Documentary evidence
Of particular interest to fans of the series will be the hours of extras provided, the highlight of which is an all-new six-part talking-head documentary. Clocking in at around two hours, Return to Jurassic Park offers an encyclopaedic insight into the productions, and includes copious archival footage. I found it genuinely fascinating.
Happy meal, anyone?
The remaining supplementals have all appeared elsewhere, so if you already own Jurassic Park DVDs you may well get the feeling of déjà vu. There are Before and After sequences that deconstruct the CGI effects, as well as assorted animatics.
There’s also a tour of Stan Winston’s studio plus production archives to scour through (storyboards, models, concept drawings etc). Unlike the recent Star Wars Blu-ray disc set release, there’s no sense of padding. Once bought, you really can retire any previous SD editions you may own.
"Oh my, it's been six hours and we're not even at the out-takes yet"
Verdict
Hot on the heels of Star Wars, this is another modern classic to tick off the Blu-ray bucket list, although listed at £50 it's not exactly a bargain, so shop around. With a solid selection of extras, wonderfully remastered 7.1 sound and hi-def dinosaurs, the Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy is an adventure ride worth taking. Now bring on Jaws, ET and the original Indiana Jones trilogy and we’ll be sorted. ®
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COMMENTS
Good old t-Rex
I watched JP1 at the cinema as soon as it came out in 1993. The room was completely packed, many young children were present. When the T-Rex broke through the fence a few children started to be scared, and when it roared many of the children had to leave the room with their parents, several didn't come back in. I went back to watch it other three times in the following days, just for the T-Rex and the raptors in the kitchen scenes.
Hold on a minute
Cheesy, it may be, but it was not fake.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsn
don't want all three
The first film was great. We had it on Laserdisc and watched it several times. The third was just ok. I prefer to believe the second movie does not exist. I can't see buying a boxed set of all three films, even though I don't currently have any of them on DVD, because I just couldn't bring myself to own the second film.
Why does Father Ted spring to mind?
'And now Jurassic Park the directors cut with extra dinosaurs'
Just get one fillum and watch it 3 times
Spot on!
How movies used to be before, in the good old days! Before 4k and proper film was still being used....
None of this paranormal a-ct-....
(falls asleep)
