In addition to being a cinema icon, Jurassic Park left lines that are now part of our daily lives.
Brilliantly written, Steven Spielberg’s famous classic is a veritable goldmine of iconic phrases. Special effects that revolutionized the history of cinema, unforgettable characters, an impeccable script, virtuoso direction, a legendary soundtrack and a message that remains relevant even three decades later.
There’s no need to reiterate the countless reasons why Jurassic Park is one of cinema’s greatest monuments. With a rating of 4.1 stars out of 5 from the readers of QuandoCinema, Spielberg’s film indeed looks impeccable in almost every aspect.
A goldmine of memorable lines
But, if its visual qualities are often highlighted, we perhaps pay less attention to another strong point of the film: its dialogues! Created by David Koepp from the work of Michael Crichton, the lines of Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), Alan Grant (Sam Neill), John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) and the other characters are always striking. Many of them, buoyed by the legendary status of the film, have even entered the daily vocabulary of fans.
“You spent it for nothing“, “I’m tired of being right“, “Life…finds a way“, “It’s a big shit“or simply”Welcome to Jurassic Park!“. We could continue the list…
Original article published in QuandoCinema
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