Jurassic Park

December 11, 2004

Rated: PG-13 Runtime: 127 min Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

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:

Jurassic Park Collector’s Edition Widescreen

Jurassic Park Collector’s Edition Fullscreen

Jurassic Park Collector’s Edition DTS

Jurassic Park & Lost World Collector’s Edition Widescreen

Jurassic Park & Lost World Collector’s Edition Fullscreen

Jurassic Park & Lost World Limited Collector’s Edition Boxset

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.

Posted by Billy Bob | Filed Under 5 Stars, Action, DVD, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern, PG-13, Richard Attenborough, Sam Neill