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Jurassic
Park |
| Rated
PG-13 |
| Runtime:
2hr 7min |
| Starring:
Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough |
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MFG
Rating: 5/5
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DVD
Features
Video:
The widescreen edition is anamorphic at 1.85:1 and provides
an absolutely excellent picture. A 4:3 fullscreen version
is also available, but why bother?
Audio:
Multiple versions are available, but we reviewed the DD 5.1
version. It sounds excellent with good strong bass and excellent
use of surround effects.
Extras:
If you stay away from the DTS version you get a "Making
of" feature, production notes, pre-production material,
animatics, storyboards, photos, trailers, etc.
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DVD
Quick Take
This
is one of the most anxiously awaited releases in DVD history. Jurassic
Park is one of the largest movies of all time, and it is one of
those magical films that is typically enjoyed by any demographic.
There truly is a little something for everyone. From a technical
standpoint the movie broke new ground with computer generated images
(CGI), and it was also the first movie to feature DTS sound.
As
you would expect, all of this makes for one killer DVD. Actually,
it makes for several DVDs as this movie is being offered in several
formats:
We'll
save you some research and tell you that the best buy above by far
is the Jurassic
Park & Lost World Collector's Edition Widescreen. It is
a 2 disc set that contains the widescreen edition of both Jurassic
Park and Lost World including all
of the bonus material. We never recommend fullscreen editions, and
this is no exception. If you do not have a widescreen set, you're
still better off with letterboxing.
Many
DTS enthusiasts will strongly recommend the DTS version of this
movie, and we do review our movies on top of the line audio systems.
We confess that we can hear the difference in DTS and Dolby Digital
5.1, but in this case there are so many extras on the non-DTS version
of the DVD, that we think the very slight trade off in sound is
worth it to get the bonus material.
With
any of these versions what you're going to get is outstanding picture
quality and a very strong sound track. The use of surround sound
to put you in the action is absolutely excellent, and when a dinosaur
roars the bass will bring your subwoofer to life. And the movie
itself is quite simply one of the best ever made. This is a DVD
that belongs in everyone's collection.
-
Billy Bob
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Gun Play
These
people are very underarmed.
Blood & Gore
A
hungry dinosaur can make a mess of a man.
Car Chases
Nice
drag race between a jeep and a T-rex.
T&A
Bare
breasts might have negatively impacted merchandise sales...
Chuckles
A
few tension breakers... |
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