Best movie opening/title sequence
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The first 22 minutes of Indy/Doom is probably the best "popcorn" movie opening. It never stops!
Yes very true!
Sort of like the first Jurassic Park, right Ben?
BTW, speaking of JP, (totally random) did you know that the girl who played Lex in the first JP, Ariana Richards, is a very successful artist/painter now?
http://www.galleryariana.com/pages/thea ... gatart.htm
The boy who played her brother, Tim, is still acting, and directing as well!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Joseph_Mazzello.jpg
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!
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Oh G-d yes. For me it's probably the Goldmember opening that's my fave!
"Really? (holds up his Oscar) Well, my friend here thinks it's fine the way it is."
"Hey, Powers! You better watch your fricken' self because this is one evil doctor who does make house calls!"
---Kevin Spacey as Dr. Evil
Goldmember is probably my favorite of the three....that movie still makes me laugh SO hard....I thought Goldmember was WAYYYYYYY funnier than Fat Bastard (anyway Fat Bastard sounds A LOT like Shrek now!)
I think the way Goldmember kept "referencing" stuff was a homage to the fact that at first they couldn't even use the name "Goldmember" for a while, as it was a copyright thing with the people who made the Bond flick "Goldfinger" or something.
"It is Bad News Bears for you! --Walter Matthau"
Plus love Austin and his dad's "English English" conversation!
Michael Caine was great, too.
For me it's probably the Goldmember opening that's my fave! "Really? (holds up his Oscar) Well, my friend here thinks it's fine the way it is."
"Hey, Powers! You better watch your fricken' self because this is one evil doctor who does make house calls!"
---Kevin Spacey as Dr. Evil
Goldmember is probably my favorite of the three....that movie still makes me laugh SO hard....I thought Goldmember was WAYYYYYYY funnier than Fat Bastard (anyway Fat Bastard sounds A LOT like Shrek now!
)I think the way Goldmember kept "referencing" stuff was a homage to the fact that at first they couldn't even use the name "Goldmember" for a while, as it was a copyright thing with the people who made the Bond flick "Goldfinger" or something.
"It is Bad News Bears for you! --Walter Matthau"
Plus love Austin and his dad's "English English" conversation!
Michael Caine was great, too.
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!
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Wow, that would be cool, BUT I am only going to see it if either Spielberg, Peter Jackson or Gore Verbinski direct it.... Otherwise, no sale! 
Speaking of JP sequels, here's another hilarious Editing Room script, as usual, edited slightly for content: (full version is on his site
www.the-editing-room.com)
Otherwise, no sale! Speaking of JP sequels, here's another hilarious Editing Room script, as usual, edited slightly for content: (full version is on his site
www.the-editing-room.com)
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You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!
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Um.....why? 
(No offense to Joe, I liked Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Jumangi, and Rockateer--well it's not his fault, too many high expectations, not enough freedom to make JP his own....
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Spielberg is the producer though--so, does even CARE what happens to this franchise? Does he WANT it to go the way of Jaws??
(No offense to Joe, I liked Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Jumangi, and Rockateer--well it's not his fault, too many high expectations, not enough freedom to make JP his own....
)Spielberg is the producer though--so, does even CARE what happens to this franchise? Does he WANT it to go the way of Jaws??
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I think with a great script, Johnston would be a fine choice for Jurassic Park IV. As for Spielberg possibly directing any future JP films, though, Wikipedia has an interesting piece of trivia:
With that written, it seems Spielberg is being extra careful this time around in choosing a script for another JP adventure.Wikipedia wrote:In hindsight Spielberg expressed his view that this sequel [The Lost World: Jurassic Park] was a movie he wanted to see, but didn't necessarily want to make himself. He would relinquish the opportunity to direct any more Jurassic Park films.
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Jurassic 4 can only stand in the shadows of 1&2.
I don't think heres a good enough script out there to make this a truly exciting movie.
The 3rd one was so ridiculously bad that I couldnt believe Spielberg produced it.
The Island didn't look a bit like the one from the 2nd and whoever came up with the Spinosaurus idea is an idiot in my book.
I can still hear Téa Leoni screaming for her son, annoyed the living daylights outta me!!
I don't think heres a good enough script out there to make this a truly exciting movie.
The 3rd one was so ridiculously bad that I couldnt believe Spielberg produced it.
The Island didn't look a bit like the one from the 2nd and whoever came up with the Spinosaurus idea is an idiot in my book.
I can still hear Téa Leoni screaming for her son, annoyed the living daylights outta me!!
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Maybe...BUT I think there's one thing that is sometimes forgotten when people are looking at what would make a "great" Jurassic Park film--I think with a great script, Johnston would be a fine choice for Jurassic Park IV.
This film is SUPPOSED TO SCARE THE LIVING *BLEEP* OUT OF PEOPLE.
Spielberg kicked a** at that when making the first one, and to an extent wtih the second one too.
The third one....um, how many people here were actually SCARED while watching Jurassic Park 3, no I don't mean "slightly nervous" here and there, I mean, covering-your-eyes edge of your seat terrified....and NOT at how awful the film was, because yeah, that WAS pretty scary, I'll admit.
Was there ANY scene in Jurassic Park 3 that approached the nail-biting terror of the "Kids trapped inside the car and T-Rex wants to eat them" sequence of J1, or even the "adults trapped inside the trailer and two T-Rexes want to eat them" scene in J2?
Not that I could see.
Spielberg....what a wishy-washy hypocrite he can be sometimes....!!
(I still think he's the world's most amazing director however, and that AI is brilliant, ditto Minority Report, and that IMO Schindler's List is the greatest movie ever made, EVER, in terms of cinematic achievment and narrative force. )
BUT that's why it's such a disappointment that he doesn't care more about the franchises that contributed to his enormous success, it's almost (but not quite on par with) Lucas screwing up Star Wars with the prequels, Spielberg acts like he cares about the "big" films he produces like Monster House and Jurassic Park 3, etc....if he cared so much, why doesn't he get more involved, why doesn't he seem to care more about the E word, "Entertainment" something he used to do with such effortlessness and grace?
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If Spielberg actually wants there to be good Jurassic Park films again, he should either make the films himself or pass them on to another capable, experienced director AND LET THE GUY RUN WITH IT. JP 2: The Lost World and Jurassic Park 3 are basically warmed-ove JP1, don't deny it!! Spielberg should either COMMIT to making slam-bang action/entertainment films all the way, or give his franchise to someone who knows how to make good scary stuff like Peter Jackson (um....King Kong ring a bell anyone?
) or Gore Verbinski (even knowing that the video in The Ring is based off surrealist films by Dali doesn't stop that upside down spinning chair from scaring me senseless every time.)So....where was I going with this? Oh yeah! Stevie, do it yourself, or for all our sakes, learn to LET GO!
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Wow, we are getting far from the thread's original topic!
Anyway, here is an IGN article I found pretty interesting: "Back to Basics:
What Blockbuster Movie Franchises Need a Reboot?" Though the writer, Scott Collura, has never really enjoyed the Jurassic Park films, he still feels that the series has potential. Thus, he writes that the JP franchise needs a reboot - with a scarier, bloodier prequel.
Anyway, here is an IGN article I found pretty interesting: "Back to Basics:
What Blockbuster Movie Franchises Need a Reboot?" Though the writer, Scott Collura, has never really enjoyed the Jurassic Park films, he still feels that the series has potential. Thus, he writes that the JP franchise needs a reboot - with a scarier, bloodier prequel.
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We also need some of the "wonder" of JP1, partly that was the trailblazing VFX, but also the fact that MAGIC and awesomeness of dinosours was very well conveyed.
You saw some of that with the dinos in King Kong, but IMO no one did it as well as Spielberg in JP1, particularly with that "Welcome to Jurassic Park sequence" early in the film, when he first unveils the Brontosorous.
About 70% of that wonder was lost when JP2 was made. With JP3, the other 30% was gone.
And making it "bloodier" isn't going to make it better...they need a darn good director and a good story, plus appealing and UNIQUE actors (that's one thing JP 1 had, even if people didn't realilze it then) to make us care about the story at all....
Jurassic Park 1993 is a "blockbuster" in all senses of the word, but it also had some great acting, good writing and immensely clever filmmaking. You can't just pull that out of a hat.
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Like that IGN article though Josh!
You saw some of that with the dinos in King Kong, but IMO no one did it as well as Spielberg in JP1, particularly with that "Welcome to Jurassic Park sequence" early in the film, when he first unveils the Brontosorous.
About 70% of that wonder was lost when JP2 was made. With JP3, the other 30% was gone.
Um, wait, a prequel? What kind of prequel exactly? John Hammond as a young man trying to clone dinos or something? I don't see much potential with this unfortunatly....with a scarier, bloodier prequel.
And making it "bloodier" isn't going to make it better...they need a darn good director and a good story, plus appealing and UNIQUE actors (that's one thing JP 1 had, even if people didn't realilze it then) to make us care about the story at all....
Jurassic Park 1993 is a "blockbuster" in all senses of the word, but it also had some great acting, good writing and immensely clever filmmaking. You can't just pull that out of a hat.
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Like that IGN article though Josh!
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!