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The Dark Shape
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Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:56 am Posts: 12119 Location: Adrift in L.A.
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Re: Jurassic Park III
Same grade as The Lost World but for different reasons. The crew at least feels interested this time out, but this movie feels small. It feels like a quickie direct-to-video sequel to Jurassic Park that somehow got a huge budget. I like some of the character stuff the film tries to pull off, but Tea Leoni is awful and the movie is in such a rush forward that things feel too light. None of the character beats or action beats really land.
And somewhere along the line they forgot to give it an ending.
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Fri Jun 12, 2015 1:58 pm |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21628 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Re: Jurassic Park III
The one thing I did hate (on a personal level) was that Laura Dern and Sam Neil didn't end up together. I actually thought it's a nice surprising twist, but they didn't even really touch on it in the film. Ending is just, "Ok time to go audience" Everything else is actually pretty good, but it is a missed opportunity. Even in the 4 years wait, they really didn't give it the time it deserved.
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Fri Jun 12, 2015 3:46 pm |
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Excel
Superfreak
Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:54 am Posts: 21876 Location: Places
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Re: Jurassic Park III
Maybe it was because I had the book prior to release but I never thought Grant and Ellie were together. In the book its clear she is a younger student of his who he treats almost like a daughter since he never had any kids of his own.
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Sat Jun 13, 2015 2:19 pm |
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The Dark Shape
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Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:56 am Posts: 12119 Location: Adrift in L.A.
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Re: Jurassic Park III
Excel wrote: Maybe it was because I had the book prior to release but I never thought Grant and Ellie were together. Grant tells Malcolm he and Ellie are together.
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Sat Jun 13, 2015 4:07 pm |
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Excel
Superfreak
Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:54 am Posts: 21876 Location: Places
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Re: Jurassic Park III
The Dark Shape wrote: Excel wrote: Maybe it was because I had the book prior to release but I never thought Grant and Ellie were together. Grant tells Malcolm he and Ellie are together. Must have been too busy LOLing at all of Goldblum's lines.
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Sat Jun 13, 2015 4:37 pm |
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The Dark Shape
Extraordinary
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:56 am Posts: 12119 Location: Adrift in L.A.
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Re: Jurassic Park III
Goddammit, Excel, pay attention, this is life or death shit.
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Sat Jun 13, 2015 4:46 pm |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21628 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Re: Jurassic Park III
Yeah, they must of gave that plot over to the kids, they are clearly together in the first, and they lightly touch on it in the third. (They still love each other, but she wanted a family or something to that tune)
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Sat Jun 13, 2015 5:18 pm |
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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Re: Jurassic Park III
I mean, the ending of #1 where they're on the helicopter and she's staring at him lovingly while the kids sleep on him confirms their relationship.
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Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:05 pm |
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Jack Sparrow
KJ's Leading Idiot
Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:15 pm Posts: 36915
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Re: Jurassic Park III
Generic adventure-on-dinosaur-island movie instead of a Jurassic Park movie. Sam Neil should not have returned for this. The plot is paper thin and the script seems more interested in setting up next action scene rather than forwarding the story/escape.
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