Jurassic Park Review

Summary:

Jurassic Park follows the story of John Hammond and his theme park Jurassic Park, which features live dinosaurs. With a threat of a lawsuit, Hammond sends for special experts to sign off on his park to deem it worthy of being opened. When everyone is assembled on the island, including mathematician Ian Malcolm, and paleontologists Ellie Sattler and Alan Grant, Hammond invites the group, and his grandchildren Tim and Lex for a tour. However, during this time, a greedy Dennis Nedry sabotages the park and sends everything to chaos.

Characters:

Jurassic Park has 4 main characters, and more than a few secondary characters. Grant is an archeologist, and a dinosaur enthusiast. The thought of truly seeing these creatures live never even crossed his mind. Ellie is Grant’s husband and a biologist. Her knowledge of everything plant related proves to be even more useful with living dinosaurs. Ian Malcolm is a mathematician with a focus on Chaos Theory. He might have the least relevant set of skills for evaluating the park, but he adds a lot of entertainment value to the group. Finally, John Hammond, the island’s creator. He has created the eight wonder of the world, but is too small minded to see the true dangers that live in the shadows.

Jurassic Park Review

After writing countless reviews for this website, we have finally reached my favorite movie of all time. Now I have previously mentioned that some films are on my list but this is the film that tops the list. Jurassic Park in my humble opinion is close to a perfect film there has ever been and still remains one of the most entertaining and well-made films of all time. Now I still remember that the first time I watched this film what obviously stood out to me was the cool dinosaur scenes and the action. To this day I think this film has some of the best thrilling scenes of any film and Steven Spielberg knew how to create tension in every scene. The dinosaurs and the visual effects used to make them still look amazing and you can tell the filmmakers “spared no expense” in using both animatronics and CGI to create these real-looking dinosaurs. Most scenes in this film are iconic whether you are talking about the first time Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, and Ian Malcolm see a dinosaur, the t-rex escape scene, or even the raptor kitchen scene they all stand out and are remembered for their intensity or wonder. What I have come to appreciate about this film as I have gotten older are the dialogue scenes that we get with our characters. I enjoy witnessing the scheme that brings down the park or the ethical debates between Hammond and Malcolm and the reason they work is because of the great acting and amazingly written characters. The characters in this film are fantastic, especially the main cast with Sam Neill, Lauren Dern, and Jeff Goldblum delivering iconic performances. Alan Grant is a knowledgeable hero who guides the kids through the park. 

Ellie Sattler is a brave scientist who plays an essential role in saving the lives of our characters. Ian Malcolm gets to be the cynical scientist who’s proven correct and provides a lot of humour. Whether it’s John Hammond’s optimism, Nedry’s greed, or Lex and Tim’s innocence, each character is vital to this film’s working. The action in this film is still mesmerising and every time I watch this film my eyes are glued to the screen. I would of course be amiss to not mention the iconic score done by John Williams who managed to capture both awe and wonder in many scenes with sheer terror and thrill in others.

All in all, this is my favourite film of all time and it is a movie I never tire of and constantly revisit. From beginning to end I think it’s as near perfect as you can be and I would give my highest recommendation to watch it if you have yet to. So check it out for yourself and see what you think of my number 1!