The best film of all time?

Rating: 10/10 (12 February 2004)

The answer to that question is yes, yes, sixty five million times, yes. There are no movies that can begin to match this great gold of a film. First off, the adaptation. IF you haven't read the book, you're missing quite a lot. It only enhances the greatness of this film. Like, for example, the effects. Yes, on this day, it looks cheap, but remember that most Bond films, when they first appeared, look cheap even today, but we love them all the same, because they inherit a classic value. Beside that argument, I think they still look fantastic. Every time I watch this movie, I think wow, how did they do it?
Secondly, comes the acting. You have Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, the late Bob Peck, need I go on? But the best of all, comes with Sam Neill. He is, in my opinion, one of the greatest actors living, and is completely underrated. When I read the novel, I pictured exactly what Mr. Neill brought to the screen in a ten-fold great performance as Dr. Alan Grant. All of these actors and actresses made the film even better. It wasn't just dinos running around killing people, but also the drama in the mix.
Finally, comes the directing by the remarkable Steven Spielberg. Only a genius like he could take a great novel and turn it into a cinematic epic. The unique camera angles, the suspense to keep you thinking about what is about to happen, everything down to the last line spoken. He created a film that our children's children's children will consider classics.
I consider it a classic even now, and for all time, nothing will come close to Jurassic Park.
10 out of 10.