Pretty Much Perfect, Classic

Rating: 10/10 (4 November 2019)

This movie seems like a prime example of how film critics' opinions often radically diverge from those of the masses. This movie was thrilling when I first saw it (upon its release) and remains a treat to this day. I enjoy it every time I watch it. Storytelling, score, casting--this movie got pretty much everything right. In my opinion, it's near perfect, and no dinosaur movie (or TV show) that has followed it has come even close to touching it, not even the series this movie spawned. One of my favorite elements of Jurassic Park is that the dinosaurs--even the velociraptors--aren't the "villain" of the movie.
Human greed and hubris are the bad guys here, and the dinosaurs are the means by which humans are put in their place, humbled by the realization of the limits of their knowledge, understanding and power before nature. In the real world, people continue to display the same greed and arrogant pride this movie warns against. I keep thinking that all the smart idiots in the world need to watch this movie! Like the geniuses in Jurassic Park, without full understanding of what they're doing and what will result, they mess with nature and modify genes and whatnot and create problems they couldn't or don't care to foresee--or they do foresee the negative consequences and go forward anyway. But I digress.
In short, this movie is both awesome and smart, a true classic.