I like Jurassic Park 3.

I feel like JP3 is unfairly dismissed as being the "worst of the trilogy". Sure, every character other than Alan is kind of annoying and the script is sort of silly but I honestly enjoy it more than The Lost World.

It's scarier, more atmospheric; better dinosaurs, more practical effects, better animatronics, better set pieces - that bird cage scene is fucking incredible and frankly, one of the series' best.

It doesn't... feel like it was made for kids - not that there's anything wrong with that - but these new films, while I enjoy them, very much play to that type of audience. Chris Pratt is likeable but he doesn't hold a candle next to Dr. Malcolm or even Dr. Grant's screen-presence.

They continue to get the child/teen actors wrong, too. The first film has genuinely great young-actor performances - but JP2's child actor was a bit sub-par; so too were the kids in Jurassic World and Fallen Kingdom - not that they were 'bad actors', they just weren't as likeable as the rest of the cast. At least JP3's child actor comes across as affable and independent instead of annoying and exasperating.

I'm not proclaiming this film to be a masterpiece, but it's definitely over-hated.

Submitted June 27, 2021 at 05:38PM by australiughhh https://ift.tt/3qxAsMK