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Jurassic Park III (Widescreen Collector's Edition)

Jurassic Park III (Widescreen Collector's Edition)

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Yawn....I fell asleep during this movie.
Review: Would somebody tell me what one Gods Green Earth this was. This can't be the third installment in this series! Jurassic Park III is a dissapointment on many fronts.

There was nothing that broke any new grounds like the first two movies did. This movie is a poor follow-up to the the first J. Park movie and the Lost World. In fact I almost felt cheated when I spent eight dollars on a ticket to go see this movie. Everything that was on the second movie was here but this movie is so predictable. It's almost like watching a scrapped version of the original movie. As a fan of the first two Jurassic Park Movies this was a bitter pill to swallow. So cheap, so predictable, thrown together in like 20 minutes, is a few things I can say about this disaster sequel. Major dissapointment.

Oh Well. I guess I'll wait another four years for the fourth one.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A wild ride is right!
Review: Good Morning America is quoted saying this movie is a wild ride. And they could never be more right. We got Jurrassic when it came out on DVD and watched it. Yes it was a little chessy in some parts but the suspense and action make up for it. Not only that, we got a total surround sound system a few weeks ago and it made all the difference. First of all the Spinosauros is almost 20ft tall in height and when you have total surround sound it actually sounds (and feels) like this 20ft meat eating terror is in your family room! The Spino-Trex fight was amazing. My dog was hiding in the corner (really). It'll keep you on the edge of your seat and feel like you're there with the characters. if you don't have surround sound (and you have enough money to actually get it) then you don't know what you're missing! If the movie wasn't as chessy in some parts like the boy living in a water truck for 8 weeks then I would've given this movie a 5. Also I thought it being only and hour and a half it was kinda short compared to the other 2 but otherwise it was fantastic! Get it today!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Short and rehashed
Review: As much as i wanted to like this film i was dissapointed. After the first two J.P. movies perhaps i was wrong to expect something original. Its all too familiar and i found it boring. The one thing i do like about this third installment is that its the last.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Jurassic Park (the third time around!)
Review: Jurassic Park III is more simply a dinosaur movie that you take the entire family to see "Nothing more, Nothing less!" I like JP3 a lot better than the much disappointing "Lost World: JP2" that only Speilberg HAD to do enorder to have Universal produce "Schindler's List". Many people felt mixed about this film and same with me ,but hey the graphics are better than the first two.
This film had likable characters, a sense of humor more dinosaurs!!!!! Plot needs to be better ,but still enjoyable.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awsome
Review: I really enjoyed the orginal Jurrasic Park. I felt it was about time a really good dinosaur movie was made. When the second movie came out I was not as impressed having a great movie just been done. However, this third movie kept me at the edge of my seat the entire movie. One complaint I have is that a certain times in the movie, the dialogue is so soft I was increasing the volume control to heard what was being said. Then the animals would appear and the volume was much too loud. You would think that the film people would have a solution for this. This aside, I very much enjoyed this movie....

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Neill saves the day
Review: "Jurassic Park III" had been sitting in my DVD case for awhile, and I decided to finish the series (as I had watched the other two), and I was pleasantly surprised. Although just under an hour and a half, JP3 is more effective than it's predecessor, "The Lost World". Thanks to scientific discoveries, a quicker beat, and better acting, JP3 was a success to me. It also proves that any series, even one that features dinosaurs, teeters on success or failure on the performance of the leading actor.

Sam Neill returns as Dr. Alan Grant from the first film, and is tricked into rescuing a lost child (Trevor Morgan) of an everyday divorced couple (William H. Macy and Tea Leoni) on Isla Sorna, aka Site B. They are greeted by the largest man-eater alive, the Spinosaurus, as well as intelligent, communicative raptors, tyrranodons, and our best friend of the series, the T-Rex. The action is thrilling - there are parts when you lose your breath and are lost in all the action. There's also the occasional laugh or two. A very entertaining film on paper.

What we don't know is that Spielberg only produced the film. Joe Johnston (October Sky, Jumanji) efficiently directs the film, and a whole new bunch of writers tell a good story. But let's face it, the first movie was more of a suspense "edge of your seat" movie, while the last two have given you action right away. Doesn't do it for me, and the fear level wasn't the same. It took at least an hour to see the T-Rex in the first film, but you see full bodied dinos at least after about twenty minutes in the others. That's barely enough time to set up the plot. The movie was saved by Neill, with a great leading performance. I don't think much of the babbling Goldblum as a lead, more of a supporting actor, and it showed in JP2.

Overall, an exciting film with a great performance by Neill to (hopefully) end the franchise.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Sam how could you do such a thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This has to be the most boring,poorly directed movie of all time. Here are a list of reasons why this movie is terrible.
1.It lacked realism eg a child cannot survive eight weeks in a park of dinosaurs alive or atleast a clear mind and a strong will
2.The characters are the most stupid people ever one of them tries to buy food from an abandoned vending machine machine on a desert island .
3.Fake backrounds
4.Lets down the series immensly
5.The film is run by the simple basis of the characters running from dinosaurs.
6.Bone crunchingly boring
7. i have to save this particular scene for last sam neil is in a sandy area on jurassic island suddenly four raptors run up to him they surround him like they do in cartoons as if they were in the wild west all the while the backround and the raptors are extremly fake then a small child runs to the rescue with cannisters of tear gas which he throws that scares the dinosaurs away....

this was a waste of time no one should see this movie.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: It was ok
Review: This movie is ok. I mean since it is the third one it is kind of getting old. The first and second one's we're the best. But since you know that most likely they are going to get attacked by dinosaurs and they have to figure out away to survive.I own the first and second one and when I saw the third one in the theaters it seemed like it was really short.But alot of people liked it and see what you think.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Average quality DVD and story
Review: Decent, but not great story line. The original was by far the best. The dinosaurs in this one, however, are much better, and more realistic. I've watched it a couple of times and find it enough entertainment for my satisfaction.

The DVD itself has plenty of information on the making of the film and how they did the special effects. There aren't many special effects on the DVD, however. There was one dead spot for sound towards the end of the movie.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Great visuals, weak screenplay
Review: While this film contains technological advancements over the first two and presents the return of Sam Neill, the franchise seems to have run out of ideas and resorts to one big game of dodge the dinosaur. I guess they figured that it is better to have no story than a stupid story (see JPII). Dr. Allen Grant (Neill) is tricked into returning to dinoland by a couple trying to find their son, who was lost on the island in an inane parasailing accident in the opening scene. Once there, it is the movie version of "Survivor" where the creatures carnivorously vote the cast off the island. The chase begins very early in the film, pre-empting any hope of a meaningful storyline.

Director Joe Johnston started his career as an art director, doing visual effects for "Star Wars", so it is no surprise that this film emphasizes visual effects. In this respect it is superlative. The integration of computer generated images and animaltronics is state of the art and brings us a realism that could barely be surpassed by being amidst the dinosaurs in real life. They have improved the look and movement of the dinosaurs and have integrated them more realistically with the actors. Despite having a lower entertainment value from a screenplay perspective, this film is pure genius as regards visual effects and uses vanguard techniques that will surely become commonplace in sci-fi films of the future.

There is not much to be said about the acting. There isn't much meaningful dialogue. All the actors are effective at looking terrified and then looking relieved only to be terrified again five minutes later.

The only way I can rate this film is to average two components. The story is a 2/10 and the technical component is a 10/10. So I'd have to give it a 6/10. It is worth seeing just for the visuals, but don't waste your time if a strong screenplay is your primary consideration in selecting a film.


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