![]() This is a trend that continues throughout the franchise, but starts to feel more and more intentional as the series progresses. In Spielberg’s last-minute decision to include the T.rex in the final scene - a choice that was made because he believed viewers would be frustrated if they didn’t get to see her again in the finale - he put the dinosaur in the position to be the unintentional hero of the film (unintentional because our girl just wanted a snack). I am here for the dinosaurs, and a tiny change triggered that lifelong connection that would leave me bawling like I was four years old again as Isla Nublar went down in flames. Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler are two of my favorite characters of all time, but it’s not really about them. I have a whole new scene that makes me cry into my dino stuffies.Īnd that’s really the crux of what makes Jurassic Park’s continuing story so impactful - at least on a personal level. Five films later in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the silhouette of a brachiosaurus is all we can see in the smoke as the remaining dinosaurs are engulfed by flames after the eruption of Mt. It’s a miraculous moment, one where the audience gets to live through Ellie and Alan’s absolute awe of creatures they’ve devoted their lives to without ever laying their eyes on them. The very first dinosaur we see on Isla Nublar in Jurassic Park is a brachiosaurus. One of my very favorite - and most heart wrenching touches - requires a one-two punch from two separate films. Bakker, one of the on-set experts who helped keep things prehistoric. The book shown is, of course, written by Alan Grant himself, but Tim also mentions a book by a guy named Bakker, a nod to Robert T. Meanwhile Tim’s book pays homage to paleontologists both real and fictional. For example, Alan Grant’s helicopter seatbelt struggle foreshadows the reveal that all the dinosaurs at the park are women, as the paleontologist cannot fasten his belt because he has two “girl” sides of the belt. While some have made fun of just how far Jurassic Park missed the mark on realistic dinosaurs, the dino-centric franchise is chock-full of attention to detail. ![]() Yeah, the death of Littlefoot’s mom ruined all of our lives, but we’re talking impact as a whole, here! But, whether they feature dinosaurs as the key players or in a supporting role, none of these other properties have achieved the same kind of cultural oomph as Jurassic Park. Whether it’s Batman’s Fido (yes, the animatronic T.rex in the Batcave has a name) the Transformers franchise’s Dinobots The Valley of Gwangi’s titular dinosaur or the countless depictions of beloved prehistoric personalities from The Land Before Time’s Littlefoot to Rugrats’ Reptar to Rex, Woog, Elsa and Dweeb of We’re Back: A Dinosaur’s story (which was the second film I saw in theaters, several months after seeing Jurassic Park). in quite the same way.ĭinosaurs, of course, exist across all forms of media. So much so that, despite the popularity of the creatures, no one’s been able to crack the dino D.N.A. Rexy’s (that’s the T.rex) proverbial footprint is huge, both personally and culturally. So, what could I possibly have to offer after so many writers - many of whom had the benefit of seeing it when it premiered with fully developed brains - have dissected it every way humanly possible? Reverence, my friends. (Bet the dinosaurs ate them.)īecause of its status as one of the greatest films of all time, basically every single aspect of Jurassic Park has been written about a hundred different ways. Have you ever met someone who doesn’t actually enjoy Jurassic Park? I’m guessing no. Whether you’re in awe of the marriage of its practical effects and CGI, in love with the characters who have stood the test of time with ease, or are just looking for some monsters-munching-people goodness, there’s something in this movie - and its subsequent franchise - for you. Jurassic Park is, objectively, one of the greatest films of all time. Because of that, Jurassic Park ended up being the first movie that girl saw in a drive-in nearly 30 years later, too. ![]() But, just like the dinosaurs from Michael Crichton’s original novel, life found a way and drive-ins would make their triumphant return. Jurassic Park would proceed to change her tiny world, even if, at the time, the only thing she was really capable of articulating about it was “oooh, dinos!” The movie would inspire a lifelong obsession with both dinosaurs and film, one of which would be put in grave danger some time later when a global pandemic shut down movie theaters. Thirty years ago, a four-year-old little girl went to the movies for the first time.
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