Comment on 31 years ago, Jurassic Park was released
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It was a monumental achievement, and I have seen it more times than I can count. I read the book 3 times.
Unpopular Opinion: It doesn’t hold up as well as I would like, and I would be all about a remake that stayed true to the book.
bramkaandorp@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Having read it again not too long ago, I was actually surprised by how much of it was not good.
The framework was interesting, but much of the actual writing wasn’t nearly as good as I had thought.
Maybe it’s because I had read it in a Dutch translation the first couple of times, and the translator had had improved the prose without intending to, or maybe it’s because it was many years ago.
Whatever the reason, I felt like it needed another pass of the editor.
The movie, on the other hand, still thrills me every time I see it.