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In a message dated 5/23/02 3:27:36 PM, averyp@... writes:

<< I was concerned about the fantasy vs. reality thing- it's all so vivid and
real looking and he was so young at the time. What I did was buy the video
The Making of Jurassic Park, and we watched that first, so that he'd have the
mechanics of the fake dinosaurs (and how they were made to look real) fresh
in his mind when he saw the actual movie.>>

GOOD IDEA!

<<And I'm always a sucker for those behind the scenes documentaries anyway! >>

I LOVE those. I just got the special edition DVD of Monty Python and the
Holy Grail, and there's some "making of" stuff. VERY COOL! In the black
knight "none shall pass" scene, in one part it's a one-legged man they hired
(for the one remaining leg scene) and when they cut that last leg off, it's a
full-sized marionette!

Sandra

Patti

> If he's seen the movies, IMHO, he can handle the books. FWIW, mine
> saw the Jurassic Park movies as they came out. Wyndham was 1 when it
> was in the theaters. He probably had seen it on VHS at home by the
> time he was 4. As long as your children understand that it is
> fantasy, I think it is okay to let them see.

When my middle son was four going on five he was fascinated with dinosaurs and wanted to see Jurassic Park badly- he'd heard about it from neighbors. I was concerned about the fantasy vs. reality thing- it's all so vivid and real looking and he was so young at the time. What I did was buy the video The Making of Jurassic Park, and we watched that first, so that he'd have the mechanics of the fake dinosaurs (and how they were made to look real) fresh in his mind when he saw the actual movie.
And I'm always a sucker for those behind the scenes documentaries anyway!

Patti