Jurassic Park (1993) Movie Reaction ☾ First Time Watching 

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Fun fact - Jurassic Park, Forest Gump, Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption were all out in movie theatres at the same time! The 90s was a great era for movies!

Even almost 30 years later, this film is ABSOLUTE magic.

_An Adventure_ _65 Million Years In The Making_ Best tagline ever. What a movie.

Watching this in the theater was a watershed moment. I had worked in computer animation at the time and this was unlike anything anyone had ever seen before. My colleagues left the theater with the realization that nothing in movies or TV would ever be the same. The first reveal of the dinosaur, a long shot, full frame, still brings me back to that "holy shit what am I watching" moment.

That look on your face when the camera turned, and you see that first dinosaur from the jeep? Yeah... that was EVERYONE in the theater in 1993... One can count on one hand the movies that were TRULY ground-breaking leaps forward in special effects in all of movie history - Jurassic Park was one of them.

Very few people recognize that Lex’s constant exclamation of “he left us” is the trauma from the fact that her father just left them. The comment at the beginning about Mr. Hammond‘s daughter getting a divorce, is so subtle that it’s easy to miss. The kids are obviously on the island to get them away from the court proceedings and to give their mom a break to deal with her own feelings. I think Dr. Grant seriously helped Lex regain some of the trust she had lost. He probably helped Timmy a lot too.

The reason this stands up so well over time is that it isn't over reliant on CGI. They had a real giant animatronic T-Rex for that iconic fence scene. Spielberg takes the time to develop the characters and they're well acted. This all leads you caring what happens to them. It also doesn't hurt to have the genius John Williams music score. Both how the dionsaurs move and how the characters react seems very realistic. We aren't getting unbelievable super hero type stuff the defies physics.

I love everyone's reactions when they see the first CGI dinosaur in this movie, from 1993! Jurassic Park set a new standard in CGI tech that movies today follow in the footsteps.

I was 5 years old when my parents took us to see this in the theatres... it blew everyone's mind, at the time, and still looks great to this day. What a classic and some of John Williams' best work.

Regarding the doors: With handles like those, dogs and cats can figure out how to open them (although pulling is harder than pushing), so it's not a stretch to think the raptors could too. Now, if they had been knobs, that'd be a different story! 🚪

I saw this when they re-released it in theaters in 2013...in IMAX®3D. Probably the best movie experience of my life.

I've seen this film dozens of times, and the scene where Dr. Grant first sees the dinosaur ALWAYS makes me tear up. So beautifully acted by all the characters, the score, and the outstanding cinematography combine to perfection.

The CGI holds up pretty well to this day, but it was something really unseen before when this movie came out. And they masterfully combined it with animatronics, the special effects in this one are really superb. My favourite part is the T-rex pupil changing size when the light shines on it. That really sells it to me and makes it look truly alive. The music is amazing as well, and the whole movie is done really well.

Spielberg initially planned to do some of the dino effects with stop-motion miniatures, Ray Harryhausen style. But once he saw what Lucas and ILM could do, he went that direction instead. Jumping back and forth between million-dollar robots and CGI (such as in the kitchen raptor scene) meant that the viewer's brain was searching for "how did they do that" but couldn't lock onto a firm answer. All the lead actors have extensive catalogs. Keep watching older stuff, you'll see them again.

I saw it over 100 times in the theater as a kid. I practically lived at the theater that year. It blew my mind, and it's still the ultimate nostalgia pull on me. Wish I could go back and experience it for the first time again.

Yep, Tim is played by Joseph Mazzello, who also played Eugene Sledge in "The Pacific". He was actually a fairly well-known child actor for a few years in the early-mid 90's. A couple of his other movies from that time are "Radio Flyer" and "The Cure".

Jurassic Park is based on the novel by Michael Crichton, and I highly recommend it, as you'll find a lot of differences between the movie and the book, but both are extraordinary. I recommend reading the second novel, The Lost World, before watching the movie of the same name, mainly because I loved the book, but the movie was almost completely different, as Spielberg took the latter in a very different direction than the story from the novel, and the movie wasn't near as good. Glad you enjoyed the flick! Take care, be safe!

Yes, our jaws dropped too in 1993. The combination of music , cinematography, state of the art ILM visuals, and first class acting, still brings a smile to my face whenever I watch this eminently rewatchable movie. Younger audiences (post gen X) are accustomed to photo realistic CG today, but for a generation, in 1993, nothing like this had been experienced before. I saw it first time in a THX movie theater, and that T-Rex scene sent hearts racing!

They used mainly physical dinosaur models alongside the cgi. That's why it looks so much better than other newer films.

9:05 "Welcome, to Jurassic Park" that line to this day still gives me goosebumps, Richard Attenborough is so good in this 😎 34:47 was the first day shooting on set and they did that to Tim lol 36:26 "Clever Girl" still one of the best lines of the movie RIP Bob Peck 🙏 36:58 that shot of Lex with the Jello is iconic, the actress Ariana Richards started painting and you can actually buy a painting of that shot from her it's really cool. I also heard that the 3 main cast members Laura Dern, Sam Neil and Jeff Goldblum each got one of the full size 6 foot tall animatronic Raptors as wrapping gifts from Steven Spielberg lol

Definitely one of the best movies in existence.

This was mind blowing back in 93. The rex still terrifies me, that roar is iconic.

My #1 favorite movie of all time! Before Spielberg took the reins and made the movie, Richard Donner, James Cameron, Tim Burton and Joe Dante were considered. Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Costner, William Hurt, Michael Douglas, Tom Hanks, Sam Shepard, Pierce Brosnan, Nick Nolte, Tom Selleck, Kurt Russell, Jeff Bridges, Richard Dreyfuss, Michael Biehn, Dylan McDermott, and Tom Sizemore were considered for Alan Grant. Kelly McGillis, Julia Roberts, Linda Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, Jodie Foster, Nicole Kidman, Melanie Griffith, Brooke Shields, Kyra Sedgwick, Uma Thurman, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Geena Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meg Ryan, Juliette Lewis, Helen Hunt, Genevieve Bujold, Christina Applegate, Sarah Jessica Parker, Joan Cusack, Debra Winger, Teri Hatcher, Elizabeth Hurley, Juliette Binoche, Sandra Bullock, Sherilyn Fenn, Heather Graham, Lisa Rinna, Renee Zellweger, Kim Raver, Mariska Hargitay, and Kim Basinger were considered for Ellie Satler. Johnny Depp, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Bruce Campbell, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Michael J Fox, and Bill Paxton were considered for Ian Malcolm. Sean Connery, Charlton Heston, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Ian Bannen, and Clint Eastwood were considered for John Hammond. Brian Cox, Geoffrey Rush, Bob Hoskins, and Jeffrey Jones were considered for Robert Muldoon. The film was a box office and critical success making $1 billion dollars ($1.8 billion dollars today) against a $65 million dollar budget. It won Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing. It's now considered to be one of the best Sci-fi movies ever made.

Worked as an assistant manager of a movie theatre in Germantown, TN when this film was out. After almost a year in the theatre, we sold out every night show the last week it played. Spent dozens of breaks watching the TRex/Jeep chase scene. Movie magic.

I was 14 when this came out and watching it in the theater was incredible! The sound, the acting, the practical effects, and then the groundbreaking CGI is definitely why I ended up with a career in science. Blew my mind when I first saw it, and doesn't disappoint nearly 30 years later.

This was the most media hyped movie ever when it came out and the merchandizing was insane - McDonalds alone had only Jurassic Park themed happy meals and even burgers for a year. So, expectations going in were pretty high. It was the best looking movie ever made at the time and like most people I was blown away by the effects but it was also a good movie which was a pleasant surprise.

38:25 I have watched this movie so many times and I laugh every time when I see Lex charging forward, eyes closed and screaming XD

I feel like the CG holds up so well because there really isn’t much of it. There’s a handful of major shots of the full sized T Rex running, some of the far away Brachiosaurs, and the occasional Velociraptor, but most of the close up effects are on set animatronic puppets. The Dilophosaur that spits on and eats Nedry is entirely a puppet, the sick Triceratops is too, so are a lot of the T Rex shots attacking the Jeep. The CG is there, but it’s used as the glue to hold together a lot of practical effects work that just isn’t done very often today, for better or worse. I saw this movie in the theater when I was 7 and loved it. Never really thought of it as scary or horror, more a thriller action movie than anything, and it remains my favorite of the Jurassic movies. I like the sequel, Lost World, more than most people, but it is a strange follow up. Also, if you don’t know much about dinosaurs, Jurassic is the name of the middle period of the Mesozoic era they were dominant in, the three periods being Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. Ironically, a lot of dino species in this story come from the Cretaceous (tyrannosaur, velociraptor, triceratops), but I suspect that’s a harder word to pronounce.

Probably my favorite movie of all time. I had it on VHS when I was a kid and watched it countless of times.

8:09 This is my favourite moment in any JP first-time reaction. That exact face, that exact reaction. It doesn't *look* like it's 1993 CGI at all, and combined with the music and the directing it just hits a wonderful spot for awe and beauty.

The look on your face for the big Brachiosaurus reveal made me smile. As someone who has taken to see this in theaters by my parents and then took my kids to see the first Jurassic World in theaters, I recognize that look

I was a teenager when this came out and I can’t even remember how many times I watched in the theater. I never get tired of watching it. It still looks awesome to this day. ❤

I remember vividly seeing this in the theater when I was a young kid, and it completely dominated my childhood. It was the Harry Potter, Star Wars or Lord of the Rings of the early 90s, it was huge in a way that changed cinema forever. My family went to see it like 5 times and I think I owned every toy at one point. Its great seeing young people enjoy it for the first time because its very much a generational classic.

'The Hunt For Red October' is a classic that has Sam Neill along with Sean Connery.

I think it's so cute the way the little girl tilts her head when she screams.🤣

Late to the party... I saw this opening weekend in 1993, when I was only 11 years old. This was my Star Wars moment. Somehow my dad got hold of 4 tickets. Me, my sister, my best friend, and my sister's best friend (our besties were also brother and sister)... just the four of us, all kids, alone at the opening weekend of Jurassic Park. Dad gave us all a £10 note each (in those days, popcorn didn't cost a small mortgage), and we played a few arcade machines, then bought our popcorn and drinks and headed to the lobby. I can still remember being in that lobby, with the JP music on repeat, the trailer also on repeat. The smell of the popcorn, the fact that the entire 25 screen cinema was showing nothing but JP in a staggered schedule... and the place was packed from wall to wall. No weekend has ever matched the magic of that weekend.

the smile on your face when the brachiosaurus appears at the start is what this films about! the music for this films 10/10

It wasn't only fantastic CGI (and animatronics), but it was the first time dinosaurs had been depicted reasonably accurately on screen. Because they lived 65+ million years ago, and because they're reptiles, it was assumed for many years that they were cold-blooded, slow and dumb. The idea that dinosaurs were warm-blooded and smart - essentially birds without wings - was only just starting to be widely accepted by the scientific community when this movie was made, so it was cutting edge in terms of science as well as CGI. The movie was in theatres the summer directly before I went to university to study zoology. I went to see it 3 times (you almost certainly can still find a theatre showing it somewhere, and it's definitely worth it), and added geology and paleontology to my first year studies specifically because of this movie.

This was the first movie where they superimposed someone’s face on another’s body. When Lex fell through the ceiling that was her stunt double. When she looked up, lex’s face.

This movie is one of my top favorites, the CGI is top grade and done like art. The movment of the T-Rex and Raptors is just stunning. I also had that jaw dropping moment when the Brachiosaurus appeared on screen. Even now when I rewatch that opening scene I still get a little lump in my throat from the score and the acting.

The CGI looks so good because it was used only in limited scenes and for those scenes they had the time (and funds) to put real care into it. Sadly it has become an industry where time is money and money rules... hollywood doesn't take risks any more. (or VERY rarely, which is not good, because risk only sometimes pays)

This has just the right balance of CGI and practical effects. When it came out the dinosaurs were mind-blowing as before all we had was stop motion and claymation. I still jump when the Velociraptor tries to grab Lex's leg when she almost falls from the ceiling partition. The late Richard Attenborough is famous for many movies foremost the 1966 Sand Pebbles as an actor as well as for producing and directing Gandhi (1982). Laura Dern's performance in October Sky (1999) made a tear or two. Sam Neill in The Hunt for Red October (1990) was also fantastic and tragic.

I remember watching this on a VHS tape as a kid SOO many times!

I saw this when I was around 7 years old in theaters and it was such an incredible experience as a kid. The effects were so incredible it was what sparked me to pay attention to behind the scenes of how effects are made.

I can tell you, that watching this movie in theaters, at an age of 13, and this movie being one of the first movies that I did see in the theatre, absolutely made an impression on me. I have seen this movie many times later of the years, but my first viewing, in the theatre, with the sound system (really made the t-rex roar seem real) in the theatre, cannot be replicated. It was an experience. And back then, this movie was such a leap in regards to computer graphics (though most of the special effects were animatronics) which people of later generations I do not think can appreciate since they are used to CGI in movies.

I saw this in the theater 6 times. I was 9. I also owned the soundtrack on CD and cassette. I had all the toys too. Nobody had ever seen dinosaurs in a movie look that realistic, and unlike in earlier movies where people encounter dinosaurs, the director of JP had the decency to portray them as animals instead of monsters.

I smiled at the look on your face when they revealed the dinosaurs. That was everybody's reaction when this movie first came out. The practical effects still stand up almost 30 years later.

First movie I watched in a THX theater. What an exciting summer. Had just moved to the U.S. on my green card. Eager to enjoy all the cool current movie tech of the time, vs waiting forever for them to ge released in my home country, which still had old mono- or stereo-only sound systems.

I saw this movie for the first time when I was seven, at a drive-in theater (don't know if they have that where you're at, but it's an outdoor theater where you watch the movie from your car). The first time I felt genuine terror in my life was when I was in my parents' car, watching the T-Rex towering over the JP vehicles as it emerged from its paddock.

I read once, that there was a "golden era" of special effects from about 1993-1998 where CGI was great, but EXPENSIVE, so only the biggest budget movies (and directors) could afford it, but to keep costs down, they had to combine CGI with practical. During this "Golden era," you get unbelievable but believably good movies like Titanic, Terminator 2, The Abyss, and Jurassic Park. You shoulda seen these in the theater: the look, the feel, the sounds, the music...it was movie magic.

I got to see this movie in IMAX for it's 20th anniversary and it was one of the greatest cinema experiences of my life, even though I'd already seen it at least 10 times before that at home - definitely keep an eye out for a cinema screening you can catch, I imagine there might be some showings at independent cinemas for the 30th anniversary, because this movie just hits different on a cinema screen. Jurassic Park is probably the first film I ever fell in love with, I was obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid and my dad first showed it to me when I was about 6 or 7. One of my absolute favourites of all time.

If you notice in the beginning inside the helicopter Dr. Grant only had the 2 'female' ends of the buckle, but he ends up finding a way to make them work after all; Just like how the dinosaurs were able to find a way to breed despite all being female. It's a minor but fun little detail they threw in.

Seeing this in the cinema when i was 10 was one of the greatest cinema experiences of my life, no one had ever seen anything like this before. To this day i don't think anything tops it.

Joseph Mazzello (Actor of Eugene Sledge & Tim Murphy) 🤝 Getting stuck in a living hell, in a tropical climate.

seeing this in the theaters was the defining moment of my childhood. everything cool about being a boy, dinosaurs,action, meeting the best crafting cinema can offer and that John Williams score. i went back twice in its original run, wore out the VHS,and saw it again in 3D on its 20 year anniversary. as in love as i sound with this movie, ive really still Undersold it

'This reminds me of alien' Thats basically the premise of carnosaur, a low budget dinosaur movie also from 1993

This movie holds up so well. As a 53 year old Old Fart (tm) I cannot stress how much of a seismic shift this film was to the public. As an example, my mother was a big deal in CAD at the time, which was mostly used to do mechanical solid modeling in computers. This film had her speechless, even with the extensive institutional knowledge.

What is amazing about Spielberg is that while filming this movie he was also working on Schindler's List. Talk about keeping plates spinning. He would approve shot set ups and designs while doing preproduction work in Poland for Schindler's List

Haha the goat leg scene. I remember when I was seeing that as an 11-year-old in a movie theater back in 1993. The whole theater room jump scared. Will never forget this moment.

The dinosaur sounds in this movie were made by combining sounds made by living animals and everyday objects. The Tyrannosaurus rex was a mix of elephant calf vocalizations (roar, snarls and growls) 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 chest roar and dolphin mating scream, 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 a fire hydrant and a whale breathing through its blowhole. The Gallimimus's chief sound effect was made using the recorded calls of a 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.

I saw this on opening night in '93. This was groundbreaking CGI at the time. There hadn't yet been realistic-looking CGI animals on this scale so seeing this on the big screen was awe-inspiring. It was the closest we had ever gotten to realistic dinosaurs.

Love the fact you actually watch the movie without rambling on and the reactions are genuine. Bonus, you’re cute as well. Keep it up.

I was 7 when this movie came out in theaters. As somewhat of a nerdy kid, who was into dinosaurs at the time this movie checked all the boxes of my imagination. It was something we hadn't seen before, the characters while not particularly deep were likeable and understandable enough that even my young brain was able to follow what was going on, and the crowd energy level fed the theater experience. It was hype. It was one of the few movies I went back to see in theaters more than once. It is a favorite showing of dollar theaters here in the US, so it isn't impossible for somebody to be in the states and still get the theater experience. If you looked at it today, I think that younger generations might not appreciate the SFX marvel this was at the time. I think part of the reason the SFX holds up in that era of movies is because they both used CGI AND practical effects. Nowadays everything is CGI with very few practical effects. I liked uncharted okay, but I always wonder why they had Tom Holland CGI at certain points in the movie, like how expensive could it be to actually show Tom or a stunt double falling a few feet? Anyways, I always enjoy when people watch a movie I loved as a kid in modern times.

Several names are in this film as A-list actors. Sir Richard Attenborough (Hammond), Sam Neill (Dr. Grant), Laura Dern (Dr. Sattler) and Jeff Goldblum (Malcolm) are all big names and have more than one blockbuster to their names. This movie quite blew us away when we saw it in the theatres.

My favorite reactor! So much good commentary and great thought processes. Today's a good day :)

Watching this movie in the big screen, really big, before the multiplexes was amazing. Your conscious mind would tell you it's all animation, but your eyes would tell you that the animals were live, right in front of you.

Welcome to Jaws on land! 😂 Most movies made today are rushed in production just to take your money. Speilburg doesn't rush anything. Most older movies are light years ahead in quality. I loved the blank stare on your face everytime a dinosaur appeared on screen!

I was 7 years old when this movie came out. I loved dinosaurs, so despite it being a horror movie, my mother took me to see it in the theaters. Looking up at the screen when the brachiosaurus (long necky boi) appeared on screen, you felt as though you were looking up at it yourself. When the T-rex stepped, and you could see the ripples in the water, you felt it in your chest. The vegetation moving sounded like it was around you. In the darkness of the theater, you were there. There is no describing the surreal experience certain movies have when watching them in the theaters vs. at home. I'm glad you enjoyed this little part of my childhood.

I remember when this came out on VHS in 1994. Being six years old, this was the first PG-13 movie I ever saw and it is still one of my favorites. That main theme by composer John Williams is still so moving.

The scene at 23:49 is an example why the movie holds up so well visually. The viewer doesn't notice the transition from the animatronic T-Rex to the CGI one.

The CGI is so good because the creators respected the limitations of CGI, and used practical effects whenever possible. They had a huge mechanical TRex head for closeups, etc.

I loved the joy in your eyes at the T-Rex's final roar while the banner falls, we all felt the same when we first saw this

Your fans were correct to vote in JP. Your face was the same as ours the first time we seen the Brachiasaur. It's purely a movie of wonderment, brilliantly directed and a score that is John Williams best.

Dr. Hammond: "We've got a T-Rex!" Centane: "I don't know if that's good or bad." T-Rex: "It's bad."

7:28 One of the parts that never gets mentioned is when they were landing the helicopter, Grant had two female ends of the seat belt, but still found a way to make it work. The dinosaurs were all female, but life still found a way to make it work. Great reaction ♡

My Grandpa was an engineer who did accident reconstruction (using math to figure out how traffic accidents happened) and had to go to court to testify as an expert a lot over the course of his career. This was his favorite movie "Because the lawyer gets eaten".

This came out the summer I graduated from high school. For the first time since Stars Wars 16 years previous, people could not belief what they were seeing. It was so realistic. I think the look of the film holds up to this day. The T-Rex breaching the fence scene in particular looks so good.

First movie my parents ever took me to see. I don't really remember it since I was only about 4 but both my parents tell me that I loved it and wanted nothing but dinosaurs. My dad says my mouth dropped to the floor and I turned super white when the T-rex showed up the first time. Still one of my favorites today.

I got to see this on a VERY large screen (inside, but like a drive-in theatre screen) - It was terrifying to us, as we had never experienced CGI like this EVER before! It was absolutely awe-inspiring.

I was 10yo and had read the novel before the movie came out. I was so hyped. My friend's parents rented out the entire theater for our class, and we had so much fun. It was unbelievable in 1993 how real it looked.

in 1993 you cannot over-emphasize what a blockbuster movie this was. Not only was it awe-inspiring to see on the big screen but it was dinosaur mania with Jurassic Park-everything that summer

movies: Dracula,1992 Bram Stoker's, Interview with a Vampire (Leonard Dicaprio),Braveheart (Mel Gbson) Apocalypto (Diret. Mel Gbson) Ghost {Demi More),End of Days (Arnold Schwarzenegger)/ Haylaender (Christopher Lambert)

It was cool how the expression on your face at the first sight of the dinosaurs was the same as the expressions on Alan and Ellie's faces. Appropriately, John Hammond was played by Richard Attenborough who was the brother of the famous wildlife documentary film maker, David Attenborough. Richard was an award-winning film director himself, directing a film about Gandhi (titled 'Gandhi') in 1982 that featured a young Daniel Day-Lewis in his first film role.

This movie was a massive hit. It was a huge deal it was when it came out. A phenomenon, much like Star wars was when it debuted. Jurassic Park was a technical marvel that changed how movies were made.

Watching this in the theater, I almost left saying to myself "I wonder how they trained those dinosaurs to do that." It was amazing then as it still is now.

It's not just the CGI or the practical effects, even many parts of the dialogue stand out so much in terms of quality from today's films.

Fear The T-Rex! Velocoraptors are terrifying too! I saw this movie in theatre. As a teen. There was a lot of chatter amongst the young children. When the T-Rex roars for the first time, all quiet. You could hear a pin drop. Good movie memory.

Don't know about how smart Raptors were as to learn how to open latch handle doors but we've had 3 cats over the years the would open all our latch doors with ease. They would get pissed about door knobs as they would try grip them with their paws. One cat used to open the child proof cupboards.

The best moment in the theater (in my opinion) is when Lex is hanging from the vent and the raptor jumps up at her. Everyone in the packed theater I was watching did the same thing as me. All of us at the same time yanked our legs off the floor to try to get them out of the way of the dinosaur on the screen. It made me laugh a lot afterwards, but it's a testament to how good a job they did making this movie feel real to us.

I saw this in theaters when I was 8. Absolutely mind blowing.

I saw this movie in theaters with my dad, and I remember walking out absolutely shook! That T-Rex roar still gets me to this day ❤️

I loved your surprised little smile at seeing the dinosaurs for the first time. It was super cute. It also made me very proud of you because of your amazement.

14:32 I "love" how the last JP movie literally does this and everybody claps at the end... it's not the CGI that were better in 1993, it's the writing. The new writers enjoy the rape of the natural world I guess...

Fun fact: mr Arnold was supposed to get a chase scene with the raptors but the set got destroyed by a actual storm so he died offscreen

15:33 the actor who plays the kid is Joseph Mazzello who also played Eugene from the Pacific that's why he looks familiar.

I saw this in theaters, and it is at the time when theaters were coming out with surround sound. The movie was extremely louder than we were used to. And when the raptor jumped on the kitchen counter, it made everyone jump out of our seats and made a lot of kids cry.

Practical effects always win. CGI just aided it. That's why it works so well.

LoL when Lex got sneezed on it cut right to a mustard commercial

I saw this in the theater for my 11th birthday party and I still remember the feeling I had seeing the T. Rex coming of the paddock in that amazing scene. CGI is only as good as the director or artist using it, and Spielberg is an amazing Director, that’s why everything looks so good. Plus he used real robotic models as well, and filmed some of it at night and was smart about his use of CGI. Thank you for sharing your reaction.