A wealthy man has created an island amusement park filled with dinosaurs cloned from fossilized DNA. When he invites experts to endorse it, nature takes over.
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 24-AUG-2004
Media Type: DVDSteven Spielberg’s 1993 mega-hit rivals Jaws as the most intense and frightening film he’d ever made prior to Schindler’s List, but it was also among his weakest stories. Based on Michael Crichton’s novel about an island amusement park populated by cloned dinosaurs, the film works best as a thrill ride with none of the interesting human dynamics of Spielberg’s Jaws. That lapse proves unfortunate, but there’s no shortage of raw terror as a rampaging T-rex and nasty raptors try to make fast food out of the cast. The effects are still astonishing (despite the fact that the computer-generated technology has since been improved upon) and at times primeval, such as the sight of a herd of whatever-they-are scampering through a valley. –Tom Keogh
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March 22, 2010
#1
OK, the devil posessed me at this very point when I’m writing this. But I”ve always felt this way anyhow…. If no one in the world has said this before, may I be the first.
Jurassic Park is one hell of a disaster. Those who made this should be eradicated from earth. The biggest turkey in cinema history (and let us not forget the giant pelicans too), if you’re buying this because of its achievements in special effects and sounds then count yourself as someone who has no clue at all what cinema is about. A film that is simply a waste of time and talent.
As for Spielberg voted as the No.1 director in AFI (?)’s Best Director list, are you kidding??
March 22, 2010
#2
This movie is totally lame. It is an established fact that dinosaurs died thousands of years ago and there are no dinos alive today. The story here is that somehow some of the dinos managed to hide in a little island unknown to man and survived, only to be discovered by the characters in the movie. It is so unbelievable that even my 8 year old kid brother was laughing at the absurd story.
March 22, 2010
#3
Better watch out! Big dinosaurs gonna eat you up! More childish slapdash from the master of schlock. Ohhhh cool effects dude! The only saving grace I give this entire movie is the scene where fat Newman (Seinfeld) gets sparyed with dino-snot by the lil veloscoraptors (sp?)
March 22, 2010
#4
Unfortunately, the typical American movie goer doesn’t know a thing about rhinoceros hunting; so it’s not really their fault they don’t know: guns can’t kill dinosaurs; but the production team for this movie should have known or at least should have consulted a rhinoceros hunter; if they did they would have known: the rhinoceros has a thick skin, a dense bone structure, an incredible hulk; and it is still much smaller and frailer than a T-rex and many other dinosaurs; but even a rhinoceros hunter has to buy a gun way bigger than anybody in Jurassic Park had; and even that gun is so weak there’s only a tiny little area the size of a quarter where the gun is able to actually able to bring down the rhinoceros; anything outside that area will either just plain bounce off the rhinoceros or it will penetrate enough to give him a slight irritation enough to make him mad enough to maybe: turn on the rhinoceros hunter and charge (Hope the poor hunter can run!) Now dinosaurs: Dinosaurs like the T-rex are much thicker skinned than the rhinoceros, much denser boned, and much heavier. Anything those guys in Jurassic Park fired would have bounced right off them. There are some weapons like hand grenades, missals, tank, and mounted guns that could bring down a T-rex. (Are you seeing how much potential for flash, bang, and explosion was lost?) Next thing I must complain about is first they seriously over rated guns then they completely underrated the intelligence of professional gun men! Just about every single attempt to fire a gun ended in a malfunction due to bad hardware or tampered with hardware. That is just stupid. A real gunman doesn’t walk into a T-rex without checking his gun! No, this movie is just living proof that you don’t have to have a brain to thought of as a genius. I really hope somebody goes back and completely remakes a similar story line. (And don’t get me started on Reign of Fire!)
March 22, 2010
#5
I can’t believe some of the heartless reviews that have been posted regarding this film. Apparently no one seems to realize that Spielburg is making an artistic statement regarding the horror of dinosaurs. Instead of giving into the powerful message that this wonderful man has to offer about the evils of dinosaurs, people feel they need to nitpick. i think this film should be viewed by school children everywhere. remember we must never forget.