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Dinosaurs Back Yeah Right!!

Advantages: CGI visual effetcs, plot, action packed
Disadvantages: Third film dragged down the Trilogy

Jurassic Park the Ultimate Collection - Certificate: 12 - 4 Disc collection - Studio: Universal - DVD Release Date: 29th August 2005 - Years of release: Jurassic Park (1993), Jurassic Park, the Lost World (1997), Jurassic Park 3 (2001) - Screen: Widescreen 16:9; anamorphic - Languages: English Dolby (5.1) - Run Time: 5 hours and 39 minutes approx - Region: Region 2 DVD Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Julianne Moore, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, ...
...DVD features: Disk 1: Jurassic Park: - The making of Jurassic Park - Early pre production meetings - Storyboards - Location scouting - Phil Tippet, animations raptors in the kitchen - Foley artists - Production photographs - Dinosaurs encyclopedia - Production notes - Theatrical trailers - Talent profiles Disk 2: The Lost World, Jurassic Park - The making of the Lost World - Deleted scenes - Illustrations & conceptual drawings - Storyboards ...

jaygami1986 19.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Jurassic Park - The Ultimate Collection (Special Edition) (DVD)

JURASSIC PARK III

Advantages: a thrill ride
Disadvantages: very graphic people get eat alive

JURASSIC PARK III ------------------------------ Go to universalatudios.com/home to check out move movies by same director. 2001 thrill ride jurassic park is a real dinosaur movie, the adventure start in I and follows in II but jurassic park III adventure runs even wilder then ever before,when renowned paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) agrees to accompany a wealthy adventurer (William H. Macy) and his wife (tea Leoni) on an aerial tour ...
...SPECIAL FEATURES *The making of jurassic park III *Feature commentary with special effects team *The new dinosaurs of jurassic park III *Tour of stan winston studio *A visit to ILM: witness 20 different stages in an exclusive rare step-by-step look at the computer graphics created by ILM *Dinosaur turntables: a spectacular three dimensional look at 12 dinosaurs created for the film *Behind-the-scenes *Storyboards to final feature comparison *Thejurassic ...

lizzh 24.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Jurassic Park 3 (DVD)

Jumanji - snakes and ladders with bite

Advantages: A fun and engaging story
Disadvantages: May be scary for younger children

FILM REVIEW ONLY Jumanji is a great family film with a very entertaining performance from funny-man Robin Williams, as well as some spectacular (if a little scary for young children) special effects. Jumanji is based on the children's book by Chris Van Allsburg, and keeps the spirit of the novel alive with some great set pieces and good solid acting, particularly from the young child actors, including the then little known Kirsten Dunst. It's Robin ...
...Many parents were angry when Jumanji was released because of the fact that some of the scenes are quite scary, but in all honesty they're not that bad, although the scene in which Sarah is chased by bats at the start of the film may be a little scary for some. Jumanji is also rare in that it can be enjoyed by both children and adults, making it a great all-round movie for the family to enjoy. The story is familiar to Peter Pan in some ways, with ...

bigmike33 27.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Jumanji (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

A stable title

Advantages: Based on a true story
Disadvantages: Boring, clichéd, insubstantial

...honest I didn't go into Hidalgo with anticipation, and in the early stages at least, I didn't see any need to rectify my decision. What I saw was a cringingly amateurish atttempt to emulate a cowboy film, with poor acting and exasperating characters. Fortunately after a while the main character, insipidly portrayed by Viggo Mortensen, is thrust upon a race throughout the Arabian desert. This is where the film picks up as you start to accept what ...
...cliché is unconvincingly catered for, from the sandstorm <yawn>, to the monicle clad assistant, with the ridiculous tache~come on~. You just get the feeling you've seen it all before, rendering a film which isn't bad (Some good acting on Omar Sharif's part) but there is really no incentive to watch this film. Ultimately forgettable. ...

AlasdairHenry23 03.12.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Hidalgo (DVD)

Rocket-who

Advantages: Cool helmet
Disadvantages: Weak cast, slightly duff story

It's been said before but I'll say it again anyway, this was Disney's attempt to cash in on the Indiana Jones kick and it doesn't work. Well, it doesn't work WELL. There is a lot going for this film but sadly not enough to make a good film. The story has some merit and with a better cast would have come to life far more effectively. Campbell is weak in the lead and is overshadowed by just about everyone else. Arkin is ok, but it is Dalton that steals ...
...great to see him playing the bad guy after doing a good job with Bond). The production is excellent and looks spot on. Likewise the effects are good and look polished. Best part of the film is undoubtedly the soundtrack though and James Horner's score does lift things a lot - but not enough. We have here a good attempt at a story but it never seems really grand enough and does suffer from having weak characters. Maybe not as bad as a lot of people ...

TheNeil 08.12.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Rocketeer (DVD)