Jurassic Park III
With Jurassic World Rebirth being nominated for an Oscar, E and I decided we’re going to continue our Jurassic Park watch all the way through to #7, and next up, #3. While the dinosaur animation is a bit jankier than the first two, particularly the Spinosaurus and T-Rex fight, and there’s a few roll your eyes moments, there’s also a lot of good in the finale of the original trilogy, and a lot they got right. Sam Neill was always my favorite part of the original and maybe that makes me unfairly biased towards JP3, but I think he’s as fantastic as ever in this. It’s been a while since I had revisited the JP trilogy, and I’m so glad I did, because I think it’s aged fairly well. Jurassic World movies on the other hand… yikes.
-Z
This iteration of the original Jurassic trilogy feels more like a horror movie than an adventure story, which I actually really liked. There are definitely still a few plot holes and awkward dialogue, but this was a much better story compared to The Lost World. And we finally got a child actor who didn’t drive me nuts! While this series is ultimately just not quite my cup of tea, this movie makes me look forward to completing it - the movies are just undeniably fun.
-E
