Jurassic Park III (2001)
Country: US
Technical: col 92m
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Laura Dern
Synopsis:
Dr Alan Grant is deceived into returning to the group of Costa Rican islands featured in the first film to search for a young boy. He and the parents soon find themselves facing both raptors and perils new to the franchise.
Review:
Clearly an excuse to display how the technology has been honed over the years, the film barely persuades in that respect: it was good to start with. Meanwhile we are expected to swallow all kinds of arrant implausibilities, not least that a cellular phone could pass through the gut of a dinosaur, ringing all the while, and still work at the other end. We get scenes of carnivorous sound and fury, interrupted by occasional moments of awe to admire the special effects. At one of these, when Grant has just observed that for some imagining is not enough: they must see and feel for themselves, the boy chimes in "They're not wrong!", and we are supposed to agree. That speaks volumes about contemporary Hollywood attitudes.
Country: US
Technical: col 92m
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Laura Dern
Synopsis:
Dr Alan Grant is deceived into returning to the group of Costa Rican islands featured in the first film to search for a young boy. He and the parents soon find themselves facing both raptors and perils new to the franchise.
Review:
Clearly an excuse to display how the technology has been honed over the years, the film barely persuades in that respect: it was good to start with. Meanwhile we are expected to swallow all kinds of arrant implausibilities, not least that a cellular phone could pass through the gut of a dinosaur, ringing all the while, and still work at the other end. We get scenes of carnivorous sound and fury, interrupted by occasional moments of awe to admire the special effects. At one of these, when Grant has just observed that for some imagining is not enough: they must see and feel for themselves, the boy chimes in "They're not wrong!", and we are supposed to agree. That speaks volumes about contemporary Hollywood attitudes.
Country: US
Technical: col 92m
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Laura Dern
Synopsis:
Dr Alan Grant is deceived into returning to the group of Costa Rican islands featured in the first film to search for a young boy. He and the parents soon find themselves facing both raptors and perils new to the franchise.
Review:
Clearly an excuse to display how the technology has been honed over the years, the film barely persuades in that respect: it was good to start with. Meanwhile we are expected to swallow all kinds of arrant implausibilities, not least that a cellular phone could pass through the gut of a dinosaur, ringing all the while, and still work at the other end. We get scenes of carnivorous sound and fury, interrupted by occasional moments of awe to admire the special effects. At one of these, when Grant has just observed that for some imagining is not enough: they must see and feel for themselves, the boy chimes in "They're not wrong!", and we are supposed to agree. That speaks volumes about contemporary Hollywood attitudes.