and its no ones fault but his own. His MEGA success in inventing and employing formulaic cinematic devices will always doom him to having some type of artistic asterisk next to his name.

Honestly, I think that Jurassic Park is one of the greatest films ever made, just from the perspective of how he used the effects to affect the audience reaction. Even more so than Star Wars, it felt like I was on a roller coaster or amusement park ride.