Jurassic Park (1993)
Steven Spielberg's now classic science Fiction film took the summer blockbuster to new heights with this adventure based on Michael Crichton's best selling novel.
Jurassic Park is the new state of the art ultimate theme park. An island off Costa Rica in the Pacific Ocean featuring genetically recreated dinosaurs, and it's about to open to the public. Visionary owner John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) decides to give a sneak preview to a select few including scientists Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum. However it becomes clear that all is not well in this newly created Garden or Eden and the resort is plagued by industrial espionage on a grand scale as the dinosaurs break free of their compounds.
The dinosaurs are the star of the show and even thirty years later the special effects are amazing. Some scenes including the first T-Rex attack have gone down in cinema history - has a cup of water which develops a slight ripple ever been as gripping as it here? - with Spielberg orchestrating the thrilling action with consummate ease and tremendous verve as he thrusts us into set piece after set piece of sustained terror all highlighted by John Williams' soaring score.
It's not a perfect film. It's perhaps slightly too drawn out in it's first hour with reams of science jargon delivered to the viewer, but thankfully it's done with a lightness of touch that entertains rather than bores, but when it comes down to it we are here for the dinosaurs not a lecture on DNA, and it's those dinosaurs which make Jurassic Park one of the greatest blockbusters of all time.
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