One of the greats

Rating: 9/10 (24 September 2013)

OK, is the plot that good? No. At least the set up isn't, it's cheesy monster movie stuff. Absolutely every bad decision that could be made generally is. Let's automate an entire park full of giant man eating dinosaurs in 1993. Then let's low ball the entire operation out to one guy. Then let's let the automation with thousands of bugs run the whole park before its ready. Then let's evacuate everyone because of a hurricane ensuring now one is there in case anything goes wrong, except about 10 people including the people inspecting the damned safety of the park for no reason. Then let's have the low balled guy screw everything up in the worst corporate robbery attempt ever by turning off every security system, stealing valuable goods, and just making a run for it onto the boat despite not being told to evacuate and him being the ONLY PERSON on the entire island that could've stolen the goods.
And to top it off lets bash science in general as a main theme just because, despite science bringing the dinosaurs which is the entire thing that makes the plot cool to begin with. I know it's a movie, but at some point you begin to question the entire thing.
But none of that makes more than a one star dent. Because you know what? The cast is just about absolutely perfect. Jeff Goldblum is so awesome in this movie it's ridiculous, same with Richard Attenborough. The rest of the cast is damned good, John Williams score soars as high as it ever has, and Spielberg is as on point in every shot and step of the way as he was with Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The dialog has a weirdly memorable snap and flow to it that makes it as easily followable and memorable as movie like Star Wars: A New Hope and Pulp Fiction. And best of all, dinosaurs are awesome! No matter much progress was derided, no matter many people got eaten, you finish the movie thinking the same thing every time "Damn, seeing a real life dinosaur would be like the coolest most awesome thing EVER!" And that's why it's a must watch. It's just plain entertaining. It's fantastic, it's awesome. When you hear the word's "Welcome, to Jurassic Park" you'll feel like you're watching a real life dinosaur not ten feet in front of you, and that is one the most magical things you'll ever experience.