Jurassic Park (DVD 2000)

Fantastic film, just makes you think 'imagine if you were there in real life' the whole way through!
Considering it was the beginng of CGI work it was fantasticly made and very realistic!
Great actors also, which is always a bonus!

this is a very good film would recommend you watch it.

loved the music loved the computer works

thought it went on for a little too long at times

i have a genuine interest of dinosaurs, and i did not own jurassic park on dvd, so i bought on dvd to go with other 2 sequals.

As a child, we are all fascinated by dinosaurs and, for some of us, that fascination grows with us into adulthood. Jurassic Park is the movie for all young at heart 'kids' out there, who long to see a triceratops or pat a friendly mammoth!

From that first sight of the brachiosaur striding through the trees we are hooked. Spielberg then whacks us with the revelation that a T-Rex can run at 45 miles an hour and, with a rousing swell of music and a stunning visual, shows us that dinosaurs do indeed walk the earth once more. The stage is set for one of the most innovative movies of all time.

The basic idea is simple. John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) recreates dinosaurs from DNA found in fossilized mosquitoes and uses it to populate the ultimate theme park. Before opening the park to the paying public, he gathers together a small group of observers, including his two grandchildren, to view the exhibits and give their expert advice.

Now if Hammond had created all herbivores, the park would have been much safer. There would also have been no movie because, when all's said and done, the triceratops is impressive but it's the predators that everyone wants to see and very soon we all get our wish.

Before you can say "chaos theory", a technical hitch shuts down the electric fences and the dinosaurs go on the rampage, leaving our heroes battling for survival. Alan Grant (played convincingly by Sam Neill) is stranded out in the field with Hammond's grandchildren, while Hammond and his park crew are trapped back at base with the rest of the surviving observers, figuring out a way to bring the power back on and avoid the prowling velociraptors (somewhat unsuccessfully!)

I would like to say that I normally don't like children in movies. They are usually very annoying, shrill and always get the adults into some life threatening situation. However, the ones in Jurassic Park aren't like that at all - in fact, they're fairly likeable and even take care of themselves quite capably when cornered in the kitchens by two velociraptors. Likeable children in films? Wonders never cease!

All in all,Jurassic Park is a feast for the eyes and a technical revelation. Gone are the clunky stop-motion dinosaurs of yesteryear. These dinosaurs are graceful and have a fluidity of movement that only their real-life counterparts could top. Much copied, but never bettered, Jurassic Park still stands as the definitive dinosaur movie. Miss it at your peril!