Like almost everyone else who saw Jurassic Park during its initial theatrical run 20 years ago, I have a lot of nostalgic fondness for Steven Spielberg's feature-length montage of dino rampage, which was based on Michael Crichton's best-selling book. It's an old-fashioned summer blockbuster executed with then new (and now old-fashioned) digital wizardry that plays like gangbusters when seen on the big screen with a packed crowd. And I have no doubt that the third-dimension enhanced Jurassic Park 3D, which opens theatrically on Friday, will be one of the better post-3D conversions of library titles, if only because Spielberg is a James Cameron-level stickler when it comes to the presentation of his past work. But as impressive as the T-Rex, those velociraptors and the rest of the film's computer-generated cast of giant lizards might look in 3D, there are some deep-seated flaws with Jurassic Park that even the format change won't be able to compensate for or distract from. Flaws like...
This ain't no gangster's paradise.
Over there, over there, send the word, send the word, over there/That Cap is coming, that Cap is coming/And he won't be back 'til the Red Skull is over, over there.
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captain america: the first avenger,
attack the block,
jurassic park,
the lost world,
jurassic park III,
the people vs. george lucas,
winnie the pooh,
a little help,
the conversation,
destroy all monsters,
island of lost souls,
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Film industry relationships are complicated. Most relationships are, but at least with marriages and dating, we at least have some frame of reference. Our friends or family members have been through the same things we have, and can share their experiences with us. And if not, we can always watch the wack-jobs on
Maury to make ourselves feel better. Let's look at the relationship troubles between DreamWorks SKG and Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures, as reported by
Zap2it, in terms we might be able to relate to.
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DreamWorks,
David Geffen,
Jaws,
Norbit,
Steven Spielberg,
Viacom,
Paramount,
Jurassic Park,
Eddie Murphy,
Ben Stiller,
Universal,
Maury

Academy Award-winning special effects and makeup artist
Stan Winston died Sunday at his Malibu home after a seven-year battle with multiple myeloma. He was 62. Winston managed to be a creative force despite his illness, overseeing the creation of the physical suit for the
Iron Man pic and serving as special effects supervisor for the upcoming
Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins in cahoots with his employees at Stan Winston Studio.