Jaws or Jurassic Park? - Jurassic Park (1993) Discussion

[–] sslssg (34333) 8 years ago

In which regard? Better novel/story? Better adaptation, acting, effects, soundtrack, direction..??

I don't mean this to be rude or anything, I'm seriously wondering how you mean.

I didn't see Jaws in the theatre, but I do remember the awe of Jurassic Park when it was first released. I think that the effects have held up in both movies. If I had a preference for score, as iconic of a theme John Williams did for Jaws, I prefer Jurassic Park. Robert Shaw was awesome though. I just can't really compare the two. :)

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[–] eastangliauk (394) 7 years ago

defo like Jurassic Park better but jaws is still a good film.

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[–] Otter (24464) 7 years ago

Jaws.

"JP" is a fun and spectacular adventure movie, but "Jaws" is something extraordinary.

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[–] mxpowers43 (367) 7 years ago

Damn it, I know this is going to bite me in the ass and I know that objectively Jaws is a better film but Jurassic Park takes it for me. Mostly because of the music combined with the cinematography and effects just make it such a special movie for me. Combined that with nearly every actor is JP gives a great performance I can overlook some of the more simplistic parts of the overall story. This one of the only examples in a film which I rate the spectacle higher than the story. But they are really close.

For example my favorite scene from each film is Jaws: Quint's USS Indianapolis speech. Jurassic Park: Hilltop (First Brachiosaur scene) There is no way I could decide which is better. Shaw's performance is just something of legend and the setting and mode is just incredibly effective. For jurassic park the music use and performance reaction of each actor involved is equally effective but in a different way. Both give me goosebumps and there is not much on this planet that does that.

Honestly for me JP takes it but not by much. They are both among my favorite movies but JP is on my top test list where as Jaws is like top 20 list.

This might be because I was not around to see Jaws in theater but did get to see JP in theater and it might just have had more of an impact because of that.

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[–] Otter (24464) 7 years ago

Yeah, that's how it goes, some times you know that one film is "better" than another - more complex or accomplished or well-written, but it's a film that isn't as "great", not as much of a critical fave, that really does it for you.

Filmgoing is above all an emotional experience, not a technical or critical one.

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