The Five Faces of **_JURASSIC PARK_**

------

:heart_eyes:

**Steven Spielberg's** classic adventure film blends realistic science, utopistic sci-fi and plenty of scares into a largely entertaining monster film.

**Sam Neill** is the perfect protagonist, **Laura Dern** his counterpart as an ironwoman. The two children are surprisingly natural. It's a very successful cast, helping to make the film feel real.

**Jeff Goldblum** puts in a performance that is not his best, but definitely my favorite of all his parts so far.

One of **John Williams's** best movie scores is as epic in scope as the _Indy_ or _Star Wars_ scores and as emotional as _E.T._

The cast is small and the events contained on a smaller surface, which always creates suspense and excitement better than too widened settings (lookin' at ya, _Lost World_!)

:smiley:

Amazingly, the visual effects still look convincing today. The blend of CGI and practical effects is perfect and helps bring the different creatures to life. It's one of those small details that truly make this film a classic.

The second half of the movie is fast-paced and filled with delicious monster encounters. It feels more like your typical monster movie action.

**Richard Dreyfuss** in one of his better parts; his character remains somewhat simple and clichéd, but suits Dreyfuss perfectly.

:neutral_face:

The tension builds up slowly with endless lines of more or less realistic sounding science thrown at the viewer as well as awe-inspiring scenes of dinosaurs.

The first half of the film is slow and unnecessarily dragged out. It doesn't even develop the characters very well, so they remain shallow throughout the rest of the feature.

Goldblum's character stops being relevant halfway through, which really is a shame, given his sassy persona.

The side plot with Nedry has little relevance to the plot other than setting things in motion. It feels like something that should carry on to the sequles, but never does.

Some unrealistic details in the script bother those who are educated in science, but create more tension for the average viewer.

:frowning2:

//

:face_vomiting:

//

------

**The Final Face:** :smiley: