  JURASSIC PARKReviewed by: John DickersonCONTRIBUTOR
The monster moneymaker of all monster movies, “Jurassic Park” proved that society's curious affair with dinosaurs is far from extinct. As directed by Steven Spielberg (“Jaws,” “E.T.”, the “Indiana Jones” trilogy, etc.), this sci-fi thriller offers edge-of-your seat excitement from yet another of man's experiments gone awry. The plot, involving a theme park built around “real-life” cloned dinosaurs, is quite predictable, but the action scenes and breakthrough special effects are so expertly handled that I found my body actually bracing in an attempt to fight off dino attacks against the main characters. There is much discussion of the idea of man playing God and the dangers of interfering with nature, as the dinosaurs eventually break free from man's dominion and wreak terror and destruction across the film's tropical island setting. Some remnants of truth can be found in dialogue such as “You did what you could, but didn't think if you should” and “God creates dinosaurs, God destroys dinosaurs, God creates man, man destroys God, man creates dinosaurs.” Unfortunately, these thoughts are perverted by the movie's unceasing barrage of evolutionist propaganda, including casual references to man and dinosaurs being separated by 65 million years, and other theories hopelessly unsubstantiated yet dressed as undeniable scientific fact. In summary, one of “Jurassic Park's” heroes states that if we just let evolution run its course, everything will be okay (“Life will find a way… evolution proves it.”) Beyond its anti-Biblical view of life's origin, Christian parents should be warned of the intensity with which the dinosaur attacks are depicted (primarily against the pre-teen grandchildren of the park's owner). Despite most children's fascination with dinosaurs, this is definitely not a movie for soft, impressionable hearts which could easily be terrorized by subsequent nightmares or even daytime fears from its scenes of stalking and dismemberments. Aside from the film's often violent nature, there are relatively few profanities. Rare for most of today's secular movies, “Jurassic Park” does not feature any nudity or premarital sex, although one character flirts briefly with the female lead and mentions his many divorces. While “Jurassic Park” does provide some amusement park-type thrills to the flesh, its evolutionist agenda only further contributes to what is—ironically—the title of its much awaited sequel… “The Lost World.” Year of Release—1993 [ If our reviews have been helpful to you, please prayerfully consider a donation to help pay the expenses for making this service available to you and your family! Donations are tax-deductible. ] For more information, see the following:
Comments from young people
Positive—Awesome! It is very clean in my opinion. Except a few (very very very few) bad words. I know it kept me on the edge of our sofa when I saw it. I especialy liked the effects and the fact that they did not add any gruesome scenes in the movie. This is a good movie. Positive—Jurassic Park is one of my favorite movies because, It is pretty clean, has lots of action and the visual effects were excellent. I would recommend this movie for any ages 10 and up. Positive - “Jurassic Park” is probably the best movie for my dinosaur loving heart! Seriously, all the dinosaurs look really cool and realistic, even though some like the raptors and Dilophosaurus, the poison spitter, are already dated. And the T-Rex from this movie was absolutely awe inspiring to me, my idol as a young lad! Also, aside from the dinosaurs, the music was beautiful! It really fit the power and majesty of these long gone animals. |
