Jurassic Park

In 1993, Steven Speilberg created a film that would change the way people looked at movies once again. Like he did with "E.T", Mr. Speilberg created a thrill ride adventure film that was both dark and deep in story, but done so wonderfully that it would capture the hearts and imagination of a worldwide audience.

Based on Michael Crichton's ravenous bestseller, "Jurassic Park" is a story about an eccentric billionaire (Richard Attenborough) whom invites two paleontologists (Sam Neil & Laura Dern), a scientist (Jeff Goldbum), and a lawyer to his private island off South America to see if they will give him backing for his new family theme park. This park is no regular park. No, the park consists of man made specimens of genetically engineered dinosaurs!

"Jurassic Park" had the balls and guts to do something most summer movies refuse to do nowadays. It took characters and a story, and took a solid amount of time in the film to flesh them and the story out. In fact, the story was so well done that when the action/thrills begin to kick in...one truly feels attached to the characters. A person, like myself, is actually thrown on the edge of the seat about the fate of the people you have spent the last hour learning about. You want to see them live, you're seeing their thoughts and fears through your own eyes. This film is like that feeling you get when you go to an actual theme park. You stand in line in anticipation, checking out all the fun you're going to have on the ride when it gets started. Then, you hop on the ride and wait for them to buckle everyone in. Then the ride kicks off, and your anticipation has been built up so much that the ride just takes you into pure bliss. This is what "Jurassic Park" does for the viewer.

Aside from the characters and plot, "Jurassic Park" did something visually breathtaking at the time of release. Recreating dinosaurs is something that anyone could do, but not something everyone could do well. Jurassic Park does much better than well. They recreate dinosaurs that look so life like its nearly unbelievable to behold. Not only are these dino's so wonderfully done, but they are so real that they actually are able to convey fear into the audience. Most CGI's look horrible, and are very easy to spot where cgi and reality mesh. Here, its virtually seamless.

"Jurassic Park" will go down in history as one of the best films ever made. It re-defined a genre that was basically dead,(Adventure/Survival Horror), redefined the usage of Computer Generated Imaging, and made a summer film with not only action...but heart as well. "Jurassic Park", rather bad or good, will always hold a place in movie watchers hearts.

Rating: out of four.

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