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Actors: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Richard Attenborough, Jeff Goldblum
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Jurassic Park |
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A wealthy showman (Attenborough) invites three experts to endorse his greatest achievement, a theme park populated by dinosaurs, bred from fossilized mosquito DNA. While the two paleontologists (Dern and Neill) are astounded, mathematician Dr. Malcolm (Goldblum) is highly skeptical. When his “life finds a way” warning comes true, and a thief sabotages Jurassic Park's defenses, this innocent group must find its way off the island before dozens of 30-60mph carnivorous T-rexes and velocoraptors catch up. Although not the consummate hero he was in “Independence Day” or the unfortunate Seth Brundle from “The Fly,” Goldblum again shows his ability to play wry-witted, intellectual scientists who can reason through the risk and cost of science. Great sound; boring John Williams score.
--Angry Jim Magin, Resident Scholar
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Scientists have succeeded in cloning dinosaurs from the DNA in their blood that has been preserved since the Jurassic inside insects trapped in amber. Wealthy businessman John Hammond (Attenborough) has financed an island theme park where the dinosaurs may be kept and seen. Before its opening to the general public, he shows the park off to a select group of guests, including dinosaur expert Alan Grant (Neill), paleobotanist Ellie Sattler (Dern), mathematician Ian Malcolm (Goldblum), and Hammond's two grandchildren. But park employee Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight) disables the security system in order to steal some dinosaur embryos he can sell to the highest bidder, and this allows the dinosaurs to escape from their enclosures, with disastrous results. Steven Spielberg directed this quintessential summer blockbuster, released in 1993, with a screenplay coauthored by Michael Crichton and David Koepp based on Crichton's bestselling novel. Decent dialogue and exciting special effects (along with lovely location shooting in Oahu, Kauai, Costa Rica, and the Mojave Desert) make up for the so-so acting and sizable plot holes.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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A bio-engineering company has created living dinosaurs using rank-A technology for a theme park called Jurassic Park. But John Hammond, founder of the park, needs approval from people who are in the top of their field. So he invites along six others to tour the still-in-progress park. But a greedy employee shuts off the park's power to steal embryos... Then all chaos ensues.
--AJ, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Jurassic Park |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 23.3%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 26.7%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Giant monster movie?
Yes
Kind of monster
- Dinosaur(s)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- scientist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- very skinny (female)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Jungle?
Yes
Forests?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie
- fearful
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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