Jurassic Park (1993) is so AWESOME!!! Movie Reaction | First Time Watching

[@chefskiss6179]

"You're going to need a bigger goat." 😂😂😂

[@pokefan366]

LOL 😁😁

[@gabrielpadilla7839]

NUTHIN BUT NET

[@lapelcelery42]

Aww and you even said "YOU're"

[@tigerjonn]

Even as a kid I always thought... TIMMY COULD FIT THROUGH that wire fence so easily!!! He didn't even have to climb it... lol.

[@henrytjernlund]

I think the line "your scientists were so concerned with if they could, they didn't stop to think if they should" now applies to AI. Great reaction. Thanks.

[@VerowakReacts]

Thank you! The thinking of it they should, always comes after it's done lol

[@existenceisrelative]

As an AI language model I cannot stop to think if we should.

[@PygmalionFaciebat]

Unfortunately nowadays everyone thinks about AI in terms of Hollywood. Because Hollywood gives the most smartest answer about AI (Terminator, etc) , as we know. Hollywood knows everything :) Thank god we have Hollywood to know what we should fear and why :)

[@Dan_Kanerva]

​@@PygmalionFaciebatthey taught me that women can do EVERYTHING and never need the help of men because men are doodoo. Thank you Hollywood very cool

[@Razzlion]

@@PygmalionFaciebat GPT4 sub contracted tasks it was given to people using fiverr un prompted, and lied to the person it contracted also unprompted "because it would be counter productive if the person knew it was talking to an AI"...

[@MeatOnWheels]

As a kid, I was fascinated with dinosaurs, absolutely loved them. My two older brothers still tease me about it to this day, more than 20 years later. Jurassic Park is just a pure classic.

[@VerowakReacts]

I think it's time to get a dinosaur suit and scare them lol!

[@minnesotajones261]

I'm 55 and I still love dinos ever since falling in love with them in the 1st grade, many moons ago...

[@mikesilva3868]

​@@VerowakReactssaw this movie on vhs I was 10 in 1994 my family member rented it it was great 😊

[@smdownh9]

@@VerowakReacts yes the other Jurassic Movies are all worth watching

[@RippanYT]

I ran around like a T-rex as a kid(like 93-94)... my family still has recordings on tape of me doing it and man does it come back over and over again as a subject 30 years later :D

[@thorpizzle]

The thing that amazes me is how well the special effects hold up 30 years later. A lot of movies that have come since have surprisingly bad special effects, either because they were rushed or they were used too much. Jurassic Park followed the rule that less is more.

[@TheKyrix82]

No, Jurassic Park followed the rule of 'We're literally inventing this technology while we're filming, and sometimes we can't do something yet'

[@j.f.fisher5318]

There was a lot of practical effects through animatronics.

[@thorpizzle]

@@j.f.fisher5318 Yes, I know. They were also used in conjunction with the computer effects, and they were blended seamlessly.

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

"A lot of movies that have come since have surprisingly bad special effects" It's not necessarily about them being rushed or used too much but in HOW they are used. The T-Rex scene in this movie uses a lot of CGI but it's used to great effect with the atmosphere. It covers up a lot of the imperfections. People actually ignore how much CGI is used in movies from the 90s when making this argument about how movies now use a lot of CGI. It's like arguing that an artist used too much paint. Sometimes you should use practical effects because you can more seamlessly integrate them into a static shot with actors. But practical effects are also incredibly expensive and time consuming. CGI can be used incredibly well with the help of great artists and directors. CGI isn't the enemy. It's just another paint.

[@ShadowyFox_86]

Your reaction to the first adult dinosaur they get to touch is what I remember from when this movie was in theaters. So many folks had an "awww" reaction in that moment. I also feel like there's huge respect when the guy says "clever girl." You can tell he respected being outsmarted by this dino.

[@RealBelisariusCawl]

Yeah, yeah, ooh, ahh, that’s how it always starts. Then later there’s the running and the screaming…

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

A real shame that they killed Muldoon in the movie. He was a lot more important in the book. Having him be killed by a Raptor in this manner made less sense since he knew them best. I feel like they could have inserted another character into that moment to sell it better without cheapening his character. This is just a small nitpick in what is otherwise a fantastic scene, though. (Heck. In the book, he worked most closely with Gennaro - whom they also killed off early in the movie.)

[@eschiedler]

I watched this on it's opening run in theaters in 1993. It is the kind of movie with the music and the action that truly rewards the theater experience.

[@VerowakReacts]

Everything about this movie was epic and just amazing that seeing it in theatres would be ideal.

[@DarkerNemesis]

Same here saw it in 1993 with our Scouts grp.

[@chiefcrash1]

I also remember how they took *forever* to finally release it out on VHS because it was doing so well in the 2nd run theaters...

[@amangill3154]

Me too I went to it for my brother birthday 🎂

[@asskicknchickn]

A theater near me upgraded its sound system in anticipation for this movie’s release. I think it was DTS(?). I ended up seeing it 4 times. One time in a regular Theater and the sound or lack of was noticeable. The theater shook with the introduction of the T-Rex. I also saw this while on acid all 4 times. The jump scare scene with the raptor nearly gave me a heart attack each time.

[@DanielRichards644]

in regards to Dr. Grants intro scene, the idea that dinosaurs where related to birds was just gaining traction when this movie was written.

[@dabe1971]

09:14 It was at this moment that the twenty one year old young man that was me became the six year old boy who was obsessed with dinosaurs all over again. Even now, that musical cue still brings me to tears. Chills.

[@VerowakReacts]

The music for this movie is so well made! John Williams is really amazing at what he does

[@jimbowlan5804]

I was 6 years old when I saw this movie I remember I think I saw Mario bros a week later and I was like when did yoshi become a bad cgi velociraptor

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

I was 5 when I first saw this movie. But I had also read the book. I had a lot of the merch that was released at the time, too :D

[@krisfrederick5001]

Literally feeling the T-Rex's steps while seeing the vibrating cup of water...was one of the most intense cinematic experiences ever. This is my first time with you and subscribed

[@VerowakReacts]

The water vibrations were amazing!! And welcome to the channel 😁

[@stoplossmr]

that thing with the water somehow terrorized me for months

[@jaredwiggins539]

@@VerowakReacts does watching these Jurassic Park movies in a way make ya want 2 play Yu-Gi-Oh! using a Dinosaur Archetype/Theme Deck?

[@joshuawiedenbeck6944]

My Grandpa was an engineer that did accident reconstruction and had to appear in court a lot to testify. This was his favorite movie "Because the lawyer gets eaten by the dinosaur."

[@VerowakReacts]

I love this!! I'm an engineer and my brother is a lawyer. But he's not a blood sucking lawyer 🤣

[@lapelcelery42]

@@VerowakReactsAlways found it interesting that he uses the phrase "blood-sucking lawyer" when his park is founded on his use of mosquitoes.

[@VerowakReacts]

Very fitting :D @@lapelcelery42

[@luckypunfire6263]

He'd also love Weird Al's song Jurassic Park too, then: *"A huge Tyrannosaurus ate our lawyer. Well, I suppose that proves they're really not all bad."* He deliberately made the line ambiguous as to whether he was referring to the lawyer or the dinosaur. XD

[@krisfrederick5001]

I saw this 6 times in theaters as a kid...that's how EPIC it was. It was a perfect balance of fetal CGI and beautiful actual effects. Lost arts Jeff Goldblum Jurassic Park: "Must go faster..."🦖 Jeff Goldblum Independence Day: "Must GO FASTER!" 👽

[@VerowakReacts]

Haven't seen Independence day... yet

[@Beardo2517]

Stop side seat driving

[@matthewtarpley7613]

The creature maker, Stan Winston, who was also responsible for the Terminator endoskeletons in the Terminator films, created actual animatronic dinosaurs for the actors to interact with when CGI wasn't used.

[@VerowakReacts]

All the dinosaurs were so well made and look just fantastic. Really amazing to see such talent!

[@michaelkonig530]

Stan Winston Studios was and still is one of the best for creature effects. Stan even made some effects for „The Thing“ when Rob Bottin couldn‘t handle the workload, but he refused to take credit for it, because he didn‘t want to distract from Bottin‘s amazing achievement.

[@minnesotajones261]

If you see "part" of a dino, it's Stan Winston's animatronic, if you see the whole animal at once, it's ILM's CGI dino.

[@brianlafrazia8237]

One of my favorite movies ever. But you know what? THE BOOK IS EVEN BETTER. There’s so much great stuff in the book they couldn’t fit in the film, including a lot more on the science end. Awesome book.

[@VerowakReacts]

It instantly went on my to read list, and I'm excited for it!

[@antecave]

@@VerowakReacts The second book is not as good, but explores some interesting themes as well. Without spoilers: The second film takes the premise of the second book, but is widely different, and Spielberg wanted to make the ending fit a summer blockbuster film, so I find it dumb. The third film gets a lot of hate, but it is fine. The newer ones are hot garbage though.

[@powerpointpaladin6911]

@@VerowakReacts I'll look forward to the book report! Something I havnt seen done after a movie react.

[@williamrosmer5629]

@@VerowakReacts Chrichton likes to hide important details in charts.

[@carlosandres7006]

Second book is very good. It’s a different novel. Far better than the movie

[@nickperkins8477]

Thirty years later, and the dinosaurs in this movie are still amazing.

[@VerowakReacts]

I wasn't expecting them to look so amazing

[@cindylou3205]

What's hysterical is Timmy is the only human to kill a velociraptor- he locks it in the freezer. The others are killed by the T Rex.

[@VerowakReacts]

I hope he puts that on his resume

[@bradkirchhoff5703]

Wait til you realize it didnt die in the freezer lol…There is additional story that tells what happened after…

[@nathanr.494]

I saw this when was 9 yrs old. I remember my friends getting scared, but because I had already seen movies like Aliens and Predator by then. I just thought was awesome. This movie is always fun to re-watch.

[@VerowakReacts]

Seems you had a big advantage over your friends going into the movie since you had seem Aliens and Predator by then lol It's really such an amazing movie!

[@brianvector]

The most awesome moment was when the two paleontologists see the dinosaurs for the first time. The looks of impossible surprise and awe on their faces is forever imprinted on cinematic history.

[@VerowakReacts]

Yes!!! Their expressions are so perfect, I've rewatched that scene many times :D

[@ronfehr7899]

Everyone was nervous about how well the animatronic dinosaurs would work, and the sick triceratops was the first test. After the success of that scene, they felt more comfortable, and were sure that the movie would do well.

[@davefox7516]

I've seen numerous Jurassic Park reaction videos. Yours was the very best. Your enjoyment and entertainment was a breath of fresh air. Unlike everyone else, you commented when necessary, and didn't endlessly talk. You're adorable. Thank you for your video!

[@stefanfeyle1096]

The Jurassic Park Theme is one of John Williams' greatest works. 😍

[@VerowakReacts]

John Williams is such a magnificent composer! Everything he does it just epic and perfect

[@stefanfeyle1096]

@@VerowakReacts well said. 👍

[@scottb3034]

Journey to the Island is the best track in the score.

[@drunkenrockstar23]

Look at you going full yoda “something big…this way comes” 😂🙌🏻❤️

[@EllisThings]

Great reaction - the meme hunt, the dino-sawrs, the Airplane jokes reference, the roasting of the kids haha - really excellent work!

[@VerowakReacts]

Thank you!!! It makes me smile that you caught all of those 😍😍

[@StarkRG]

Michael Chriton wrote this as a horror, and to an extent so is the movie, but Spielberg and John Williams added this whole layer of wonder and joy to it. Even at the end despite everything, there's still a sense of awe and curiosity.. I think this might be my favourite score of any movie I have ever seen. After hearing bits of it in this reaction I had to stop and go listen to a few selections. Parts of it practically bring me to tears. The way Williams, in several moments throughout the movie, builds up the excitement and then calms things down in an instant, as if reminding us to be careful of the danger posed, but then moving back to awe and excitement, ignoring its own warning. I would _love_ to see parts of this score performed by a live orchestra, particularly "Journey To The Island" Though the other two Jurassic Park movies are generally considered inferior to the first, I think they're still well worth watching. The Jurassic World movies, on the other hand, I honestly couldn't care less about. It's not that they were awful, it's just that they were really nothing special.

[@gailseatonhumbert]

Michael Crichton wrote science fiction not horror.

[@dannykent6190]

Definitely not horror. I've read the book a few times. Really no elements of horror at all except the obvious truth that being eaten by dinosaurs is unpleasant.

[@rogerlucero834]

Micheal Crichton wrote Jurassic Park in 1990. After tons of readers requested a follow up, he wrote The Lost World to appease his readers.

[@d.-_-.b]

I probably shouldn't point you to the 80s TV theme of Highway to Heaven with Michael Landon, John Williams may have unintentionally ripped it off…

[@scottb3034]

@@gailseatonhumbert Just because he wrote science fiction doesn't mean it can't be horror. It was very much written with a horror tone to it because it, like many of the books he wrote under his own name, was a cautionary tale about the dangers of science when not treated right.

[@Blahwoof85]

You should definitely watch the other movies. Fun fact: During the car scene, because of all the rain, the water would constantly get inside the animatronic T-Rex head & make it stutter & get heavier so when it breaks through the sunroof it went down further than it was supposed to & snapped the glass in half & chipped a tooth (which you can see if you watch that scene again) so the screams from the kids are actual fear & terror

[@joost1120]

I have no doubt a T-Rex animatronic coming down through a sunroof with only plexiglass in between you is scaring, but the screams aren't actual fear. They did multiple takes of it. They only realized it went down too far after shooting the scene, when they noticed the plexiglass and the missing tooth. The child actors were just doing their job, acting.

[@ry_jayy]

I see this everywhere and it's simply not true. They're not screaming in actual fear, I don't understand why people are so insistent on spreading this false information just so they can have a highly upvoted "fun fact" comment.

[@Blahwoof85]

@@ry_jayy Probably because the actors themselves talk about it in interviews

[@superbritbros.5793]

Nah you shouldn't. They get progressively worse until they hit completely unwatchable by number 5

[@pearlleeooo9955]

@@superbritbros.5793 in my personal opinion that no one asked for, 2 was a W, 3 was ok(mainly because I swear the plot was just- mehhhh, but Spino was great) Jurassic world was OK, but not as good as the first one. I actually really like fallen kingdom. Dominion was… interesting. AND I CANT BE THE ONLY ONE WHO REALIZED THE CREEPY OLD MAN FROM DOMINION *IS DODSON* (idk how to spell it)

[@RamblingRose08]

One of my favorite movies. The book is slightly different but fantastic as well. One of my favorite books. Watching this and Timeline in theaters kicked off my Michael Crichton book binge. So many of his books have been made into great movies The Andomeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, Congo, Sphere, Prey. His books are very technical, but so enjoyable. I know the movie did not explain the Trike's illness, but it captured everything that scene needed to convey anyway. Alan's childlike joy, separating Ellie from the group, Hammond cutting corners by leaving the West Indian lilac because animals won't eat something that is bad for them (he technically was right, but what the scene got across about Hammond is still true). So good. I don't think you understood the lysene contingency. It takes time (days or weeks, i don't remember) and Hammond wanted to choose the faster option of resting the power because he was worried about the kids. But you were right that it also showed something about his character. Can't wait to watch more of your journey. If you do read the book, i would love to hear your thoughts on one of your videos. I loved the way the movie interprets the book scenes into totally different scenarios like Lexies's book scene in the tree is Tim and Allen's tree scene in the movie and the opening scene of the book is the opening of the movie. All wonderful scenes and all totally different.

[@hettbeans]

That very first dinosaur reveal is still so incredible. I was 4 years old when this came out and brachiosaurus has been my favorite dinosaur ever since.

[@DylansPen]

I can tell you that in the theater in 1993 when this first came out that moment where they first see that huge dinosaur it was as epic as it looks and sounds. This was the first movie to used fully realized CGI for this and it was the audience's first time seeing something like this as well. This was the moment movies changed.

[@VerowakReacts]

SEeing it for the first time in a theatre would be just that much more amazing. And seeing it in 1993 would have been mind blowing for sure!

[@andieolson5693]

I am so happy you mentioned the composer first off . Wonderful reaction 💜

[@VerowakReacts]

I love John Williams, he's just fantastic!

[@juanherrera8731]

Jurassic park (1993) classic movie of all time

[@VerowakReacts]

It's an amazing classic!

[@maik0544]

Raptor: *eats human* Maldoon: „shoot her“ She: „noooo dont shoot her“ 😭😭😭

[@VerowakReacts]

The dinosaurs look amazing, even 30 years after the movie was made! Who is your favorite character in this movie? You can get access to full length reactions and exclusive reactions on Patreon (www.patreon.com/Verowak), subscribe to the channel to stay up to date with latest reactions (kzbin.info) and follow me on Twitter for stuff and selfies( twitter.com/verowak )

[@eschiedler]

Hard to beat some of Dr. Ian Malcom's iconic lines and moments!

[@nataliefaust7959]

I legit can't choose between the three scientists. Malcolm is cool (though a bit of a sleeze XD). Sadler is such a bad-ass and underappreciated hero. Grant is adorable and brilliant. But even the characters under them I love. I always hate seeing the raptors get Sam Jackson and the game hunter. And you gotta love the kids and Hammond (he's such a charming, good intentioned villain).

[@TesseRact7228]

The T-Rex. Michael Crichton also wrote "The (First) Great Train Robbery"...The film-of-the-book starred Sean Connery , Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down.

[@mikesilva3868]

​@@TesseRact7228😊agreed

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Honestly both of the kids were incredible in this, and their acting sold a great many scenes. Particularly Lex full on ugly-crying when Alan is reviving Tim.

[@danielmillward9947]

Jeff goldblum has literally played this same character in every film hes been in since 😂

[@Polymathically]

I was lucky enough to watch this in the theaters on opening night as a kid. I wish I could fully articulate just how amazing it was, seeing dinosaurs on the screen and how it was such huge leap forward in special effects. The T-Rex escape scene - especially the sheer _sound_ of the roars pinning me to my seat - will forever be burned into my memory. 1993 doesn't feel that long ago... One other little thing I enjoyed was the full music theme which plays during the credits. It starts with the epic main theme, then gives way to a more soothing piano rendition. But in the last 30 seconds, the piano fades away, and it's replaced with somber horns and shrill violins. It underscores that once the adventure and heartfelt moments are over, the dinosaurs are still out there, with sinister and terrifying implications of what's to come. The novel is great as well; there are plenty of moments that never made it to the screen (for the sake of pacing and gory visuals), and there are differences with regards to some of the characters. As for the sequels... Well, they're pretty hit or miss, and none of them capture the magic of this first one. The Lost World is okay as long as you focus on the spectacle instead of the writing. Jurassic World is basically both a sequel and a soft reboot of Jurassic Park, but for modern audiences.

[@MaureenLongoriaTheOneAndOnly]

I was lucky enough to see this in a theater in 2020, when the one near my house reopened because there were no new movies they were playing classic reruns. Absolutely incredible in a theater

[@VerowakReacts]

Oh wow that's amazing! You got to experience it in theatres just 3 years ago. That sounds pretty smart of them, to play classics

[@canman87]

I saw it back in 1993, but I also got to see it as a 25 anniversary celebratory showing at one of the theaters in my area. Kind of surreal to relive an experience as an adult that you had as a kid and it was just an awesome as I remember it being 🙂

[@3DJapan]

To be fair a 6 foot turkey would be pretty scary.

[@jessc3007]

right? cassowaries aren't that tall and they're terrifying

[@VerowakReacts]

They would be pretty terrifying. Just walking in the woods, there's no one around and your phone is dead. Out of the corner of your eye you spot it... 6 foot massive turkey!!

[@firefly5677]

Jurassic Park is an incredible example of a movie keeping the core essence of the source material intact. Even though there are differences between the two, even big ones, it still feels faithful. It helps that Michael Crichton was good friends with Spielberg, wrote the screenplay, and was a consultant for most of the process. Both book and movie are masterpieces in their own right ans I've gone back to both multiple times over the years

[@TheKyrix82]

Crichton as an author was on record saying that movie adaptations of books shouldn't replicate the book, it should be it's own thing

[@Connor8609]

@@TheKyrix82 It very much its own thing , completely dropping the awful cynical tone Crichton adopted in his books. That right there is a big enough change right off the bat. The wonderment of the animals in the movies is so much more interesting and enjoyable to watch / experience.

[@NoriMori1992]

The book is not a masterpiece 😭

[@NoriMori1992]

@@TheKyrix82 I'm really glad that Crichton was open and even welcoming of film adaptations not replicating his books. If this movie had embraced the tone and characterizations of the book… ugh. I'm glad I don't live in that timeline.

[@TheKyrix82]

@@NoriMori1992 Yeah, it wouldn't have been nearly as big a hit

[@procow2274]

Im on the shelf in the corner 🐮

[@jacobpatton7587]

"I don't think they're smart enough to use doors, right?" Raptor: hold my beer.

[@tattoofun31548]

"Shoot her? NO!" as a human is actively being eaten. LMAO

[@VerowakReacts]

I mean, he was going to die anyways, so might as well save the dinosaur 😂

[@tattoofun31548]

@@VerowakReacts this is why I love your reactions!

[@kanderson6377]

I used to have a entire separate VHS on the making of Jurassic Park and the behind the scenes were absolutely breath taking. Also there is 5 more of these movies, and several video games; the story is not over.

[@Soundtracks92]

John Williams is my favorite composer of all time! He’s written so many of the most iconic movie theme songs and scores! And the Jurassic Park theme has to be in the top 5 ❤ whenever I think of dinosaurs, this music always pops up!

[@LexyThomas134]

On the helicopter, Alan Grant had two female ends of the seat belt, but still found a way to make it work. The dinosaurs were all female, but life still found a way to make it work

[@Skyfire_The_Goth]

In the book this movie is based on, in the scene where the T-Rex pushed the car over the wall, it confuses people where that drop came from, in the book the Rex didn't just spin the car around, she pushed it down the road a bit as well to where the road was built over a ravine, as to how Elle and Muldoon got down there so fast there was an employee access stairway close by.

[@bradkirchhoff5703]

Why would ppl wonder about the drop though? If you have been to a zoo you know about that drop so they cant just climb out. The Trex simply steps over that drop.

[@Iymarra]

The sound Rexy makes has been engrained in my brain for 30 years.

[@VerowakReacts]

It's a fantastic and memorable sound! Definitely will never forget it

[@Mazlem]

@@VerowakReacts since unfortunately reactions don't work with legit speaker systems, I highly recommend watching the rest of the trilogy with good headphones to get a fuller sound from the dinos!

[@SuperInu]

That "shotgun" when Nedry died really caught me off guard, fantastic 😂

[@VerowakReacts]

I'm glad to hear that!! I love it when I say unexpected things and can make others smile!!!!

[@Steven-ez6qp]

@@VerowakReacts Yess Ma'am 😍 just like that famous restroom scene where the really mean old lawyer guy selfishly abandoned the poor kids just desperately Scrambling to hide sitting on the toilet 😥 but Rexy She found him anyway lol your like he's Soo Dead Chomp lol and the way She Bites him up shaking him around like a fun doggy chew toy before eating him up it was actually Really Funny looking and he deserves it would you agree with me?

[@Steven-ez6qp]

@@VerowakReacts Yeah lol I see you like my comment but does that mean you agree with me it was actually pretty funny looking and he kinda Deserve it for selfishly abandoned the poor kids??

[@Steven-ez6qp]

@@VerowakReacts Yess Ma'am 😍😘👍 Sooo Love your funny reaction and comment about the really mean old weenie lawyer guy lolol he's Sooo mean and selfish just abandoned the poor kids desperately Scrambling just Trying to hide sitting on the toilet sweating his balls off 😥 Rexy She found him anyway lol he's looking Up like Noo Please NOOO You're like HA HA this guy's Sooo Dead CHOMP lolol HA HA you could still hear him begging screaming inside Her mouth like AWWW NOOOO because he Soo didn't want to get Eaten up but YUP lolol She's Shaking the Shit outta him like playing with Her food before Eating him Up 😋 lolol YUP 🤩👍👍👍

[@Steven-ez6qp]

@@VerowakReacts The Best thing about Jurassic Park is No Women we're harmed because You Women are Super Amazing Woman Queen 👑💖💯 no Women deserve it!!! But they always make it funny looking when some random guy's Die in funny situations getting Eaten Up 😋 lolol HA HA YUP 🤩👍😘😘😘 YESS Ma'am 🤩👍😘

[@InkyPetrel]

I love how well this film holds up 30 years later! I saw it in the theatre as a kid, and it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen. Even now, the choices they made to use a lot of practical, physical animatronics and puppets was the right call. The CG isn't bad, even by today's standards, and it was groundbreaking at the time, certainly, but the thing that really lets this movie stand the test of time is, (imo) that they used the CG gently. It wasn't used to carry anything important, just as a background tool. All the close shots with dinosaurs, like the raptors in the kitchen, are almost entirely physical puppetry, people in costumes, or animatronics. You can't pick apart the graphics of a sweaty actor in rubber dinosaur legs :p This is definitely the "best" film of the franchise, but honestly the rest of them are fun too, and I've watched the whole lot of them more than once. Just go into the others knowing that, after this one, they essentially become "creature feature"/disaster films, (think King Kong etc) and they follow that kind of formula, and they're good excuses for popcorn. They have dinosaurs, what's not to love :)

[@Macandcheetos99]

Somehow the book is even better, might be my favorite book

[@VerowakReacts]

Then I look forward to reading it! I'm waiting until I see the second movie, then I'll read both books

[@slchance8839]

its my opinion that you'll enjoy reading the book. They flesh out the characters and themes even more. In fact, every chapter beginning has a chaos (math) theory diagram (fractal) or brief mathematical explanation that's relevant to the Park. As a math guy, I loved it. Also, you find out that Hammond is a billionaire who spent YEARS gathering investors, to whom he was directly responsible. He sold them a dream for money and if he doesnt produce, they'll want their money back. Moreover, the impact of this movie was SO big, that because of your age, you wont even know a "before and after" of our world. For example: 1.)Until Jurassic Park, most textbook and people believed dinosaurs were DUMB and they DRAGGED their tail. IF you can find a pre-1980s textbook or dinosaur book, you'll see the dinosaurs ALL drag their tail 2.)Until Jurassic Park, most people and experts thought dinosaurs were slow 3.)and most people didnt even CONSIDER dinosaurs evolved into bird 4.)except for paleontologist Dr. Horner, who they base the character of Dr. Grant on. 5.)the term "raptor" was associated with birds and mainly as a CLASSIFICATION used mainly by bird experts and most people barely knew what the word meant 6.)Thanks to making the word "raptor" infamous we have....the RAPTORS basketball team 7.)the RAPTOR Fighter jet AS 30 years has past, most people either forget or will never know the tremendous impact of this movie on basketball, the air force, etc... A SIMILAR INFLUENCE happened with The Godfather in the 1970s. 1.)Comedian Rodney Dangerfield's catch phrase is "I dont get no respect." It's not HIS! He started saying that the month The Godfather came out, peopled loved it. People associated it with The Godfather, but then, as decades passed, we forget it wasnt Rodney, but THE MOVIE that gave us the term 2.)Mafia FAMILY. Until GF, most mafia movies were about ORGANIZED CRIME: just groups of people working together. BUT...the GF was the first movie to say it's about FAMILY. Ever since then, every Mafia movie about families, patriarchs, etc...are directly related to the GF. Think Fast and Furious is about family and committing crimes? Where'd they get the idea? The Godfather. 3.)Mafia terms like consiglierre, caporegimes, and button man were not common knowledge until the GF came out The truth is that it was over half a century ago, so most people entirely forget the impact of the Godfather and just think "that's the way it is. " VERY similar to the impact of Jurassic Park. That's just the way it is. No....not always,....just after this movie.

[@jjkk1630]

The original novel is extremely good; the sequel novel "The Lost World" ended up being written as a sequel to the film rather than the original novel which led to some inconsistencies as the fates of Ian Malcolm and Donald Gennaro were considerably different between each version. But the original was so stacked that some other parts of it ended up being used for the sequel films, even with Lost World which only vaguely adapted some parts of the second novel when they filmed it.

[@jessc3007]

This reaction brightened my day. I can't quite put my finger on it exactly; just the right combination of humour (that dry "there's a meat-a-saurus" got me laughing) and seeing you enjoy such a treasured movie put me in a good mood, so, thank you.

[@sinistermaul306]

This movie is a classic. I remember my parents taking me to see this when I was about 11 years old. You'll wanna see the other movies as well. Also, John Williams is always brilliant with his music for movies, including my favorites, Star Wars.

[@VerowakReacts]

I'll need to choose movies to watch based on music composer at some point, so it'll be mostly John Williams and Hans Zimmer movies lol

[@bidishah]

Love the dialogue bingo you're playing 😂😂😂 just "clever girl" left 😂

[@VerowakReacts]

I should have had a Bingo card! lol

[@dobbytwostep9527]

I believe each jurrasic park movie is worth a one time watch. If you love dinosaurs, if you like the cast members, each movie sprinkles in some different magic. Not at all saying each one is amazing, but as a kid these were gems for me.

[@VerowakReacts]

I like to think that each movie will have it's moments that are worth watching

[@superbritbros.5793]

​@@VerowakReactsBe warned, each film is a little worse than the last. It's almost fascinating because I can't think of any other franchise where that's the case. By 4 or 5 they're not even so bad they're good.

[@kisili7319]

@@superbritbros.5793 I don't know. They certainly don't measure up to this original, but they're better than some of the other crap studios are putting out now.

[@IWDTC]

You crack me up girl....."Oh no, the Dinosawers"😅😅😅 You're awesome...

[@LPlFan81]

The novel is amazing. It goes much more in details, explaining things better (obviously a lot of stuff had to be cut off to fit it in movie). There is additional characters, some characters have bigger role (like Henry Wu's character, who appears only one scene in movie) and some characters are somewhat different than in movie (better or worse, you decide). I actually read novel first, back in 1992, before movie even came out when I was 11. I thought it was the most amazing book ever. Late 80s / early 90s was exciting time, all these new technologies were becoming commonplace: computers, biotechnology, environmental sciences, chaos theory etc. and this book was like an amalgamation of all exciting stuff we saw in TV and read magazines, books etc.

[@kisili7319]

The actress who played Lex was previously in the movie 'Tremors' where she was having to deal with the creatures in that movie, so she had experience with screaming and fear.

[@VerowakReacts]

Another movie that I've heard good things about! Seems she is an expert in acting scared lol

[@dcemerald70]

Jurassic Park is my absolute favorite of the entire saga! I still have memories when I went a local movie theater, and it had famous scenes from movies framed on the wall. They had a framed shot of the scene of the T-Rex roaring as the Jurassic Park banner falls. Yes, please do the remaining 5 films! There’s even an animated series that takes place between the first and second Jurassic World. 🦕🦖🖤💛❤️

[@VerowakReacts]

Having famous scenes from movies framed on the wall is neat! I'm tempted to do that in my house now lol

[@seansteyer8851]

WOW What an amazing nod you gave to "Airplane" at the early line, "the attractions will drive kids wild!"..."What are those"..."Small versions of adults." Your "That's not important right now" was Brilliant!!!

[@VerowakReacts]

I'll eventually watch Airplane! I only know random quotes from the movie 😂

[@frankieboy8414]

*Guy being eaten alive bv raptor* "Poor dinosaur."

[@chrisbell9075]

😂😂 *[Cuts to shot of the Dilophosaurus in Nedry's Jeep's passenger seat.]* *Verowak:* "Shotgun!" I laughed way too hard at this. Lol. That was pretty good, chick..😂😂

[@ianhill8345]

Fantastic movie remembering seeing this as a kid in theatre Glad you enjoyed it

[@VerowakReacts]

Seeing it in theatres would have been such an amazing experience

[@dgillphotos]

"Hold on to your butts." I love throw away lines.

[@jkhoover]

There's also a Dr. Malcolm sexy unbuttoned shirt meme.

[@stefanoliveira8718]

I saw Jurassic Park at the theater when I was a kid, still one of my all time favs

[@minnesotajones261]

Here's my vote for the five other Jurassic films! And if you haven't seen Indiana Jones, those are good too!

[@VerowakReacts]

I haven't seen Indiana Jones, but I want to!

[@notjustforhackers4252]

@@VerowakReacts Damn get on those *THREE* movies now!

[@Shatterpath]

It still boggles my mind how well this movie holds up. I was in my early 20s when this came out and blew my mind. I remember my mother, who was a heavy hitter in the CAD sphere most of my life, in awe over the graphics. Even she had no idea the realism computers were capable of! And that's not even touching the magnificent soundtrack!

[@Aka_daka]

I think the first 3 are worth watching, maybe eventually even the reboots but imo the first 3 are a lot better than the new ones imo.

[@VerowakReacts]

I assume the newer ones are VERY different from the older ones. Acting and filming style has changed so much over 20-30 years

[@Aka_daka]

@@VerowakReacts I have them the orginals on blu-ray & it has behind the scenes "making of" another interesting fact about this film is they made the dinosaur sounds with real animals, like T-Rex has mixed sounds of Tiger, Lion, Elephant roar very unique. Raptors have high pitch dolphine sounds.

[@VerowakReacts]

@@Aka_daka Behind the scenes is always do amazing to watch!

[@Scott_Burton]

0:35-0:45 A Beanie Baby lion is a dinosaur? 13:39-13:43 "This is terrible. Everything's going to go wrong." How *right* you are, my dear. 30:41-30:55 What if John was trying to say "I'm a billionaire, you're a scientist." ? 33:22-33:27 The "kill all protocol" as you called it, isn't something they could have done in the time allowed. It involves starving the dinosaurs of a chemical. This means their bodies have to run out of it. It'll take hours, if not days. Frankly, I'm not sure why that was ever proposed as a solution, as they would have to hunker down in the control room for days, where they wouldn't have supplies, and hope none of the dinosaurs breached the control room before they slipped into a coma. But if that plan would have worked... The plot of the sequels would have to change. Basically, it was a throw away line to give the illusion of a choice

[@bidishah]

An absolute classic. One on my favourites. ❤

[@danielmorency2242]

This movie was another stepping stone in the evolution of CGI technology... Other steps include "Young Sherlock Holmes" (1985, with the animation of the 'window man'), "The Abyss"(1989, the alien manifestation), Terminator 2 (1991, the T-1000 effects), "Jurassic Park (1993, the dinosaurs), The Matrix (1999, bullet time effect), Star Wars Episode 1 (also 1999, first animated primary character, Jar Jar Binks), and finally AVATAR (2009, Entire 3D film). Nowadays, CGI is used in every sauce. Sometimes even making the movie look worst than it would have if actual effects were used.

[@michaelkonig530]

Willow (1988) deserves a place on this list with the first use of morphing.

[@kevinnorwood8782]

The reason Hammond didn't want to do the Lysine Contingency is because it would have taken too long. This gets explained in the second film (spoiler alert), but the Dinosaurs would have been able to last about seven days without the supplemental enzymes, and there just wasn't enough time to wait that long, which is why Hammond emphasized "People....are....DYING."

[@drizzmatec]

In the book he didn't want to use the Lysine contingency because he didn't want to kill the dinosaurs. It wasn't because he believed in the sanctity of life. Hammond just refused to admit that his decisions were wrong.

[@righteousham]

@@drizzmatec Yes, but Book Hammond and Movie Hammond are completely different characters.

[@misja4122]

I remember watching this in the theatre as a kid. When the velociraptor jumps up to try and catch the girl in the airduct, I pulled up my legs as a reflex :P. The music still gives me goosebumps in a good way. It felt like an actual adventure.

[@randeecarreno4289]

I LOVE this movie!!! 😊 Definitely one of my top favorite Steven Spielberg directed films. And with such a great cast. I hope that you end up watching all whole Jurassic Park/World franchise. Total of six movies. All are great! I don't remember if Steven Spielberg directed the other two Jurassic Park movies, or if it was just this one. I highly recommend looking up behind the scenes footage from this movie. I love seeing clips of all of the practical effects and dinosaur animatronics used in this movie. I've read the book twice. One the main differences between the book and movie is that.....SPOILER.....Jeff Goldblum's character dies from his injuries in the book. So glad that doesn't happen in the movie. Malcolm is one of my favorite characters. Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊

[@b.u.l.1734]

Spielberg directed the first two movies. He's a producer on the rest of them.

[@VerowakReacts]

The cast was fantastic, yeah!! I do want to watch all of them, I'm just so curious to see what they'll be about.

[@VerowakReacts]

Oh neat! Interested to see how the third one is done then, and if it's really different from the first two

[@MySerpentine]

Hammond died too, but screw him.

[@tigerjonn]

Im still 100% convinced that in the scene when Malcom tries to distract the Trex away from the kids.... He was actively trying to get that lawyer killed.... LOL.

[@VerowakReacts]

I like that headcanon!!! 🤣

[@joeblankenship377]

The Crichton novels are great. The 2nd one is even better. Wish I could say the same for the 2nd movie. The movies are a lot different than the books, so if they every try to reboot it one day, they could stay closer to the source material. It was a lot harder to make Jurassic Park in 1993.

[@VerowakReacts]

I'll be reading the novels after I watch the second movie. I've only been hearing great things about the novels

[@michaelw8262]

I was very annoyed that The Lost World was more of a sequel to the movie Jurassic Park than the book, specifically regarding a major plot point that Chrichton retconned. Other than that, it was probably very good.

[@ShipaDoo]

Lady Verowak im soOo excited for your journey. Have fun Cheers!

[@flysoup]

This movie defined my childhood. The book is a must read, as well as the sequel, both by Michael Crichton. You can stop watching the movies now, none of them captured the true essence of Jurrasic Park like the original.

[@VerowakReacts]

I'll watch the movies to see which I like. Though the books will probably be quite amazing

[@flysoup]

@@VerowakReacts I read the book before I saw the movie. There was such hysteria when this movie came out, parents wouldn't take their kids to see it. My parents were leaning that way when I said fine, I'll just read the book then! They took me to see it after

[@williamrosmer8381]

​@flysoup my mom's coworkers kid got either bored or scared early in the movie and they left so I never got to see it in theaters

[@VerowakReacts]

@@williamrosmer8381 Oh that's really no fun. Damn other kids!

[@williamrosmer8381]

@@VerowakReacts right? They never took me because another kid walked out

[@LuminairPrime]

Water eyeballs for seeing others in awe!!! Jurassic Park is a timeless classic!!!

[@dublindutch6346]

This movie so blew my mind way back then 👍

[@VerowakReacts]

SEeing it in the 1990s would have been such a surreal experience!

[@wheelmanstan]

Jurassic Park has that really impressive effect where the flashlight shines through the Ford Explorer and hits the T-rex's eye..that was just so well done. What a masterpiece that film is. And Spielberg made this while making Schindler's List! There was nothing anywhere close to JP when it came out. It was practically puppets and claymation from 1932's King Kong to 1993 where BOOM now there's dinosaurs on your screen. The best film a kid could ever experience in a theater.

[@jonnybb]

The Jurassic Park books are fantastic, worth the read themselves and they are a bit different to the movies.

[@VerowakReacts]

Perfect! I'll have to put the book up on my shelf when I get it lol

[@timwilson3153]

The novel is absolutely amazing!! I've read it about 4 times and listened to the audiobook at work COUNTLESS times. Michael Crichton is an incredible author; Sphere, Jurassic Park, Timeline, Andromeda Strain...all of them, masterpieces in their own rights.

[@VerowakReacts]

I actually have Timeline, but I've never read it lol. I'll read it after I read the Jurassic Park novels!

[@Avocado11]

And most of his stuff has either been adapted into a movie or series.

[@jjfragglerock5020]

Read the book in two days before the movie came out, I was hooked! I went on to read almost all of Crichton's books.

[@DeversonBasilio]

Everything could be avoided if the IT guy was paid enough

[@fp4man542]

Very true. IT guys are seldom paid enough.

[@VerowakReacts]

I thought he said he bid for the job, which would mean he didn't bid high enough

[@Fett411]

Those Raptors needed to learn that theres always a bigger fish!

[@alexandershaw5603]

This is one of those movies where the sequel is even better. Same with Terminator and Alien.

[@VerowakReacts]

I'm not saying you're wrong (since I haven't seen the sequels), but I cannot imagine how a sequel can be better than this! I'm going to watch it though, so I'm pretty excited

[@dannykent6190]

I'll say you're wrong... I don't hate the lost world like a lot of people do. As far as the franchise goes, I'd say it's the second best... but it doesn't even come close to touching the original. But to each their own.

[@VerowakReacts]

@@dannykent6190 Movies are subjective, so people can't be wrong about their own opinions lol 😁

[@wht-rabt-obj]

Notice how there is zero music during the T-Rex escape scene. Perfect! It doesn’t need it.

[@gravedigger8414]

One of my absolute favorite movies. Back in the day I was too little to watch it in cinema which broke my heart. I watched it a year later on VHS then. It blew my mind and turned me into one if the dinosaur kids of the 90s. 🥰 Certain scenes and the soundtrack are burned into my memory for good and I will always get goosebumps watching them. About the sequels: you can definately watch them, they are good (part 2) and okay (part 3). Not great tho either. And then there is Jurassic World. I hate those movies with all my heart, especially the first one. It just does everything wrong and is a disgrace to the first Jurassic Park which it always quotes. But in a shitty modern one-liner-jokes ugly CGI everywhere kind of way. But I guess you should find about them as well. 😊 i am just so happy that you liked this one a lot 😊

[@VerowakReacts]

A shame you weren't able to watch it in theatres when you were younger :( But you still were able to watch it on VHS though, and it seems like a movie that stays with you forever. I'll watch the rest of the movies, though I'm very curious to see how the Jurassic World ones will be since they were made a lot more recent

[@Floridad25]

oh and also: Spielberg said in an interview that he knew the T-rex showing up to eat the raptors was "a bit unrealistic" but he knew the audience would want one final look at the T-rex. The banner thing was the cherry on top.

[@VerowakReacts]

He certainly knows his audience🤣

[@LexyThomas134]

1:01 So does Patrick Star 😉

[@Pocketjuju22]

I went through at least two paperback books of the first novel because I'd read them until the spines broke. Highly recommended!

[@crazyratlady3026]

I saw this in theaters with my dad (I was 11) and I am still blown over at the special effects. They look fkng REAL!!

[@TimSedai]

Jurassic Park was one of the 1st movies i EVER went on a date to lol 15 yr old me thinking he knew it all 😂😅

[@VerowakReacts]

Oh to be young again! So much to learn from life lol

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Those raptors scared me as a kid, even as a man in my early 30s I still struggle to watch certain scenes 😂

[@johnnehrich9601]

The book by the same name was written by Michael Crichton and was published and immediately led to the movie. He also wrote ER for television and a whole lot of best sellers. From Wiki: "he eventually wrote 26 novels, including: The Andromeda Strain (1969), The Terminal Man (1972), The Great Train Robbery (1975), Congo (1980), Sphere (1987), Jurassic Park (1990), Rising Sun (1992), Disclosure (1994), The Lost World (1995), Airframe (1996), Timeline (1999), Prey (2002), State of Fear (2004), and Next (2006). (One of my most favorite books is his The Great Train Robbery, based on a real 1854 robbery.) He died early, in 2008.

[@phillipzan2005]

Movie character: How did you do this? ME: A computer. CGI will change how we do movies.

[@zackribbe4430]

This was a joy to watch! I watched a couple of your other reactions and have been loving it. Very relatable!

[@liamthompson9090]

His vision is based on movement, but T. rex can smell you from 20 miles away.

[@vovindequasahi]

Great reaction! I am dumbfounded every time I see this movie at how great the effects are. To think that just ten years earlier we had the rudimentary but functional CGI of The Last Starfighter! Ten years from that to this is remarkable.