I Nearly forgot how good this movie was

Rating: 8/10 (6 November 2007)

I remember my dad and I watching the first two movies when I was about seven through ten years old. Between Jurassic Park, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones, I think I spent nearly a third of my life popping videos into the VCR and having a jolly good time while rain poured constantly in northern Washington.
but anyway, on to the movie:
It just came on AMC, and I decided to give it a shot again. Curious about one of the actors, I decided to boot up IMDb and check out the flick. I was a little perturbed by the negative feedback left by some, but I'm sure they just have problems with enjoying themselves. This is one of those movies that are impossible not to enjoy. It's funny, thrilling, eye-catching, interesting and altogether fun as hell. All of this from just one scene.
When you think of Jurrasic Park, one of the first things to come up is, of course, the Special Effects. Regardless of what many naysayers of CGI (I'll count myself as one of those), Jurassic Park was way ahead of its time. Between the massive T Rex and the fast and devious velociraptors, it becomes very apparent very soon that the makers of this movie were looking to shake things up a bit. And the best thing? No matter how grandiose the animations and effects, all of it seems tasteful. Nothing seems overdone or out of place. None of the effects in this movie seemed out of place or "too much." I've looked at some movies that I loved as a child, and seen the raping of technology just for the sake of it. Jurassic Park is not one of those movies, and, naysayer that I am, I still enjoy this movie.
What can I say about the story? Since we first uncovered a fossil, the human race has been amazed by dinosaurs. I'm just surprised that it took so long for someone to write a book about something like this. I love the original book from Michael Crighton, a masterpiece in science fiction, and I can say that the original premise for this movie and the book itself is probably one of the better I've ever seen. What young child doesn't want to see a real dinosaur? And, in all honesty, what adult really ever grows out of that dream? Even if the sh1t hadn't hit the fan, the movie would still be intriguing.
"BOOM. BOOM. You know what that is? An impact trauma, that's what that is" I don't think a glass of water has ever had me more excited. The actors pulled out all of the cards to make this work even more so for me. As an actor, I've seen when someone isn't working their hardest. When someone doesn't really care about what they're doing. This is why I respect the actors in this movie so much. There is never a point where I feel like something could have been done better, or even slightly different. What is really wonderful is that Spielberg again shines in directing the kids, who are always immersed in the action, right along with the experienced veterans. Instead of being a sort of extra bit added on to evoke some extra emotion, the kids shine with the light of stars, creating the illusion, rather than just portraying it.
Of course, the science is often a bit off, but I don't know if I'd like the movie so much if it were pumped full of as much jargon as the book. Like any self-respecting American raised in the 1990's, sometimes I just want to see a good action-adventure, and Steven Spielberg really gives us what we want in Jurrasic Park