Runtime:
127 minutes
Directed
by: Stephen Spielberg
Starring:
Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
From:
Universal
My
apologies for this being up so late but tonight I went and saw this
in 3D on the giant screen they have at AMC Theatres at Downtown
Disney. I did see it on VHS tape once it came out in that format, but
I saw it on the big screen back in the summer of '93, twice. The
second time was at a drive-in, which was sweet. It was the second on
a double-bill with Beethoven's 2nd, of all movies. I know
it's the same studio for both but it still seems odd. I haven't seen
the first sequel since I watched the movie on the big screen in '97;
like most people I did not think it was as good as the first one, not
at all, even though it was amusing there was a t-rex in a city as if
it was Godzilla or something. Jurassic Park 3 I've never seen and I
have no idea what to expect from next year's Jurassic Park 4, given
that pretty much no info has been announced concerning the movie yet.
By
the way, you can read the original Roger Ebert review of this movie
here. He thought it was 3 out of 4 stars but he wished for something
more cereberal, which is fair I suppose.
I
don't need to recap the plot of how things went wrong on the island
due to the unwise idea of fooling around with Mother Nature, aided by
an enormous Wayne Knight who screwed things up to commit theft to get
some phat cash (I had forgotten how much Mr. Knight weighed at the
time; he had health issues so he certainly is thinner now; good for
him) so let me get to the point (and not roll another joint) and say
that I enjoyed the movie at the time and I still enjoy it in 2013,
occasional silliness aside. The cast works, there are roller coaster
thrills once things hit the fan, there's humor throughout and not
just from Goldblum Goldblumming it up... but most importantly, the
special effects that were a “Holy Shit!' in '93 due to how
groundbreaking it was, they are still effective in 2013. Usually,
computer effects from the 90's don't look too good in this day and
age, to put it nicely. Thankfully they have aged gracefully. The 3D does work, although I usually forgot about as I was engrossed with the story.
I
say that most “summer blockbusters” for who knows how many years
have been bloated effects-laden crap that are lacking in soul and
heart. Thankfully this movie is a summer blockbuster that works and
can work no matter if you're a kid or an adult. If only more blockbusters were like this, I'd actually go and see them instead of going by secondhand opinions that those movies are bloated effects-laden crap.
I'll be back Monday night.
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