"Jurassic Park 3" could have been more. It raises more questions than it has answers for, such as: why did InGen create certain dinosaurs but not document them; or why doesn't the American Embassy help the Kirby's find their son; or how do the characters get so close to the island without getting in trouble with the Costa Rican government? The answer is simple - If they were answered, there would be no movie. This picture is as simple as they come, and considering it's so much fun, it makes up for its shortcomings.
JP3 is much more visually imaginative than "The Lost World: Jurassic Park". Its action scenes are more involving and pleasing. I'm not going to say the special effects are improved, because, in my opinion, they're on the exact same level as the first two, including one scene (special effect) straight out of 1998's "Godzilla, but the movie does make better use of them, including a fantastic scene of a pteranodon carrying a boy across canyons. I still can't tell if the boy was CG or the real actor in front of a green screen. Also, another imaginative scene involves the boy jumping from one rocky pillar to another. I imagined this stuff while reading the first "Jurassic Park", but never saw anything close to it until now. "JP3" is what "JP2" - and in some respects, "JP1" - should have been.
I also have to comment on the fantastic cinematography. It's the best in the series. If only it had elaborated on the many questions it asked itself, such as InGen's experiments with the dinos. I mean, why bring it up anyhow? Maybe to set up for the next installment?
JP3 is much more visually imaginative than "The Lost World: Jurassic Park". Its action scenes are more involving and pleasing. I'm not going to say the special effects are improved, because, in my opinion, they're on the exact same level as the first two, including one scene (special effect) straight out of 1998's "Godzilla, but the movie does make better use of them, including a fantastic scene of a pteranodon carrying a boy across canyons. I still can't tell if the boy was CG or the real actor in front of a green screen. Also, another imaginative scene involves the boy jumping from one rocky pillar to another. I imagined this stuff while reading the first "Jurassic Park", but never saw anything close to it until now. "JP3" is what "JP2" - and in some respects, "JP1" - should have been.
I also have to comment on the fantastic cinematography. It's the best in the series. If only it had elaborated on the many questions it asked itself, such as InGen's experiments with the dinos. I mean, why bring it up anyhow? Maybe to set up for the next installment?