One of my favorite movies based off one of my favorite books

Rating: 10/10 (12 February 2012)

I wanna start off by saying I've seen this movie well over a hundred times now and the visuals still amaze me every time. I read Michael Crichton's book about five years ago and it has had the same effect on me as the movie has.
People have often complained the movie has no character development and relies on the amazing visuals but I say that aside from the visuals there are some very intense moments of terror and awe that most science fiction movies today lack.
And I agree that the character development from the book didn't translate to the film but I will point out that Michael Crichton himself took part in writing the screenplay and supervised it and he himself loved the film so you can't really say it's insulting to the novel.
But I will encourage people to read the book before they watch the film or if you've already seen the movie, read the book because it is more in depth and very exciting to read.
Both the movie and book are very highly recommended.