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Post by Grandmaster on Nov 26, 2020 11:15:32 GMT 1
Its in my top 3 of movies I have seen the most in theaters.
1. Return of The King 5 times 2. Black Panther 4 times 3. Jurassic Park 3 times Thor Ragnarok 3 times Titanic 3 times
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Post by Indiana Jones on Nov 26, 2020 18:07:49 GMT 1
Probably the only movie in the modern era (so like since 1985 onward) that can still convey a sense of wonder and awe, no matter how many times you see it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2020 19:07:23 GMT 1
Tremendous movie. My favorite from Stephen Spielbergo. I have loved it since I was tiny squid in the first grade. It scared me then though! THR DINOSAURS ARE RUNNING WILD! That movie had such a massive impact. It was in people’s bones. There was legitimate talk about how possible it was across culture in general it was that impactful. And it looked so damn good that it still looks good. Jurassic Park IMO is a landmark film in cinema history, no matter how short you want to make the list. It defines the theater experience like Star Wars, and Indiana Jones and only a handful of others have done. Oh absolutely. In a way I think it was the last blockbuster to truly reach those heights (barring maybe the Lord of the Rings). Cinema has been in desperate need of a new Spielberg for decades!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2020 19:08:16 GMT 1
Probably the only movie in the modern era (so like since 1985 onward) that can still convey a sense of wonder and awe, no matter how many times you see it. So true. What happened to the modern blockbuster?! I blame CGI. Though JP uses CGI too so that’s not really fair, I suppose.
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Post by Indiana Jones on Nov 26, 2020 19:12:16 GMT 1
Probably the only movie in the modern era (so like since 1985 onward) that can still convey a sense of wonder and awe, no matter how many times you see it. So true. What happened to the modern blockbuster?! I blame CGI. Though JP uses CGI too so that’s not really fair, I suppose.Heh, getting ready to say the same thing. But I think that's a scapegoat that lets bad filmmakers, bad writers, and stupid studio decisions off the hook.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2020 22:45:20 GMT 1
@raimiackbar Indiana Jones Nothing happened to the modern blockbuster, and I disagree with the assertion that JP is the last awe-inspiring film. The percentage of good-to-bad movies remains the same as it was before. The only reason it seems like more bad movies exist now is because you see every new movie come out in real time and the internet draws more attention than ever before to every failure, whereas in the old days, bad movies would come, go, and be forgotten, because they were allowed to. Also, the movies off yesterday all have the benefit of only the good stuff being remembered and gallons of dreck that also existed back then being forgotten. Plain as that.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Nov 27, 2020 8:29:59 GMT 1
I rewatched this movie not too long ago. It's still holds up. The scene where Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler and Ian Malcolm see their first live dinosaur still gets me all emotional like it did when I first saw it on the big screen. It's such a thing of beauty.
I enjoyed the build-up to the reveal, with Alan spying it first, Ellie too focused on the plant from a different era to notice the dino until Alan turns her head, and the two of them doing some EPIC sunglasses-removal. I also appreciate the little pieces of humour, like Malcom's "You did it. You crazy sonofabitch, you did it.", Grant pointing a wavy hand up at it saying "It's -- it's a dinosaur.", and him struggling to stand after witnessing this wonder.
The 'Jurassic Park Theme' starting off slow and subtle as they see the Brachiosaur almost brings a tear to my eye, but the part at the end of the scene where the music swells as Alan's hypothesis that they move in herds (uttering one of his famous lines from the film) is proven right is such a beautiful moment. It's my favourite scene in the movie, I think. While everyone else is all about the carnivores, I've always appreciated the herbivores, myself. Especially the Brachiosaur, which is my favourite dinosaur of them all (and that is why I held off watching Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom for so long, since I knew what horrible fate would befall this magnificent creature and it filled me with rage. I didn't even watch the movie until it was on TV and I totally skipped over the moment in question. To me, it was unforgiveable and just plain-old mean-spirited. I'll be waiting to hear if there's any dino deaths like this in the next film before I ever watch it).
I personally think The Lord of the Rings films were the next films to reach such heights as this movie, but I haven't really seen anything since them that has given me the same sense of wonder as this scene from JP:
As for the movies effects...I can safely say I haven't seen ANY dinosaurs in any other film that have come close to matching the 'realism' of the ones in this^ movie (including this movie's sequels). The scene that stands out to me the most as far as illustrating how 'real' these dinos look is the one where the T-Rex chases the trio in the Jeep. I remember marveling at how it looked as it crashed through the tree, and wondering if it was CGI or animatronic since it looked too 'solid' to me to be CGI and it moved too 'fluid' for it to be animatronic (to me, that is the very definition of perfect CGI - when you can't tell whether it's CGI or animatronic). It just looks SO lifelike, in my opinion (this is what a lot of CGI lacks - real weight to the creatures that are created). Props also must be given to Laura Dern and her yelling "Shit! Shiiiit! SHIIIIT!" over and over really selling the terror of the moment (okay, maybe in r/l she would've used stronger language than that, but the movie was working within the confines of a PG-13 rating, so you have to give them a little slack there).
Honestly, I just find this movie 'gold' from start to finish. If I had to nitpick one 'negative'? It's that much-debated scene where Alan and Ellie are struggling to hold the door closed against the raptor, Lex is showing off her computer genius skills and Tim is...DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF USE. Yes, he most definitely could've given the gun to Ellie, but what's he do? Just stands behind Lex, fretting. I honestly don't hate either of the kids in this movie (which is unusual for me, since most kid characters in films and TV bug the crap out of me and I certainly don't like any of the kid characters in any of the sequels), but this was Tim's definite 'low point'.
They certainly don't make movies like this anymore. Sure, plenty have big SFX and whatnot, but very few actually achieve a sense of 'wonder' (imho, anyway). I was possibly a bit too young to see it at the theatre, but nevertheless I'm glad I did. To me, it's a 'classic' and there's no two ways about it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2020 20:57:35 GMT 1
I personally think Lost World has some magic in it too. Though not anywhere near as good as the first. It’s a dumber movie- much dumber - but Spielberg’s action sequences and sense of awe and suspense remain intact.
Don’t even get me started on the other sequels though! I despise the third and the new reboot/sequels are flat out garbage. They are so bad they almost made me hate Chris Pratt! Almost.
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Post by Indiana Jones on Nov 27, 2020 21:00:36 GMT 1
I personally think Lost World has some magic in it too. Though not anywhere near as good as the first. It’s a dumber movie- much dumber - but Spielberg’s action sequences and sense of awe and suspense remain intact. Don’t even get me started on the other sequels though! I despise the third and the new reboot/sequels are flat out garbage. They are so bad they almost made me hate Chris Pratt! Almost. Well alas, now we must diverge as I actually do unironically like all the sequels. Are they as good as the first movie? Of course not. But I find enough to enjoy myselfz.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2020 21:18:55 GMT 1
I personally think Lost World has some magic in it too. Though not anywhere near as good as the first. It’s a dumber movie- much dumber - but Spielberg’s action sequences and sense of awe and suspense remain intact. Don’t even get me started on the other sequels though! I despise the third and the new reboot/sequels are flat out garbage. They are so bad they almost made me hate Chris Pratt! Almost. Well alas, now we must diverge as I actually do unironically like all the sequels. Are they as good as the first movie? Of course not. But I find enough to enjoy myselfz. I’ve been meaning to rewatch the third one but never got around to it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2020 21:57:42 GMT 1
I personally think Lost World has some magic in it too. Though not anywhere near as good as the first. It’s a dumber movie- much dumber - but Spielberg’s action sequences and sense of awe and suspense remain intact. Don’t even get me started on the other sequels though! I despise the third and the new reboot/sequels are flat out garbage. They are so bad they almost made me hate Chris Pratt! Almost. I actually prefer JPIII and the World films over the original The Lost World. I feel that they're more in line with Crichton's writings. They're easily the best JP films as far as I'm concerned. I know I definitely got more emotion and wonderment out of them.
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Post by AQUA KEN! on Nov 28, 2020 12:52:19 GMT 1
Not only is the film great but the film score is just *Chef's Kiss*
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Post by Indiana Jones on Dec 3, 2020 20:22:16 GMT 1
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Dec 3, 2020 22:57:45 GMT 1
I only recognise about half the names on that poster (though it's interesting to see a couple of actresses who I only know because of their roles in shows I watched. I recognise Dichen Lachman from Dollhouse and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. whereas Daniella Pineda I recognise from being in only the first season of The Vampire Diaries spin-off, The Originals). I hope they don't waste Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum all being in the same movie together again (this is the first time that's happened). I might be one of the few who doesn't hate Bryce Dallas Howard's character, but I'm hoping they don't kill her off (that^ does seem like a fairly large cast and I imagine at least a few will wind up dino food). Most of all, though, I'm praying for NO horrible dino deaths this time around. Leave the vegetarian dinos alone!
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Post by Indiana Jones on Jan 20, 2021 19:14:33 GMT 1
I guess that talk of spinoffs or followups was just rumors after all.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jan 21, 2021 8:01:01 GMT 1
I guess that talk of spinoffs or followups was just rumors after all.
I wonder if Trevorrow intends to massively piss off fans by offing one of the originals who are set to return for this film? You off Alan, Ellie or Ian and you've only got yourself to blame for all the hate that'll inevitably come your way. Maybe he won't do that (which would be wise). Maybe he'll off one of the newer characters instead? It seems I'm one of the few who had no problem with Bryce Dallas Howard's character, so I hope she lives. One thing's for sure, though...Trevorrow won't be able to resist his sick urges to make poor innocent herbivore dinosaurs suffer horrible fates (RIP, Brachiosaurus ). As for this film 'bringing the entire franchise to a close'...I'm sure that'll all depend on how much money it makes, and if it's successful, there'll be more (or the inevitable prequel/spin-off/reboot).
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Post by Indiana Jones on Jan 21, 2021 17:50:31 GMT 1
I guess that talk of spinoffs or followups was just rumors after all.
I wonder if Trevorrow intends to massively piss off fans by offing one of the originals who are set to return for this film? You off Alan, Ellie or Ian and you've only got yourself to blame for all the hate that'll inevitably come your way. Maybe he won't do that (which would be wise). Maybe he'll off one of the newer characters instead? It seems I'm one of the few who had no problem with Bryce Dallas Howard's character, so I hope she lives. One thing's for sure, though...Trevorrow won't be able to resist his sick urges to make poor innocent herbivore dinosaurs suffer horrible fates (RIP, Brachiosaurus ). As for this film 'bringing the entire franchise to a close'...I'm sure that'll all depend on how much money it makes, and if it's successful, there'll be more (or the inevitable prequel/spin-off/reboot). I would be surprised if they kill off any of the original cast. It's got me noticing that the JP series is one of the few franchises that doesn't really kill off its original cast members. Yet.
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Post by Indiana Jones on May 11, 2021 17:18:44 GMT 1
Did Sam Neill just reveal they're gonna include Giganotosaurus?!?!? Also slight correction, I think he meant 'biggest carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered' and even that's up in the air now with Spinosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2021 23:21:03 GMT 1
I heard it's now part of the Marvel universe😜
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2021 7:57:58 GMT 1
I heard it's now part of the Marvel universe😜 ArArArchStanton milord of all that is mcu, will you let this stand?! It's an attack! An attack, I daresay!
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Post by ArArArchStanton on May 12, 2021 9:56:35 GMT 1
I heard it's now part of the Marvel universe😜 ArArArchStanton milord of all that is mcu, will you let this stand?! It's an attack! An attack, I daresay! Only I determine what is part of the Marvel Universe :-)
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2021 10:33:30 GMT 1
ArArArchStanton milord of all that is mcu, will you let this stand?! It's an attack! An attack, I daresay! Only I determine what is part of the Marvel Universe :-)
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Post by Indiana Jones on Jun 10, 2021 22:25:09 GMT 1
Description of the extended preview that will show with screenings of F9:
"Here's more from our own Steven Weintraub:
The preview takes place both in the past and the present, kicking off 65 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period, and the score was done by composer Michael Giacchino. The preview plays like a nature film where we are following a number of dinosaurs as they wander around the land. It's peaceful and quiet, allowing us to take in the beauty of our planet before humans arrived. In addition, since we’re back in time, we get to see seven new species of dinosaurs, created by the team at Industrial Light & Magic, that have never been seen in any Jurassic film before: Dreadnoughtus, Quetzalcoatlus, Oviraptor, Nasutoceratops, Iguanodon, Morus intrepidus, and Giganotosaurus.
Towards the middle of the extended preview we encounter a T-Rex and a Giganotosaurus fighting, and after a short battle, the T-Rex is killed. As we get a close-up on his eye dilating, we see a mosquito fly in and suck out some blood from the area nearby. Is it the same amber mosquito that John Hammond has on his staff in the first Jurassic Park movie? That is undetermined, but it’s pretty clear this is the origin story of the T-Rex we have come to know and love in the Jurassic films.
As we cut to 65 million years later, we are following the T-Rex as it is racing through a forest being chased by people in a helicopter trying to take it down with a tranquilizer dart. As the race through the forest continues, the T-Rex enters a drive-in parking lot where chaos unfolds as people scramble to escape the massive dinosaur. As the sequence ends, you’ll be left wanting more.
While I could go on and on about why the footage was so impressive, the main thing that left me speechless was how amazing the VFX was in bringing these dinosaurs to life. In the footage you can see the webbing in some of the mouths, chipped teeth, and hair! Trust me, if you are a fan of the Jurassic World series, you are going to want to buy a ticket to F9 in IMAX to see this footage."
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Post by Indiana Jones on Jun 14, 2021 23:50:49 GMT 1
"I'm sure it's no secret that we shot in the UK, we shot in British Columbia. We shot in Malta. And those are essentially representing our locations. There's another major location that I don't want to disclose just yet. But there's any environment you can imagine, ecological environment, physical environment that you can think of, it's represented in this movie, [because it] is a big globe-hopping adventure. It's got a little bit of Bourne and Bond and a bit of a spy movie thrown into it too. Spy movie, science thriller with dinosaurs." movieweb.com/jurassic-world-3-bond-bourne-science-thriller/
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Post by ArArArchStanton on Jun 22, 2021 18:46:27 GMT 1
I've had a decent time with the sequels, but I've only ever connected with the original still. I can still watch that one and get this sense that it's a truly classic film that's one of those that has to be mentioned in the history of film.
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Post by Indiana Jones on Jun 24, 2021 17:40:17 GMT 1
Teaser for the extended preview.
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Post by Indiana Jones on Jul 12, 2021 0:23:31 GMT 1
Thanks to a recent deal that Universal completed, it will stream on both Peacock and Amazon Prime as well.
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Post by Indiana Jones on Aug 26, 2021 13:13:39 GMT 1
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Post by AQUA JAR!â„¢ on Nov 4, 2021 16:57:46 GMT 1
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Post by Indiana Jones on Nov 5, 2021 1:56:44 GMT 1
Here’s an idea, Universal. Velociraptor versus Sabre-tooth cat. Could be interesting!
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