My thoughts on the Jurassic Park Movies, especially Jurassic Park 3

I agree with you there. Man, that Spinosaurus. A plane crashed into it, it killed a T-Rex. But, a tree and a small door were a bit much for it. At least the T-Rex could get through a tree. If you watched the video I posted, you know exactly where I got that.

Yah, thank you.

Have you finally read the Lost World?

I agree the first movie was amazing but I liked the second one a lot to. The third one was ok and even though I am a Rex fan I'm glad they added the Spinosaurus. Now us JP fans have something to fight about:)

I agree with you overall Raptor.

In a way, that's true we have something to debate about. I think Jurassic Park and the Lost World, both movies and books, are just equally as good!

Thanks Rex Fan!

I haven't had time to read TLW. I've got homework on a daily basis, and I work everyday. Also, I'm not an indoor person, so usually target shoot with my .22 in my free time when I'm not on the forums.

You should really read it. Of course, you might get a little mad about how much they changed the story and characters and all that stuff...

I know I should read it, but I'm too damn busy.

Well maybe you should leave this forum for a while and read it, then come back and post a review, that's what I did, well, sort of.

Also, in jurassic Park 3, I think they made the Velociraptors TOO smart.

True.

About the Raptors, then explain how Grant tricked them with that damn call thingy. Oh, wait, that movie is as inconsistent as the T-Rex strictly scavenger theory.

Like I said,

movie logic.

Everyone involved in JP3 logic more like. As a dinosaur movie, it's fine. As a Jurassic Park movie, it's a slap in the face. They killed the charactor of Alan Grant, they had Sattler married to some guy they showed in one scene (that was also BS), and that Spino was freaking ninja. In the first two, you could hear the T-Rex coming and see water rippling. In Jurassic Park 3 (as I watched the scene where it walks away before running through that metal fence, but not a tree), the Spinosaurus didn't make a sound. It's walking away and all you hear is the thing hiss. They even screwed up the JP theme in there.

Yeah, forgot about that.

I think they already killed the charcater of Alan Grant when they made the first moivie off the book...

They killed movie Grant in JP3. In the first movie, he strongly disliked kids. By the end, at the very least, he could put up with them. 

In that video I posted, the guy said Jurassic Park 3 is held togather by unlikeable characters and a plot so thin you couldn't spread it over toast. Sorry, but I completely agreed with that guy.

Well it did have some sub-plots like how the Eric kid had some family problems and all that other stuff.

Completely disagree with you. Now, as a preface, please note I adore the JP series as a whole.

JP 1 - Terrific movie that balanced the intrigue of the creation and science of the dinos, as well as some terrifying moments and cinematography. It was not perfect though, as an adaption, but it was a pretty damned good one. 

JP 2 - This is, in my opinion, the weakest of the three. The character of Malcom is portrayed completely different than that of the man we were introduced to in the first movie. In JP 1 we may not have gotten much of the Chaos Theory as the book, but the character was very much grounded in these beliefs. In JP 2, we lose all of that as the character focuses on love and survival. This is before we mention the dreadful and unneeded Rex in San Francisco. 

The pacing in JP2 is off, there is no real sense of intrigue, or majesty, with the dinos. We don't get a chance to care for any of the characters except the good guys (which is fine, but many of the inGen party are not blood thirsty mercs). 

It's still an enjoyable movie, but as an adaption it drifts too far from the source and becomes more convulted in FanFic than the Hobbit movies. I mean, 90% of the cast are mere creations, as is the plot - which in itself is rather weak. A multi-billion dollar company is being sued out the ass for the folly of the first park...yet somehow has the funding (and tenacity) to bring this park to the mainland? To me this is a rather large stretch considering the whole purpose the scientists were on the island in JP1 were there to investigate, and reccomend, upon investor concerncs. By the end of the movie, even Hammond has given up on the park...a move which would cost inGen most, if not all, of its investors.

JP2 does succeed in setting up the idea of a natural nature preserve as (for the second time) Hammond has given up on the JP.

JP 3 - This is a hit or miss with many people, I can see why. However, it is, in my opinion, more JP than JP 2. In this movie we have parents desperate to get to this island to search for their son when the Costa Rican gov't doesn't step in. They use the power of money to lure Dr. Grant to the isle - which is very important considering the financial stresses of his field. This movie has more justified reason and logic than the previous.

This movie shows more insight into the inGen operations, growing the animal species on the island, while still maintaining a level of forboding. Grant does not want to be there and Sam Neil makes the audience feel this. The whole movie the audience is left wondering how will they survive? How will they get off the island? Where is the kid? Poor Dr. Grant. 

JP3 even touches on the greedy, deceptive nature of man in a more subtle way than JP2 or even the original. 

JP3 is a tight movie, and although it misses out on a lot of the dinos, we are given the chance to learn more about the characters within the film then we do in previous instalments. 

Sorry, but I stopped reading ater you said JP 3 was more JP than The Lost World.

JP 3 had no science to it, I could go on and on, but I won't.

When the Spinosaurus breaks through the fence, it can get the whole weight of its body behind it. If you look you can see it almost hits it with its shoulder in order to break it down. When it comes to the door, because of its low height it can only use its legs or possibly its head. Therefore it cannot put nearly as much force behind its hit on the door. We also have to consider the possibility that it broke bones or something when it smashed through the fence, so it might not be up to the task. Also, the plane didn't "crash into it", it grazed the top of the animal. You can see this because of the minimal amount of blood, which would have been much greater if it would have taken a full on hit from a plane.

Good point.

I read the first JP novel, but not the second. I didn't notice Muldoon's thoughts on the Dilophosaurus. Eh, the movie was better.