Reviews of Jurassic Park

Timeless dino blockbuster.

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago on 26 April 2008 08:27 (A review of Jurassic Park)

"Life will find a way."

Jurassic Park is a truly amazing movie, and one of Spielberg's true masterpieces.

Although made over a decade ago, the special effects still look phenomenal and fundamentally flawless to this day. The powerhouse effects make the dinosaurs live and are truly breathtaking at times.

Based loosely on the novel by Michael Crichton, billionaire John Hammond (Attenborough) creates a remarkable theme park on an isolated artificial island filled with real dinosaurs that have been brought to life using huge advancements in state-of-the-art scientific technology.

Hammond invites a group of special guests to the island for a weekend, to show them the park and hopefully get their stamp of approval. But on the first night a security breakdown is succeeded by the dinosaurs escaping their enclosures and roaming free around the park. What starts as a pleasant weekend becomes a race for survival.

Jurassic Park is a groundbreaking production. Never before have we seen dinosaurs with this degree of realism, and never before had audiences witnessed dinosaurs that look so breathtaking. The special effects are still almost impossible to fault. And even with CGI in its infancy, it still looks fantastic on screen.

The film is a definitive blockbuster and still one of the greatest movies ever made.

As a child of the 90s I still remember watching this film constantly and even now I love the film as much as I did when I was a youngster obsessed with dinosaurs.

Sam Neill is an amazing actor and was the perfect choice for the role of a palaeontologist. Jeff Goldblum was also extremely good. As one of my favourite characters, I always found his performance to be fantastic.

It would take a long time to mention all the members of the tremendously good cast, needless to say they all did a remarkable job.

John Williams' evocative score, including the memorable theme, is also hard to fault. It gave the film its 'wow' moments, its exciting moments and its tragic moments. Williams is a composer who knows his stuff very well and is without a doubt one of the greatest film composers of all time.

It goes without saying that Spielberg's direction was phenomenal. The man has a clear vision, and knows how to accomplish it.

Jurassic Park is a much loved screen gem and a sensational experience. For those of you yet to see it, do not hesitate to get your hands on a copy. Followed by The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

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Liked it

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago on 3 April 2008 07:00 (A review of Jurassic Park)

At first I thought the dinosaurs were really alive, great props. The original is always the best!

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Jurassic Park

Posted : 2 years, 2 months ago on 19 September 2007 04:29 (A review of Jurassic Park)

Its a classic in its own right, and though I havent seen many, its probably the best dinosaur movie out there today.
Sam Neill is great, and its a must see movie!

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Jurassic Park review

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago on 12 August 2007 04:09 (A review of Jurassic Park)

I have very fond memories of this film. I remember it as a child, the hype surrounding its release and the ultimate cinema experience I had in a packed out showing with my family. I was pretty scared as a youngster and rightly so! It's quite gory at times. When I grew older I came to appreciate the lead characters, including the untouchable Sam Neill and the real star of the show, Sam Neill's hat.

The story was fantastic and the graphics were like nothing I'd seen before. They simply don't make summer blockbusters like they used to. The special effects nowadays look incredibly dated. It's amazing how you realise that in the present day, even though you were so amazed when you first saw them on the big screen. Everyone knows the story of Jurassic Park so there is no explination needed. Due to its dated nature, I probably wouldn't take the time to watch it again nowadays, but it is still a great film with a memorable cast.

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Incredible Adventure

Posted : 2 years, 4 months ago on 10 August 2007 04:02 (A review of Jurassic Park)

This ranks up there with the best adventure films every made. Who could not love the first time they've seen this film, and the 'thump' 'thump' tremors of the approaching T-Rex. Crichton wrote an incredible book and Spielberg turned it to life like no other could've done. The special effects were incredible for its time (some scenes do look a bit 'fake' by today's standards) and this film single handedly started up huge marketing storm of dinosaur-anything for many years to come.

The original JP was also helped by having Crichton in control of the screenplay, whereas the sequel, Lost World, though based on a true book sequel, had someone else in charge of the screenplay. And JP3, well its a mess, only based on JP characters, with an entirely Hollywoodized screenplay. So there is definitely a big drop in quality between JP1, 2 and 3. Lost World is watchable, but do yourself a favor and avoid JP3 like the plague.

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