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Re: Straying off topic about Jurassic Park (was: Lego Mania Magazine)
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Wed, 2 Jun 1999 17:20:36 GMT
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> But TLW was no JP.
Steve made some good points, but even Jurassic Park could have been so much
better than it was. I personally felt the Jurassic Park book was fantastic,
had great character development and flowed very nicely. The movie version,
while enjoyable at times (especially for the kids), paled in comparison to
the book and was a tremendous disappointment for me.
The most annoying issues in JP - the movie, was there was no mystery about
the dinosaurs like there was in the book (more later) and I didn't like the
way Speilberg turned Hammond into a bumbling, nice old man (sort of like
Willy Wonka, except this guy had dinos running around instead of Everlasting
Gobstoppers and Oompa Loompas (sp?) ;-).
Regarding the "mystery" issue, the JP book set the whole premise up rather
well. In the beginning of the novel, natives of the islands surrounding JP
are found with strange bite injuries. Then the book covers a scene where a
huge, mysterious animal carcass is found on the shore of an island. It was
very reminiscent of Jaws where you don't see the shark right away, but
there's building evidence that a creature of large proportions is beginning
to wreak havoc on the residents. The suspense and awe builds over time,
it's not thrust at you right away. That's where JP - the movie, screwed up
the most. Not only that, but the bad guys weren't bad enough. In the book,
Dodson (sp?) and Nedry were truly bad guys and were sophisticated on top of
it -- after all they worked for a bio-engineering company! But, in the
movie, Nedry was reduced to a fat slob who was incompetent at best (computer
wizadry aside).
Back on topic (sort of), all of the above is why I never want Speilberg to
come close to directing a Star Wars movie. I'd rather Lucas be stubborn and
run the risk of screwing up a vision that's his own, rather than having
Speilberg do it for him.
Steve Berry
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