The theater on campus was playing the dinosaur masterpiece "Jurassic Park" this weekend. I texted a friend when i found out and said we definitely had to go. She thought I was kidding, but I definitely was not! It is one of my favorite movies, and though there have been sequels and some lame attempts to make other dinosaur movies, nothing comes close to this Spielberg classic.What I really enjoyed about seeing it again was watching it on a big screen in a theater. I was too young to see it (came out in 1993, i would have been 5), so I had only seen it on a small screen. T-rex was scary on my little tv screen, enough to give me nightmares, but he was WAY scarier on a big screen. It is a film that really really benefits from the big screen. Spielberg knows how to frame shots really well, so you feel a part of the action, and that also made it a really good movie to see on the big screen.
Another thing I appreciated in this viewing was a lot of the subtler story lines in the film. It had been a year or so since I'd seen it last, and I usually only see it on TV, so I'm doing something else while watching it, and don't pay attention to it all too well. In a theater, you really pay attention to every detail sitting in the dark. All the witty little comments that crazy old Mr. Hammond makes about 'sparing no expense' on all the new fangled technology were better appreciated in this viewing. And Jeff Goldblumes crazy stares and crazy hair was better noticed as well.
In sum, its always great to see a good film in a theater, whether you've seen it a million times or not. And especially with giant scary t-rex's and velociraptors, the film benefits from looking physically taller.
i saw jurassic park when i was like 5 years old and nothing has ever scared me more... especially the children getting shocked on the electric fence. i just remembered that scene when i saw your picture. terrifying.
ReplyDeleteDude I'm so glad we went and saw that. It made my night. Hell it made my week. You're absolutely right: T-Rex is way scarier on the big screen. I think I still had nightmares that night, although they were about zombies and not dinosaurs so I'm not sure if that counts.
ReplyDeleteI love this movie so much. I went through a phase when I was in kindergarten where I could not get enough dinosaurs in my life. I had all the toys, I watched all the movies I could, and I even vowed at my kindergarten graduation that I would one day be a paleontologist. Hell, maybe I still will, the economy is shit anyways.
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