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Summary: best movie yet
Review: this is the best movie put out in a long time. it makes you feel like there are really dinosaurs alive! It is an enjoyable movie that you can watch over and over again and not get tired
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Summary: Great Movie, But Needs More Work!
Review: Multimillionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) has a plan for a spectacular new theme park: a secluded island where visitors can observe actual dinosaurs. With the latest development in DNA technology, scientists can clone brachiosaurs, tricerotops, velociraptors and a Tyrannosaurus Rex, using the blood preserved in amber from insects that bit the dinosaurs long ago.Paleontologists Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are duly impressed with the living results during an advance visit. But when a devious employee tampers with the sophisticated security system, the dinosaurs escape, forcing the visitors to fight for their very survival.
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Summary: Speilberg's weakest film
Review: having turned his attention to other film genres like drama and history as seen in Saving Private Ryan, Speilberg's efforts in science fiction have in recent years gone down hill as seen in this movie where the effects are the star of the movie but the actors and story take a back seat. Jeff Goldblum has a pretty thankless role as one of the main characters who gets side lined with a broken leg, and the climax shows two children being chased by dinosaurs, which was done too violently. At least with his earlier film JAWS, Steven was able to tell a good story with good actors getting to show their talent. Here it was totally lacking.
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Summary: jurassic park is the greatest of all movies
Review: Jurassic park is a thriller that will always keep you on the edge of your seat. The actors neva mess up anbd are the best. the special effects are done well.
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Summary: It ruled!
Review: I'd give it more then 5 stars if I could- Sam Neil, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum are the best actors(actress) ever!
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Summary: One of the 90's Classic movies
Review: Throughout the decades there have been classic movies of its time. 70's: One Flew Over the Cukcoo's Nest, Dog Day Afternoon, The Exorcist. 80's: Ghandi, Amadeus, Platoon. 90's: Silence Of The Lambs, Forrest Gump, JURASSIC PARK. It was a break through in computer graphics making this movie and when Steven Speilberg got the actors he got some very down-to-earth people who can act very well and are very believable. This was based on Micheal Chrictons novel (an excellent book) and they are somewhat similar a few changes from book to movie but they were good and they worked. The script was very good and the direction was great. You just know it came from the mind of Steven Speilberg.
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Summary: Realistic Dinos Devour Plastic People
Review: Mega-blockbuster about people and the dinosaurs who eat them. Actually, it's more about the dinosaurs, which makes it ultimately a disappointment. Ironically, this movie about a theme park shares all their flaws: it's exciting, but ultimately, it's a shallow experience. Based on the effective Michael Crichton novel, "Jurassic Park" is about a group of people trapped on an island amusement park where biotechnologists have resurrected childhood's favorite scary monsters. Sam Neill is a bland paleontologist who hates kids- guess who he bonds with in the park? Well, it ain't Vegas showgirls (although that would've made for a more interesting film). Laura Dern, easily the best actor in the movie, flounders without a character to play; she mostly giggles and mumbles. Samuel L. Jackson goes to waste (literally, after the dinos eat him) and Wayne Knight pretty much plays his "Seinfeld" character, Newman. There's one scene in particular that illustrates the major problem with this movie. Paleobotanist Dern studies a leaf and mutters how this "shouldn't be here" and how it's extinct, until Neill taps her shoulder, which causes her to look up and see a giant brachiosaur for the first time. Behind her, everyone else is already reacting to the as-yet unseen brachiosaur. The only reason she's looking at a leaf in the first place is so Spielberg can build suspense by delaying the dinosaur revelation. But in order to do this, they have to give her a reason to be so fascinated- ergo, extinct plant. Enter plot hole, in the service of audience manipulation. Did the Jurassic Park engineers also clone extinct plants? Or did they just happen to find an island with extinct plant life? And if it's not important, why introduce it in the first place? It's a manipulative trick that's shocking in its clumsiness. It's not that manipulation itself is a bad thing (Alfred Hitchcock was an admitted arch-manipulator)- it's just "Jurassic Park" does poorly so many of the things that makes a movie great. Think of "Jaws," another Spielberg movie about a fangs; it's one taut bit of filmmaking. Not a bit of fat on the bones, not a wasted scene, even when they're not pursuing the shark. With "Jaws," and Hitchcock's "The Birds," you can forgive very dated effects because the people in the film are so believable and memorable, and the manipulation isn't so cynical or transparent. Despite photo-realistic dinos, "Jurassic Park" has no more reality to it than "Pirates of the Carribbean," which is referenced in one of the few intentionally funny bits of dialogue. That said, "Jurassic Park" is fun for casual viewing, and I find it remarkable Spielberg pulled it off at all while also working on "Schindler's List." Plus, there are two very effective set-pieces: the tyrannosaur attack on the tour cars, and the velociraptors-in-the-kitchen sequence; here, Spielberg uses his tricks to perfection. It's just a shame they're in the service of a special effects fest that's so... unspecial.
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Summary: DVD version very disappointing
Review: Sound quality for Widescreen Dolby 5.1 version is lousy. Very little action from the sub-woofer and nothing from the surround speakers. Yes, my settings are fine, Private Ryan still sounded great. I was really looking forward to J-P since it is one of the best sound movies ever made. Since I already have VHS version, the DVD was a total waste of money. As far as the movie itself goes, I still love it.
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Summary: Spielberg's Dinovision
Review: Jurassic Park was one of the first movies to use computer animation to create special effects. The sight of seeing life-like dinosaurs roaming across the screen was a visual and technological marvel. The plot of the film and its dialogue are thin and slight at best, but they are really secondary to the effects. Watching the T. Rex storm across the screen is mesmerizing and the Raptors are among the scariest screen villains ever. Stephen Spielberg is the master at this genre and he deftly guides through the suspense and tension of the film until its dramatic climax. The DVD version conveys the sound and feel of the theater experience. A must have for your collection.
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Summary: When Spielberg Ruled The World
Review: It's indeed rare when a movie comes along that is so special, and has such a tremendous impact on audiences of all ages, that when it happens, it's an occasion for celebration; which is exactly what Steven Spielberg gave the world with "Jurassic Park," a film that made the impossible possible: It enabled dinosaurs to walk among us. He put these monsters from a bygone era on the screen for all to see, and the unique thing about it was that they were real; so real you could reach out and touch them it seemed. And in doing so he touched the imaginations of every child who sat there in the dark of a theater and watched his creations come to life, and he touched the child that still resides within every adult who came to see his show as well. Jaded moviegoers and those who affect cynicism as a mission statement of life may scoff, especially now, after some time has passed and the magic has worn off somewhat, but it doesn't alter the fact that with this movie, Spielberg surpassed any and all standards of the cinematic world and set the precedent for all that would follow. To borrow a line from one of his own characters, he "Spared no expense," and simply made one of the most exciting and memorable films in the history of the Silver Screen. Spielberg pulled out all the stops to make this remarkable film, and it goes without saying that the special F/X are incredible; what's easy to overlook amid all the spectacle of it, however, are the performances turned in by one and all, and most notably by Jeff Goldblum, who brings such nuance and style to the role of Dr. Ian Malcolm. It's a supporting role into which he immersed himself to create one of the more memorable characters in the film, and his performance-- with the countenance and attitude he lends to Malcolm, even the commanding, mesmerizing way he speaks-- has never received the attention it so richly deserved. Nor has the performance of Richard Attenborough, as John Hammond, the entrepreneur who makes Jurassic Park a reality. He's such a gifted performer that he makes you forget he's acting; Hammond becomes real, which makes what he's doing real, and it's just another example of the many things that add up to make this such an incredible movie. Spielberg and his cast and crew have given such care to detail that it, in effect, releases the viewer from the baggage of even having to suspend disbelief because they're given a world that is "real" from the ground up. The result of using all of the magic available, and using it wisely. Also turning in outstanding-- and entirely believable performances-- are Sam Neill, as Dr. Alan Grant, and Laura Dern, as Dr. Ellie Sattler, each creating figures central to the plot and around whom much of the action revolves. And there are a number of performances in supporting roles that are just too good to go unmentioned as well, including Bob Peck, as Muldoon, the park's head gamekeeper; Martin Ferrero, as the "blood-sucking" lawyer, Donald Gennaro; Wayne Knight, as computer hacker Dennis Nedry; Samuel L. Jackson, as computer programmer Ray Arnold; and last, but not least, Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards as Hammond's grandchildren, Tim and Lex, through whose eyes the child in all of us vicariously experiences the wonders of Jurassic Park. The wonderful thing about a movie like "Jurassic Park" is that, not only will it forever remain as a testimonial to a filmmaker of genius and vision, but that it will be there for all the generations that follow to discover anew. The world may change drastically around us, even from one day to the next, but as long as even a single spark of imagination survives, one thing will always remain constant: The fascination by children of all ages for these legendary beasts that once ruled the earth. And that is why, when all is said and done and the skeptics have become no more than shadows and dust, this film-- as well as Steven Spielberg-- will remain a cause for celebration. This is the legacy, and the true magic of the movies.
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