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Going behind the scenes with Jurassic Park is always something fun to watch since it gives so much insight to the movie and how it came to be, but having it narrated by James Earl Jones is a touch of genius. Thinking of how much work went into this film is absolutely insane since it wasn’t all CGI. Dinosaurs in the movies have been thrilling for a long time since they were introduced into the movies, but with each new advancement it’s been necessary to create a new and exciting reality that might stun and entertain the audience in a way that they would never forget.
The idea of immense monsters that used to dominate the world when mankind was not yet present is one that was embedded in the human imagination upon the first discovery of ancient fossils that brought to mind that there was in fact something here before we were. Dinosaurs were insanely diverse according to what’s been discovered and Spielberg hinted at this in what has become one of his classic movies whether he considers it in that light or not. He didn’t just go in to make movie monsters that would appear scary and over the top in order to get the attention of the audience. He went for the effect that people have come to expect from him, a realistic take on something that was in fact a reality of the world that came before humanity.
Dinosaurs had been seen on film before, but never in this light and never as full-scaled models that could move and create such terror in the audience by the mere sight of them. I still recall the effect of Jurassic Park in theaters when coupled with the THX sound systems that they employed at that time. The entire room shook when the T-Rex roared and people absolutely loved it. You could hear the noise from the next theater no matter what film was playing. That’s how great of an effect this man put into this movie and the realism that came with it. Now was it all real? Not really, considering that cloning is an idea but one that is just as likely to fail as you see in the movie because there haven’t been many, if any, complete DNA strands found that could possibly create a full-scale dinosaur as of yet.
And then there’s the idea of whether or not it would actually be a good idea to bring them back. As Ian Malcolm said, dinosaurs had their shot. The effects that Spielberg put into the movie didn’t just have to do with the dinosaurs and the landscape, it was the ideas and sense of morality concerning the act of cloning that became an important part of the story as well. While the effects managed to get the attention of the audience the plot and the idea surrounding whether or not this should happen versus whether it could contributed heavily to the story and in a sense started the ball rolling in the war of hubris vs. wisdom as it pertains to the idea of dinosaurs being brought back to life.
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