Jurassic Park ***1/2 (out of 5) (1993)

Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck

Directed by Stephen Spielberg

 


Using DNA from dinosaur blood found in mosquitos preserved in amber, a billionare theme park creator decided to make the ultimate experience, Jurassic Park, by resurrecting the long extinct giant lizards. A lawyer, a mathematician, some married paleontologists, and the creator's grandchildren are invited for the preliminary tour, but a secret plot by one of the compter programmers to steal dinosaur embryos and sell it forces the shutting down of the park and lets the dangerous dinosaur's loose.

A masterpiece of special effects and a fascinating idea for a movie, even if the story is just a variation on Spielberg's own JAWS. As uninteresting as the overall plot turns out to be, it is still an undenyable experience to see some very lifelike dinosaurs come to life though state-of-the-art computer graphics. The scenes of the T-Rex attacking the tour cars is about as terrifying a scene as there has been in a film, using no theme music...very realistic and impressive. A must-see for the dinos, it's scary fun.


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