Jurassic Park

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2013)

It's so hard for me to put up a summary line that catches just how great this movie is. I actually just saw it for the first time all the way through (in 3-d) and my mind was blown. Is that supposed to happen when you first see movies, even 20 years after their initial release?
The story itself is told brilliantly. Steven Spielberg made this movie damn near perfect. everything falls into place just right. Dr. Alan Grant is one of the best developed characters throughout. Jeff Goldblum fits right in there, adding a M*A*S*H-like dry sense of humor which can turn the most serious moment into something funny. Then there's the kids. Yeah, they're just kids, they might be annoying at times but they support the bigger names well. You have Wayne Knight, as the park's computer guy, Dennis Nedry. Wayne's been in a couple famous roles, my personal favorite is the organ delivery driver in Rat Race. Here, he's the match that sets off the cataclysm the movie is known for. And he does it well.
My favorite guy throughout the whole thing, was Richard Attenborough's character, John Hammond. While my favorite Attenborough role was "Big X" Roger Bartlett from "The Great Escape" Here he's almost the same guy. He's a big dreamer who tends to not think about the price of his creation. In the great escape, he doesn't want to think the 250 lives he's risking in order to save possibly thousands is too big a price. In Jurassic Park, he doesn't want to think that the dinosaurs are going to pose a risk, even the ones that are apex predators. To put it bluntly, his character concentrates so much on one aspect, he takes the other aspects for granted.
Now, to the movie. As I said before, it's told very well. I'm going to try and not spoil it entirely, but there are some points i'll mention.
The movie's skeleton is made up of respect for the dinosaurs. one of film's first moments is a boy mocking a dinosaur's appearance, when Dr. Alan grant decides to let him know just how scary a velociraptor really is, with very ogrish detail. by the end of the movie, if you still think dinosaurs are a joke, then something's definitely wrong with you.
One scene that really stood out for me, was the cow scene. It's a harbinger of events to come, and even though you don't see what goes on beneath the bush, you hear it and when it's all over, you get a look at the aftermath, and it leaves you thinking "Thank god that was not me." To add flavor to it, Hammond doesn't seem phased at all by the horror that goes on. as far as he's concerned, it's just nature the way God intended.
I'm not going to say any more about it, I highly recommend you take the time to see it, it's definitely worth watching.
10/10