Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park is the best book to film adaptation ever produced.
I'm sure you have seen the movie, and I dare you to find anything wrong with it. The actors are amazing, even the kids (I've Lex was cast based on her ability to scream). The set is awesome, and the special effects amazing- they look great now, even though the movie was released in 1993! It has everything- adventure as Grant and the kids trek through the park, the wit of Ian Malcolm (although its best to read the book to understand the depth of his character- every character actauly), special effects, suspense, and a original, credible plot. Plus, it has dinosaurs. Mostly when I see movies that are below par, and even most movies above par, I think, "Man, that would have been better if they found a way to put in dinosaurs." However, I am not saying it is the dinos that make the movie- the actual screen time of dinosaurs is something like 15 minutes! Its the characters that make the movie so high quality. All have their own misconceptions about the feasibility of the park- well, all but two of them- Malcolm and Muldoon. Who is Muldoon you may ask- i'm not sure if they ever even say his name in the movie- maybe once. He is the guy with the gun and the gas powered jeep. He is the only sensible person working at the park. His role is a bit underplayed in the movie compared to the book, but they manage to fit in all his best bits- hes got the best lines in the whole movie, in any case, (at raptor cage during feeding) "They should all be destroyed... you can tell when she (alpha raptor) looks at you, shes working things out" (in forest) "Clever girl.." (eaten) (in the book he doesn't get eaten, which is kinda nice, but then again in the book he has missile launchers)
I think the main success in the movie is that they did not try to turn the book straight into a movie- they cut and twisted lots of it, making much more thematic. This would not work for a book like harry potter, cause you can cut any of the plot out (Honestly, Warner Brothers is doomed in making the last movie- I mean how are they going to have a half hour scene of dead harry in heaven with dumbledore explaining a chapters worth of background info, which is crucial if anything in the last movie is to make any sense at all) Jurassic park is about an idea- man creating what it cannot control. This idea is why the book is great, and it is why the movie is great. How it is precisely portrayed plot wise is somewhat secondary- as long as you get lots of memorable quotes, lots of screaming, raptors, and nedry getting eaten (What do you want, food? I got nothing. I'm all out of food. See stick? Stick stupid! fetch stick. no wonder your extinct *eaten*), it all works out.

Hmm. Actauly I lied. There is one thing wrong with the movie. You the scene when the kids and grant and ellie are in the control room, and grant and ellie are trying to hold the door closed as the raptor tries to get in? Well, we see elli trying to reach the gun. she can't. lex is busy trying to activate the door looks. But Timmy? hes just standing there. GET THE GUN TIMMY! JEEZ! i guess maybe everyone was too stressed out to figure this out. but still. get the gun. THE DOOR LOCK! THE DOOR LOCKS!

but yeah. read the book. and all Micheal Crichton's other si-fi books. but don't see their movie adaptations. They were all lacking something- probably dinosaurs. Although, if Spielberg ever makes an adaptation of Crichton's "Swarm" I will be first in line. cause it has nano-bots.