65 Million Years Since My Last Post

Hey folks

Sorry for the delay, let's just say it's been a busy couple of months. Today I was reminded that I should be mentioning Jurassic Park. I don't know why I needed reminding, I saw it recently. Before I really got into movies in a big way Jurassic Park came out - I remember sitting in Higher History and my mate Muz said 'Have you seen Jurassic Park yet?' 'No' was my reply. 'You need to see it - it's scarier than Jaws!!!!!'.

First off I thought Jurassic Park was gonna be a kids movie and secondly Jaws scared the crap out of me as a kid, made me wet the bed, fear going swimming...anywhere and generally take a slight dislike to scary thriller movies. Anytime I heard the Jaws soundtrack I would be frozen to the chair or ground and a shiver would dart up and down my spine. So if JP is scarier than Jaws then 'NO THANK YOU MATE...I'LL LEAVE WELL ALONE'.

I didn't thank goodness. I watched it and enjoyed it. I found it so exciting as with most of Spielbergs movies. I didn't find it scary - well certainly not as scary as Jaws but it was incredibly exciting. I totally get the similarity at the beginning when the worker gets eaten...that's pretty awesome...but not terrifying.

Jeff Goldblum for me steals each scene he's in with his dry sense of humour and when the T-REX is chasing the car with him in the back...the fear in his face is the most convincing ever. I'm glad he was in the second JP.

HOW MUCH OF A GENIOUS IS SPIELBERG TO MAKE US TREMBLE AT THE SIGHT OF A RIPPLE IN A CUP OF WATER.....BRILLIANT!

Isn't it weird how unnoticed Samuel L Jackson is as the computer genious. Wayne Knight as the real computer genious out looking for an extra buck is fantastic...almost the same role he had in Toy Story 2...but his demise in JP was legendary.

I have to say there are a couple of things I don't like about both JP & JP THE LOST WORLD, the girl computer genious turning everything back on and the girl gymnast escaping by doing twirls on the bars.

When JP came out on video I got it for my Christmas and you'll never guess what the only trailer at the beginning of the film was......JAWS. I crapped it and then thought wait a minute - it's only a trailer. So I watched the trailer to Jaws and went out that afternoon and bought it...I've been hooked on Jaws ever since.