Jurassic Park (1993) Retrospective / Review

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  • @OliverHarper
    @OliverHarper  7 років тому +39

    Get The Jurassic Park Trilogy Blu-ray set here goo.gl/Zb81Wx
    Get the Jurassic Park Soundtrack here goo.gl/pvItFH

    • @danielwilliamson6180
      @danielwilliamson6180 7 років тому +3

      In all honesty Jurassic Park 1 is and always shall be the film in the series. Jurassic Park 2 is good but not a great movie like the original. Jurassic Park 3 was the worst film of the series. I've not seen Jurassic Park 5.

    • @velociraptor4you3291
      @velociraptor4you3291 7 років тому +1

      Daniel Williamson Personally (and this is just my true and honest personal opinion talking here), I think all three films in the original trilogy are EQUALLY as good (and yes, that includes "Jurassic Park 3")." Now "Jurassic World" has a few tiny issues with it that I feel don't make it equally as good as the original trilogy (again, in my opinion), but they weren't enough to ruin it for me, and I do enjoy it for the most part. Besides, I loved how "Jurassic World" presented/handled the concept of a working dinosaur theme park, something that I feel the film series as a whole benefited from exploring.

    • @SupremeMaster-he4rc
      @SupremeMaster-he4rc 6 років тому

      The nes version seems similar to Fester's Quest, which didn't have a save feature. See UA-cam reviews of the game to see what I'm talking about.

    • @YusufGinnah
      @YusufGinnah 4 роки тому +2

      Oliver Harper
      One of the last and truly great animatronic movies...
      Before full fake CGI came in and ruined the party...

    • @mp1314
      @mp1314 4 роки тому +3

      The animations were so mind-blowing at the time that Spielberg made sure to not reveal an animated dino in any of the trailers!

  • @camithewitch5265
    @camithewitch5265 3 роки тому +66

    It still blows my mind that Steven Spielberg made Schindler's List and Jurassic Park in the SAME YEAR. Absolute legend.

  • @davidfrederick1971
    @davidfrederick1971 6 років тому +361

    best line is: Ian Malcolm: Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

    • @charity6372
      @charity6372 4 роки тому +30

      I liked "must go faster"...😉

    • @mp1314
      @mp1314 4 роки тому +22

      „You're implying that a group composed entirely of female animals will… breed? - No, I’m simply saying... life finds a way!“

    • @FerDeLance06
      @FerDeLance06 4 роки тому +10

      They stood on the shoulders of geniuses and took the next step

    • @SpicyTexan64
      @SpicyTexan64 4 роки тому +1

      @@mp1314 only it doesn't. Animals become extinct.

    • @cubanref9670
      @cubanref9670 4 роки тому +8

      That really is a great line. Goldblums delivery is perfect.

  • @s1050
    @s1050 3 роки тому +39

    Jurassic Park was my childhood. I can watch the movie over and over I know every line and it still never gets old. When I hear the main theme it brings so much emotion and nostalgia. The novel is just as good too.

    • @MelodiesForTheSoul
      @MelodiesForTheSoul 2 роки тому +3

      The novel was incredible. I read it for the first time in the early 2010s and thought "why the fuck didnt they make THIS movie?!"

  • @preezy85
    @preezy85 5 років тому +152

    "This was my Star Wars" - my feelings in a nutshell. Great review

  • @YourBeingParanoid
    @YourBeingParanoid 8 років тому +45

    I was 18 when I went to watch this on first release - The scene when they first come across the dinosaurs in the field still brings a tear to my eye - I feel old.

  • @Judicial78
    @Judicial78 5 років тому +209

    John Williams is going to go down as one of the best musical composers in the entirety of human history.

    • @devox3291
      @devox3291 5 років тому +10

      For me he is #1. Star Wars theme , for me, is greatest all time peice of music.

    • @joshuaflores8532
      @joshuaflores8532 4 роки тому +6

      He already did.

    • @Hugo_Tate
      @Hugo_Tate 3 роки тому +2

      Hahahahahaha def not. That’s funny though.

    • @corporatecommander4066
      @corporatecommander4066 3 роки тому +10

      @@Hugo_Tate you're right. He'll probably go down as the best

    • @samhallzero
      @samhallzero 3 роки тому +6

      @@corporatecommander4066 Only for those born after 1977. For those that love movies for all of their history might want to try Max Steiner (King Kong, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind), Milkos Rozsa (The Thief of Bagdad, Double Indeminity, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes), Bernard Herrmann (Citizen Kane, All That Money Can Buy, Vertigo, Taxi Driver, The Ghost and Mrs Muir), Ennio Morricone (A Fistful of Dollars, Cinema Paradiso, The Mission), John Barry (Connery Bonds, Somewhere in Time, Midnight Cowboy). Williams is the latest of several giants, perhaps the sixth great one of the last century.

  • @josephmora5230
    @josephmora5230 9 років тому +295

    The CGI is still amazing and even better than most CGI films today. That's 23 years difference, truly movie magic!

    • @nerdrocker89
      @nerdrocker89 8 років тому +12

      +Joseph Mora ikr i think this movie is amazing and alot like fine wine, gets better with age

    • @ashleighsamuels4808
      @ashleighsamuels4808 6 років тому +12

      It's insane jurassic park was the true start of CGI and still nothing beats the breakout scene of the Tyranasaurus!!

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 6 років тому +8

      Isn't there....not a terribly large amount of CGI in the movie, though? Isn't most of it animatronics and practical effects?

    • @ashleighsamuels4808
      @ashleighsamuels4808 6 років тому +1

      @@fuzzydunlop7928 I'd say it's probably fifty fifty to be honest, maybe even abit more CGI than practical

    • @nursenatedawg
      @nursenatedawg 6 років тому +5

      A Filthy Degenerate there was less than 5 total minutes of CGI used in the original

  • @OliverHarper
    @OliverHarper  9 років тому +123

    My apologies for the slight error on the release date. it was the 11th June not 13th. I got confused with the Brazil (premiere) for some bizarre reason. Need more sleep and cups of tea when writing these reviews lol

    • @DLSMaster
      @DLSMaster 9 років тому +3

      Oliver Harper lol it's ok, no biggie, also what's your favorite type of tea anyways? since you brought that up. lol

    • @murraymilwood4920
      @murraymilwood4920 9 років тому +3

      Oliver Harper Love your work mate, ever thought of doing a retrospective on Toy Story (1995)?

    • @jimross7135
      @jimross7135 9 років тому +4

      Oliver Harper Hey man, love all your retrospective reviews. Discovered your channel whilst in Australia of all places when it popped up in my recommended pile. Now, I know you've done a commentary on Aliens, but would you ever fancy doing an in-depth retrospective of it? You seem to enjoy all the films I've enjoyed over the years (I think we're about the same age) so, could you do Aliens, please? Pretty please?

    • @noahmcclintock5866
      @noahmcclintock5866 9 років тому +1

      Oliver, I am a huge fan of your videos and have seen all of them at least twice. I was wondering if you could review Heaven's Gate. Yes, the film that almost made United Artists go bankrupt. I would like to here your thoughts on it. I would also like to here your thoughts on more James Bond or Highlander films.

    • @booyahboyuk
      @booyahboyuk 9 років тому +1

      Oliver Harper Is that the US release because I'm sure it was July in the UK?

  • @protaeya
    @protaeya 8 років тому +70

    You are totally right sir, Jurassic Park is _THE_ movie to play when setting up a new home theater system. That roar really can reverberate the area!

    • @muznick
      @muznick 4 роки тому +5

      The T-Rex roar made it worth going to see it twice.

  • @definingcinema7040
    @definingcinema7040 4 роки тому +23

    I'm going to venture to say, this is the best cinematic experience humanly created. I personally saw it 6 times in theaters.

  • @meatmanvstaco
    @meatmanvstaco 8 років тому +46

    I love your intros. They're better than the official previews. I'm excited to rewatch Jurassic Park right now regardless I've seen it hundreds of times.

  • @hiattgrey9161
    @hiattgrey9161 2 роки тому +10

    I was a dinosaur fanatic as a child. And Jurassic Park was my absolute favorite film in the dinosaur movie genre.

  • @mcrazza
    @mcrazza 5 років тому +19

    That John Williams score is truly iconic, just like the film itself.

  • @mickos_
    @mickos_ 4 роки тому +18

    The Jurassic park trilogy is amongst my favorite movies of all time. I just hope one day they will do a R rated version, closer to the book. Bring on the blood and gore.

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 3 роки тому +1

      The cave scene. That's all I'm gonna say. I am forever disappointed it didn't make it into any of the films.

    • @speedracer2008
      @speedracer2008 10 місяців тому

      @@WobblesandBeanDidn’t they allude to it in The Lost World (1997), when the Tyrannosaurus rex pokes its head under a waterfall and catches Robert Burke?

  • @fuzzydunlop7928
    @fuzzydunlop7928 6 років тому +20

    The actor who plays Tim Murphy - Joseph Mazzello - also stars in HBO's "The Pacific".

    • @nickm8874
      @nickm8874 6 років тому +2

      Fuzzy Dunlop great avi sir!

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 5 років тому +1

      @@nickm8874 Much obliged! You're one of the few people to get the reference. lol

    • @davemort9166
      @davemort9166 Рік тому

      He was also in Bohemian Rhapsody

  • @elphaba4674
    @elphaba4674 5 років тому +5

    My daughter, who is 9, just watched Jurassic park for the first time a few weeks ago, and she lost it when the rex is after them in the jeep, i mean eyes wide, mouth open! And when he roars and you see him get closer in the rear view mirror! She loved it! This movie will never get old!

  • @frankaliberti
    @frankaliberti 9 років тому +23

    As usual, totally worth the wait. Your work is setting the quality bar for reviews across the board, my friend. Keep it up!

    • @OliverHarper
      @OliverHarper  9 років тому

      Frank Aliberti Thanks a lot Frank!

    • @devox3291
      @devox3291 5 років тому

      Crighton rocks!!! Read a lot of his books. His horror- sci fi " Prey" really freaked me out.

  • @tiffanypersaud3518
    @tiffanypersaud3518 4 роки тому +5

    The T-Rex had a blender and an SUV sound - mixed with other animals roaring. I remember reading that later and said "I knew it was blender!". It was fantastic. I remember being blown out of my mind as a kid in theatres - just from the sound effects alone.

    • @rp7155
      @rp7155 2 роки тому

      Haha that’s awesome I never knew that 😂 Totally agree, the sound effects are amazing - there’s never been anything quite like that t-Rex roar

  • @AeroHybrid
    @AeroHybrid 9 років тому +71

    This will still be the iconic masterpiece no matter what ;)

    • @davemort9166
      @davemort9166 Рік тому

      Nope Spielberg's Jaws set the scene

  • @BrandoCritic
    @BrandoCritic 5 років тому +5

    Although it's not a film that I grew up with, it's a film that gets better every single time I watch it!

  • @rogelioperez9938
    @rogelioperez9938 8 років тому +26

    "Jurassic Park was my Star Wars"...right there with you, buddy...err, chum?, i exactly know what you mean.

    • @Bluebelle51
      @Bluebelle51 4 роки тому

      I think Star Wars was my Star Wars, I saw it in the theater and loved it

    • @Bluebelle51
      @Bluebelle51 4 роки тому

      @Hyperskreem 82 I'm older than dirt LOL.
      I think my grandson is about your age

  • @nastylittlecritter
    @nastylittlecritter 9 років тому +95

    This is one of my favorite films of all time. I watched it when I was 5, and it introduced me to Spielberg, CGI, and suspense/horror. I love this movie to bits.

    • @andrewvincent89
      @andrewvincent89 8 років тому +6

      Likewise. It's burned into my memory. I always get a sense of longing for that feeling when I first saw it as a 4 year old

    • @niallreid7664
      @niallreid7664 5 років тому +1

      @@andrewvincent89 You remember seeing it when you were 4? Damn.

    • @anneblubaugh58
      @anneblubaugh58 4 роки тому +2

      I was 10 :)
      Lol them making the carnivore dinosaurs was a huge mistake ! Lol i would have only made the herbivores

    • @anneblubaugh58
      @anneblubaugh58 4 роки тому +1

      Niall Reid i remember seeing back to the future in theaters when I was 1!!! Lol 😂 i was born September 1983 and it came out july 1985... I was almost 2... Haha

  • @J.S.MacDirty
    @J.S.MacDirty 8 років тому +8

    The whole T-Rex Paddock part is handled much better in the novel, where the T-Rex simples picks up and throws the Land Cruser in a near by tree.

  • @FlyingFocs
    @FlyingFocs 7 років тому +21

    I'll say it: This and Jaws are my favorite movies of all time, all flaws considered. These films were a huge influence on my childhood: they're the reason for my keen interest and knowledge of dinosaurs and animals general.
    And also why I say Spielberg was a bigger part of my childhood than Disney.

    • @mp1314
      @mp1314 4 роки тому +4

      Spielberg once said that he had always had hopes to make a meaningful Jaws sequel but never really believed in „re-newing“ the shark. Instead, he wanted to find a predator similarly scary. When Crichton published JP, Spielberg instantly had been given his very own „Jaws 2“ script.

    • @jackriver1999
      @jackriver1999 2 роки тому

      Disney was too babyish for me. Their features films felt condescending to me even as a child. When it came to cartoons, I was always preferred Warner Bros and Hannah Barbera as they more risky and subversive.

  • @bluenimbus9707
    @bluenimbus9707 7 років тому +27

    I don't think any other Jurassic movie has captured the people reacting and acting with the dinosaurs like Jurassic Park has. I feel it was less about the dinosaurs with that film and more about the people put in a situation with something unpredictably dangerous in the form of dinosaurs.
    I think Jurassic World was geared towards seeming fun and cool at certain parts that Jurassic Park would have just maintained helpless terror and true human inferiority. The T'Rex, raptors, and even running from the leaf eaters inspired a certain amount of fear. Even the Triceratops scene had the impending storm to it, inspiring the feeling of imminent doom. It was almost like they were toying with the idea of creating something as beautiful and as dangerous as the ocean, itself, in Jurassic Park. I'll give The Lost World credit on making a high tense T'Rex scene where they were waiting to get their baby back.
    I think it was just the audience and the difference in a generation and it was probably the best choice that could be made for each film. Jurassic World definitely had the best odds and, in my opinion, did what it set out to do as well as it could manage.

  • @HoustonSoto
    @HoustonSoto 9 років тому +3

    After seeing Jurassic World, my intense love and nostalgia for this film has been overwhelming lately. Ive watched it every time it's been on TV and dug up my old DVD. This is an airtight movie in every sense of the word. The excitement, the music, the characters, the effects, the pure adventure. It's the whole package. The fact that Steven Spielberg did this and Schindler's List in the same year only solidifies him as one of the all-time greatest directors. Greta review Oliver!

  • @speckledjim9895
    @speckledjim9895 5 років тому +44

    My personal favourite line "I'm gonna run you over when i come back down."

    • @kylefrank638
      @kylefrank638 4 роки тому +7

      "I'm fairly alarmed here."

    • @bentramer682
      @bentramer682 4 роки тому +1

      I use this line more than i thought (GTA5)

  • @kd84afc
    @kd84afc 9 років тому +20

    Your spot on about the visual effects especially the CGI not going overboard, I can't seem to find it on UA-cam but I watched an interview with special effects artists Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Alec Gillis who stated Stan Winston worked out there is only 11 mins of CGI in Jurassic park, Could you imagine a top budget movie today? Probably 80% is CGI if not all of it

    • @cineMADvocate
      @cineMADvocate 7 років тому

      KD84Afc™ Which is like literally what they said in the 80s when there were a bunch of action and effects heavy movies… Seriously you sound like a 90-year-old man complaining that every movies not citizen Kane. What’s that you say current movies use the current technology that’s available? You mean exactly the way the Jurassic Park did?

    • @georgemorley1029
      @georgemorley1029 4 роки тому +1

      @@cineMADvocate I think you've missed his point. Jurassic park was a tasty cake with 90% sponge and 10% wonderful new frosting on top. The 90% was the film and how it was made, acted, scripted and directed. The 10% was special effects that sat on top of that. Now, blockbuster movies give you 90% icing in CGI effects and 10% cake (actual movie and acting) and therefore any "special-ness" behind the special effects has gone. If you eat a cake that's 90% icing and 10% cake, you'll puke and that's the effect most movies have on me these days. He's right, you've missed the point that movies still need to be good as works of drama and you can't plug the gaps with more effects, so good night.

  • @alexandredion2151
    @alexandredion2151 7 років тому +2

    JP is the kind of film you can watch countless times and still want to revisit it ! That's the sign of a great one :)

  • @PartyALLNighTCrew
    @PartyALLNighTCrew 5 років тому +1

    What a great retrospective review! As a 90s kid who never got to see or read the novel this thorough review made me get a sense of what made this film great, which is exactly what I was looking for after having just watched the movie a few days ago.
    I feel at ease that I was not the only one that thought the movie was a bit weak in story and character development. I loved the critism at the end of the video and the images of all videogames, the amusement park, clothing items, TV shows that show the influence the movie had pop culture.

  • @eamonhennedy689
    @eamonhennedy689 9 років тому +1

    Thank you so much for this retrospective Oliver. I've been looking forward to it since I saw your preview a few weeks ago and watching the full version took me right back to my childhood. I was nine at the time and I remember that summer with such vividness. Jurassic Park is a blockbuster that I hold with deep nostalgic love and seeing a lot of the things you mentioned here took me right back. I remember the warnings about the PG rating, I remember how clips on television didn't give away the dinosaurs and my jaw dropping when I went to see it on the big screen and how I was nearly deafened by the use of DTS sound when me and my family went to see it. We didn't even know what DTS sound was when we went to see it. In any event, thank you for this wonderful video. This and the movie Jurassic World (which I loved to bits) have taken me back to a very special, happy time in my life. Thank you.

  • @artandcard
    @artandcard 8 років тому +1

    I had forgotten about Jurassic Park's use of the then new surround sound technology. Once you mentioned the newness of it, Mr. Harper, the memory of being amazed and shaken by the stereo feel of Jurassic Park flooded back in to me. I could hear a dinosaur moving around on the left side of the screen and sense it move over to the right with my eyes closed, and the T-Rex roar filled the theater, sending shivers up my spine.

  • @MindFist
    @MindFist 2 роки тому +1

    There have been a few times when a movie blew my mind and made a huge imprint on me...Jurassic Park was one of those films...For the record, here are the others: Star Wars; Empire Strikes Back; Raiders Of The Lost Ark; E.T.; Ghostbusters; Back To The Future; Aliens

  • @YTPremiumWatch
    @YTPremiumWatch 7 місяців тому +1

    Revisiting Oliver Harper videos never gets old.

  • @Ancient_Regime88
    @Ancient_Regime88 4 роки тому +2

    I remember being with my dad at a store when we bought the VHS of Jurassic Park. Must have been 5 or 6. In the store, I just stared at that amazing cover--the skeleton T-Rex, the stark black and red color scheme, letting my imagination run away.

  • @sycamoreleaves74
    @sycamoreleaves74 9 років тому +2

    In the summer of 93, I had a job working at a movie theater long since disappeared. We had to go in and pick up the trash from the audience, we waited until the lights came up and then started cleaning up. The end score of Jurassic Park is burned into my memory from that. Plus movie theaters are one of the few public places left where people think nothing of throwing their trash on the floor (as they know it will be cleaned up), and people left A LOT of trash on those floors. That takes me back in more ways than one.

  • @markkil
    @markkil 7 років тому +1

    The thing I love most about this film are all the memorable lines - all the way through! I've watched this movie so many times just for the dialogue -sooooo good!

  • @NikhchansGaming
    @NikhchansGaming 8 років тому +24

    25:33-25:47 OMG! That's my story! XD
    I was 5 when it came out, and I remember mistaking the Brachiosaur in the first shot as an ELEPHANT!! And my whole family was like "OMG!! its a Dinosaur! Its a dinosaur!"
    I remember renting it SO MANY TIMES, the Guy at the store refused to rent it to me!! Then I started making up stories ( oh my cousin from the country wants to see it. I've got guests who want to see it.).
    I didn't get English much till I was 12-13, And till then I had probably seen it well over 100 times (I had started to keep a count when I was 9 and counted till 49 something till my tenth birthday).
    And yes. I read the book much later around 2008 something And was BLOWN AWAY by all the extra action in it.
    I still think, The BOOK version of the film can be made into a Mini series. I would LOVE to see that.

    • @ratking_
      @ratking_ 4 роки тому +1

      this is so cute.

    • @NikhchansGaming
      @NikhchansGaming 4 роки тому +1

      @@ratking_ Why thank you! ***Goes to see Jurassic Park for bazzilionth time!***

    • @ratking_
      @ratking_ 4 роки тому +1

      @@NikhchansGaming I absolutely fucking support u. go live ur dreams

    • @ratking_
      @ratking_ 4 роки тому +1

      also just realized this was four years ago, hope you've been doing okay!!

    • @NikhchansGaming
      @NikhchansGaming 4 роки тому +1

      ​@@ratking_ Appreciate your kind words! I ama doing good. Hope you're doing good too!

  • @theskinman1948
    @theskinman1948 5 років тому +20

    “It’s not Spielberg at his best”
    >:(

  • @nastylittlecritter
    @nastylittlecritter 9 років тому +152

    Also, I have to disagree. I think the story is quite smart about man playing with power it has no control over.

    • @LinkMarioSamus
      @LinkMarioSamus 9 років тому +10

      Yourgs Vazouras It's at least smart at building up all the chaos in the second half.
      In general though Spielberg's films (at least his blockbusters anyway) aren't particularly deep or anything, you watch them for thrills. But oh what thrills they deliver. I'd also say that most of Spielberg's movies are structured like amusement park rides, including Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan (the former feels like Spielberg making an "Oscar movie" for his usual audience).
      Spielberg used to be my favorite filmmaker. Since then I've seen movies like Terminator 1 & 2, A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Pulp Fiction, and Goodfellas, and those movies' directors have left more of an impression on me.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 9 років тому +8

      LinkMarioSamus If Schindler's List is an amusement park ride) and I know what you mean), it's still absolutely horrifying. Saving Private Ryan I get, it's ridiculous flag-waving bullshit.

    • @LinkMarioSamus
      @LinkMarioSamus 9 років тому +6

      valinor100 Well that was more relating to how the films are structured.

    • @FrancoisDressler
      @FrancoisDressler 9 років тому +5

      +LinkMarioSamus A.I is Spielberg's deepest, most philosophical film.

    • @LinkMarioSamus
      @LinkMarioSamus 8 років тому

      Probably one of the Spielberg movies I want to get around to watching. Helps it's on TV where I live from time to time.

  • @hanagara1907
    @hanagara1907 10 місяців тому +1

    re: why no one heard the T.Rex in the visitor's centre:
    1. It has been theorised that with a T.Rex's high caloric needs, chasing prey for an extended time was not possible so they evolved to be more cunning and have skills such as sneaking etc
    2. Misdirection is an EXTREMELY common tactic used DAILY by magicians EVERYWHERE. To further expand this, numerous psychological studies have shown if something has your undivided attention, your brain won't register any other inputs. Meaning if their attention was fully on the raptors, they wouldn't hear a damn MONSTER TRUCK

  • @alyssagav8696
    @alyssagav8696 7 років тому +1

    Great retrospective Oliver. I agree so much with your 'this was my Star Wars' comment. Anyone born in the early to mid eighties would agree. I was 8 seeing this in 93 and it remains for me my greatest cinematic memory. It had real spectacle and awe to it carried off by the best film makers of the time. I'm glad that everything lined up to see it as a kid. A terrific experience.

  • @noerangel1318
    @noerangel1318 4 роки тому

    Oliver, I know you get this a lot, but your editing is top-notch, man. I love your videos and your commentary almost always brings a smile to my face. I only just found your channel recently, but I've been enjoying immensely the huge catalogue!

  • @michelemarcolin2548
    @michelemarcolin2548 5 років тому +4

    26 years ago!! My good! It seems a couple of years ago to me! Kept re-watching this movie and its two sequels so many times... Still so valid.

  • @geowynleda4641
    @geowynleda4641 5 років тому +3

    I took my young nephew to see this on its opening day. The cinema was full of youngsters from about 4 upwards with a lot of adults too. I think every one of us thought we were watching real dinosaurs. The look of wonder on the kids' faces and the gasps from the adults is something I have not witnessed before or since.
    They can bring out as many Jurassic World films as they like, they will not beat the original for scale and spectacle.

  • @piperjaycie
    @piperjaycie 10 місяців тому

    2:45 “What’d I touch?!”. Nice call back to Alan touching the computer screen a the dig site and the screen stopping working and Ellie saying, “He touched it”, when the worker asked Alan what he did to it.

  • @sfighter0085
    @sfighter0085 9 років тому

    Great as always Oliver. I was alive when the hype for this movie was in full swing. TV Spots, Toy Ads, The Video Games, it was just crazy. I bought the movie on DVD from a $5. bin at my local Walmart, and as of sometime ago last year, I bought the book from my "Waterfront Rescue Mission", so now I have both versions of Jurassic Park. I haven't watched this movie in a long time, I should again sometime.

  • @johnkenneth3602
    @johnkenneth3602 9 років тому +5

    Outstanding review Oliver and what a great intro and outro trailer : )

  • @nstevenson5934
    @nstevenson5934 5 років тому +1

    JP still amazes me after having seen it so many times, this is an film that makes you appreciate the magic of movies

  • @briancollins1296
    @briancollins1296 8 років тому +2

    As an adult, I think one of JP's greatest strengths is also one of its greatest weaknesses. the pacing is nothing short of extraordinary, at least to me, considering the T. Rex doesn't show up till halfway through the movie and we don't even notice. But at the same time the movie is riddled with continuity big and small, most infamously the cliff as you noted. The characters are cartoons, but charming cartoons, and they prevent the dinosaur-less scenes (of which there are many) from becoming boring. It's a highly rewatchable movie as you said, and in fact I saw it twice in theaters when it was re-released back in 2013.
    And of course, the special effects by ILM and Stan Winston's crew are revolutionary.

  • @Zamolxes77
    @Zamolxes77 9 років тому +8

    "It's a velociraptor !
    Hold on to your butts"
    In '93 I was 2nd year in highschool and had a major crush on Lex. Majored in computers too :)

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 6 років тому +3

    This is an absolute Jurassic Classic. I love this film and its franchise. Great job

  • @kirschakos
    @kirschakos 9 років тому +5

    Once again a great review Oliver. That Ian Malcolm "discovery" joke was hilarious :D

  • @ludlowryder8803
    @ludlowryder8803 6 років тому +1

    Thanks for another good retrospective. This film was (I think) the third film I saw at the cinema and I was mesmerised by its brilliance. The book is great too, Crichton was a super talented man!

  • @spfilmviewers5629
    @spfilmviewers5629 5 років тому

    I must have been about 6 years old when I saw this film (on home video) and it's left an impression with me ever since - and to this day is one of my favourite films of all time. Great content by the way, I'll definitely be watching more of these retrospectives

  • @jmdnelson4891
    @jmdnelson4891 6 років тому +2

    30:24 The T-Rex PROBABLY could move quietly without making too much noise. It'd just have to move slow. It's a hunter, after all. How do you think it hunted, Oliver?? Huh, do you think it just chased and chomped down on its its prey, Oliver?
    Also, you can see a part of the wall missing near the twin doors of the Visitor's Center Entrance. That's how it got in. It stalked its prey (the velociraptors) because they were noisy and moving around.

    • @nickm8874
      @nickm8874 6 років тому

      JMD Nelson but it was moving slow with the water shaking scene

  • @CinemaGulp
    @CinemaGulp 9 років тому +4

    This is my favorite retro review you've done. You're the man Oliver. I was 12 when this came out and it gave me goosebumps. I think I saw it 5 times in the cinema. Well done sir.

  • @willharlow607
    @willharlow607 2 роки тому +1

    Nerdy was “lazy” in the movie but that’s not true in the book. Ingen was secretive during construction and didn’t give Nedry all the information on what the system was being used for. Over time, more and more work was required, and being so far from Cambridge, with only so many dial-up lines for data transfer and communication. And Mr. SparedNoExpense didn’t want to cough up any more money than was already paid to Nedry. Nedry was pissed about money and being overworked and not respected. It wasn’t laziness.

  • @LowellLucasJr.
    @LowellLucasJr. 8 років тому +1

    Great video my friend! Playing the T-Rex scene while neighbors walked by with your window open? That is awesome

  • @Cml725
    @Cml725 8 років тому +34

    This movie rocks!

  • @TRTUFC
    @TRTUFC 9 років тому +6

    this review is a piece of art

  • @mp1314
    @mp1314 4 роки тому +1

    I pretend to know about 80% of the movies you review by heart - and your channel is definitely state of the art in movie reviewing (scene selection, story lining, background information, reviewing actors/directors/cutter/composer performance)... the only thing that I find a bit overwhelming is the pace of the information you provide. I know you wanna provide as much information as possible in rather short time but it’s hard for viewers to even think about what you say for only a second. Still, really happy I found your channel!
    Ps: unlike many other reviewers, you completely go without speaking full frontal into the camera, big thumbs up!

  • @ManDudeMcHumanGuy
    @ManDudeMcHumanGuy 3 роки тому +1

    "And we can charge anything we want, $2,000 a day, $10,000 a day, and people will pay it"
    Until people get bored and we have to go and create a super dinosaur

  • @alexjaybrady
    @alexjaybrady 8 років тому +5

    24.40 hey thats the picture house in cambridge i go there all the time!

    • @OliverHarper
      @OliverHarper  8 років тому +6

      +Alex Brady Yeah i often go there when they have 70mm presentations of 80s movies, i tend to visit the Light Cinema now.

  • @bearvanhelsing6035
    @bearvanhelsing6035 9 років тому +7

    I love the guy who does you're intro artwork they look great.

    • @OliverHarper
      @OliverHarper  9 років тому +3

      ***** Thanks! Jack is a talented chap. You can find more of his work here jackdaviesart.tumblr.com/

  • @raphaelperry8159
    @raphaelperry8159 9 років тому +6

    Aaah, immortal Tim. The boy who is immune to damage. That kid should have died four times in the entire film (including two in rapid succession). If I have one niggle with the entire film it's got to be Tim's unbelievable survival rate.
    1: Not eaten by t-rex.
    2: Not killed when the same t-rex pushed the car containing the children over the edge of the bridge and it fell a reasonable distance.
    3: Sustaining a strong electric shock (allegedly a lethal dose) which then caused him to fall from the electric fence he was climbing.
    4: Practically the entire kitchen scene really.

    • @Zamolxes77
      @Zamolxes77 9 років тому +2

      +Raphael Perry Strong plotinium armor. I just want to see, for once, a X rated Jurassic Park where dinos eat everybody. Kinda like Game of Thrones: everybody dies.

    • @RoyalKnightVIII
      @RoyalKnightVIII 9 років тому +2

      +Zamolxes77 just Watch the Carnosaur trilogy ;)

    • @HalfDecentTrashCollection2001
      @HalfDecentTrashCollection2001 7 років тому

      *allegedly

    • @maryyy222-z4j
      @maryyy222-z4j 8 місяців тому

      Holy shit the kids show will piss you off

  • @gallolocoparisien
    @gallolocoparisien 8 років тому

    Oliver, you just became my favorite old movie reviewer! thanks

  • @looroouwu
    @looroouwu 7 років тому +2

    Omg you almost made me cry out of nostalgia ;w; Also I remember vividly the first time I watched this movie : I was like 6,already fan of dinosaurs and when I asked my dad to watch it,he was like "there's not too much killing in it right ?" and I was like "um...no ! :D" So yeah,great movie,great soundtrack,and great memories.

  • @aprilcanipe2614
    @aprilcanipe2614 2 роки тому

    I remember watching this as a kid, maybe 6 or 7 in 93...and I was blown the hell away, I still am

  • @sudeepmore1525
    @sudeepmore1525 5 років тому +1

    Please accept my gratitude Mr. Harper! This is an exciting, heart warming and enlightening piece on one of my favourite movies. I was only 13 years old when I first watched it, dubbed in hindi in my hometown in India. It is one of my favourite movie outings till date. I absolutely loved opening edit, very nicely done. Thanks again. Cheers!!

  • @aikikaname6508
    @aikikaname6508 Рік тому +1

    I don’t believe Lex did hack the system really though? It was the systems shutdown that Ray did that overrode Nedry’s security, and it’s established that it worked, but that there was an issue with some fuses being off.
    By the time Lex got there, the only other person who knew anything about computers was dead, so all she really did was figure out how to turn everything back on

  • @speedracer2008
    @speedracer2008 2 роки тому +1

    30:16 To be fair, elephants are the same size as a Tyrannosaurus rex and can move around without causing noise, especially in forests. A T. rex sneaking up on you isn’t that unrealistic if you’re aware of that.

  • @Okla_Soft
    @Okla_Soft 3 роки тому +2

    When I was in 3rd grade, we played the Theme to Jurassic Park as a school band that year. JP was a big deal.

  • @ShingenNolaan
    @ShingenNolaan 4 роки тому +1

    Good old days. I remember watching this for the first time on VHS. I was huge dinosaur geek back then so it was like a dream come true.

  • @christopherrichards2350
    @christopherrichards2350 Рік тому +2

    Today is now Jurassic Park’s 30th anniversary!

  • @PaulGirdlestone
    @PaulGirdlestone Рік тому

    I was lucky enough to see JP in the cinema when I was 10. I was amazed and terrified at the same time. One of my favourite, if not my favourite, movies of all time.

  • @patwaters-actormoviereviewer
    @patwaters-actormoviereviewer 4 роки тому +5

    Damn it, I wish I was alive in 1993 to see this in the cinema.

    • @RoyalKnightVIII
      @RoyalKnightVIII Рік тому

      It was briefly rereleased in theaters as s 3d conversion

  • @mankysalad350
    @mankysalad350 4 роки тому

    24:34 Oh snap - I also saw Jurassic Park at this very cinema! I was 11 years old so must have a couple of months on you. I was eagerly anticipating the movie's release as I had recently read Crichton's novel and was already massively into dinosaurs from a very young age. The movie absolutely blew me away and had a profound effect on me and my love of film. I watched it countless times on VHS so I can probably say it was my Star Wars too!

  • @TheMANOFBLU
    @TheMANOFBLU 9 років тому +3

    Excellent review Oliver, I love these 30 minute plus ones, they feel like proper mini-documenatries, keep it up mate. Now it's time to go and watch Jurassic World, I really hope it's at least decent.

    • @OliverHarper
      @OliverHarper  9 років тому

      Bjorn Bouterse Thanks buddy! I hope you enjoy JW.

    • @TheMANOFBLU
      @TheMANOFBLU 9 років тому +1

      Just seen it! Badly written, horribly cliched and hilariously over the top. But it was great fun! hahaha. Definitely the best of the sequels, Just going to watch the spoiler section of your review now.

    • @sabster79
      @sabster79 6 років тому

      Bjorn Bouterse Amen.

  • @YvenelC
    @YvenelC 6 років тому +4

    2019 & I'm binge watching every video

  • @racewiththefalcons1
    @racewiththefalcons1 6 років тому

    I love that you explain the video game adaptations. Nice work!

  • @cooperbourke7717
    @cooperbourke7717 Рік тому

    Can't believe this Movie is 30 Years Old!!! A 90s Classic!!!

  • @kamsavart
    @kamsavart 7 років тому

    I remember seeing Jurassic Park back in 1993 with my friend. We were teenagers at the time and that was the first time I experienced THX. When the trailer played for it as an introduction it blew both of us away.

  • @GRUSSNewton
    @GRUSSNewton 9 років тому +1

    On my watch later list for tomorrow after work! Really looking forward to this Oliver Harper :-)

  • @videogamefhiend792
    @videogamefhiend792 9 років тому +29

    I made the mistake of reading the book twice before seeing the movie on opening day. i loved the effects on the dinos but man, the book is soooooooooo much better.

    • @KRSsven
      @KRSsven 8 років тому +10

      +Peter Hartung Totally. They stripped all the science out of it. It was great being able to read something at age 12 that most adults couldn't keep up with.

    • @brianmessemer2973
      @brianmessemer2973 6 років тому +5

      Haha, yeah. The reverse for me. I saw the movie at about age 10, was smitten of course, and then immediately read Crichton's book, and The Lost World after I finished the first book. It was a slice of heaven, friends. I read the books so fast. I remember pulling all nighters - my parents tried to get me to go to sleep but I just told them, "yeah, almost done" and kept going. I remember the heat from my bed lamp burning my forehead as I leaned in close with the book - and I remember the words on the page disappearing from my conscious field of view and just seeing the "movie in the mind's eye" as it were for minute or hours at a time. God, what a thrill to be young then and feel that excitement and awe. Funny enough, just two weeks ago I decided to re-experience the novel via audiobook. I found that the exposition of the novel is by far the most satisfying, because that's what's most missing from the movie and it's where we get Crichton's critique on modern science and the atmosphere of corporate exploitation setting up the plot. Plus deeper plot and character backstories. Wonderful wonderful stuff. Cheers, all.

    • @cgreen9686
      @cgreen9686 5 років тому

      Video Game Fhiend You have to appreciate the difficulty of translating a book to a movie. In a sense sometimes a story is better written and read. Plus it has to appeal to all audiences, not just the genre in which it was created. I always think it’s a gift not to read a book before the movie if possible which it might not be, you never know when something will get adapted. I believe you should watch Mike Hills breakdown of Jurassic park and the complexity of what you’re really really seeing. Spielberg is a genius. Mike Hill breaks down Terminator 2 as well. I think this was a masterpiece. By comparing them you do the movie injustice. It’s a conscious decision to allow something to stand on its own merit :)

  • @HalfDecentTrashCollection2001
    @HalfDecentTrashCollection2001 7 років тому +2

    It is literally impossible for me to be scared of Dinosaurs; I'm always too happy and fascinated.

  • @Onering80
    @Onering80 5 років тому

    My brother and myself remember the scene where Dr. Saddler reaches out of the jeep and grabs the plant. I remember seeing that scene when the movie came out in theaters. I wonder why that scene is not in any of the DVD - Blu-Ray releases. Is there a version that was released that still has that scene in it? Or any info on why the scene was eventually removed?

  • @ethanharvest4917
    @ethanharvest4917 3 роки тому +1

    Sidenote if you ever get a chance watch John Williams in concert I saw him at the Disney Hall in LA playing all Jurassic Park and Star Wars it was life-changing! Really it was!ok

  • @JustinCredible61-g8n
    @JustinCredible61-g8n 4 роки тому

    I read the book, and was glad the movie cut out a lot of the exposition and data that read well but would have been terrible in the movie.
    I was thirty when I saw Jurassic Park at the cinema for the first time in 1993, and I ended up seeing it another two times. The only other movie I paid to see three times was Die Hard!
    It blew me away. The special effects were seamless and the story gripping.
    Being a musician/poet/writer I've always been affected greatly by the music in movies, and this is one of Williams' best scores. I had the cassette tape which I played to bits and am planning to find the CD soon so I can own it again.
    I remains one of my top favourite movies, but then Speilberg has always been a favourite director of mine, with Jurassic Park, ET, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Close Encounters, the Indiana Jones series and even The Color Purple all vying for a place in my heart and happy memories.
    Thanks for your terrifically educational and thoroughly enjoyable reviews, Oliver! Keep them coming.

  • @brianmessemer2973
    @brianmessemer2973 6 років тому

    Hah, I was 10 in 1993. "This was my Star Wars," yeah, that was the same for me too. Jurassic Park was life. I read the books after having seen the film. Just finished re-reading Crichton's book by listening to the audio book, and was surprised how much about Crichton's book I forgot about. I was comparing to the movie the whole time while reading the book and I thoroughly enjoyed your comparison. This review is absolutely spot on. Thank you so much for making this. Liked and subbed. IMO we grew up in a good, fun time indeed. Peace and good will from Long Island, NY, USA.

  • @DemonBoy3223
    @DemonBoy3223 9 років тому +4

    Awesome review, Oliver. A interesting fact is that I was actually born a month before this film's US release, so I was _too_ late to see it. But I did see _Jurassic_ _World_ in theaters, and I took it as an opportunity to see a JP film.

    • @DemonBoy3223
      @DemonBoy3223 9 років тому

      daustin8888 Sadly no. Money issues (of course) has become a big stumbling block.

    • @DemonBoy3223
      @DemonBoy3223 9 років тому +1

      daustin8888 I rather enjoyed it. The _I._ _Rex_ reminded me of the Shark from _Jaws_. I liked the "open theme park" idea.
      Plus I liked Chris Pratt's performance, and it looks like they're trying to make him out as the "next Indiana Jones" when he slid through the closing door.
      It left me excited for the next sequel. And I suspect we'll be seeing Dr. Wu again as a villain.

    • @DemonBoy3223
      @DemonBoy3223 9 років тому +2

      daustin8888 I also agree with you on the sexist themes. I honestly find these sexist claims to be hypocritical, especially with _Avengers_ _2_.
      So Michael Bay can show the ass of a 17-year-old and get away scott free, but when someone like Joss Whedon makes a female heroine crack a joke about helping the guys out everyone treats it like it's the apocalypse? Hypocrisy at its finest.

    • @KRSsven
      @KRSsven 9 років тому

      +George Bean Exactly right. Whedon is constantly called a 'feminist' when all he does is write characters equally. Anyone can be a hero, male or female. When he was asked once why he writes 'such strong female characters' he answered 'because people like you keep asking me questions like that'. i.e. why is it unusual for a female character to be interesting or important to the narrative?

    • @RepublicAgent
      @RepublicAgent 7 років тому

      +KRSsven it's a man world!

  • @Arrows
    @Arrows 9 років тому +3

    Wonderful Retrospective/Review. Love the style of your videos. :)

  • @yorkshire_tea_innit8097
    @yorkshire_tea_innit8097 3 роки тому

    I can speak to the "not suitable for younger children" tag. I was 4 at the time, my parents not wanting to shill out for the babysitter took me and my 6 year old sister to watch Jurassic Park at the cinema. I even remember convincing them that I was old enough to see it. Enter the t-rex attack on the cars. I was screaming my head off, hiding behind the seats, and generally being terrified. Nothing would help, my mother took me out, only to return for the long necks sneezing on the people on the tree, and even that innocent scene had me in tears. I can't remember much other than that, I assume my mum sat out with me, but needless to say my parents won't let me live it down. Now I know it has that "not suitable for younger children" tag, I know they are to blame.

  • @mazimadu
    @mazimadu 9 років тому +2

    15:42
    "Overnight the efforts of stop-motion puppeteers were finished. They themselves were BECOMING EXTINCT!"
    Come on guys! Those words are just mean. LOL!

    • @OliverHarper
      @OliverHarper  9 років тому

      mazimadu haha well the puppeteers say it themselves in the documentary.

    • @mazimadu
      @mazimadu 9 років тому

      Oliver Harper Is that so? Then well played!

  • @dylanwong6065
    @dylanwong6065 9 років тому +1

    Jurassic Park will always be my number 1 favorite movie of all time.

  • @Foebane72
    @Foebane72 9 років тому +5

    Loved this review of JP, Oliver! I will however agree as to your points against the film, like the T-Rex paddock suddenly turning into a cliff, AND the T-Rex being able to sneak up on the humans and the Raptors without being heard! Must be a magic T-Rex!

  • @RoodeMenon
    @RoodeMenon 9 років тому

    Retrospectives. This is what your channel is best at.

  • @asb7841
    @asb7841 7 років тому

    A very well-put together retrospective! I too was a kid when the movie came out & was blown away - so am quite nostalgic about it. Played the Mega Drive game, bought the books, etc. Even the 1st time I saw it, my reaction was later 'That's it? I want more!'. So this was cleverly done by the makers to accommodate the sequels. Haven't read the novel which has a deeper & longer story. I thought Lost World was just...boring, and the 3rd part was compact & action-packed but hollow. I saw Jurassic World too: it was good, perhaps better than parts 2 & 3, but nothing exceptional. Let's see what the upcoming sequels have to offer!

  • @The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane
    @The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane 7 років тому

    I have this film on DVD as part of the 4-Disc Jurassic Park Trilogy boxset since 2002. I was thinking of rebuying the 2000 print, but get the DTS edition since Jurassic Park is the first film to feature DTS sound.