Jurassic Park III (2001) - Archive

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I went to see "Jurassic Park III" at the movie theaters while my sister and her friends went to check out "The Princess Diaries." I had no idea that I'd be waiting on them before we'd be leaving the movie cinema. The length of this film truly astonished me. I never counted on such a fast, lesser storied film, but that's what this is. It is about a group of people being chased by dinosaurs. That's really all you need, and the audience expects it so the filmmakers delivered. It's flawed definitely and I don't buy the ending no matter how stylishly the screenwriters rescued their characters from the certain doom of Raptors. The film has Neill(who is tricked by Macy and Leone who tell him that they desire to see the dinosaur island to sight see)assisting Macy and Leone in finding their missing son on the dinosaur island of Spielberg's "Lost World:Jurassic Park." Nivola is his protégé as they somehow try and survive on the island long enough just to find the boy. The film has some amazing action set pieces, specifically when the crew is trapped in the remaining half of their plane as it is being attacked while on top of a tree, a dazzlingly suspenseful chase through a pterodactyl "birdcage", and being chased through a laboratory by raptors. The film moves at a brisk pace not focusing on character development, but instead honing in on the action and tense plot of walking through an island forest with no telling what dinosaur lurks around a tree or bush. I found the film hard to swallow, but the action scenes and visual effects deliver. It's short enough, and is so fast based you might not have time to dwell on specifics. I find the ending, when the family is closed within a circle surrounded by Raptors, a bit silly(not to mention the entire military landing on the island just because Neill calls former flame Dern, who must have unspeakable power in federal government), but this film makes up for the flaws with intense chases which almost never cease. I also thought the cast is too good for such an exercise, but this film certainly has an advantage with them being there. It's an entertaining quickie to just sit back and munch on.
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--April 8, 2006

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