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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
Original JP is just a masterclass is filmmaking. Spielberg at the height of his powers paired with John Williams' incredible score.
So many genius and incredibly simple effects offering the viewer a much more immersive and suspenseful experience. To make a simple plastic cup of water rippling under the immense shockwave of the T Rex making its way towards us, as the viewer we share that feeling of fear and wonder of the magnitude of what's in store for the characters. It's awesome. The respect the main characters give to the Raptors and the T Rex, and the dinosaurs in general is largely missing from the future films. All Chris Pratt has to do to stop the Raptors from attacking is just extend his arms towards them or maybe make a click sound. Sure!
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The amount of work and ingenuity that JUST went into the water rippling in the cup was impressive. It's worth reading about.
Hard to give something that isn't there the respect of a real object in your space. Thats what probably made the animatronics so much easier to work with and make the acting believable.
Just having that physical rex moving toward you in the jeep, you can understand why Dern's blood curdling scream there probably wasn't hard for her to "fake". Being next to that thing would give me nightmares.
Funny enough the gas jeep chase was filmed in one large room in several segments as they would keep running out of space as soon as they moved across the room. So they would rearrange the foliage to look different with each shot and move the rex and the jeep back to the other end of the room to film the next segment of the chase.
I'd happily read about every detail that went into the making of that film.