Jurassic Park (1993) Review

              Jurassic Park (1993) is a movie where a group of scientists created a wildlife park filled with cloned dinosaurs located on an island. Billionaire John Hammond (played by Richard Attenborough) brings a few experts into the park to help verify that it is safe. Well, after the tour of the park has somehow gone wrong, and the security system has been shut down, shockingly, the dinosaurs run loose and wild out of the gates. So the humans then must try to make their way to safety and out of danger.
              The dinosaurs are really impressive here. The computer-generated imagery still holds up really well 22 years later. But I also liked how Spielberg decided to use robotics for the close-up shots of the dinosaurs, which makes it seem all the more real and authentic. He wisely only uses CGI for big wide shots. A lot of action movies nowadays tend to use CGI over practical effects, and while I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing, it does lose a little bit of magic in my personal opinion. So overall, I'm really happy this movie used both CGI and robotics for the dinosaurs.
              Some people have complained that the human characters were lacking and they're just there to scream and try to avoid the monsters. I highly disagree. I think that each of the characters have some sort of depth to him or her. Take Dr. Alan Grant's character played by Sam Neill for example. In the beginning of the movie, we see that he's not exactly the fondest of children. However, later in the movie, when he protects Hammond's grandchildren from the creatures, I saw that he had a growing love for them. Or how about Jeff Goldblum's character? He brings in a few jokes, but he's very smart and well-written, and he foreshadows events that happens during the movie.
              Even if this is a fictional movie, it does ask some interesting questions involving whether it's really a good idea to bring these creatures from millions of years ago, and it also goes into detail on how these scientists created these dinosaurs which I find interesting to think about. So for that reason, this is not just some fun blockbuster that you can eat popcorn during (although you can do that). It has some interesting themes behind it if you really care to delve deep into it.
              Finally, I got to bring up John William's score. His theme is so uplighting and adventurous, and it really does help add to the mood from the moment these characters are introduced to seeing the dinosaurs for the first time, all the way up to the action scenes. It's fantastic.
              Sometimes the CGI does look like it has aged a little, but that didn't bother me too much. My only real flaw with Jurassic Park is that the ending felt a little abrupt. Still though, this is a truly groundbreaking achievement from Spielberg. If you want to have some dinosaur goodness, have fun! This movie freaking rocks!
               I give Jurassic Park (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg a 9 out of 10.