Jurassic Park Collection [DVD]

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Celebrate one of the biggest movie franchises of all time with the Jurassic Park Trilogy Collection! If there's a reservation to be had, it's in the potential overcorrection of bass response with distanced components: a few footsteps that previously had a fair amount of heft are fainter than it seems they should be. Another first, this installment directed by The Rocketeer's Joe Johnson becomes the first -- and, so far, the only -- one that clocks in at less than two hours; without the credits, it's less than an hour and a half.

The Lost World offered an inoffensive, shrug-worthy standard Blu-ray experience, one that lacked strong detail and coped with cumbersome flatness and saturation levels … but it was ultimately a tolerable and reasonable cinematic presentation of the cinematography.The rest of the films in the Jurassic Park franchise have certain moments in their respective audio tracks that really make one lean closer and absorb what's going on, but doing so with The Lost World ends up being more of a struggle.

Two-and-a-half decades have gone by since Jurassic Park trampled onto the scene, yet it's remarkable how much still works within Steven Spielberg's modified adaptation of Michael Crichton's book. If you mention DTS to any laserdisc owner, the one disc they are likely to own is the DTS version of Jurassic Park. In this edition, the jeeps lack detail (that “haze” again), and again it's surprising to note that on both the standard Region 2 and Japanese editions, the jeeps are crystal clear and contain detail as soon as we see them.The movie, however, sparked an interest in paleontology and archeology in many viewers, especially the younger generation, and that is a good thing. While the other three films in the Jurassic Park franchise may struggle to hold up with repeat viewings, it's hard to deny the greatness of what Steven Spielberg constructed with the original, and the spirit of that film adds fuel to the whole viewing experience of watching the rest of ‘em. The brushing of the bones is a good example of this, and it's particularly noticeable on a large display.