Jurassic Park

Throughout his career director Steven Spielberg has redefined the (American) summer blockbuster. 20 years ago he did it with this film.
There is a trend at the moment to convert some old films into 3D. Some have worked while others have not. 'Jurassic Park' is one of those films that, despite being made 20 years ago, was made to be converted into 3D. I remember seeing 'Jurassic Park' at the midnight screening the day it was released. I remember coming out of the film in such a euphoric state at being totally blown away. While my reaction was a little bit more subdued this time it was still a great experience seeing this film on the big screen again. I think seeing it in IMAX helped. Steven is certainly a skilled film maker at making tense and thrilling films. He knows how to build tension and make situations really scary. One of my biggest joys when this film was released was to go into the cinema at the scene when Ellie goes to the power shed to turn the power on. Seeing a whole cinema of people jump as a raptor goes to attack her was hilarious. I know that there is a lot of criticism over computer generated work being done on old films. But for me the only problem I had with the film was the old, out dated technology. Maybe if Steven allowed them to update the computer and graphics it would seem more modern. Other than that the film is quite timeless.
Most of the cast was not very well known when the film was released. But people did not go to see the cast. Sam Neill is excellent as the gruff scientist whose whole world is changed by his visit to the park. Sam is not only good at emotional moments but is a great action hero too. Equally as good is Laura Dern. She does an excellent job at the action scenes and makes great use of the sexual tension with Sam. Jeff Goldblum provides most of the films humour and is very good at it. Even if he does seem to mumble most of his lines. Richard Attenborough is a great rival to Jeff as they have different visions of the park. Equally as good is Samuel L. Jackson and Wayne Knight in roles before they became famous for other works.
A perfect example of a film that needs to be seen on the big screen. The 3D adds to the already quite exciting film.