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intereact!Director: Joe Johnston
Actors: Rona Benson, Blake Michael Bryan, Laura Dern, John Diehl, and Bruce French
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $26.98
Release Date: 2005-11-29
Theatrical Release Date: 2001-07-18
Studio: Universal Studios
Run Time: 349 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 3
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
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 KeoghThe Lost World - Jurassic Park In the low tradition of knockoff horror flicks best seen (or not seen) on a drive-in movie screen, Steven Spielberg's sequel to Jurassic Park is a poorly conceived, ill-organized film that lacks story and logic. Screenwriter David Koepp strings along a number of loose ideas while Jeff Goldblum returns as Ian Malcolm, the quirky chaos theoretician who now reluctantly agrees to go to another island where cloned dinosaurs are roaming freely. Along with his girlfriend (Julianne Moore) and daughter, Malcolm has to deal with hunters, environmentalists, and corporate swine who stupidly bring back a big dino to Southern California, where it runs amok, of course. Spielberg doesn't seem to care that the pieces of this project don't add up to a real movie, so he hams it up with big, scary moments (with none of the artfulness of those in Jurassic Park) and smart-aleck visual gags (a yapping dog in a suburb mysteriously disappears when a hungry T-rex stomps by). A complete bust.--Tom KeoghJurassic Park III Surpassing expectations to qualify as an above-average sequel, Jurassic Park III is nothing more or less than a satisfying popcorn adventure. A little cheesier than the first two Jurassic blockbusters, it's a big B movie with big B-list stars (including Laura Dern, briefly reprising her Jurassic Park role), and eight years of advancing computer-generated-image technology give it a sharp edge over its predecessors. While adopting the jungle spirit of King Kong, the movie refines Michael Crichton's original premise, and its dinosaurs are even more realistic, their behavior more detailed, and their variety--including flying pteranodons and a new villain, the spinosaurus--more dazzling and threatening than ever. These advancements justify the sequel, and its contrived plot is just clever enough to span 90 minutes without wearing out its welcome. Posing as wealthy tourists, an adventurous couple (William H. Macy, Téa Leoni) convince paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and his protégé (Allesandro Nivola) to act as tour guides on a flyover trip to Isla Sorna, the ill-fated "Site B" where all hell broke loose in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. In truth, they're on a search-and-rescue mission to find their missing son (Trevor Morgan), and their plane crash is just the first of several enjoyably suspenseful sequences. Director Joe Johnston (October Sky) embraces the formulaic plot as a series of atmospheric set pieces, placing new and familiar dinosaurs in misty rainforests, fiery lakes, and mysterious valleys, turning JP3 into a thrill ride with impressive highlights (including a T. rex versus spinosaurus smack-down), adequate doses of wry humor (from the cowriters of Election), and an upbeat ending that's corny but appropriate, proving that the symptoms of sequelitis needn't be fatal. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) The Jurassics Collection [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I have an extensive DVD collection. The Jurassic Park Trilogy is not my absolute most favorite of this genre... but... it needed to be in the collection. So for those of you that want all three in a nice tight bundle, this is a good buy. If you are looking for the trilogy because you just LOVE Jurassic Park... you should probably spend a little more for a better package deal. The front of the box opens like two swinging doors... only these doors don't close and fasten in any way, which is the only thing I would change.2) Great movie to watch with your grandsons [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I had seen the Jurassic Park movies previously on VHS, the DVD is much better sound and picture- worth purchasing in DVD. I purchased the set to watch with my Grandsons. I enjoyed them all over again and my grandsons want to watch them everytime they come to visit. For adults, some of the parts are are too "kidized" but if you want to watch them with younger children the "kid" element works out ok. We all enjoyed watching the entire set.3) A good package deal [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Worth the money if you like Jurassic Park series. Well packaged and easy to use. Bought them for my daughter (she is 5) and of course loves them. Worth the money.4) Jurassic Park: Adventure Pack Review [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This 3-disc boxset contains all three Jurassic Park movies. This is probably the last time they will be released together before an HD-DVD or BluRay release, so if you haven't gotten them yet, this is the perfect time to. At a price of about one of the movies individually, you can own them all.Content on the DVD's are the same as the original releases.5) Jurassic Park Trilogy [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I can't say enough about the pleasure that comes from the Jurassic Park Series. I knew when I first read the book by Michael Crighton, that Spielberg would take the lead and make a film. He was the only one that I felt could truly make the book come to life. And indeed he did. All the films are visually fantastic and the screenplays are well written. They are, all three, classics for all time!