Excellent

Rating: 10/10 (30 July 2014)

I saw quite a few movies when I was a kid, there were three VHS tapes that I watched more than any others. They were The Lion King, Home Alone, and Jurassic Park. The first two are good movies but I always thought Jurassic Park was the best because it had dinosaurs. I'd say it's my second-favorite movie of all-time, with the first being Blade Runner.
Since this movie's a childhood favorite of mine, there really is no way I can't see this without rose-tinted glasses. Kind of like how a lot of people saw E.T. as kids and think it's the best movie ever when, um, it's not.
But yeah, Jurassic Park isn't a perfect movie. Some characters make illogical decisions. For example, Robert Muldoon who's the park's game warden and who should know more about the velociraptors than anyone else in the world, tries to kill a velociraptor when he should have known about their hunting strategy and is killed by velociraptors who use said strategy, which Grant explained to a kid in the beginning of the movie (and Grant had only studied fossils at that time while Muldoon could actually see the velociraptors in real life). Also the park is not designed very well. That's kind of the point of the movie but still, it's kind of weird how no one thought to modify the vehicles so that they could be driven in an emergency instead of guided by the metal track on the road (among other things). Also, how is it that the T. Rex can step out of the paddock then a few minutes later, pushes a car down a hundred feet into it?
And the movie ends with a deus ex machina, even if it's a really cool deus ex machina.
I'll admit, if I saw this movie for the first time now instead of when I was 4, I'd give it maybe 8 stars. If I was generous, maybe 9. But not 10. But I saw it for the first time when I was 4 and it makes me feel nostalgic so I have no problem with giving it a 10.