Gotta Give it a Ten -- Eight for the Film and Two for getting it Done!

Rating: 10/10 (18 February 2003)

This film is one of those films that was so HARD to get to the screen so finally seeing it on the screen, made me excited, happy and proud for all who worked on it.
I read the book, seemed like a slam dunk for a movie, but Universal Pictures was going through SO much at the time, as was Steven Speilberg that when it finally got through, even with all the budget cuts, writing/script problems, cut scenes and problems and background DRAMA...heck, this ranks as one of the top 25 pictures of the Century.
I loved it.
Sure, it coulda been more bloody, it coulda been more adult, but it turned out fine and for everything that was put upon it, as close to a novel as you can get in Hollywood...and as many of us movie buffs know, we've seen a good novel ruined when gotten to the screen. This one, did more than okay, it did great.
For its time, state of the art concepts were used -- heck I wanted to see more dinosaurs and gosh, the ones they did conceive were great...but why did Samuel L. Jackson have to die?!?!?! (a joke here!)
Great film, excellent effort, excellent business skills and work to get it done, One of the more entertaining, CGI at its beginning best.

Great entertainment.