Jurassic Park / The Lost World - Jurassic Park: The Collection (Widescreen)

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Jurassic Park
Steven Spielberg's 1993 mega-hit rivals Jaws as the most intense and frightening film he'd ever made prior to Schindler's List, but it was also among his weakest stories. Based on Michael Crichton's novel about an island amusement park populated by cloned dinosaurs, the film works best as a thrill ride with none of the interesting human dynamics of Spielberg's Jaws. That lapse proves unfortunate, but there's no shortage of raw terror as a rampaging T. rex and nasty raptors try to make fast food out of the cast. The effects are still astonishing (despite the fact that the computer-generated technology has since been improved upon) and at times primeval, such as the sight of a herd of whatever-they-are scampering through a valley. --Tom Keogh

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
After the global phenomenon that was Jurassic Park, it was a given that novelist Michael Crichton would conjure up a sequel and that Steven Spielberg would then commit it to film. Considering the potential profit involved, it was practically a commercial mandate. Perhaps it was inevitable that both efforts were contrived, and well below the talents of Crichton (well, maybe) and certainly Spielberg, who just didn't have the heart for this recycling after the artistic triumph of Schindler's List. What we're left with, for better and worse, is a redundant blockbuster that still benefits from Spielberg's mastery of high-intensity action sequences and the further development of amazing computer-generated special effects. What's missing is the awe and wonder that made Jurassic Park a technical marvel and a dazzling product of scientific imagination. The story's a no-brainer: after the deadly fiasco of the original dinosaur theme park, we're taken (along with returning star Jeff Goldblum) to a second island where genetically engineered dinosaurs still thrive under the watchful eye of Goldblum's biologist girlfriend (Julianne Moore). But a devious capitalist (Arliss Howard) is determined to export dinosaurs to a new park in San Diego, financing a hunt-and-capture expedition that results in another series of fatal disasters. In Spielberg's hands this movie's more exciting than it has a right to be, given the creative paucity of Crichton's novel and David Koepp's adapted screenplay. The special effects are state-of-the-art, and the T. rex's rampage through the streets of San Diego is nothing short of spectacular; but apparently an improvement upon the shortcomings of Jurassic Park was too much to hope for. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

It is Fantastic Package.......2007-03-10

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These are truly great films.......2005-09-12

I love both of these movies. Althought I must say that The Lost World: Jurassic park is the supirior film in this set, Jurassic Prk is a classic too. Go on and buy theses two classic movies.

well done work.......2005-09-01

I own /love this Jurassic Park & Lost World Limited Collectors Edition Box Set,,It rocks :)

awesome & authentic!.......2005-04-30

I love this movie.it is scary, interesting,sci fi,and smart.the dinos are very real looking. you should really get this DVD.

Great Movies!.......2004-10-08

I got this, I already had "Jurassic Park" on VHS, but I wanted it on DVD. And I'd never seen "Lost World" before. I actually liked it, not as much as "Jurassic Park" but it was still good, oh, and one more thing, the "Jurassic Park III" trailer SUCKS! In part one, Doctors Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler are invited by John Hammond to spend a weekend at Jurassic Park. On the way they meet Dr. Ian Malcolm, and as Hammond says, "I bring scientists, you bring a rock star." He says it to Donald Gennaro, head of InGen, the company bringing dinosaurs back to life. Well, a man named Nedry sets everything wrong, and the dinosaurs escape and wreak havoc, 'cause they were behind electrified wire, and Nedry turned it off.

In part two, Hammond asks Malcolm to visit Site B. They visit it and all the animals are loose. They have to get to the communications center in the center of the island, infested by raptors, to get out. And I won't ruin the spectacular ending for you. Adios, amigos!

Jurassic Park & Lost World Collection (2-Disc Set) - Full-Screen

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Jurassic Park & Lost World Collection (2-Disc Set) - Full-Screen
Starring: Richard Attenborough , Jophery C. Brown , Dean Cundey , Laura Dern , and Martin Ferrero
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B00004WIDS
Release Date: 2001-07-10