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Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Avatar, Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Hallahan, Chewbacca, Dreamcatcher, Frank Darabont, Halloween, Halloween 3, Halloween 4, House of 1, house of 1000 corpses, Hustle and Flow, It, John Carpenter, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, King Kong, Lord of the Rings, Marcia Gay Harden, Michael Myers, Movie Columns, Obsessive Friends, Peter Jackson, rob zombie, Salem's lot, Secret Window, Shocktober, Stephen King, the devil's rejects, The Frighteners, The Mist, The Thing, The Tommyknockers, Tiny, Toby Jones
One of my earliest movie-going experiences was seeing Jurassic Park in the theater in 1993. I was just shy of 7 years old when my parents told us we were taking a surprise trip somewhere secret. It was a month after a friend’s parents took me to see Super Mario Bros., so it didn’t take long to figure out where we were going based on the route.
I remember being in awe of the special effects in that first viewing. I think the scene where Timmy is electrocuted traumatized me somewhat. To this day that scene is hard to watch without tense muscles and an increased heart rate. After that first viewing, I became slightly obsessed with dinosaurs. I had a toy T-Rex named Mikey and when winter came around I carved out Jurassic Park in a mound of snow.
There’s a significant spot in my heart reserved for Jurassic Park and the fading memories of my childhood that it was a big part of. So, naturally, I was really excited to see it in the theater again. Unfortunately, in order to do that I was forced to support the never-ending fad of 3D. Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Matt Hurt's Columns
Tagged 3d, Avatar, jurassic park, Movie Columns, the hobbit an unexpected journey
Yesterday I posted the first part of my James Cameron Reassessment. I covered his movies from the sorrowful Piranha Part Two: The Spawning to the impressive, yet preachy, The Abyss. James Cameron in the 1980s was better than I originally gave him credit for. But how does he stack up in the 90s and into the new millennium? Read on to find out…
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Posted in Matt Hurt's Columns, Movie Reviews
Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, Avatar, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, Edward Furlong, Eliza Dushku, James Cameron, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Movie Columns, Robert Patrick, Sam Worthington, Terminator 2 Judgment Day, Titanic, True Lies, Zoe Saldana