Noah Liebman

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My favorite movie through the years

In elementary school my favorite movie was Jurassic Park because dinosaurs! computers! Frame from Jurassic Park where Gennaro gets eaten off the toilet by a t-rex Frame from Jurassic Park where Arnold tries to work on Nedry’s machine and gets “Hahaha, you didn’t say the magic word”

In middle school my favorite movie was Jurassic Park because the special effects were captivating. The team from Stan Winston Studios in front of the giant metal and mechanical skeleton of an animetronic t-rex Frame from Jurassic Park of the t-rex chasing a gas jeep with the t-rex shown in the side-view mirror with the note OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR

In high school my favorite movie was Jurassic Park because a teenage nerd hacker saves the day. Frame from Jurassic Park with Lex sitting in front of a computer in the control room. “It’s a Unix system. I know this.”

In college my favorite movie was Jurassic Park because it felt like a realistic piece of speculative fiction. Frame from Jurassic Park where a lab worker uses VR to manipulate DNA in a Jurassic Park promo video

In grad school my favorite movie was Jurassic Park because it’s a brilliant exposition on ethics in science and technology. Frame from Jurassic Park where Ian Malcolm expounds on the ethics of the Park during lunch

In my thirties my favorite movie was Jurassic Park because it’s a movie about a man learning that maybe he wants kids after all. Frame from Jurassic Park of Grant dragging a dug-up velociraptor claw across a kid to scare him Frame from Jurassic park of Grant sitting on a helicopter on the way off the island between two sleeping kids. He looks knowingly at Ellie.

In my forties, life, uh, found a way. Frame from Jurassic Park of dinosaur eggs against dirt with little dinosaur footprints implying babies scampering away.

Me with a baby! I’m standing outside on a deck holding the baby. The baby’s face is obscured by the sleeping face emoji.