🦖30 YEARS OF JURASSIC PARK!🦖

 

Title: Jurassic Park

Release Date: June 11, 1993

Director: Steven Spielberg

Studio: Universal Pictures

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WOW!  It's been 30 years already?  So, 30 years ago, there was a summer blockbuster film that changed the game of cinema forever and that movie was none other than "Jurassic Park!"  I remembered when the movie first came out and how big it was at the time and after I recently rewatched this movie, I was surprised at how well this movie has held up after all of these years.

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So, before I talk about my thoughts on this movie, let's discuss about what this movie is all about.  

Billionaire John Hammond (played by Richard Attenborough) had figured out a way to bring dinosaurs back to life through a cloning process and in order to make a profit off of this, he had a theme park built on a remote island called "Jurassic Park" where the dinosaurs will be shown to the world.  John Hammond then decided to show off the theme park to a few invited guests, which included paleontologist Alan Grant (played by Sam Neil), paleobotanist Ellie Sattler (played by Laura Dern), Ian Malcolm (played by Jeff Goldblum), lawyer Donald Gennaro (played by Martin Ferrero) and Hammond's two grandkids Tim and Lex Murphy.  But unfortunately, because the organizers of the park wanted to show off the park so quickly, they didn't bother getting any security personnel and automated everything with unreliable computers.  All of this unplanning of good security measures for the park ultimately led to the dinosaurs going on a rampage, which starts endangering all of the guests' lives.

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So, what made this movie into such an iconic film?  Well, of course we got to talk about the SPECIAL EFFECTS!  Oh my goodness, the special effects were some of the best things to ever come out of this movie!  The fact that the dinosaurs looked and moved so realistically really made this film memorable to me and I loved how terrifying the dinosaurs were in this movie, especially the T-Rex.  The fact that the special effects used for the dinosaurs still hold up to this very day made this one of the few films from the 1990s to still hold up on a technical level.

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Another aspect that I liked about this film were the THEMES it explored. This film discusses about the dangers of trying to control something that you can't control and *GASP* safety concerns.  The fact that the film is about John Hammond trying to control the dinosaurs for his theme park, but not heeding the dangers of how untamed and dangerous the dinosaurs really are had always hit home for me. Because it made me realize that sometimes there are things in life that are beyond your control and you need to realize when you can take on said situation head on or be cautious in dealing with it.  Also, the fact that this movie somewhat preaches about the importance of safety protocols, which is shown when the organizers of Jurassic Park didn't put in proper safety measures just in case the dinosaurs go berserk, was really telling to me about the consequences of greed and how greed can end up doing you in at times.

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And of course, I cannot forget the performances that each actor and actress had given throughout this film, especially Sam Neil's portrayal of Alan Grant, Laura Dern's portrayal of Ellie and of course, Jeff Goldblum's portrayal of Ian Malcolm, who provided one of my all-time favorite movie quotes:

"Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should."

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But overall, this film was such an iconic centerpiece in cinema as it provided some of the best special effects seen in any movie during the 1990s that still holds up to this very day and it also had lots of deep messages about the dangers of dealing with things that are beyond your control and being more hands on when it comes to safety protocols that still remains relevant to this day.  For anyone who has not seen this movie before, GO WATCH IT!  It's definitely worth your time and you will easily see why this movie became such an icon over the years!

I also have the full review of this movie on my YouTube channel.  So, if you want to check out my full review on this movie, then check out the video on my REVIEWS 2.0 VIDEO ON JURASSIC PARK!

HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY JURASSIC PARK!