This is a case of a movie trying too hard to come up with something new and it just comes out looking silly.

I'm one that can suspend belief quite a bit but this one just comes up a mess in so many ways

"Really good, but not great" This may have an awesome plot, but it is not really a great plot. All the people planned to do in this movie was visit the Dinosaurs. The dinosaurs were cool and had interesting but the plot for this is not...
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"Really good, but not great" This may have an awesome plot, but it is not really a great plot. All the people planned to do in this movie was visit the Dinosaurs. The dinosaurs were cool and had interesting but the plot for this is not great for a Jurassic Park story. It is a silly plot. Jurassic Park and the Lost World are superb movies and they are better than this. I love this movie, but it is not my favorite. Michael Crichton helped make this movie, but he should have written the story. You should know this movie got a Razzie Award. It deserved a Razzie Award a little.

"Really good, but not great" This may have an awesome plot, but it is not really a great plot. All the people planned to do in this movie was visit the Dinosaurs. The dinosaurs were cool and had interesting but the plot for this is not...
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"Really good, but not great" This may have an awesome plot, but it is not really a great plot. All the people planned to do in this movie was visit the Dinosaurs. The dinosaurs were cool and had interesting but the plot for this is not great for a Jurassic Park story. It is a silly plot. Jurassic Park and the Lost World are superb movies and they are better than this. I love this movie, but it is not my favorite. Michael Crichton helped make this movie, but he should have written the story. You should know this movie got a Razzie Award. It deserved a Razzie Award a little.

I honestly thought that this one was the weakest entry in the trilogy. The constant brightness of raptors seemed to make this one more silly and also, with it being too short, it just wasn't like the first two films. It's seemed as though Joe...
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I honestly thought that this one was the weakest entry in the trilogy. The constant brightness of raptors seemed to make this one more silly and also, with it being too short, it just wasn't like the first two films. It's seemed as though Joe Johnson was really trying too hard to get this one on par with the original but instantly failed.

To thoroughly begin my review, firstly, it was great to see Sam Neil reprise his role for the final installment of the Jurassic Park trilogy, and not only that, but that other woman who played Allie on the original made a few cameo appearances as well. Quite frankly, this is quite hard for me to know what to say but for me, Jurassic Park III is good sometimes, but then so-so at other points. It depends really on how I'm feeling. I had to weigh up what the previous two films had, and thoroughly observe what I was getting out of this film whilst watching it for the first time. The PRO's:

- Ok, I'll give it that the nice Jurassic Park soundtrack from the original seems to have come back, after a lack of use in The Lost World.

- The high action in it is awesome, and I applaud the film for that.

- Good to see some locations seen on Jurassic Park II such as Ingen's base and the island of Isla Sorna itself again.

- I love Jurassic Park, and all three movies were at least above the 7/10 mark. - The dinosaurs were exciting to see, particularly the flying ones, which we first see on the last minute of The Lost World.

- Some very good acting and high memorable all out action moments.

The CON's:

- It was too short.

- I wanted to at least see Ian Malcom, John Hammond and the kids join the cast seeing as though it was the last film, but we only got Dr Alan Grant and his ex-girlfriend.

- Bad CGI, the dinosaurs looked fake, easily computer generated graphics. Well, that wasn't so much the problem as they didn't look realistic. - Joe Johnson took it too far with the raptors. On the first two installments, the raptors seemed so original, fun and exciting to see at the same, but that's not to say they're not enjoyable to see on this film, because they were. I was just put off by how suddenly they're the smartest things on the face of the earth. Secondly, the spinosaurus being the "new" dominating species of the jungle was also a let down, and how it rubs it in out face of how that thing can destroy a T-Rex at anytime. - I couldn't stand Tea Leoni, it made me ill hearing her scream. - The ending was a let-down, especially since Alan calls Allie on the phone and then, hopefully off home to see her, the film ends. That's the trilogy finished. - We're not really educated by a large group of people into the dinosaur life like we were on the first two movies with the specialists on Isla Nublar on Jurassic Park and Ingen's team on The Lost World. That was missing...

- It felt like something the first two movies had was missing in this picture, like maybe more people and a slightly better plot. It just felt as though, despite the good popcorn ride in this film, it would make no impact if there was no third film and it ended at The Lost World. - There also wern't enough casualties, especially (and I have to praise The Lost World for this) because on the second film, there were well over 20 people running away from a T-Rex and Raptors that there were so many deaths. - Spielberg didn't direct this one.

Thus, I still love Jurassic Park III, and I know, it may sound like I'm being harsh, but I do that in many cases. Bottom Line:

What I can point to is that Jurassic Park III is a great popcorn ride with some excellent action and a decent plot to go after a lost son but we can all say that it is more of a comedy/rescue flick that it does observing the island inhabitants and running away from them at the same time like on the first two installments. Lastly, Jurassic Park III is a sole standing film which is very unlike the other two but is also my least favorite in the series because it didn't feel too flash, probably because Steven Spielberg didn't direct it. Good film though. I recommend it to anyone, even newcomers to the series./ Score: 3/5 Stars (my real score, it wouldn't let me change the proper score)

7.5/10 Good. The first film was the best, followed by the second, and then this in third place. A great movie trilogy though, for certain.