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Jurassic Park III
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VHS Tape - 11 December, 2001 Universal Studios
Availability: Used and ThirdParty
Director: Joe Johnston
Number of Media: 1
Features: - Closed-captioned
- Color
- NTSC
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| VHS Tape Description Surpassing expectations to qualify as an above-average sequel, Jurassic Park III is nothing more or less than a satisfying popcorn adventure. A little cheesier than the first two Jurassic blockbusters, it's a big B movie with big B-list stars (including Laura Dern, briefly reprising her Jurassic Park role), and eight years of advancing computer-generated-image technology give it a sharp edge over its predecessors. While adopting the jungle spirit of King Kong, the movie refines Michael Crichton's original premise, and its dinosaurs are even more realistic, their behavior more detailed, and their variety--including flying pteranodons and a new villain, the spinosaurus--more dazzling and threatening than ever. These advancements justify the sequel, and its contrived plot is just clever enough to span 90 minutes without wearing out its welcome. Posing as wealthy tourists, an adventurous couple (William H. Macy, Téa Leoni) convince paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and his protégé (Allesandro Nivola) to act as tour guides on a flyover trip to Isla Sorna, the ill-fated "Site B" where all hell broke loose in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. In truth, they're on a search-and-rescue mission to find their missing son (Trevor Morgan), and their plane crash is just the first of several enjoyably suspenseful sequences. Director Joe Johnston (October Sky) embraces the formulaic plot as a series of atmospheric set pieces, placing new and familiar dinosaurs in misty rainforests, fiery lakes, and mysterious valleys, turning JP3 into a thrill ride with impressive highlights (including a T. rex versus spinosaurus smack-down), adequate doses of wry humor (from the cowriters of Election), and an upbeat ending that's corny but appropriate, proving that the symptoms of sequelitis needn't be fatal. --Jeff Shannon |
| Selected Customer Reviews
jp3 THIS MOVIE ALMOST TOPS THE FIRST. HERE ARE THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT: 1. T-REX WAS BORING NOW SO THEY USED SPINO 2. NEW RAPTORS (WHO I THINK SHOULD CHANGE IN ALL THE MOVIES) 3. PTERANODONS WHO HAVE ALSO CHANGED 4. SAM NEIL AND LAURA DERN ARE BACK 5. YOU CAN JUST BARRLY TELL THE DIFERENCE BETWEEN CG AND ANAMOTRONICKS 6. THERE ARE OTHER DUCKBILLS BESIDES PARASUARALOPHUS
HERE ARE THE BAD THINGS ABOUT IT: 1. THE BRACHIOSAURS LOOK TERIBLE 2. I WISH THE HAD MAID THE FEMALE VELOCIRAPTORS LIKE THE ONES IN THE FIRST MOVIE NOT THE UGLY PAIL COLOR 3. IT IS TOO SHORT 4. BILLY SHOULD HAVE DIED 5. THE TRIKES ARE GREEN, NOT BROWN. 6. TEA LEONE SCREAMS WAY TOO MUCH
IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS THE ORIDGINALL BUT IT'S WAY BETTER THAN THE LOST WORLD!
Should have been Jurassic Park II This is the sort of sequel that should have been made in the first place. The premise is sillier than the first film (which was pretty silly itself), but the characters are appealing and the action is streamlined and intense. Enjoy the ride and try to forget that "The Lost World" ever existed.
DINOSAUR LONGEVITY AND SCIENTIFIC FACT THE FIRST JURASSIC PARK WAS THE BEST, BUT I STILL LIKE SOME THINGS ABOUT JURASSIC PARK III BETTER. THE EFFECTS IN 3 WERE IMPROVED, AND BEING THE PUBLIC IS USED TO SEEING COMPUTER GENERATED GRAPHICS IN MANY MOVIES SINCE THE FIRST JURASSIC PARK 1993, MANY CG MOVIES HAVE FOLLOWED. TITANIC TO COME TO MIND, GLADIATOR 2000,GODZILLA 1998, AND MANY OTHER COMPUTER GRAPHIC MOVIES AFTER 1993. JURASSIC PARK III HAD TO CONVINCE THE PUBLIC EVEN MORE THAT THE DINOSAURS IN PT.3 WERE REAL. SPECIAL EFFECTS EXPERT STAN WINSTON AND CREW DO AN EXCELLENT JOB IN DOING THAT IN PT.3. THE RAPTORS LOOK MORE AUTHENTIC THAN IN ANY OF THE FIRST TWO JURASSIC MOVIES. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE DINOSAURS IN PT.3 AND JUST LIKE IN THE FIRST TWO MOVIES THEY WERE CREATED WITH THE AID OF PALEONTOLOGISTS,JURASSIC PARK DINOSAURS WITH THE HELP AND KNOWLEDGE OF THESE PALEONTOLOGISTS ADVISED STAN WINSTON ON THE DINOSAURS ANATOMIC MOTIONS AND EVEN THEIR GROWLS AND GRUNTS, THROUGH THEIR RESEARCH AND STUDIES ON DINOSAUR BEHAVIOR. THE SPECIAL FEATURES ON THIS DVD EXPLAIN SOME OF WHAT I AM DISCUSSING IN THIS REVIEW. THE THING I LIKE ABOUT PT.3 IS THAT IT IS A SHORTER MOVIE THAN THE FIRST TWO. 30 TO 40 MIN. SHORTER. THE ACTION IS FASTER YOU GET RIGHT INTO THE MOVIE. WHEN YOU SEE SAM NIEL BLOW INTO THAT REPLICA RAPTOR THROAT PASSAGE, WHAT YOUR REALLY SEEING IS WHAT PALEONTOLOGISTS HAVE DONE WITH MOLDS TAKEN FROM DINOSAUR SKELETONS MAINLY THE HEAD AND THROAT. PALEONTOLOGISTS HAVE BLOWN AIR INTO THE MOLDED CAST AND HAVE PRODUCED WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DINOSAUR SOUNDS PRODUCED MANY MILLIONS OF YEARS BEFORE THE TIME OF HUMANS, INCREDIBLE! I AM SURE I AM BORING YOU WITH ALL THIS BUT I AM TRYING TO MAKE YOU SEE THE RESEARCH THAT WENT INTO THE SPECIAL EEFECTS OF NOT ONLY JURASSIC PARK III, BUT IN THE FIRST TWO. I ENJOYED PT.3 IMMENSLY, SHORTER CUT RIGHT TO THE ACTION OF THE MOVIE. THIS MOVIE MAY HAVE NOT BEEN THE BEST OUT OF THE THREE BUT IT IS BETTER THAN PT II. SAM NIEL REALLY PLAYED A BELIEVABLE PALEONTOLOGISTS. AMAZING, THIS MOVIE A THIRD INSTALLMENT OF THE JURASSIC PARK FRANCHISE STILL MADE OVER $300.000.000. I KNOW THE TITLE JURASSIC PARK PT III. AND THE SPECIAL EFFECTS DREW THE PEOPLE TO THIS MOVIE TO MAKE THE OVER $300,000,000 IT MADE AT THE BOX OFFICE,OR MAYBE MOST PEOPLE HAVE A HIDDEN FASINATION WITH SEEING THESE DINOSAURS COME TO LIFE ON THE SCREEN, BECAUSE THERE REALLY IS NOTHING LIKE THESE CREATURES ALIVE TODAY. JURASSIC PARK OR NOT, DINOSAURS ARE ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING SUCCESS STORIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH THEY EXISTED FOR ABOUT 160,000,000 TO 180,000,000 YEARS, MODERN HUMANS ONLY ABOUT 2,000,000 YEARS SO FAR. ENJOY JURRASIC PARK PT.3 FOR ITS RESEARCHED SPECIAL EFFECTS AND FAST PACED ACTION, NO IT WILL NEVER BE CITIZEN KANE BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN THE WHOLE FAMILY FROM THE REALISTS TO THE SIMPLE MINDED. REMEMBER ALOT OF RESEARCH WENT INTO JURASSIC PARK PT.III, DONT GRADE IT FOR AN OSCAR, GRADE IT FOR THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT WENT INTO IT AND THE ACTION AND THE FUN. ENOUGH ALREADY ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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