The Ultimate Technical Achievement

Rating: 8/10 (3 March 2015)

One thing about this movie that is obviously a very important part is, like I said, the effects. The effects started the craze of CGI in films for effects that would be impossible to do with practical effects (and fast forward to today where CGI is now been run into the ground and a movie that has an extended use of practical effects seems like a godsend, but I digress.) The thing that this movie also did well was mix a use of both CGI and practical effects. When there was something they could do with practical effects, they used practical effects. But when there was a scene where they couldn't, then they used CGI. The CGI also holds up pretty well today, except for one dinosaur that was really obvious that it was CGI.
When talking about Jurassic Park, when people stop talking about the effects and go on to the story, this is where some people find the movie "meh". And, while its not terrible there some aspects of the story nowadays that kinda seem ridiculous. Like the whole mosquito blood DNA thing was introduced, it was pretty ridiculous. But I do like the movie is kind of a battle between nature and the advance of science. But the story does have a few flaws.
The acting was also pretty good. Sam Neill was good as the main character, so was Laura Dern. Jeff Goldblum was good, but there were some points where he was really corny. Everyone else was good in the movie to. I feel as if the movie isn't really praised for its story or characters. Its praised for technical achievement in film history. And I really enjoyed it, but some aspects of the story lowered the score down for me personally.
Final Score: 8/10