Jurassic Park 3D

With all the films in recent past that have gone through the 3D process, the one that is obvious would be "Jurassic Park 3D". This film was already an in-your-face film when it was released in 1993, so putting it through the 3D process was merely frosting on the cake. What is really amazing is the fact that this film is 20 years old. 20 YEARS OLD! Wow! It's difficult to believe that 20 years has gone by that fast. It truly makes one feel old.

Huge advancements in scientific technology have been able to create living dinosaurs which reside on an island off the coast of Costa Rica. John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) has invited four individuals, Dr. Allan Grant (Sam Neill), Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), and Donald Gennaro (Martin Ferrero), plus his two grandchildren, Tim Murphy (Joseph Mazzello) and Lex Murphy (Ariana Richards) to join him at Jurassic Park. But will everything go as planned?
When Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight), one of the park's own computer employees attempts to steal the dinosaur embryos for profit, he has to shut down all the systems and electricity in the process so as to not get caught. It's now a literal race for survival with everyone located in different spots island wide.

Others to round out the cast are Bob Peck as Robert Muldoon, B.D.Wong as Henry Wu, one of the geneticists, Samuel L.Jackson as Ray Arnold, a colleague of Dennis', Jerry Molen as Gerry Harding, Miguel Sandoval as Juanito Rostagno, and Cameron Thor as Lewis Dodgson.

This was brilliantly executed by veteran director Steven Spielberg ("Duel" (TV movie) '71, "The Sugarland Express" '74, "Jaws" '75, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" '77, "1941" '79, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" '81, "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial" '82, "The Color Purple" '85, "Empire of the Sun" '87, "Always" '89, "Hook" '91, "Schindler's List" '93, "Amistad" '97, "Saving Private Ryan" '98, "Minority Report" '02, "Catch Me If You Can" '02, "The Terminal" '04, "War of the Worlds" '05, "Munich" '05, "The Adventures of Tintin" '11, "War Horse" '11, "Lincoln" '12) and others. With the exception of the small amount of films Spielberg has made for message reasons, he has really brought  the entertaining factor back to the screen, "Jurassic Park" being one of many. He knows how to keep his audience on that proverbial tightrope just stringing them along. This type of excitement was so extremely needed when he came into the picture--excuse the pun. And even through the entertainment, he can still insert a message: when Hammond mentioned that they could clone a dinosaur, Dr Malcolm retorted by saying, "They were so driven by the fact that they could, that they never realized whether they should". This was written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp based on Crichton's novel. What made this fantasy thought provoking was the way it was written, it gave one the possible, albeit stretched, idea that a dinosaur could, in fact, be made from prehistoric DNA, all presented in an entertaining way. Of course, at the end of the day, it's all fiction, or is it?

This was created by so many talented people, John William's amazing score, Dean Cundey's sweeping photography, Michael Hahn's fine editing, ILM (Industrial, Light & Magic)'s amazing visuals, including their full motion dinosaurs, and Stan Winston Studios' live action dinosaurs. Spielberg knows who to gather around him to make a project work.

Yes, Spielberg does like to go for the jugular, but knowing this, it certainly can make this one heck of a ride that much more fun.

Out of 4 Stars: 4                           Rated: PG-13                            126mins.