I’ve probably mentioned once or twice my love of the movie “Jurassic Park.” Like “Star Wars” a decade and a half earlier, JP was a game changer… prior to this, a dinosaur seen on screen was either stop motion or a dude in a rubber suit. But the reveal of the CGI brachiosaurus early in JP changed for all time how dinosaurs would be presented. That scene is high on my list of all-time most emotionally affecting scenes in movie history. Aiding the emotional impact was how the character of Alan Grant responded… just like any fan-of-dinosaurs kid would, with uncontained glee followed by collapsing. And the final kicker was the masterful score by John Williams.
Here, at last, you can see the aft end of that scene with the music as it was meant to be heard! Crank it up!
Let’s hope that “Jurassic World” lives up to its heritage. I can’t honestly see it surpassing or even approaching JP in impact, though. Not JW’s fault… it’s just that it is now long since past time when seeing a realistic dinosaur on screen is a revelation of the first order.