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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 17240
Released: December 11, 2001 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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
Jurassic Park III (Full Screeen Collector's Edition) Reviews:
Better than part two. 
2008-06-23 - I saw this because Sam Neil was coming back and I figured it couldn't be any worse than "The Lost World".
I was right, this one is better than the lost world.
Some epic fights between dinos in this movie.
The fight between the T Rex and the other big one (can't remember it's name) was awesome to watch.
The story is basically the same.
Yet another island was being used as a breeding ground. Whoopee.
It's kind of clever how they trick Neil onto the island.
All in all, it's better than part two by a mile.
Better story, better acting.
The special effects are the same but who cares, the movie is strong enough to stand on it's own.
I hope they don't make a part four. I've been reading some pretty nasty online rumors that involve the script, including dinos with guns!!!!!!!
Hollywoood...................If you can't come up with a decent, believable script, then leave the franchise alone.
Jurassic Park 3 
2008-06-11 - Jurassic Park 3 is one of my favorites out of all the 3 movies. I like it because unlike the first 2 movies that were dominated by the Tyrannosaurus, they brought in the Spinosaurus that actually replaced the Tyrannosaur by getting into a fight with it a little later on in the film. I also like the fact that the velociraptor is in all three of the movies. Like the first two movies, Jurassic Park 3 is full of action, moves very quickly and is very accurate in it's dinosaur features. I love all three of the Jurassics and I would recommend all of them, 5 out of 5 stars!
A Pointless Movie! 
2008-02-26 - BOTTOM LINE:
This movie sucked! The story was ridiculous and the movie completely lost all of its magic. Even with the Pteradactyls it didn't work. The humans were unbelievably stupid, and the dinosaurs were reduced to nothing more than oversized monsters.
waste of a good franchise.
john's review
2008-02-09 - I liked the action and the new animals. At points, you didn't know what to expect next. I would recommend it to anyone who has seen Jurassic Park or Lost World
[3.5] Simple story, but an upgrade of dinosaurs makes for a decent third film
2008-01-20 - I found the story to JP3 to be much simpler than the first two films. Both of the other JP's incorporated a business aspect to the films with the amusement park in the first, and the company INGEN in the 2nd, on top of the action, scares and magnificent creatures. The third film seems to stay much simpler, with the story coming down to nothing much more than a rescue operation of a 12 year old boy on the site B-island (the island from the Lost World). While the plot Held up for what it was, its mostly a good popcorn movie that does keep you on edge with its action.
The slightly less than 90 minute run was actually a good length for JP3, since it didn't seem like the story would have been able to expand to two hours based on what was given. The 90 minute run does establish some development between characters as well as some thought and feelings about the sensitive subject of these modern day dinosaurs,but most of the time is dedicated to lots of terrific thrills and action. Most of the familiar dinos return such as the T-Rex and your loveable Raptors. The T-Rex however, is given much less screentime in this film, as he is actually less superior to the new Spinosaurus (proven in a showdown between the two creatures) who gets plenty of scenes throughout the movie. The raptors get their fare share of time too, though this time its not all about hunting and preying, they actually communicate now and have strategies. In other words, they've gotten smarter since the last film.
The cast actually held together well, and clicked a little more than the last film. The biggest treats are the return of two main characters from the first JP - Alan and Ellie, both played by the same actors - Sam Neil and Laura Dern. Ellie doesn't get nearly as much screentime in JP3, but Alan is basically back as the main character. No Jeff Goldblum this time though.
I'd say the action was pretty good overall, but I enjoyed the T-Rex and Raptor scenes more from the first two films. The Spinosaurus did add a lot to JP3 though, and so did the dinobirds, called Pterosaurs. There is enough action to keep things exciting from beginning to end, and the effects as always, were wonderful.
JP3 keeps the series going, and going smoothly instead of brining a good franchise to a pitiful ending.
Acting - 4
Action - 4
Characters - 4
Story - 3.5
Overall - 3.5
