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M Jackson
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All three are excellent. Jurassic Park is the one that's great allround and also stands as a milestone in visual effects (it's also the movie which made me realise what I want to do with my life, be an animator). Jurassic Park 2 has the best opening scene, and the trailer/cliff setpiece contains some of the greatest suspense direction in history (Hitchcock eat your heart out). Other highlights are the raptors in the long grass, the compy attack, and the T Rex peering into the tent. Overall #2 surpasses the original in terms of action and excitment, but feels slightly empty in the story department. It's still an excellent (and underrated) adventure film.
Jurassic Park 3 has even better effects, and action than 1 & 2 combined! The Pteranodon aviary sequence is outstanding! The Spinosaurus is a good replacement for the TRex (although he does finish of the Rex a bit too quickly). Although #3 ends too sudenly and the story isn't groundbreaking, it's so well made and the cast are so good, you really don't mind. So far the Jurassic Park series is shaping up to be one of the most consistent, well made, and enjoyable film sagas ever! Hopefully the 4th and final part will be live up to the high standards already set.
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M Jackson
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Spielberg has stated on several occasions that the fourth one is the last. He claims it has an even better story than number 1 (it's not just more running from dinosaurs) and is intended to end the series with a bang! Michael Crichton has helped with the screenplay too.
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« Reply #18 on: 06-25-2003 17:47 »
« Last Edit on: 06-25-2003 17:47 »
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Joe Johnston will direct again with Spielberg producing. Apparently Sam Neil is back and I've heard Jeff Goldblum could be too. The character of Lex is supposed to be in it but not played by the original child actress Ariana Richards. Ive also read somewhere that Richard Attenbourgh could feature in a cameo role, which would make a really good ending and wrap everything up nicely. There was an article in Total Film recently with Stan Winston saying his studio have started building and designing the dinosaurs. They are said to include the dilophosaurus (the spitter from #1!)
I found this.... "Some of the guys over at the Amblin offices were kind enough to fill me in on just exactly what these plot details, rumored mind you, entale. It goes something like this: In the early eighties when InGen was starting up Jurassic Park they were having problems with a sickness in their dinosaurs called DX. Not much thought was given to it as it seemed to be contained before the incidents in 1993 and since there was no way for the dinosaurs to get off the island, or so they believed, they believed DX was contained on Sorna and Nublar only. Yet, when dinosaur carcasses are discovered on several beaches in the surrounding areas and a mysterious sickness is infecting locals, Biosyn comes to light in admitting that they knew of the spread of DX and have been trying for a long time to clean up the sickness before it got out of hand. Yet, the sickness, as they feared, is now totally out of control and dinosaurs have escaped onto the mainland jungles of South America and the only way to finally divert the sickness is to kill all InGen's dinosaurs off".
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M Jackson
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What didn't you like about #3? I'm just curious because it delivers pretty much everything you get in #2 (which you said is your fav) and more! Remember the Pteranodon scene, that was incredible!
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Allen

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You know, JP II doesn't follow the book all that closely. The part where the T-rex rampaged across the city wasn't even in the book. I actually think the movie version was better. JP III was spoiled by a friend who likes to blab during the movie. I didn't think it was that great anyway. Now they're making a four? NOOO!
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M Jackson
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Once you read the plot synopsis for #4 (see above) I think it needs to be made. it's a good idea and a fitting end to the series. It also borrows many of my favourite previously un-used aspects and scenes from Michael Crichtons second book.
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DrThunder88

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Jurassic Park is still my favorite movie of all time. Technically, it was not only a milestone, but it was they key that opened the door for all CG creatures in movies produced in the ten years since it came out. Artistically, it couldn't compare to the book, but not many films hold true to their literary heritage. I've said it once (I think regarding the Harry Potter books/movies) and I'll say it again: movies sacrifice a lot of storytelling to maintain motion. The Lost World would have been a great movie to watch if they hadn't used the title of Chichton's second book of the series. Throughout the film I kept telling myself to shut up about the inconsistencies between the novel and the movie. Inconsistencies or not, seeing a T-Rex going on a bender in San Diego is pretty bitchin'...what I wouldn't have given to see that happen in Pittsburgh... The third film was, as it was stated before, pretty light on plot. It also had a relatively low body count (four, compared to JP's five and the countless hunters in JP2). JP3 also took a lot more chances in the visual effects department. There were more and longer shots of the animals in broad daylight, which looked a bit phony at times. I think my biggest disappointment in the film was that the T-Rex died. The T-Rex was always my favorite good-guy, whether he/she/whatever was saving people from raptors, eating slime ball executives and lawyers, or distracting the Spinosaur, the T-Rex always came through in the clutch. The fourth film sounds pretty cool if we can believe what we're hearing. I had speculated that the third film would be about dinosaurs on the mainland.
What a great bunch of films. I think I'm going to go watch one right now.
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M Jackson
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And why the heck would the dinosaur dude (I can't remember any of their names anymore) not cash the check BEFORE going on the excursion? I think you mean Alan Grant (Sam Neils character). Even if he had cashed the check it would have bounced, as Paul Kirby (William H Macy's character) is a fraud, he's not a millionare, he runs a DIY shop. Somehow Alan Grant ringing him up the following day and telling him his check bounced would not have made quite such an exciting film.
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« Reply #38 on: 06-28-2003 22:33 »
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Originally posted by OC_James: My ranking of Jurassic Park movies from best to not as good as the previous are: 1.Jurassic Park 1 2.Jurassic Park 2 3.Jurassic Park 3 Notice the pattern? Prior to the release of the third film, I had suspected that it would be the greatest movie ever made, due to my Rule of Movie Trilogies. - First Movie: Should be good enough to warrant a sequel.
- Second Movie: Sucks compared to the first movie.
- Third Movie: Totally rocks and adds another major star. Generally speaking, some of the behind-the-scenes staff changes too.
This theory works on Die Hard, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars (the original trilogy). JP3 had all the earmarks of completing the theory. It added both Bill Macy and Tea Leoni, was not directed by the same person, was not scored by John Williams, wasn't written by David Koepp, and it looked to raise the bar on special effects once again. Once I had seen the film, I was disappointed that my theory failed and suspected that something else was afoot. This seems appropriate to post again.
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