Jurassic Park may just be the quintessential blockbuster.

Rating: 10/10 (24 February 2018)

Folks, they do not come better than this. This was the game changer. The pinnacle of entertainment for future Hollywood blockbusters. Spielberg crafted what is now one of the most quotable, memorable and revolutionary films of all time. You cannot deny the staying power that Jurassic Park has. A group of scientists are invited to an island theme park where dinosaurs have been genetically modified and cloned. A storm approaches, one employee decides to steal and in doing so shuts down the park's computer security systems. You know what that means...enter the Tyrannosaurus Rex! Everyone has pretty much seen this, there really is nothing I can add to the appeal. It's a perfectly structured narrative where the first half builds the characters (in order to prevent them from being just expendable assets) which leads to a thrilling second half where they must escape. One scene turns the film from a family adventure to a terrifying thriller, the T-Rex. It's sheer animatronic perfection. The stature, the colossal size and detailed craft creates a magnitude of awe. Quite literally blown away when it roars through your sound system, it gets me every time. The visual effects were revolutionary and would provide a bench mark for future films. The acting was solid all round, Sam Neill and Laura Dern's chemistry felt natural. Jeff Goldblum is a marvel and Richard Attenborough is Jurassic Park, wouldn't be the same without him. Spielberg's electrifying direction comes to no surprise for anyone. He is the ultimate "event director". Dinosaur POV shots to tracking shots outside the jeeps He really does know how to conjure up a magical adventure, always has done. Bear in mind this is a PG, some of the scenes actually scarred me as a child. The T-Rex casually devouring a lawyer and the velociraptor grotesquely ravaging an innocent. Some would say Jurassic Park is the definitive blockbuster, to which I agree. Jurassic Park..."Welcome, to the perfect rating club"! Queue John Williams' amazing score (that theme tune is perfection)...