Leave your suspension of disbelief at the door!

Rating: 7/10 (25 July 2014)

A few classic scenes surrounded by childish sets, oblivious dialog, plot holes that could be seen by a sixth grader and a number of V-8 moments. Thankfully, the film came out in 1993 when we were dino-crazy and the special effects, which come off as simply family friendly, were seen as some scary shtuff... Richard Attenborough as Walt Disney like rich wanna be was just silly. His enormous theme park of wild beasts has no more than 15 employees and he only comes to the epiphany that what he was attempting was grotesque in a side comment during his escape. Our silly bad guy is the nerdy tech, played by Wayne "Newman" Knight (whose character is called Nedry - get it?). When Samuel L Jackson needs to sit at the workspace he's been sitting only 10 feet from for presumably years, he does so with an ash- dripping nasty cigarette and states to his boss, "man, how can this guy work in such filth" as he pushes away hordes of empty candy bar wrappers and empty coke cans..... just stupid. The dialog in this is embarrassing, yet Jeff Goldblum resumes his rambling scientist common sense, which is always fun. Laura Dern does her best in the silly I wanna be a Mother role, so she can't say much or we'd hate her. Sam Neill does OK, fighting off the oncoming fatherhood train by being a perfect role model and caretaker for the two grandkids of our old coot dressed in all white like this is Fantasy Island. The lawyer gets it first ids like Las Vegas getting nuked first in War Games. These two movies are a bit on the same level, but the latter keeps your sense of disbelief a bit longer and that's where this is a Classic Jurassic fail. The only thing these dinosaurs didn't do is wink at you to let you know they were robotic puppets, who are so big they shake the ground you're standing on, unless they sneak up on you.... TWICE!