I just watched this again, in a long time...

I get that it was a breakthrough in special effects and animatronics technology, and to be fair some of the effects look decent today which is good, but the Spielbergian directing ruins it for me a little. Most of his movies suffer, what I like to call, the over-scripted syndrome. Every single line, every damn joke and every performance in this movie are delivered in such a painfully cheesy way it hurts. And that makes it hard for me to immerse myself into this world, because people don't act naturally most of the time or even talk this way. I also thought the Science vs. Nature commentary didn't work very well.

If I were to review it back then, i'd slap it a 10 instantly. Back then, this movie was the bomb! But like most Spielberg movies, age hasn't been kind to it. But it was still a breakthrough, and it's impact on the industry is evident, so i'd be lying if I said this movie was bad.