Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park My number one favorite films of all time is Jurassic Park. Stephen Spielberg created a realistic fantasy of a world in which dinosaurs one ruled the Earth. The combination of a surprising story, which was derived from a best-selling novel, told through clever dialogue and humor, with a hints of startling violence, thrilling special effects, and an accompanying John Williams score was a unique alignment few films ever meet. The story sets revolves around a island called, Isla Nublar, which is 120 miles off the west coast of Costa Rica. Huge advancements in scientific technology have been made that have enable man to create an island full of living dinosaurs. John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) has invited four individuals, plus his two grandchildren to join him at Jurassic Park. But everything doesn’t go to plan. Especially when one of the parks own workers attempt to steal the dinosaurs embryos, and have to shut down all the electricity in the process. It becomes a race for survival with everyone located all over the island. The casting of the film was done very well. As the story of the characters on the island progresses you start to feel bad for them and that you want to help. Richard Attenborough, who was a fellow film maker like Spielberg, delivers a surprising performance especially one that was not expected of a film maker. Jurassic Park uses animatronics for the most of the dinosaur scenes to make them feel more alive and that they area actually there. Jurassic Park won three Oscars, two of which were for, Best Effects, Visual Effects and Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing. For the dinosaur calls they used a mixture of multiple animals to create screams and cries that would be remembered in your nightmares for the carnivores and calm soothing cries for the herbivores. The difference in sounds from the dinosaurs helped establish the mood for some of the scenes. A interesting fact is that you do not see the Velociraptors until 103 minutes into the film. This allows the suspense to build. The use of cut rate is apparent in certain scenes, when the velociraptors attack the cut rate increased significantly as if the attack is too frighting to watch. Even though the characters and dinosaurs in the film are not real the film leaves a question in the head of the viewer, “What if this was possible?” Jurassic Park uses science as a reason why they built the park. Since science is part of most peoples, especially students’ day of life, it provokes a thought as if this could actually happen eventually. Dinosaurs could be alive. The science in the film helps with the way the movie moves rhythmically. The overall impact I feel for the movie is that I never want to stop watching it. If you ever have the chance to watch this film, I would recommend seeing it immediately. This is a film that could leave a impression on someone for a life time. There have been two other sequels to this movie but nothing can live up to the original Jurassic Park.