When the Allosaurus attacks a baby Triceratops and the parents come to its defense it does actually look quite realistic. Of course the model dinosaurs are somewhat jerky and tend to move erratically at times but in general the creature movements and behavioural habits are surprisingly well created. A combination of stop motion model work and matte paintings set against the scratchy, darkly lit black n white actually brings the whole thing to life and covers any nasty obvious joins that would give away the illusion. The film now of course is very rough and has aged badly in places, but in my opinion this actually makes the effects look much better and adds a real sense of grittiness to the proceedings.
Hell yes it was the first big blockbuster.the film even had product placement in certain scenes, mainly in London at the end. A little research and you will see the man behind the effects is none other than Willis O'Brien, the man responsible for the mighty Kong and Mighty Joe Young.īut lets not beat around the Jurassic bush here, this film is all about the special effects, it was America's first summer blockbuster if you will.
I really didn't expect to see that, there have been so many similar films that have used this simple premise but its interesting to see the very first of the genre. When they manage to bring a huge Brontosaurus back to London only for it to escape and run amok destroying half of Westminster, I was quite surprised. It wasn't until the later of the film that I realised how much of an early Kong film this was. So the team set out mainly to rescue but also to try and discover lost dinosaurs and naturally try and bring one back. The reason being firstly to rescue an explorer who has been lost on the plateau and because of his journal that shows sketches of dinosaurs.
The plot involves a team of adventures, professors and scientists (and the obligatory female) that venture deep into Venezuela to a large plateau. This being the first time I have seen the film I was surprised at the fact its basically the very first King Kong film. And it was the first film to show animated models as the main feature within a film, or the main special effect.welcome to the lost world. It was the first dinosaur based fantasy film which inevitably led to more monster/dino movies, the spark that lit the fuse as it were. How many firsts can one film have? this historic movie is the first adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel of the same name.
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