Originally posted by: JarHead413
yes...i know up close it was animatronic. I meant the far shots like it chasing Grant and Malcom or walking away from the first car toward the flashlight....nothing looks the slightest bit fake to me. Not once in that movie am I taken out of the world Spielberg and countless artists and animators created. Even the shot that most people say looks fakest (the brachiosaurus in daylight when they first get there) looks incredibly convincing to me. Or perhaps it's my childhood memories of me being convinced they were real when I was 7 that spill over to today.
yes...i know up close it was animatronic. I meant the far shots like it chasing Grant and Malcom or walking away from the first car toward the flashlight....nothing looks the slightest bit fake to me. Not once in that movie am I taken out of the world Spielberg and countless artists and animators created. Even the shot that most people say looks fakest (the brachiosaurus in daylight when they first get there) looks incredibly convincing to me. Or perhaps it's my childhood memories of me being convinced they were real when I was 7 that spill over to today.
There's one shot in Jurassic Park that always amazes me. The camera is in the car with Malcolm and Grant, and you see the animatronic T-Rex through the glass roof of the car. Then the camera pans down slightly so that you no longer see through the roof, and the CG T-Rex starts walking towards the other car.
Movie magic at it's finest.