DallasCowboyFan156 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 It's funny that some of you are calling out this movie and the series for being something less than high art. I don't think it ever aspired to Independent film status, I mean the book it was based on wasn't some literary wonder that English Lit majors will be studying 200 years from now. Until Andy Serkis suits up to be a dinosaur, I don't think anyone ever believed this could be more than a flash-bang movie. While that may be true the first movie did a great job developing its characters and delivering a good plot. I didn't realize until I rewatched it the other night but JP1 is just under 2 hours long, minus credits, and the T-Rex doesn't break out of his pen until the 1 hour mark. That's a film that spend over half its runtime developing characters and building up before getting to the action and it feels perfectly paced. Few films these days have that type of patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 It's funny that some of you are calling out this movie and the series for being something less than high art. I don't think it ever aspired to Independent film status, I mean the book it was based on wasn't some literary wonder that English Lit majors will be studying 200 years from now. Until Andy Serkis suits up to be a dinosaur, I don't think anyone ever believed this could be more than a flash-bang movie. No one is claiming that JP is expected to be high art...but when each movie has the same exact plot sequence then it gets old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 The trailer did not impress me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pick6 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Sorry, but this trailer looked bad and trailers are suppose to get you excited for the movie. The dialogue was awful, even from Chris Pratt, who I have really started to enjoy. Old jurassic park movie forumla, like two kids similar to the grandkids in the first movie. Bad movie cliches, mad scientist thinking they are about to do great things only to see how wrong they were (which every character and the audience saw the whole time), mostly like followed up with their death. Then we have the 'Hybrid" dinosaur, that is like Sharknado level bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonniey Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 ....... But then, somehow, I don't see Spielberg making this movie unless he thought this one was a lot better. And I think the guy has demonstrated that he knows what's a good movie and what isn't. War of the Worlds anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 The first one is an all time classic to me. The first movie I ever saw in theaters as a kid too. I was ****ting bricks the whole time. It was glorious and sparked my love for both the Theater experience and dinosaurs in general. I don't think movies today look as real as that T-Rex did stomping all over the Jeep in the mud. That will never be replicated with the overuse of CGI now. The T-Rex and the rest of the JP cast were tangible and real and it made for a better movie. The plot was basic but it had well established characters for the most part which their only real purpose was to set the stage for the jaw dropping stars of the movie, the dinosaurs. In that regard, it was a triumphant success. The sequels never matched that pacing, level of authenticity, wonder or excitement. This one doesn't look to impressive either, honestly, which is disappointing because I had high hopes when it was announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 No one is claiming that JP is expected to be high art...but when each movie has the same exact plot sequence then it gets old. Dinosaurs are notorious for getting type cast into that run—eat—attack role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Then we have the 'Hybrid" dinosaur, that is like Sharknado level bad. Gonna be half T-rex half raptor, right? I mean it has to be, those were the biggest "villian" dinos in the old movies. Basically a 40 foot tall raptor... How incredibly dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 dude, if they used Octopus DNA and endowed the 40-foot tall raptor with Octopintelligence—could be a very worthy adversary. I mean, I give my hunter friends **** all the time that the prey is at a severe disadvantage. Yeah, add Torosaur plating or some kind of bony body armor . . . yes, yes. Stupid human hubris, messing with nature yet again. Two will barely escape with their lives having learned a valuable lesson that is lost on the whole. I mean, it would be fantastic if the dinosaur just flat out wins this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I think we all know what this hybrid is really going to be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 ^ ha! @ the last two posts intrigued by the teaser or not, as long as everybody sees it in theaters, we're good. If you don't, you're anti-American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Wait a minute, this movie isn't coming out until June 12?! I can't remember seeing trailers on television for a movie more than six months away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 I know right? 64 million years . . . can't wait another 4 months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Wait a minute, this movie isn't coming out until June 12?! I can't remember seeing trailers on television for a movie more than six months away. Star Wars....December 2015 it released November 2014, more than a full year before premier date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 On one hand it's an allegory about climate change: man alters nature and see what happens. On the other, it's complete Creationism porn: man existing alongside dinosaurs—like they always have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I heart dinosaurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Oh, and if you haven't checked out the original Jurassic Park out in 3D, I highly recommend it. It is in-****ing-sane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Oh, and if you haven't checked out the original Jurassic Park out in 3D, I highly recommend it. It is in-****ing-sane! maybe it was me but i didn't notice anything watching it in 3d. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 The original Jurrasic Park was a fantastic theater experience at the time it came out. It was loud and fast when it needed, quiet and patient when it wanted you to suffer, and the dinosaurs dangerous to characters with more than a few lines. They actually succeeded in catching important characters and eating them. I mention that because too often the very scarey monsters are only good for killing extras and people that get 2 lines or less. Those monsters suck at their jobs. JP introduced you to characters only to make watching them die later. That kind of cold hearted dedication is important when it comes to telling a good story. Too bad they screwed up on that magical ledge/drop that was there when the characters ran in terror from the TRex, but obviously not there when the TRex broke through the fence initially. Maybe that's been explained since, but it seemed like a big dumb mistake at the time. Also, because I'm that guy, the book was so much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DallasCowboyFan156 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I saw the first JP when I was 6 at a drive in movie theatre in southern Cali. The theatre was surrounded on all sides by Palm trees which made it the perfect place to watch the movie. Perfect to scare a little kid that is since it made feel like I was in the movie and my little kid mind was sure T-Rex was gonna come through those trees at any moment and attack me. Didn't help that it was dark and windy and the trees were swaying back and forth. Looking back on it it was awesome though. Still one of my favorite films to this day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Too bad they screwed up on that magical ledge/drop that was there when the characters ran in terror from the TRex, but obviously not there when the TRex broke through the fence initially. Maybe that's been explained since, but it seemed like a big dumb mistake at the time. . Always wondered this myself. I've read that it's explained better in the book, the difference in terrain on the T-Rex side. Anyway: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 That roar from the T-rex after it knocks the SUVs over the ledge still gives me goosebumps when I see it Damn!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Is this like Predators is to the original Predator? Which introduces a cool nerd thought: what if the movie was about super-dinos and Predators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Is this like Predators is to the original Predator? Which introduces a cool nerd thought: what if the movie was about super-dinos and Predators? What about a movie with Predators and... Aliens? The nerds would go crazy for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 What about a movie with Predators and... Aliens? The nerds would go crazy for it! Sharks with laser beams...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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