Ten years down the pike:
Yes, Dr. Crane is still so irritating I want to ground her for a month and take away her phone privileges.
Yes, the movie generated some great family jokes. ("You wanted to pick his brains." "Not off the sidewalk!" was but one.)
Yes, the rainforest is still breathtaking. (At least there's some of it on film. :-/ )
Yes, Dr. Campbell is still every bureaucrat's worst migraine.
And, yes, just the opening bars alone of one of Jerry Goldsmith's greatest soundtracks makes me want to grab a pair of skates and hit the ice. If I ever *do learn to skate more than a wobbly line forward or back, it will be for the sheer joy of skating to the "Medicine Man" soundtrack.
And for those who watched the videotape version and screeched over the mangling of the opening credits...check out the widescreen DVD version. The opening credits were perfectly balanced--action on one side, credit on the other. Video release--full screen--demanded that it be done pan-and-scan, swooping left, right, left, right...pass the Dramamine. The DVD price is worth it for the widescreen aspect alone. From the credits to the end of the film, I can't recall any other movie so panned and scanned.
Yes, Dr. Crane is still so irritating I want to ground her for a month and take away her phone privileges.
Yes, the movie generated some great family jokes. ("You wanted to pick his brains." "Not off the sidewalk!" was but one.)
Yes, the rainforest is still breathtaking. (At least there's some of it on film. :-/ )
Yes, Dr. Campbell is still every bureaucrat's worst migraine.
And, yes, just the opening bars alone of one of Jerry Goldsmith's greatest soundtracks makes me want to grab a pair of skates and hit the ice. If I ever *do learn to skate more than a wobbly line forward or back, it will be for the sheer joy of skating to the "Medicine Man" soundtrack.
And for those who watched the videotape version and screeched over the mangling of the opening credits...check out the widescreen DVD version. The opening credits were perfectly balanced--action on one side, credit on the other. Video release--full screen--demanded that it be done pan-and-scan, swooping left, right, left, right...pass the Dramamine. The DVD price is worth it for the widescreen aspect alone. From the credits to the end of the film, I can't recall any other movie so panned and scanned.