not the masterpiece some claim

Rating: 10/10 (28 January 2005)

jurassic park is nothing more than a twisted live-action cgi-fest version of "Westworld." if you've never seen this movie, you're likely saying, "whatever" to this review and just going about your perusal of IMDb. but if you have, you know just exactly what i'm talking about. the robots are replaced with huge awe-inspiring cgi dinosaurs that are amazing for like the first 20 minutes of the film, and then for the whole rest of the movie, you can't help but notice the obvious rip off this was. the performances are nothing compared to someone's real reaction to seeing these amazing (if they were real) animals walking our earth. they're just thin as cardboard, plastic programmed responses which hold none of the awe and thrall one would experience upon actually witnessing them. the story was decent, the added elements (the ones NOT taken from "Westworld," that is) are a little convoluted, and the direction was found lacking in that there are plot holes large enough to drive your over-fed, suv-driving American butts through. but for 20 minutes, it was fun.