Anton Sugar
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I was 8 when I saw it.
I remember holding my 6 year old brother's hand in the theatre during the Rex escape. It was pretty terrifying and awe-inspiring.
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Jurassic World |OT| WARNING! Safety Not, uh, Guaranteed | RT: 71?!%
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I was 8 when I saw it.
I remember holding my 6 year old brother's hand in the theatre during the Rex escape. It was pretty terrifying and awe-inspiring.
Everyone was convinced and I'm pretty sure you could hear a pin drop during the t-rex scene. I barely remember the experience, except for the opening raptor kill and the t-rex intro. Just amazing. Lucky I was born a few years prior to be able to experience it. I feel like I will never be able to have a similar experience like that ever again. I mean, Avatar was neat as a visual epic (I won't touch the plot...), but didn't give you the feels that JP did.
TacticalFox88
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For the first time in awhile, I'm trying not to highlight any spoilers.
UGGGGGH Why isn't it tomorrow yet?!
UGGGGGH Why isn't it tomorrow yet?!
Oh, how are the animatronics in JW? How often are they used?
More this?
Or this?
Shots in JW similar to those are CGI.
veering on off-topic here but still: the only time I was in complete, absolute awe (and joy) in a movie theater after JP was The Lord of the Rings - and that was because I had read the books just months earlier and couldn't believe that I was watching that world realized in front of me. When the Shire appeared on screen I don't think I was mentally in the theater anymore. I was in Middle Earth.
Oh, how are the animatronics in JW? How often are they used?
More this?
Please tell me I'm not the only one who can actually hear the roar in his head when looking at this gif.
HP_Wuvcraft
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I can't believe this animatronic got greenlit for a fucking movie.
Expendable.
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Oh, how are the animatronics in JW? How often are they used?
More this?
Or this?
Both of those look better than anything in Jurassic World, even the "poor" one. I didn't notice any animatronics, really. Virtually all CG.
Razgriz-Specter
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Seems crazy but I was around 3 and still somehow remember seeing it.
The movie really grabbed me and held on my entire childhood.
The perfect Dark
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Eddie Carr in his car (foreshadowing?) trying to help/rescue + the following death (T-Rex scene) is one of the best and most suspenseful moments in the series. I love it. The music was perfect, too.
Yup, always. But, when I see the one from 3, I picture him going "barrrrrp!!" instead of roaring. Just... the very definition of dopey with them eyes!
Anton Sugar
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Poor Eddie.
That's on you, Sarah Harding and Vince Vaughn's character! That death is ON. YOU. BOTH.
That's on you, Sarah Harding and Vince Vaughn's character! That death is ON. YOU. BOTH.
I was just thinking that. Every time I was looking at it I was thinking the roar.
It's the eyes. If it wasn't blinking in that haphazard way I think it would be way more believable for me, but it's very much "hey we squeezed some cables" kind of feeling (although I presume by that point it would be hydraulics?)
You are not alone
Bobby Roberts
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My paper weighs in with its take.
very minor spoiler regarding a musical moment, but otherwise, the short version is that it's dumb, and she can't tell whether it's on purpose or just plain ol' dumb, but either way, it works more than it doesn't, even if it doesn't wind up achieving the same level of "holy fucking shit it's a dinosaur oh my god what the fuck" that the original did in 93.
very minor spoiler regarding a musical moment, but otherwise, the short version is that it's dumb, and she can't tell whether it's on purpose or just plain ol' dumb, but either way, it works more than it doesn't, even if it doesn't wind up achieving the same level of "holy fucking shit it's a dinosaur oh my god what the fuck" that the original did in 93.
It's cute, but in a Jim Henson sort of way.
Rated-Rsuperstar
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So is the best thing about JW Giacchino's score?
Anton Sugar
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The large pupils don't help, either. Should be beadier, artistically and logically, considering they were all in the shade.
As it is, I feel like I can just SEE the puppeteer pressing the "blink eye" control.
And the last 30 mins, from what I can tell.
I just don't understand why the Rexes attacked the car at all. In JP1 it made sense cause Lex shined the flashlight in his eye and Tim slammed the door shut getting his attention. Eddie was just chilling not doing anything and the Rexes bee-lined for him, tearing off the roof so they could get right to him. I don't buy the 'territorial' excuse either. They'd never seen a car before yet seemed to comprehend exactly what it was immediately.
I could write a fucking essay on why the trailer scene is so bad (though you've highlighted most of it already
). Terrible scene.There are animals that are actually rather vengeful, especially regarding their young. That's what I always saw it is, rather than a territory thing. It's not like the rex's knew they were helping the baby, just that it was crying in pain. So to me it was always "you hurt our child?! You go die now!!"
At 4:20, this moment was fucking amazeballz ;__; (Spoilers tho)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7PVzeFexao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7PVzeFexao
crazy monkey
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Oh, how are the animatronics in JW? How often are they used?
More this?
Or this?
both of this are better than Jurassic world.
I kinda agree with her? I think the movie tries to be a sort of meta commentary about its predecessors and itself ("louder, bigger, more violent DOES NOT WORK") but while it sets that criticism up, it kinda falls into the same trappings by the end.
And regarding this quote from the review: "we see a kid in a hotel room, staring through a window, to a distant, sterile, manicured theme park. There isn't a dinosaur in sight." - personally speaking, I think I was filled with awe by finally watching John Hammond's original dream realized. We were watching, finally, a fully functional, dinosaur inhabited theme park. Before it all obviously went to hell, of course
Anton Sugar
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I just don't understand why the Rexes attacked the car at all. In JP1 it made sense cause Lex shined the flashlight in his eye and Tim slammed the door shut getting his attention. Eddie was just chilling not doing anything and the Rexes bee-lined for him, tearing off the roof so they could get right to him. I don't buy the 'territorial' excuse either. They'd never seen a car before yet seemed to comprehend exactly what it was immediately.
I could write a fucking essay on why the trailer scene is so bad (though you've highlighted most of it already
I hear you, dawg. All of the interesting behavioral stuff from the book was just used to justify some really weird decisions, but even there, the logic is strange. They don't even attack the trailer and the other jeep (the one that goes rolling off the edge at the start of the screen)--they're just pushing them off the edge.
But, we need a cool death, so they pry Eddie's car open like a tin can and eat him.
Sorry guys, I promise I'll stop ragging on TLW now
There definitaly were animatronics.
dying apatosaur and the caged raptors they touch
Anton Sugar
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Down to 70%!
Something's wrong. Something's happened. Something's wrong.
Something's wrong. Something's happened. Something's wrong.
bananafactory
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It was bound to drop back down, there's still at least 100 more reviews likely to come in. Fluctuations are gonna happen, I expect it will lower significantly when we get more top critic reviews, but we will see
Expendable.
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Yikes, they did an awful job then. Both of those looked so fake compared to the original.
bananafactory
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If you thought they were CG then I have to imagine the animatronics must have actually been quite good?
Big Baybee
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I was coming to say this lol
Anton Sugar
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I thought you said you couldn't spot any animatronics? Did you think it was doubly bad CG or something?
Bobby Roberts
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People should probably stop trying to play "spot the VFX" if they're not good at it. This is the second time in one of these threads that someone's been certain they know what's "real" and what's "fake" only to have it backfire.
FOURTH ITERATION
"Inevitably, underlying instabilities begin to appear."
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Jawmuncher
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I think it'll stay in the 70s
So I'm rewatching Jurassic Park III, and one thing that can definitely be said is that the compositing for the parasail scene is bad. Not "1930s movie rear projection driving" bad, but pretty noticeable.
Also the giant red "RESTRICTED" right after the Isla Sorna text is hilariously on-the-nose.
Hey, it's Hoshi from Enterprise for like four seconds!
Something about Sam Neill being frustrated by a parrot is hilarious to me.
Also Grant is a massive douche to Ellie. "Hey, remember those terrifying animals that killed those people and us almost? Ever think about that?"
Don Davis doesn't get enough credit for doing a good John Williams impersonation, too.
Also the giant red "RESTRICTED" right after the Isla Sorna text is hilariously on-the-nose.
Hey, it's Hoshi from Enterprise for like four seconds!
Something about Sam Neill being frustrated by a parrot is hilarious to me.
Also Grant is a massive douche to Ellie. "Hey, remember those terrifying animals that killed those people and us almost? Ever think about that?"
Don Davis doesn't get enough credit for doing a good John Williams impersonation, too.
HP_Wuvcraft
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The opening of the mouth just screams theme park.
EdReedFan20
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But Top Critics climbed to 72 from the previous 69. As of right now, this is one seemingly rarer times when the Top Critics score is higher than the overall score. Typically, the Top Critics score is the lower one.
bananafactory
Banned
I think they will be in the end
The perfect Dark
Banned
The whole movie is a comedy.
Entertaining review from Armond White http://www.out.com/armond-white/201...ratt-haunts-fanboy-wet-dreams-spielbergs-dino
Anton Sugar
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Snot-nosed sneering kids in the audience are why Alan Grant won't do
speaking tours at colleges anymore.
Speaking of Grant, has the original script for Jurassic World before the "human-dino hybrid mercenary" one ever surfaced?
Sigh.
comedy
Speaking of Grant, has the original script for Jurassic World before the "human-dino hybrid mercenary" one ever surfaced?
Sigh.
Skimming through the intro of that, it's just redundantly saying "GIRLS WILL LIKE THIS CAUSE SEXY GUY".
You know, I think JPIII is getting a leg up in my mind because people act like idiots in this film, but I don't expect better from them. Scared desperate parents and a young professional trying to boost his career and save his funding are a lot more sympathetic than dumbass eco-terrorists and an animal scientist who doesn't understand animals.
Expendable.
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There was a fake, plastic look too them like the rest of the CG in the film. Like I said, I had a great deal of fun with the movie so it didn't greatly deter -- it was just a disappointing aspect.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Okay, I gotta stop reading reviews, cause the bad ones are so snarky they spoil shit.
Also, some of the negative reviews had me going "I'm going to fucking love this film".
Also, some of the negative reviews had me going "I'm going to fucking love this film".
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