Jurassic Park Essay, Research Paper

Jurassic Park

An amazing film adaptation of the best-selling novel by Michael Crichton, that

revolutionized special effects in movies the way Star Wars and 2001: A Space

Odyssey did. The story concerns a tropical island, that is the home to living

Dinosaurs, brought back by way of DNA. The billionaire (Richard Attenborugh),

who owns the island, invites two paleontologists (Sam Neill and LauraDern), a

mathematician (Jeff Goldblum) and his grandkids (Ariana Richards and Joseph

Mazzello) to the island, unaware that anything can go wrong. Something does! In

a major way! A power failure allows the dinosaurs to escape from their cages and

roam the park, causing destruction and chaos.

Magnificent direction by the master of film fantasy Steven Spielberg, as well as

amazing digital effects, make this a captivating, roller coaster ride, with

plenty of suspense and astonishment to go along. True, the story isn’t really

close to the book version, but why quibble. The actors work well together within

some well set up scenes. Still, someone else should have been chosen for the

part of the mathematician other than Goldblum. He is completely unconvincing in

his role, and doesn’t really fit in that well. Other than that, the film is

practically flawless with excellent music, cinematography , and some of the

greatest special effects I have ever seen.