Jurassic park

Genetically modified foods

I disagree with the genetically modified foods because it isn’t right for scientist to mess around with natural genes of plants and animals. In the long term genetic modified foods may be the cause of changes that are undesirable or directly dangerous. Genetically modified foods could be dangerous to eat, and we don’t how what the effects would be. It’s wrong to introduce the DNA of one species into the genes of another like fish genes in tomato plants to protect it from frost.

The scientists are trying to play god which they are interfering with nature. Scientists aren’t sure about the long the term effect of the genetically modified foods. Playing around with DNA is wrong, they shouldn’t play around with the DNA if they don’t know what the side effects are. It could risk peoples health, life and there allergies.

By Courtland

Film Critic Review.
Great effects. Pity about the plot. This is a film critic’s review. I completely agree and understand this review because for technology in the 90’s (which wasn’t that great in that era), it was amazing to see how detailed and real looking the dinosaurs actually were. I did find the plot to be a bit boring because like all movies of that era, they always end with a good ending. It would have been a great movie if there was a twist in which it looked like they made it out but then a disaster strikes them and they died. I also didn’t like the fact that they used a lot of scientific words which can confuse a lot of the viewers. Because a lot of the viewers of the movie are around 15 to 25 years of age. I do agree with the film critic one hundred percent. This movie is actually a recommendation for people with a very large knowledge of dinosaurs and the people who want to learn about the dinosaurs in a movie way or have a really easy understandings of scientific words. I would give this a movie rating of 3 out of 10.

Do we right to play with Nature

Some people believe that food should be genetically modified so that way it will be larger. Some people believe that it is ‘playing god’. If you want my opinion, I reckon that only certain foods should be modified such as wheat, barley, oats and rice. Other foods such as vegetables, meat, dairy products and poultry should not be genetically modified because they are more likely to be harmful to humans because they can cause allergies, gene transfer and they are also more prone to pesticide diseases. There has been mass criticising about scientist genetically modifying food and there has actually been cases of hippies destroying and stealing the food. In 1996, genetically modified food was first legally sold on the market. But it was soon taken off for health reasons, because some people were affected by it. I agree with but then I don’t..

Modified Foods

Jurassic Park!
Genetically Modified Food!
I disagree with genetically modified foods because it is not right for scientist to mess with the natural genes of plants and animals. I don’t think it is appropriate for scientists to interfere when humans have survived perfectly fine before they started to modified food. I know scientists are just trying to improve the world’s food supply but there is simply no need for it. It’s also very dangerous to modify the foods e.g. if scientists use fish genes in tomatoes to protect the tomatoes from frost, the consumer might have an allergy to fish and could have an allergic reaction to the tomato. It is not right for scientist to modify years of natural development for basically no reason at all, and there are only a very few amount who would prefer genetically modified foods over natural food, so it would not be a big loss if they stopped modifying foods.

Lori Aitchison!

Jurassic Park!

Do we have the right to interfere with nature?

Genetically modified food is something that may cause long term risk if scientists don’t know what they are doing but is it possible to know the risks of genetically modified foods in a constantly changing world.

I disagree with genetically modified foods because scientists are just trying to play god which means they are interfering with nature. Genetically modified food causes many concerns including environmental hazards, health risks and economic concerns. Some of the health risks could be that many people may be allergic to two genes that could be modified together which could cause serious illness or even death. Bringing genetically modified foods to the shops is a lengthy and costly process. If these plant crops cross-pollinate with each other, it could make a new plant which could be harmful to people and the environment. Then, if this happens a new gene would be introduced called the ‘suicide gene’ which would be put into the genetically modified food plant. This means that the plant would only grow for one season and their seeds wouldn’t germinate but then farmers would have to buy a fresh supply of seeds each year. However, farmers from the third world countries might not be able to afford new seeds each year and then that could put them out of business.

In conclusion, genetically modified foods aren’t really necessary because there is no reason to cause a risk to health and the environment if we can already manage without the modified foods.

By Alana!

Do we have the right to interfere with nature? - Mad

I think we should genetically modify food. It would be a good thing to do because it would save a lot of animals and help the farmers a lot. We could make fruits and vegetable that is frost resistant which would help farmers to get more money for their crops. It would also help by making plants vulnerable to pests and other thing that eat plants. If we were to genetically modify food we could make food that is drought resistant. It would also help the poor countries because they would be able to grow food which grows faster and we would be able to give them food. We could also make food which can grow all year round instead of growing in different seasons.

It would also help with people health; we could put extra nutrition in some types of food. We could also make fat food that is a lot healthier but still tastes good. Also if we genetically modified food it would be a lot cheaper for people to buy. It would be cheaper because there would be a lot more of it.

So I think genetically modified food would be a good thing and it would solve a lot of problems we have to do with food.

is the critic right? -- Mad

Is the Critic Right? - Mad

“Great effects. Pity about the plot”

I think what the critic said is a fair statement. I think it meant that it had really good effects for a movie made in the 90’s but had a really bad story line that wasn’t all that interesting. When they say “great effects” they talk about how the dinosaurs and the environment looked. They looked realistic and moved as they would of millions of years ago. Also when they say “Pity about the plot” I think they meant that the story line wasn’t that good and the actors weren’t playing their role that well to make it more realistic.

I agree with the stamen because I think it fits the movie well. I didn’t like the movie that much because the plot wasn’t that good.

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Critic

Critic Statement:

“Great effects. Pity about the plot!”

The Critic is basically saying that he or she likes the look of the dinosaurs and the small things that happened to make the movie look good. For example the fence sparks and the dinosaur’s snot that gets all over John Hammond’s granddaughter. The critic also says that the plot wasn’t that good which means that he or she didn’t like the main story and thought it could have been better.

I agree with the critic. I didn’t mind the graphics. Considering the age of the movie it had good graphical technology. I really disliked the plot, also it was very predictable and also it could have been longer and it had a horrible storyline.

Film Critic Review

I don’t agree with the review which said Great effects, Pity about the plot. I liked the plot and the effects and even know the effects were great and the plot wasn’t probably quite as good but it was still pretty good. This movie was made quite a long time ago so for them it was probably one of the most popular movies when it came out and was new.

If this film critic was right this wouldn’t have been such a popular movie when it came out and they wouldn’t of went on and made more of them if they didn’t sell them and make money out of them. If I had to give this movie a rate out of ten I would probably give it a 9/10 for the affects when it was made and for the plot I would give it a 7/10 which is still pretty good and overall I would give it a 8/10 for when it was made.

Do we have the right to interfere with nature?

In Jurassic park they played around with DNA in dinosaurs and doing that is sort of like playing around with modified food. I don’t think that we should play around modified food because I think it should all be natural and we don’t know the affects that it could have on us in the future if we keep eating it. I don’t think we should play with modified foods because I think we should just have what comes straight out the ground with no chemical.

When they played around with DNA and dinosaurs it all went wrong and look what ended happening at the end of the movie. I think that if they play with modified food the same sort of thing could happen and it could all go wrong and people could get sick from it if they haven’t tested it enough like they didn’t on Jurassic Park.

By Shae

Do We Have the Right to Interfere With Nature?

Genetically modified foods could be dangerous. Whilst farmers have used them for years, it is wrong to bring together the DNA of one species into another’s genes. Also, scientists aren’t sure about the long term effects of genetically modifying food.

Government agencies are reluctant to stop genetically modifying food because of the power that the companies have with the governments.

Playing around with genes and DNA is wrong. They should just keep things the way they are and not change them, especially when they are unsure about the side effects. Also, it has been said that genetically modifying food can put people’s health at risk.

It has been proven that genetically modifying food does not always work. For example: Genetically modified crops do not increase yield.

In other words, genetically modifying food can risk the health and lives of people and the environment. It is unnatural and shouldn’t be allowed.

- Meghan Clifford

Jurassic Park

Is The Critic Right?

The critic statement is trying to say that the effect from the movie like, the animations of the dinosaurs, the effects of the jungle, island, and the different areas were the dinosaurs are kept, and how the dinosaurs move around and how they attack each other when hunting there pray. He also said that he didn’t like the plot of the movie because the way it was set up and, how they got Dr Grant and Ellie from there archaeological dig and brought them to the Jurassic park island and they had look around then got in the car and then everything started to happen and dinosaurs started to escaped and the system shut down.

I disagree with the critic because I like the effects and the plot, I liked how the dinosaurs felt real and the animations of the dinosaurs hunting, eating and playing and how they react to human and how the baby dinosaur hatched and all the fake blood looked real. How the people problem solved everything with the computer system.

By Courtland

Is The Critic Right?

The critic’s comment “Great effects. Pity about the plot,” is true. Whilst it’s a great film, and has used great effects, it’s very unrealistic. The set of the movie is great, perfect for dinosaurs, but they also emphasized on the sizes of the dinosaurs. I agree with the critic because he’s saying that he liked the movie, but the plot was to unrealistic, which was disappointing.

It’s highly unlikely that they could use the blood, to recreate things that were wiped off the Earth millions of years ago. It’s almost impossible to create something from that long ago. The idea on how to recreate dinosaurs was not very well thought through.

- Meghan Clifford

Jurassic Park!

Is The Critic Right?

The critic is trying to say that they liked the effects from the movie, such as, the look of the dinosaurs, the look of the park and how the dinosaurs moved around. He also said that he didn’t like the plot of the movie which means he didn’t like the way the movie was set out. This could mean that he is trying to say that he didn’t like how the movie started of bad by the worker getting eaten and continued like that until to very end when the little girl saved the day by hacking the computer.
I disagree with the critic because I liked the effects and the plot. For example I liked how the dinosaurs looked real and acted like they would of when they lived. I also liked how the people reacted when the dinosaurs were chasing them and how they problem solved when the IT guy turned the power off.
By Alana!

Is The Critic Right - Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park!
Is the Critic right?
I disagree with the critic saying ‘Great effects. Pity about the plot’ as I think that the Jurassic park has a good plot. The movie in my opinion was deadly, exciting and interesting. The fact that the directors had thought about how dinosaurs could actually be created, made the movie a bit more realistic. Also the plot I thought was set out in a way that it kept the viewer interested, e.g. when the man got killed by the raptor in the opening scene made the viewer interested in the rest of the movie.

However I agree with the critic when he said that there were great effects, but the movie was first released in 1993 so the special effect have got a lot better since then, but overall for back then I thought the special effects were great. The way the dinosaurs moved around and the overall appearance was what I thought actual dinosaurs would look like.

Lori Aitchison