JURASSIC PARK III (2001)

The island of Isla Sorna has been declared a restricted area and Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) has no intention of ever going there (remember the original film was set on Isla Nublar), but stuff happens and before you can say "Do dinosaurs have ballsacks?" he's once again frolicking among the dinosaurs. And by frolicking, I mean running in absolute terror for his friggin' life!

Along for the terror are William H. Macy and Tea Leoni as two parents in search of their teenage son who disappeared on Isla Sorna eight weeks ago. For the rest of the movie, it's just them and Dr. Grant running around like crazy with dinosaurs snapping at their butt cheeks the entire time. On top of the T-Rex and the raptors from the earlier films we now have a pissed off Spinosaurus and some flying Pteranodons! Oh crap.  Hold on to your buttholes.

Despite Tea Leoni and William H. Macy's matching haircuts, I really liked this movie and thought it was a fun ride. My favorite scenes are the discovery in the lab and the birdcage. After all the darkness and story overload of the second film, it was nice to get back to a fun and simple chase movie. Also, having Sam Neill back was awesome! He's a great reluctant hero.  Recommended.

Part 1 - Jurassic Park (1993)
Part 2 - The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Part 4 - Jurassic World (2015)
Part 5 - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Part 6 - Jurassic World: Dominion (2021)

JURASSIC PARK (1993)

"I'm, I'm simply saying that life, uh... finds a way."

An eccentric billionaire hires some scientists to come check out his top secret (but soon to be open) island theme park. Once there, the scientists (Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum) are shown the top secret attraction: fucking dinosaurs! And lots of 'em. You got the tall ones with the long necks, the fat ones with the horns, the short ones with the legs and a T-Rex. Say again? We got a T-Rex. They also have Velociraptors. As exciting as all that sounds, it gets even more exciting when all the dinosaurs escape and start chasing the humans all over the joint. Eek!

Just like he did with JAWS and the first few Indiana Jones movies, Steven Spielberg creates an imaginary world filled with rich characters, visually attractive environments and action scenes are awesome!!! It's like reading an Robert McCammon novel. The action just piles up and piles up. It's rad.

I was fortunate enough to see JURASSIC PARK on the big screen a few weeks ago and I'd kinda forgotten how awesome this movie was. I had a lot of fun revisiting it and even though I knew how it was going to end I was still on the edge of my seat, especially during the raptor chase scenes. Holy fook. I was also really shocked at how well the special effects held up. JP is nearly 20 years old and the effects still look great.

If you've never seen JURASSIC PARK then I'm not even sure what to think, but you need to fix that shit as soon as possible.  Mandatory viewing for all movie lovers.

Part 2 - The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Part 3 - Jurassic Park III (2001)
Part 4 - Jurassic World (2015)
Part 5 - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Part 6 - Jurassic World: Dominion (2021)