Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello.
What It’s About: During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power outage that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok.
Rated PG-13 (for intense science-fiction terror)
Runtime: 127 minutes
By Joann Lee, Staff Writer
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Jurassic Park is back in theaters, this time in 3D. Though many simply pegged this movie as another 3D regurgitation, it actually proves to be more. True, Jurassic Park is still the same story movie-goers saw in 1993, but with the 3D effects, the movie is shown in a different light.
The 3D is subtle. Careful not to interrupt the flow of events by slowing down for cheesy moments of obvious, in-your-face 3D, the new effects elevate Jurassic Park to a drastically altered experience. When the T-Rex gobbles up the lawyer right off the toilet, the viewers feel like the dinosaur king is coming for them as dessert. When the velociraptors manage to open the kitchen door, they’re not just hunting Lexie and Tim Murphy, but you as well. Though the original was already filled with a sense of danger, the 3D version further intensifies the atmosphere by completely obliterating the third-person perspective from which an audience usually views a movie. Although we knew the plotline already, the entire theater was on edge for the duration of the movie, collectively holding our breaths and staying perfectly still as we prayed that the carnivorous dinosaurs wouldn’t see us.
In another instance of perspective, Jurassic Park 3D also emphasizes distance far better than the 1993 release, making the chase scenes ultimately more suspenseful. It’s amazing how much of a difference it makes when a viewer can see just how quickly a Tyrannosaurus Rex can get to you from what seems like miles away. Despite being 20 years old, Jurassic Park remains a thrilling movie. For those who own Jurassic Park on DVD, spending money to watch it in 3D might seem unnecessary. And that would be correct. But if you are an enthusiastic Jurassic Park fanatic, or you haven’t seen the movie in years, it’s likely that you’ll enjoy these 3D dinosaurs.
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