Analysis
Symbols and Tropes
Hero's Journey
Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...
Setting
Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar, 120 Miles West of Costa Rica, 1993A Place Right Out of HistoryIsla Nublar and Jurassic Park (the park itself) are just as important as the humans and dinosaurs in the mo...
Point of View
The plot of Jurassic Park is pretty simple. Here are the people. There are the dinosaurs. Watch the people run from the dinosaurs.Once the storm hits and the power goes out, we end up with three ba...
Genre
Adventure; Monster Movie; Disaster FilmJurassic Park is a deep, thought-provoking drama about what it means to be human in an ever-changing world, and the psychological effects of the past vs. the...
What's Up With the Title?
Welcome to Jurassic ParkThe meaning of the title is pretty obvious, guys. John Hammond has created a park filled with dinosaurs, and even though the T. rex and the Velociraptors actually lived duri...
What's Up With the Ending?
When Dinosaurs Ruled the EarthAfter Dennis Nedry shuts down the electricity and the storm hits, bits and pieces of the island start to fall one by one. The fences come down, paddocks are destroyed,...
Shock Rating
PG-13Jurassic Park is mostly all shock, little violence. Although the dinosaurs do chomp on a few humans, most of the actual chomping is done off-screen or is obscured by trees or vehicles. The ser...