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Jurassic Park (1993)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 4/03, 12/13

JurPark
12/13: I remember the excitement among the general populace when Jurassic Park came out in 1993.

It was hailed as a turning point in the CGI Revolution, showing what was possible by making the dinosaurs come alive. Unfortunately, the dismal story had undone the wondrous spectacle, thus turning the film into a joke.

To this day, I still can't get over the multitude of awful acting, dumb moments, and retarded physics. As soon as the two kids appeared, there went Jurassic Park. I knew they were going to survive, no matter what. The series of impossible moments that resulted in survival of the main characters has also killed off any good memories from the first half hour which contained intelligent discussions, magical moments at the sight of dinosaurs, and significant but thoughtful conflicts.

One question that kept popping into my head throughout is: "Why in the hell did they breed carnivores?" I mean, it's the most illogical aspect which goes so far to serve the ulterior point in the creation of the park by giving the audience their reward of seeing sanguinary scenes. If I'm not making sense, then what's wrong with having only herbivores?

Of course, another logic fail is, in order to clone an organism, a living egg of that species must also exist. Obviously, there isn't any for dinosaurs. That, in itself, will be a shock. Also, almost none of the dinosaurs depicted in the film actually lived during the Jurassic period; that would be the Cretaceous. So, this leads to another question: why not label the film Cretaceous Park? Oh...I get it: they wanted a cooler-sounding name.

All in all, Jurassic Park would've turned out better if Steven Spielberg stuck with the flow of the first thirty minutes.