Belongs in the Top 250

Rating: 9/10 (31 December 2006)

In the tradition of Spielberg's "Jaws," "Jurassic Park" pits prehistoric creatures (in this case, extinct-- dinosaurs) against a random collection of human beings. While "Jaws" was a better film, and even this one was outdone by its sequel (the first sequel, anyway), it's still fun to watch the lizards munch on a few morons for fun who--let's face it-- are only put into the story in the first place as snacks. Every horror film has them. "JP" has its share of bad acting, bad scripting, and even less-than-competent directing, but the truth is this. People love the book as a classic. In reality, the book was about the most boring Crichton's ever come up with, and this movie was about as clever as Spielberg ever did.