This film will never be forgotten.
 Mar 24th, 2001
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Jurassic Park, released in 1993, will always be regarded as one of the best films ever made. The signs were already good, Michael Crichtons book (my favourite book) was a bestseller, and it was given an excellent cast, including Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and a British favourite, Richard Attenborough, and directed by the famous Steven Spielberg. It was an instant hit at the cinema, and although I never saw it there, I have watched the video so many times.
First, the plot. Well, quite predictable, but on a remote jungle island in Costa Rica, genetic engineers create a dinosaur zoo. You don't have to be a genius to work out what happens next, but the film is still very exciting and tense. The special effects are incredible, as well as revolutionary, because the dinosaurs are so convincing, but the thing which is so good is that this has never been done before. Everybody loves dinosaurs, and this combined with an excellent storyline.
There are some great pictures early on, but there is no real excitement until about 1 hour in, when the star of the show, the T-Rex attacks the two cars containing Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Ian Malcolm, the real character of the film (Jeff Goldblum), Donald Gennaro (Martin Ferraro), who unfortunately ends up being eaten off a toilet, plus the two kids, Tim (Joseph Mazello) and Lex (Ariana Richards), these two, maybe the only fault of the film, can be a bit irritating, but only because they're American. The scene is set at nightime, it is raining and its in a jungle - it all adds to the atmosphere. It gets steadily more exciting reaching its climax when the Velociraptors get out, and cause real havoc by opening doors.
The most memorable scene then follows for me, where the Raptors chase Tim and Lex around a kitchen, and the chase increases to include Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), and at the end they are trapped, but ironically, the T-Rex makes one last dramatic entrance to save the day.
A great film all around, the cast well supported by well known actors such as Samuel L Jackson and Bob Peck, but the special effects set it apart from any other film of this type. Great viewing. However, the Lost World was a disappointment for me, and I'll ecplain why if I ever write an opinion on it.
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24.03.2001 21:50
And cheers for the COT add - much appreciated!
24.03.2001 21:21
I thought the book was far better. Thanks for the review!