"They move in herds. They do move in herds." ...The entire movie is still as fantastic as it was 25 years ago, and there is so much about it that is memorable, but that moment where Dr. Grant sees a field full of dinosaurs, sauropods, and you see that glimmer of childlike innocence and glee on his face as his greatest dreams come true. That is and always will be one of my favorite moments in cinema I have ever seen. It's right up there with Robin Williams in "The Bird Cage" explaining so succinctly what love is on the bench, or with you see Brad Pitt's character in "Se7en" just collapse, feeling he's lost everything, and knowing John Doe has won. Or that moment when Optimus Prime died in the old Transformers movie....its just one of those things that you will always remember, and thank you so much for doing that so much justice Sam Neill.
Yeah, your problem with the book Jurassic Park is that Crichton always front-loaded his exposition. Generally, the first hundred pages or so tend to be pretty slow but once the shit hits the fan it never lets go.
It cracks me up how many times Hammond says "Spared no expense" I've never realized it growing up watching it until now lol Awesome work you've done Dena, can't wait for part 2!
I love your shirt Dena! Honestly, I was never a big fan of Jurassic Park, but my mother loves the original trilogy, so I was exposed to it growing up. I think the first time I saw it, was when my parents rented it on VHS from Blockbuster. The two moments that absolutely terrified me as a child were the partially eaten goat falling on the windshield of the jeep, and Wayne Knight being killed by that dinosaur that spits acid. In fact, that part scared me so much as a kid, that we had one of those collectable cups with that dinosaur on it, and I hated even being near it because the picture they used was of the moment right before the dinosaur spat acid.
Dena, your videos are AWWEEESSOOOMMMMEEE!!!!! I don't wanna ever pressure you to keep content going, I hope this is remains a passion project for you. But you've been on RU-vid for so long now and you still push out awesome content that is true to you. Keep on goin', Dena! You're EASILY one of my favorite channels ever on RU-vid and your videos are one of my favorite things to watch ever (TV, shows, movies, RU-vid content).
The part with the seatbelt wasn't just about Dr Grant and technology, it was forshadowing. He has two slots, commonly called the "female end," two female parts can't fit together but he finds a way just like the all female dinosaur population of the island find a way to breed later in the movie. x
The scene with the kids being attacked by the T-REX traumatized me. lol I was only 7, I also saw this when it first came out. I was crying so hard, because I truly felt like I was there, & I didn't want to die. xD BEST. THEATER EXPERIENCE. I EVER. HAD. I think that's how I became a fan of horror, and being scared. Such a rush.
I'm not sure if this will be in part two but there's a neat bit of foreshadowing in the helicopter scene where Dr. Grant solves the seat belt problem by tying two buckles together. Doing something that worked, but also not what the manufacturer would've intended. Much like when the all female dinosaurs start breeding, against what their manufacturers had in mind.
I was around 9 or 10 when this movie came out and as a dinosaur fan, it's my most favourite movie of all time. My favourite dinosaur of all time is Parasaurolophus so I was most pleased to see that they were in the movie.
A thing I remember about the T-Rex eating the lawyer, as a kid I was pretty traumatized by seeing a human being being eaten by a dinosaur, so my mom had to tell me, at the actor was okay and probably eating lunch himself by now (I was about 6 or 7 when I watched it the first time)
