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Nov 28, 2014 - 8:03 AM
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Warlok
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Thor, sure it is (excruciating).
Forget that though. Focus instead on the unbelievable naivity of a trained academic researcher who heedlessly & recklessly glories in the wonders of the life upon the islands... there be PREHISTORIC CARNIVORES on this island! HELLO! H-E-L-L-O!!!! Did you not study that spectrum of the Jurassic etc. eras? Have you not contemplated the voracious appetites of these unpredictable and incredibly swift colossal entities? I realize as a fulcrum for the story, and with Goldblum balancing/countering, it serves its purpose, and yet said researcher was, as Tom Cruise put it, a little too "galactically stupid" for my taste.
(no weapons, no emergency plans, no escape routes, no escort, no occassional nervous glance to scan the trees, etc. etc. etc. )
You`re right: there is alot to like in JP 2. Postlethwaite and Goldblum being a big part of that. And I still enjoyed it. And yes, the bus sequence is one of the finest 'set pieces' ever done. But I`ll take the more logical JP3 anyday. Except for its ending ("Hurray for everything! Bounty! Glory! Let the dinosaurs roam free!..."...) ("And the US military is great!").
And certainly without any set-piece child dinosaur-kicking. Dinosaur children-kicking, hey yeah, I`m onboard.
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Nov 28, 2014 - 9:23 AM
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Thor
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Thor, sure it is (excruciating).
Forget that though. Focus instead on the unbelievable naivity of a trained academic researcher who heedlessly & recklessly glories in the wonders of the life upon the islands... there be PREHISTORIC CARNIVORES on this island! HELLO! H-E-L-L-O!!!! Did you not study that spectrum of the Jurassic etc. eras? Have you not contemplated the voracious appetites of these unpredictable and incredibly swift colossal entities? I realize as a fulcrum for the story, and with Goldblum balancing/countering, it serves its purpose, and yet said researcher was, as Tom Cruise put it, a little too "galactically stupid" for my taste.
(no weapons, no emergency plans, no escape routes, no escort, no occassional nervous glance to scan the trees, etc. etc. etc. )
You`re right: there is alot to like in JP 2. Postlethwaite and Goldblum being a big part of that. And I still enjoyed it. And yes, the bus sequence is one of the finest 'set pieces' ever done. But I`ll take the more logical JP3 anyday. Except for its ending ("Hurray for everything! Bounty! Glory! Let the dinosaurs roam free!..."...) ("And the US military is great!").
And certainly without any set-piece child dinosaur-kicking. Dinosaur children-kicking, hey yeah, I`m onboard.
Well, without what you label 'naivité', there wouldn't be any JURASSIC PARK films in the first place. It's science's naivité and lack of ethical standards that cause the havoc to occur. I think all films have been cleverly written to make it believeable enough (within a sci fi setting), but with enough 'wrong choices' to make it suspenseful ride.
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Nov 28, 2014 - 1:14 PM
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And certainly without any set-piece child dinosaur-kicking. Dinosaur children-kicking, hey yeah, I`m onboard.
Oh yes, that miserable & totally charmless daughter turns into an Olympic athlete, just as well the dinosaurs knew where to stand! It's films like this, & Cristal Skull & War Of The Worlds that tells me that Spielberg is not a great director, he has no judgement. Well that's my take on him, I wouldn't think it keeps him awake at night.
CRYSTAL SKULL is severely underrated. I always enjoyed every minute of it - and no, the nuclear bomb sequence and the sci-fi finale don't irritate me, they are just part of the fun! For me it's the second best Indy adventure!
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