Iii doesn't cut it - Jurassic Park III Reviews

OK, while The Lost World may not have been as good as the original JP, it was eons better than this popcorn-shoot. Funny it's part three, and has three major flaws: 1. The raptors. While it's nice to make them smarter, their appearance is unacceptable. No raptor from the previous film was bluish-purple. And while we may never know what their skin did look like, the film makers should keep the visuals consistent! And as for the feather-top heads...well, if they were creatures that combined reptillian and bird-like features, those down feathers would have been shed by adolecence. And did I not see a relatively "normal" looking raptor briefly amongst the horde of newbies? Make up your mind. 2. The pteradons. Where the flew free at the end of Lost World, we suddenly find them trapped in an over-sized bird cage--something not seen in either Lost World book or movie. Granted the scenes worked, the concept of the cage on a free-roaming island doesn't quite work. Neither does a fenceless island having a large fence running near the edge of it. 3. The biggest flaw of all: the spinosaurus. Where was this dino in the previous movie? Was was it in the books? This is the same island as the one in The Lost World, right? Granted they may not have covered the whole island in JP2, if this guy is King of the Dinos here, wouldn't evidence of him be in the last one? Exploitation at it's worst. So, while I will give this film points for some intense action, some great looking creatures (raptors not included--just for the poor continuity), the acting here is banal, supported only by Sam Neill and Laura Dern's brief appearance, and the direction is like watching a computer nerd trying to imitate Spielberg. Not for fans.