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How old where you when you first watched Jurassic Park?

posted 10 years ago by td_gwendy
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And how do you feel when watching it again?

I was 7.

For me, I still feel that nostalgic wonder when watching Jurassic Park as an adult. At least now, I get to see it without peeking from between my fingers and I finally understand some of the jokes, conversations and plot complexities.

Just thought I'd ask because I just watched Jurassic World and saw a bunch of kids who were my age when I first watched this, and I wondered how they'd feel if they watched JW again in the next decade or so. I'm just a bit disturbed because this one was far more violent than the first movie. Then again, these kids might be more desynthesized to violence than I was back in the day.

[–] irakanemadness 9 years ago

I was about 11 yrs. old. I never saw it at the theatre, instead I saw the film in the basement, on a huge screen for a classmates birthday party.

[–] murali9395-448-850547 9 years ago

Saw it for the first time last night. I'm 19.

[–] ipacac22 9 years ago

I was 11 when it first came out and was just amazed at what they accomplished with this movie. When watching it again I get incredible waves of nostalgia especially when the theme plays for the first time.

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[–] crimson811 9 years ago

I was 12, bought it right after it came out on vhs back in 94, and I would watch it every day after I came home from school. I feel like I kid again and takes me back to the early 90s whenever I watch it.

[–] kgwrote-854-104240 9 years ago

I was 23. It was the first big studio film I left feeling disappointed in because the characters were so thinly developed and Spielberg seemed to go out of his way to avoid showing dinosaurs--especially the big ones.

The cgi was very impressive--I was in awe when the t-rex walks out of the paddock--but since Spielberg was known to despise stop motion and any other process that used post production fx he tried to fashion the movie around the on set mechanical ones--which is why the story tips so heavily towards the smaller dinosaurs (and why--in the sequel, he scrapped that and focused on the larger ones as most dinosaur movies do).

The movie's theme is not really that cloning dinosaurs is bad, it is that a guy digging in the dirt should like children (which makes the third film amusing since the message was totally subverted--it's about Grant learning to face his fears and find his passion for dinosaurs and meaningful social contact again).

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[–] ZakkWyldeMyLittlePony 9 years ago

8 or 9 if I remember correctly.

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[–] jajceboy 9 years ago

I was 6. I got it as a gift from my parents after a hospital visit and since then I've watched through and through. First on VHS and now on Blu-Ray.

It's the movie I've watched the most times and might be my favourite movie. It never gets old and I can watch it any-time.
I can't wait to introduce it to my eventual future children.

[–] newgoldcatt 9 years ago

I was five. We saw it opening day. I wanted to see super Mario brothers again lol. Oh my good ness was this scary. It still is when I haven't seen it for a while and don't remember exactly when the raptors pop up. I haven't been able to stop watching this since the new one came our. I hope they do a second 3d IMAX release for this. I missed it =(