic perception of dinosaurs from "oversized lizards of swamps" to "oversized featherless birds"?
*QUIET!!! ALL OF YOU!!!*
..they’re approaching the tyrannosaur paddock
The best
Lexi having abandonment issues about her dad divorcing the mum and leaving the family, then the lawyer running away and leaving them to the T-Rex makes sense. Alan did answer her repeating "He left us" with him saying "But that's not what I'm gonna do" meaning he was in it with his own life to protect them.
“The movie captures a sense of childlike wonder that doesn’t feel forced or gimmicky.”
I’ve never heard anyone put it into words quite so well. That is what today’s movies are missing.
It's perfect. The end.
The newest Jurassic World on the other hand. It's the opposite of that. Period.
Can't recreate that perfect combination of Michael Crichton's excellent writing, Spielberg's excellent directing, and John William's excellent score. No Jurassic Park or World will ever be as good.
Oh shut up. It wasn’t even trying to be.
At 16:28. That lavish buffet was for a celebration that would happen when the whole team returned from a successful tour around the park. It was probably laid out the afternoon of the first day. The workers, including the expensive chefs, fled to the rescue ship that night. They probably left the food out for the remaining skeletal crew to eat. That's the same night the kids and Dr. Grant spent running away from dinos. When the kids started eating that food, it was already over a day old.
The Mummy is also a perfect movie. I miss Brendan Fraser.
Yes.
A: Compare that to the cake buffet-
B: WHO IS IT FOR!!!
😂😂😭😭
Did you know that the scene where the T-Rex breaks through the car skylight wasn't planned? The plan was to have it just above the skylight, but the operator lowered the animatrionic too low. The kids being scared in that scene and trying the keep the glass up wasn't them acting. But Spielberg decided to keep the shot because it captured real fear and emotion. It's like Spielberg is the real John Hammond and the Jurassic Park movie was his Jurassic Park.
That's an stupid myth to make it more epical, look at the angles of the camera in that scene, it was all staged you fucking stupid idiot
@@tumadrexuxa Jeez. Okay. I fell for a myth. No need to get so pissed over it. 🙄
Yo shut the fuck up. What is wrong with you
Not ALL of it is a myth. The scene itself was planned out in detail and it had to be because of how dangerous the animatronic was. That thing was huge, and driven by hydraulics. Whenever they turned it on, they had to treat it like a plane by clearing the area with flashing lights to alert everyone because they could potentially die if it happened to hit them. They even stated it “felt like a bus went by” any time they caught the breeze from its head moving. It almost killed a crew member named Alan Scott who had to go inside of it to finish gluing down the foam. They had to do this while it was on to keep it in position. It happened to power off, which is exactly what they didn’t want to happen. He survived by quickly getting into fetal position so he wouldn’t get crushed by the cylinders and metal sheets when it went down. It would even move on its own when the crew would be on lunch break, scaring the crap out of them. It was a real character they had to treat very carefully.
The Rex was supposed to pin them down under the glass...but the glass was NOT supposed to crack and shatter. The head hit the glass hard enough that it even knocked out a front tooth on the animatronic.
Next time you want to correct someone, don’t be a shit-stain about it. You make yourself look even dumber when you’re wrong.
The Brachiosaurus’ sneeze wasn’t entirely designed for kids as a funny moment. It was to show that a lot of the dinos had flaws and were not well most likely due to the same gizzard stone issue like the Triceratops, or different atmospheric conditions compared to 65 million years ago. This subplot wasn’t explored as much as it could be but is explained a lot more in the book.
The ending, although a bit heavy-handed (with the banner falling before the t-rex,) is still epic, too.
A note on the patisserie desert display - this i always was fascinated by. In movies there is always going to be some artistic licensing for visual purposes. This shot is extremely visual and totally serves a purpose. The jelly glazes, cherries and icing are such a contrast to what is happening outside. The kids are totally grateful for it and distracted. What a wonderful colourful shot we get, it’s like willy wonky in a way. But that turns bad when she hold the green jelly and starts trembling…it’s such a well put together visual scene - add well as there being no dialogue. What could kids love more that a whole room of sweet treats! It breaks up the drama completely.
Yes, it is the perfect movie. I've been saying it for years.
@Funk O'Matic Oh, okay. You've convinced me that I no longer think JP is the perfect movie. Now tell me how I don't like strawberries anymore because you said so.
@Funk O'Matic Man, you think that's going to work? I definitely hate strawberries. They taste like shit.
_JURASSIC PARK_ [1993] is a perfect movie. I give it a score of 10/10. Perfection incarnate.
@@Nanu67-e9j did you just say that a movie that came out 29 years ago is outdated 😂. No shit its 29 years old bro and its isnt even outdated
Personally I never saw Alan as being afraid of fatherhood, but merely annoyed by children. As he vividly explains to Ellie after he puts a mouthy kid borderlining on being an edgy tween in his place. You've seen the type, the kind of tween that thinks being dismissively apathetic of everything is cool. Alan then justifiably shows transparent irritation at Tim for trying to show off how much of a know it all he is to someone who knows way more than him as a profession. Alan goes well out of his way to make sure that he doesn't end up in the same car as him. That's not fear, that's disgust, possibly hatred. He seemed to tolerate Lex. Alan only starts to really tolerate Tim when he stops being obnoxious, and even then that only ever happens due to life threatening danger. This misconception that Alan was afraid of fatherhood likely stems from the traditionalist notion that everyone should want to have children eventually and the only things standing in the way is laziness or selfishness. As if its not possible that genuine dislike of children could be a reason to not want to be around children.
Dig your take on the helicopter seat belt thing. Another way to look at it is Allan has 2 'female' ends and makes it work anyway...
One of the best 90s movies ever!
JP and Groundhogs Day came out in the same year... yet feel decades apart
Hey how come no one talks about The Land Before Time. That's another great dinosaur film, just second after Jurassic Park. Not only is The Land Before Time about dinosaurs, the film also teaches audience specifically the young kids important life values such as overcoming the lost of a love one, putting aside differences in order to work together and overcome challenges and becoming a whole. It teaches love, togetherness and holding on. Also to mention the beautiful music score by James Horner and the ending song by Diana Ross. I know it's not the main topic and people would probably look at it as just a children's film but it deserves alittle more praise.
The best scene in this movie is the helicopter landing when Alan Grant has a problem with his seatbelt. Not only does it further highlight the constant human error. But it also foreshadows the idea of life finding a way before it's even brought up, as two buckles representing the all female dinosaurs coming together to make something work.
Also I want to point out that Hamond is a bearded old man constantly dressed in white like how we all imagine god to look.
One thing absolutely worth mentioning is Hammond's declaration of "sparing no expense" being a major catalyst for the plot in the sense that he was a man who paid an exorbitant amount of money on spectical and state of the art technology to wow guests and investors, but he was unwilling to make an investment in the actual behind the scenes processes required to make the park work.
A key conflict is how Nedry claims to not being paid enough for the work he's doing and Hammond not caring about Nedry's concerns. This leads to Nedry becoming disgruntled and when approached by Dodgson to steal embryos for a substantial amount of money. We even see in the film that the park literally had no redundancies to fix Nedry's sabotage and no one else who had the expertise to fix it or do Nedry's work. Hammond turned a blind eye to a critical flaw and it cost him everything.
Likewise, the park had no security backups or redundant safety measures if the fences ever went down; the entire park relied on electric fences to keep the animals contained. Once those went down, there was nothing stopping the animals from escaping such as landscaping obstacles or other physical containment. Even without sabotage, it's a location that gets strong tropical storms, any failure at the power plant would have taken down the fences without backup.
There's other stuff like how the Mr DNA tour with the seats showed off the actual scientists working and the ride allowing guests to bypass the safety bar and directly access these obviously off limit areas, but I think that's just more reinforcing points I've addressed about Hammond saying he spares no expense but in reality he's cutting a lot of critical corners because he only cares about the spectical and not the important, mundane details that need to work properly for this to all work.
For me, the most amazing piece of direction was the dinner scene with the projectors... I mean, they’re not even in a room. It’s an empty soundstage - and it works perfectly.
Very insightful as always. However , I'd be frightened to know what went through moustache man's head during his, Eww, sexual awakening.
The book was far better. Movie was good and accomplished everything it set out to do, but I would love to see someone remake it in an adaptation far closer to how the events in the book took place. The Velociraptors for instance were FAR more intimidating in the book. They didn't just charge the humans anytime they saw them. They took their time stalking them, watching them, studying them, and waiting for their moment to strike. There was also a really cool scene where someone tried to take down a TRex with a bazooka shaped tranquilizer gun. Jus sayin... read the book
Me: "How long is this?" (24 minutes) "this is not long enough, I need to hear this man talk about Jurassic Park for hours."
Dr. Grant goes from being a forever bachelor to loving children during a traumatic event, and then we see him again in JP3 back as a forever bachelor. He didn't need to end up with Ellie, but show him happily settled down with someone instead of going back to the way he was.
When Lex says "He left us!" she is definitely talking about her father. She says the line twice, first when Gennaro leaves. And later when they fall down and Dr. Grant about to leave to look for Tim.
I remember when I was little that as much as I LOVED this movie, the scenes such as when they're having dinner or when Attenborough and Dern are having that talk later in the movie, I always see as the "slow boring" scenes where "nothing's happening".
As an adult, those are the scenes that make this film go from thoroughly entertaining to genuine masterpiece.
They didn't talk about how the moment with the seat belts foreshadows the dinosaurs finding a way to reproduce. Grant doesn't have a "male" seatbelt buckle that inserts into the other, he only has two female buckles but he manages to "find a way" when he ties them together. It blows my mind that this scene reinforces the fact that Grant and technology don't work well together while simultaneously foreshadowing the "Life finds a way" theme!
I don’t know where I read it. You know the scene where the helicopter is dissenting and Dr. Grant grabs two seatbelt buckle ends. Then tries to put them together but ends up tying them together because he doesn’t have the seatbelt tongue (the part that goes into the buckle) That little bit was foreshadowing the movie. All the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park are female (seatbelt buckle) but then ‘life’ (Dr. Grant) finds a way.
Sorry for any grammatical errors!
Eh I think Billy and the Cloneasaurus was better.
oh you got to be kidding, sir!!!
"Well when that Tricicloplops or whatever attacks you, dont come crying to me!"
I never noticed that Dr. Grant threw away the raptor claw. I always thought he dropped it accidentally while falling asleep with the kids.
I always linked that moment. It was like she was throwing away his "wonder" in place of "reality", choosing to protect instead of play.
I really liked the sneeze actually. To me, it was the balance of a majestic idea and a messy reality.
Yes, I completely agree with you.
Watching a dude with a mustache speaking about "sexual awakening" was weird AF.
Reminds me of college...
especially in regards to how a CHILD is being spoken to. 🤢
7:34 _This feels like violence_
**Facepalm**
“10% yes daddy” wtf
As soon as I saw him I was like, "yup, he's gay" but the amount of times he mentions be attracted to women in movies and mentioning a former partner and implied female I was thoroughly confused
The scene introducing the dinosaurs for the first time is epic, and makes me cry with that sense of wonder almost every time.
Laura Dern was this guys sexual awakening? Hm, makes sense to me.
@@tmoney142 From the legions of people disagreeing with that...?
I have to disagree with you on Hammond having his grandkids there. My feeling is that he brought them to help convince the experts that the park is a great idea. I think in his mind he thought that they would have trouble saying no to wide-eyed kids getting excited about the dinos. My favorite part is probably the the T-Rex attack sequence because when I first saw it it was one of the most amazing things I'd seen up to that point.
Seeing this movie in the theaters almost 30 years ago was a once in a lifetime experience I'll never forgot.
I love that Tim almost dies multiple times in the movie, that's got to stick with you through life.
He eventually played bass for Queen, so yeah.
I love this guy so much! I share his love for this perfect movie, the emotional en magical soundtrack from John Williams, the effects and animatronics, the symbolics, the whole mood, the childlike wonder, and yes Ellie Satler awesomeness! (she was the first character I looked up to, because she is so curious, passionate, smart, tough, but still also feminine and soft)
When we were kids our dad had a Ford Windstar with a VCR in the back; Jurassic Park was the only VHS we needed! Great stuff guys, thanks!
One of my favorite movies of all time !!!💖💖
“Sparing no expense” is part of the gag- they spared a lot of expense *beneath the surface.* The ice cream is a metaphor- you can bet that $4-a-tub ice cream would have been served up exquisitely.
As for the kids being there, the idea it isn’t completely safe doesn’t even enter Hammond’s paradigm. Hammond’s recklessness is his defining characteristic.
The Brachiosaur scene only makes me cry now thanks to Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom.
I can't say how much I like this video, the format, the banter, and the analysis. 💪
thanks so much!!
@@WisecrackEDU senpai noticed me
*manly fainting noises*
Middle school me wrote an essay not for school about the idea of our progression as humans causing more problems we personally create. We can't ascend beyond our nature as long as we live in our reality. Being defeated by nature, much like a herd over grazing and dying off to restore balance, is proper progression for the species. What we call a disease to us might be a antibody. We, as a just small part of the planet and universe, are not the main thing that is really evolving.
The seat belt scene has foreshadowing to it. If you noticed Grant had two "female" seat belts and he "finds a way" to buckle up by tieing them together.
Holy shit thats the slickest observation ever
How the F do you /know/ that ice cream isn't good? They have a French pâtissier. Who's to say they didn't make their own ice cream? If they're gonna order it, it's gonna come from Central America where it'll more than likely be made with wholesome ingredients rather than the Kroger 'ice milk'.
Gettin some real Zach Galifianakis vibes from the Laura Dern cosplayer here.
Please bring back Jared
Yeah "Jared", open your eyes!!! The new Jared is a fake. #fakejared
Yess!!! This guy ignored the natural progression of the conversation and just went with his initial plan and it was killing me!!!
Favorite part is Muldoon taking on the raptors single handed. Even when he knows he's screwed, he gives praise to his opponent, "clever girl" = "Check mate". I mean how much of a bad ass can one man be? He was the best character, had the best hat and shouldn't have been killed off. I know why they did it but still. I'm sure if he survived, Ellie would have been married to him in JP3, not Mark.
Amazing movie. One of the best movies of the 90's
I still get goosebumps when I hear the theme song years later. The effects still hold up to this day
I was 26 when Jurassic Park came out and when I knew you were about to show the scene when we first see the Brachiosaurus - the chills hit me just like it the first time I saw it. This isn't my favorite movie - but there is no scene in any movie - ever - that has hit me like that (and still does).
I wasn't sold when I saw Clint wasn't there. But this guy nails it. It took him like 8 seconds and I could tell how much he loves JP and I loved every moment of this.
shooot her!!!!! i said shooooot her!!!!!! I love this movie!
There's a good chance that if I'm drunk, I'm going to start repeating that line too many times 😂
I agree that we didn't need the dinosaur sneeze. We needed for the kids to have a profoundly, unspoiled good encounter to see that these are animals, not monsters.
Back To The Futue I is a perfect movie too. The sequels are hit or miss, but the original is just amazing.
I recently watched this movie again, and realised that it scares me so much more now than it did as a kid
Great video, but you guys failed to mention the most brilliant thing about this movie... It was terrifying! It's easy to forget when you're watching it for the 5th or 20th time, but the first time you watch it, it is scary as hell... especially if you have no idea what to expect. The T-Rex scene is one of the most perfect horror scenes in movie history. The goat leg falling on the car, the eye glaring through the window, the glass roof breaking... It is perfect!
You made a lot of great observations, but not mentioning the scares and the suspense in a video about Jurassic Park is like not mentioning Jurassic Park in a video about dinosaur movies.
That pupil dilating in the flashlight was amazing!
Love this format! Just keeps getting better and better
My view about the velociraptor is that they are used as model of what the predecessor to mammals could have been. Before the apparition of mammals, there was a branch of dinosaurs which were quite intelligent. The rational is that we share so many psychological features between all mammals, the common ancestor, the transition from reptile to early mammal was probably already sharing most of what unify mammals.
The velociraptors are shown to have group cooperation and strict hierarchy like a pack of wolf, killer whales or humans. The communicate by body language and well controlled sounds. Compare that to, even the closest to humans, the chimpanzees, which don't fully control their vocal emission. They express emotion like a dog barking, unable to decide which type of sound to produce.
What about the use of the automated tour trucks? He keeps saying he spared no expense but can you think of any other reason to not have gas powered vehicles that are driven by employees other than to save money? You ever seen a safari tour set up like that?
Hammond should have died like in the novel, clearly the real villain
@Funk O'Matic Sometimes I mentally replace Hammond with Ford from Westworld
The edited picture of Muldoon in the colonial helmet is extra funny because every single time I re-listen to the Jurassic Park audiobook, I picture Muldoon as the hunter from Jumanji. I can't help it! 😂
Fun fact- throughout cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2, Sam is actually wearing Lara Durns outfit from this film also lowkey i think the film version of her has some Croft inspiration with her look i always got that vibe
I think in the book, Crighton calls back to that data -- one bad guy tells the other bad guy that fact, and the T-rex eats him while two others watch. When one asks the other what the hell just happened, the bad guy says, "He must have read some faulty research" or something. It's been 20 years since I've read that book.
i'm at 13:00 i just remembered how john hammond kept saying "i spared no expense" but i don't remember once that he says that about an employee. maybe i'm wrong, but he has that one argument with the computer systems tech, the one who makes the system go down, over his salary. maybe the one expense he spared was paying for actual compotent people since a lot of the employees we see are the main source for the problems from the vet who doesn't check pupils, the scientist that uses frog dna without real research into frogs, and the tech guy who ends up stealing for more money and is generally not productive from how the movie portrays.
You guys are the best hosts for this, almost too much chemistry and quality DEEP conversation. Would love to see you guys double team Schindler's List or Platoon. DO NATURAL BORN KILLERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should cover the 1999 Mummy movie with Brendan Fraser on this platform!
I'm down for that!
I was born 89. First true sexual awakening for me was Drew Barrymore in Charlie's Angels. Or Mila Jovovich in The Fifth Element.
@Funk O'Matic that's mostly for Bros.
A bit late: Jodie Foster in panic room
Just saying I got married less than a month ago and my wife walked down the aisle to the main theme of Jurassic Park. So I too think that's a great song to walk down to.
I have a recurring dream since I saw Jurassic Park in my youth were dinosaurs invade cities and people live in a post apocalyptic scenario like the cronenberg universe in R&M. This film has impacted me in so many ways, I also wanted to be a paleontologyst for most my life (ended up being a communication mayor). Its sublime to see a review for this movie taking so much time to analyze story telling points that sum up into such an integrate and timeless film. If you are a nerd like me you can satisfy your Dino knowledge cravings watching channels like PBS EONS 🦖🦕
In a way JP ruined all subsequent attempts at animating dinos. They all fall short. Even the latest JP movies. They all look weightless.
I recently watched this movie with my Mom, assuming she would have forgotten its specific beats in the decade or so since she last saw it, but apparently I watched Jurassic Park so much as a kid in the ‘90s that even my mother knows it by heart. Not even the “back in business” jump scare got her.
That slip as the lawyer brought up the insurance company was not scripted. He actually fell.
Hammond brings his grandchildren because he has 100% faith in his park. Bringing the visitors in was supposed to be his moment of utmost triumph, when he proves that he has indeed given this amazing gift to the world -- and he wants the kids to be part of the unveiling. Hammond is a true believer.
Great discussion about one of my favorite movies. Well done, guys!