A masterpiece by a master craftsman.

Rating: 9/10 (24 February 2017)

I watched this movie back then in the cinema and now that i watch it again, i just can marvel at the craftsmanship that Steven Spielberg possesses. Anyone could have made a dinosaur movie and a lot have tried. But making the best dinosaur movie while setting new technical standards is only possible to the best.
The story is solid, the character arcs are well-rounded, the various concepts are portrayed sufficiently authentic and the world is believable. It's the right amount of scary, the right amount of funny and the right amount of action-loaded. Of course the dinosaurs are the real stars of the movie, but it's also great to see how the interpersonal relationships develop between the various protagonists, which validates their subsequent actions throughout the movie. When you're portraying such a surreal concept as recreating extinct species, you need the transfer a lot of information from the silver screen to the audience and the seeming ease with which Spielberg accomplishes that is just astounding. Making learning about DNA, chaos theory and paleontology in a monster action movie not boring? That's a task most directors would fail miserably. Having the perfect cast for the job helps a lot too. Watching Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough argue about the consequences of playing god is just pure movie bliss. The fact that the special effects still hold up is just the cherry on top.
If you haven't watched this movie, you have missed one of the most influential movies of the 90ies. Spielberg deserves every academy award he won.