“Jurassic Park” opened on June 11, 1993… a quarter century ago. A decade ago I mentioned that it had been fifteen years, and that that made me feel old. Imagine what a quarter century does. Gah.
Seeing “Jurassic Park” remains a favorite memory of mine, in no small part due to the company I saw it with. But beyond that, seeing dinosaurs *that* realistic on the big screen was a freakin’ revelation. Movie history can be fairly divided between “before JP” and “after JP,” as movie makers saw the potential of computer animation; many movie makers used the new technology to make wonders… and others used the technology to make cheap crap or overpriced, bloated unnecessary eye candy. But the positives outweigh the negatives in my view, and many of the descendants of JP have been truly spectacular.