Jurassic Park (1993) REACTION

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[decusq]

Fun Fact, Jurassic Park ran in theaters from June 11th 1993 until October 1994, nearly a year and a half. I'll never forget it, it almost felt like my family saw it like 6 times in theaters in that year span.

[krisfrederick]

"Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that's how it always starts. Then later there's running and screaming"

- Dr. Ian Malcolm

[woooster]

I went to see this in ‘93… I cannot believe that it’s almost 30 years ago! The T-Rex roar is still epic 😄

[JediKnight]

As a geriatric millennial, the "Welcome to Jurassic Park" scene was the first ever that showed me how cinema and music can complement each other so well

[Mandorle]

Start of the movie: "I love dinosaurs! They're the sweetest creatures!"

End of the movie: "I think they should have a system to make the entire island explode" lol

[SleepySloth]

33:29
The worst part of being eaten by a dromaeosaur(raptors) is that, judging by their anatomical likeness to hawks and eagles, they would immediately start eating you once it has pinned you down(which is what their huge claws were for), and you die from the pain, shock and blood-loss. A big cat will at least make sure you're dead before eating you. Now, a single Velociraptor wouldn't be able to do so with a human, since they were the size of turkeys(maybe some nasty scratches), but a Utahraptor or Dakotaraptor(both of which were as big as horses), oh my...

[vaibhav]

back when event movies actually felt like an epic event movie also who would believe steven spielberg had directed both jurassic park and schindler's list in the same year

[Logan-edpu]

"They're the sweetest creatures."

Me having grown up breeding and raising goats: I beg to differ. If I had a dollar for every time I hobbled out of a goat pen, because some block-headed male decided to ram me in the quad muscles, my Kansas ass could take a trip to Plovdiv on a whim.

[cstephen]

I remember being in the front row when I first saw this movie in a sold-out theatre. The T-Rex scenes were terrifying, lookup up at the dinosaur from our seats. :) Funny how this film's effects *still* look better or at least as good as the newer films. Spielberg's and SFX's team's choices in how to shoot the dinosaurs was very well done. Low lighting/rain to mask the fact that the CG graphics didn't look realistic enough in bright lights, always putting people in the foreground and lowering the camera angles to give viewers a sense/scope as to how big these creatures were and mixing CG with live action, practical effects, physical objects, puppets and robots.

[gggooding]

The water ripple in the cup - to get the perfect ripple, the fx team strung a guitar string to the bottom of the truck and plucked it. Hooray practical effects!

[merlinsmusings]

The first time I saw this as a wee little kid, I thought Dr. Malcolm simply messed up when he tried to imitate Alan with the flares. Now, however, I see a man who, yes, might have panicked a bit, but ultimately was trying to keep the T-Rex distracted as long as possible. And this, while ensuring that the kids were rescued by the man who could keep looking after them in a dino-infested wilderness. So he put his body and his life between death, in the form of the gigantic, carnivorous lizard, and two kids and a man he barely knew, and he did it effectively. He gave Alan the window he needed to get the job done. That is just... amazing. Seriously, wow.

[callmeshaggy]

Dr. Grant tying the two female ends of the seatbelt together in the helicopter is a subtle yet significant foreshadow.

[andrewlopez]

5:29 Ellie's expression was all of us seeing this for the first time I think. The saying "they don't make em like they used to" is fitting for movies like this, they just felt and were epic and memorable. To answer Michelle's question. alot of the dino's are practical effects, so animatronic or robotics. The T- Rex during this scene 22:29 kept breaking down because of all the water

[spaghetti]

sam neil (the guy who played dr grant) is so underrated. It's a shame to not see him in more roles

[alanhilton]

Seeing this in the cinema on a big screen was amazing and when the Tyrannosaurus roared you could feel it rumble through the floor.... I like at the end they showed the bird because that's what dinosaurs evolved into.

[Boroman]

This was hands down THE movie of 1993. I still remember to this day the hype in the lead up to its premiere all around the world & will always remember when my family went to the cinemas to watch it for the first time. It was absolutely packed to the rafters & everyone there had the time of their lives watching it. Easily one of my most cherished memories in my life that no one can ever take away from me.

[Limpshot_McGee]

Ellie attempting to sing along to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was hilarious

[MrMoneyKlip]

"They're the grandmothers of giraffes"

That was wholesome as hell 😂

[JedHead]

It still amazes me that Steven Spielberg released Jurassic Park AND Schindler’s List in 1993! In fact, he was finalizing effects for JP while filming SL in Poland! 😮

[rainbowpegacornstudios]

The dinosaur sounds in this movie were made by combining sounds made by living animals and every day objects.

The Tyrannosaurus rex (known by fans as Rexy) was a mix of elephant calf vocalizations (roar, snarls and growls), lion sounds and a dog playing with a rope toy (shaking the Gallimimus to death).
The Dilophosaurus was a mix of hawk, swan, howler monkey and rattlesnake.
The adult Raptors were a mix of a walrus's chest cavity roar and a male dolphin's mating scream recorded with a hydrophone, while the hatchling was a mix of owlet and fox kit sounds.
The Brachiosaurus vocalizations were slowed down donkey calls, while the sneeze was a mix of an active fire hydrant and a whale breathing through its blowhole(s).
The Gallimimus's chief sound effect was made using the recorded calls of a mare (female horse) in heat.
And yes, that Raptor popping up right behind Ellie is always a major jumpscare...especially for me with my autism and anxiety.

Also, they flipped the script on Lex and Tim. In the book, Tim is older than Lex.