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A wealthy entrepreneur invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to visit his secret island theme park featuring living dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA.
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LibraryThing member infjsarah
The first and still the best. Very enjoyable film. The bits I love is the sheer pleasure of the main characters as they see for real creatures they have only ever imagined - even if it all goes wrong. And of course the iconic roar of the T Rex over the bones at the end. I can still remember my
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horror when Bob Peck dies the first time I watched it. Loved him in "Edge of Darkness". Show Less
LibraryThing member comfypants
A dinosaur theme park has real dinosaurs, and nothing could possibly go wrong.
Fun. You have to turn your brain off, but that's okay; you don't need your brain to enjoy watching people get eaten by dinosaurs.
Concept: B
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
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Acting: B
Music: C
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 2.6/4
Fun. You have to turn your brain off, but that's okay; you don't need your brain to enjoy watching people get eaten by dinosaurs.
Concept: B
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
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BActing: B
Music: C
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 2.6/4
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LibraryThing member librisissimo
The big-screen film scared one of our kids when we saw it with them, probably when it came out; he was maybe 8 or 9. We made him stay through to the end to show him that it did, in fact, end, with none of the dinosaurs loose in the theater.
I watched it most recently (nearly 30 years later) with our
I think the story and cinematography held up well.
I watched it most recently (nearly 30 years later) with our
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11-year-old granddaughter, who decided on her own that she was old enough to see it without being frightened; she must have been, because she wasn't - not anymore than all of us were at the really scary parts.I think the story and cinematography held up well.
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Universal Pictures (2012)
Original publication date
1993