The Movie that killed a Genre...

Rating: 10/10 (15 November 2014)

What was the last great dinosaur movie? Mind drawing a blank? That's the power of Jurassic Park, still working its magic from Summer 1993. The film decimated dinosaur movies to the point of near extinction. Every once in a while, there's an attempt at it but its quickly compared to Jurassic Park and immediately dismissed.
A good dinosaur movie has a very limited range where it can work for all audiences, and Jurassic Park encompassed nearly all points of interest. This is why the Jurassic Park franchise has steadily gone downhill. It's own sequels don't even live up to the original movie because the original took so much away. Whatever Jurassic Park left in the pot, Lost World slurped up and still came out campy as ever. All Jurassic Park 3 had to work with is the scraps its predecessors left behind; very embarrassing.
The only answer to Jurassic Park I can think of is perhaps a remake that is more faithful to the book and of course this would lead to an entire reboot of the franchise which is a huge gamble. A remake would be awkward though when the original movie from more than 20 years ago is still putting similar movies to shame in special effects. So what's Hollywood to do? If there was anything I'd want to see in 3D, of course it would be films from the past given a proper 3D update (no red/blue glasses). It was only in this re-mastered 3D version that I began to finally see age in the CGI. While it gave scale and depth to my favorite scenes, like when a raptor face pushes through the brush over the shoulder of a distracted Muldoon to which he states "Clever girl..." and being mauled to death by a man in a raptor suit, in other scenes with extensive CGI I saw some rather dull textures. Still though, this was the next logical step for the Jurassic Park franchise. It wasn't given a huge push or anything, a modest release is all it needed.
Jurassic Park is a legendary film that left very little to the imagination. 3D is the perfect way to revisit it. It's a must have in any fan's Blue-Ray collection and a refreshing rerelease. Jurassic Park... tyrant movie king!