Stomped its competition, and had fun doing it

Rating: 8/10 (16 June 2015)

Part of me wonders if this movie would've had such an impact on me were I just a bit older back in 1993. At its heart, "Jurassic Park" is really just a monster movie, but it rides high on Spielberg as the master showman; it plays like an amusement park full of impressive effects and plenty of scares. In one scene, he takes the vibe from wonder to dead to horror, and I still appreciate that as a much older adult; same for the CGI, which is used perfectly as a tool (and still holds up for that reason).
I can't say whether the science is accurate (though I still think it's cool), but the thrills deliver and the cast is good (letting the smartass Goldblum steal every scene). There's a reason why "Jurassic Park" owned the Summer of '93 and it's right there on the screen.
8/10