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"Jurassic Park III"

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First, I've not been able to see this movie at a decent theatre. I've seen it twice, just in hopes of hearing the DTS soundtrack...and was thoroughly screwed out of that both times.

Basically, you know, this thing is ONLY about Dinosaurs chasing people, and God knows we hate watching that, don't we? God knows we had no idea this would occur from the title, or from seeing the trailers...right? We answer a high pitched "yes" if we're a pompous jerkwad like Roeper (he'd rather see Dr. Grant and the other humans play chess with velocoraptors, and discuss their feelings with a panel of tyrannosaurs...and Oprah along with Dr. Phil!), but his partner Roger Ebert (usually right, although DEAD wrong about "Gladiator") GOT IT DEAD RIGHT ABOUT "JURASSIC 3". He thought it was "great summer fun"...and I say, EXACTLY.

No, this movie does not measure up to the first, but then, neither does ANY movie since then in my opinion (including ALL of the "critic's favorites" from that period of time that I've seen, which aren't many I admit...and for good reason. I like movies that avoid pretentious pomposity and excessive cuteness-for-the-sake-of-jaded-verbal-blather-for-blather's-sake...in other words, critics love these types of films, and I detest them...right along with the critics themselves. They all have the easiest jobs in the world, and yet are quite smug and unapologetic about their ill-gotten perks...and about being wrong all the time).

SCUSE ME WHILE I DIGRESS BRIEFLY: Am I saying Jurassic 1 was better than Titanic, Braveheart, The Sixth Sense, Traffic, Fargo, or any other movie of the past 8 years that most critics "get off on"? HELL YES I AM! The First Jurassic is the number 5 movie of all time, from where I sit.

There are only four other movies that succeed marginally better at telling a story than Jurassic 1, and two of those are only marginally better at being an epic/thrillride in its purist form...than Jurassic 1.

BACK TO PART 3: The sound effects do not measure up to even the second film, much less the first (at least from what I can guess, having only heard some horrible sub-par Dolby Digital, set up by deaf chimps!).

The plot is razor thin and somewhat implausible (belief suspended by a thread); the acting moderate to poor; the dialogue silly at times, but passable most of the time; the visual effects and cinematography quite good to outstanding.

Basically, if you liked the others, you need to see this one. If you didn't like the others at all, there's something WRONG with you! GO SEE THIS FILM with an open mind, and avoid being judgmental. You just might like it. I liked it just fine.


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Topic - "Jurassic Park III" - the-real-CarlEber 07:42:06 07/28/01 (86)
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