Reviews

Well, I guess that saying that I can't watch more than 5 minutes of westerns (and I watched this one from the start to the end) pretty much says it all... It's not the best movie out there, but it still got me on the seat. The acting is good, I especially liked Haggerty's performance along with Dusenberry's and Blakley was pretty un-appealing. The film's locations are obviously accurate and some places like the miner's camp are pretty nice. The script is not so sofisticated now, but it still manages to make you care for the characters. The only thing I didn't like was the ending and that abrupt meeting with the indians. Check out the gunfights. Bottom line, watch this funny western for a good time, never mind the flaws which won't screw up the movie because of it's positive side.

*I try not to review movies like other people do, which is always comparing for the Oscars and stuff, I judge depending on the entertainment factor.

Well, this movie is good for eating popcorn however, the original one was sooo much better than this one. The plot itself is not original however it has some changes which I won't spoil for you. The acting was average. The make-up was really good, the special effects were cool as well. Directing has the typical Burton style.

The movie is very entertaining however, if it wasn't because it has that name it wouldn't be so good. I am not disappointed but I'm not amazed because it is an average movie.

Critics attack movies like this just to sound wise in the film environment, but the truth is that no one likes their cynical way of reviewing since we are not like them. I bet that most people really enjoyed the film, yet they make a bad review for the reasons I said.

I will review this movie like a guy who went to see it, not a cynical guy who went to see it:

JP3 was better than what I expected. It gives you the most important thing a movie's gotta have, entertainment. Well, since in one way or another we all get influenced by the critics and stuff, (in this case, the stupid belief that a movie with Dinosaurs or any other fantastic animal can't win an Oscartm), don't expect a "good" plot... Even though Jurassic Park's one was very solid. Some people say it ain't smart because it's not innovative because there's a small group of humans trapped in an Island infested with Dinosaurs. Well, what did you expect? A depressed clown has to deal with it's interior demons while a nazi priest helps a nurse to cure the people attacked by the dinos?

There are the typical born-to-have-a-horrible-death guys, only that this time in a minor proportion than in LW's. There's also the raptors, and the pteras now have way much more time on screen, which is good of course. I don't want to spoil anything else.

Fans of the trilogy will be happy to hear and see some of the classic Grant way of being, Neill was like in JP, a great character. There was no bad acting IMHO, Macy, Leoni were good parents. Nivola was a good addition and a "careable" character (go and watch some of his movies). Jeter did a good job also, portraying the pathetic Udesky. We could have done it without Morgan, the jungle kid, but he wasn't annoying. I wonder when will we see a T-Rex eating a woman or child. Well, you really get to worry about the people in this movie.

I don't know why but I couldn't imagine a JP movie, instead I imagined a Honey, I got trapped in a Dinosaur island kind of movie. Well, mr. Johnston, you really impressed me. The direction was quite effective, it had some nice shots, well used scenes and sequences, etc.

The Dinos of course, didn't let me down. They were so realistic, you can see that there has been some progress since the last two movies. The new feathered ones look cool indeed. The S vs T scene was spectacular. The score had the typical songs plus some new ones.

Well, to give an end to this boring review, I must say that you gotta see this movie. The chances are that you will like this problem-to-bigger problem movie, it keeps you under suspense the whole time. Too bad it's just 90 minutes long, they should have made it more "epic". I bet this is gonna be one of the best of the year.

I haven't seen people applauding a movie for years, but they did with this one, as well as I did.