MOVIE SCRATCH-OFF LIST/FILM #1: JURASSIC PARK (1993)

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    This is the first entry in my MOVIE SCRATCH-OFF BUCKET LIST Challenge.
    The Original JURASSIC PARK recently celebrated it's the 25th Anniversary along with the fifth film launching into theaters (in America) this past weekend. I thought it fitting to kick off this 100 movie list challenge by starting with Steven Spielberg's classic film adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel JURASSIC PARK.
     If you didn't know, the film is about genetically created Dinosaurs that are put on an island off the coast of Costa Rico and have had a theme park built around them. A group of scientists (Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum) are invited to check out the park and give the creator, John Hammond (played by the late Sir Richard Attonbourgh) their opinions. Add Hammonds two visiting grandchildren, a crooked employee and a violent storm to the mix and you have one heck of a classic thriller that left me feeling like I just climbed out of the boxing ring.
  I recommend seeing the film that started off the dinosaur franchise before seeing the latest film now in theaters just to see the difference in a great film and a decent entry in the five-film series. And for those who have never seen the film, check it out now on Blu
-ray and most streaming services.
   It's true what they say, the original is always the best.

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