In this video I attempt to explain why Jurassic Park III (2001) is severely underrated for what it is. Please excuse the shoddy audio quality of my voice.
The Alan nightmare actually starts off scary and creepy enough, with no one flying the plane and the ominous music perfectly conveying how uncomfortable the situation is. Plus, the raptor saying Alan is so random it's kind of creepy. The fact that they don't reference it further or showcase Alan's PTSD from dealing with raptors is a major missed opportunity to build on it.
Personally, I’ve come to see that bit as an extension to the short bit at Ellie’s house where Alan’s trying to get the parrot to say his name, especially since that bit then leads to them talking about how horrifically intelligent Raptors are.
The only real issue I'd say is that it doesn't make sense for JP3 Raptors to already appear in the dream. It would have been the perfect opportunity to make a cameo for JP1 Raptors that would have made sense
@@justinwilson5878 The raptor saying hey Alan is funny while the barny cameo was annoying because of how it ruined the the intense Spinor scenes but they could of had that it's just if it was implied instated of shown because we could of had a more memorable movie but we got this disappointment and this is most likely the reason why we never got are Jurassic park 4 but applets we got world which was pretty good and the second but not Dominion it sucked
It is underrated in some areas, certainly. Especially Grant's lecture. "Dinosaurs died 65 million years ago. What is left of them is bones, and it is in those bones that true scientists make discoveries. What John Hammond and Ingen did is create theme park monsters. Nothing more, nothing less".
I connect that to Henry Wu's "Nothing in Jurassic World is NATURAL" speech in the next film outing a lot. The sequels have a better grasp on the biology and paleontology of the franchise than the first film, in some ways.
Well of course. The first film was showing something that was thought to have been impossible, only to be proven possible with a lot oooh and awes. However, when the films continued to Jurassic World, after everything that’s happened, I don’t blame Henry Wu realizing what they’ve done is ultimately create monsters, not genuine dinosaurs.
@@Enthymene And yet they remain dumb popcorn flicks without much thought provoking dialogue or really any innovative film making whatsoever. Shame about that.
I've always thought of Jurassic Park 3 as 'primal'. 2 feels dark, but you can still feel like there's some semblance of civilization there. Whereas in 3, you're absolutely in THEIR world, and no one can help you. You're prey.
It really gave the impression that absolutely noone should be there at all for any reason. Which fits well with the idea that the franchise ran out of steam.
It's nice to see another fellow Jurassic Park III enjoyer like myself. I grew up with the trilogy and the third one has always held a special place in my heart. Thanks for sharing this video!
This movie unapologetically sought to be nothing more besides a batshit insane dinosaur thrill ride and I love it for that and bringing back Dr. Grant.
I have to say I disagree with people who say this film needed an antagonist, one of the things I appreciated about this movie is it shows that the dinosaurs are the real threat, it makes you feel hopelessness along with the characters. Anyone can die. Where as in JW trilogy, the dinosaurs are just there for plot armor to remove the morally apprehensible characters, god I hate those movies lol
I want the Jurassic franchise to return to the Jurassic Park 3 raptors. Frankly they're the best looking, it's not even debatable. Visually, we peaked in JP3 for raptors.
@@guitarman0365 You see the issue with Blue and the other trained raptors is that they don't really make sense and kind of ruin the image of the raptors as a credible threat within the franchise. You can't Disney-fy Jurassic, that's just not what these films are for.
I always headcanon that JP3 raptors are result of feralization (or atavism?), not unlike how domestic pig released in the wild will start revert back to their feral origin, relying on the ancient genes still encoded in their DNA. Feels like Jurassic World trilogy should've explored this approach. Like, Blue getting more feral-looking with each films the more distant she was with Owen; Her slit, reptilian eyes started to looks more bird-like, as well as growing the quill headcrest.
"The spinosaurus is my favorite here, but we know its not accurate", yeah... not accurate nowdays. When this movie came out, this was THE MOST accurate spinosaurus ever was, and basically shaped how we saw the animal for a long time... until some asshole decided it should gorilla walk in 2014 (god I hate the knucle walk theory they had)
@@CHANN3L_NAME the problem is that we haven't got any new evidence or anything. Its just people throwing out their theories while shitting on others'. Its not discovery , its pride and bullshit.
Hey Ancient, they do mention the PTSD a little bit!! During the kitchen scene with Ellie, after he tries to get the parrot to say his name, he asks Ellie if she remembers the sounds the raptors made, and in a super realistic and somber way she just looks him in the eyes and says, "I try not to.." That part really stuck out to me, the fact everyone raves in the existence of dinosaurs but they truly are reminded of what happened.
When Ellie is on the phone is Alan. Alan does indeed yell “The River. Site B!” So with Sorna being the only Site B known to the public at this point in the movie canon, it’s actually normal for her to assume he’s on Sorna.
Jurassic park 3 is favourite out all movies even if there are some many issues. This movie doesn't feel like they are in a park, it's all taken over by the nature. I love all the different dinosaurs even if they are not that accurate. The bird cage was so creepy, the one where the Pterodactyl comes out of the fog still gives me goosebumps.
I never understood the hate on the Raptor in the Plane scene. Aside from the continuity break in the look of the raptor, it’s literally just a dream. I like that scene!
@PrettyxPandaMUA I never saw that as PTSD and more as a nightmare that occurred as he is returning to Jurassic Park. Personally, I see him and Indiana Jones, before DoD, in a similar light, in that they endure horrible experiences, but it does not actually affect their lives.
Jurassic Park 3 honestly has more in it from Michael Crichton's books than the second movie does. The Pteranodon aviary and the river boat are from the first book, the young guy's character is from the second book and so is the egg-stealing plotpoint. You could even argue that Kirby's weekend warrior mercenaries resemble Dodgson's lackeys in book 2.
It’s so nice to see praise for this film. I’ve seen slander against it time and time again and this films always had a pleasant little spot in my heart, especially the raptors not being mindless hungry monsters but a functioning family only wanting their young back. Thank you for this! Your praise, and criticisms, are most welcome.
Don't know if anyone commented on this before, but if I recall it correctly, Ellies husband Mark actually may have had an important role in the movie: I think it is mentioned that he works for the government. So Ellie probably called Mark after Grant's call who then pulled some strings behind the scenes to get the people outta there ASAP. .... There might also be some critique hidden in there due to the fact that the Kirbys (as total nobodies) even commented on that they had reached out to the US government for help to rescue Eric but where simply ignored.
It's so nice seeing someone else talk positively about this film. It was always my favorite as a kid, and I still love it to this day. As for your questioning the boat attack at the start, while yes, the Pteranodons were in their cage, at the end of The Lost World we did see those Pteranodons free, so it was likely them that attacked it. At least that's what I always assumed as a kit.
This movie needed to be half an hour longer with most of that time being off the island, giving us even more character development for Alan. His characterisation was so sincere and sad and it left me wanting more. I loved it. Sam was beautiful in JP3. The last great film of this kind before the world changed.
To be fair, just because the Pteranodons WE see are in the cage during the boat attack at the beginning doesn’t mean they’re the only ones on the island. It’s possible that there were others that we didn’t see.
But why would the pteranodons attack the boat in the mist and not the FUCKING PARAGLIDER IN THE AIR? Wouldn’t it make more sense for it to have been a sea based dinosaur or the spino itself?
Something I always considered in that scene was if InGen was experimenting, who's to say they didn't do anything with aquatic species. Just because we didn't get one on screen doesn't mean there couldn't have been something that was made and then got out somehow. Not to mention they were in the ocean at that point and I believe the Spinosaurus may have been more suited to fresh water. Honestly, they may have intentionally left it ambiguous to get the audience to think, "Holy crap, what's in the water?!?"
Okay, so, I see this on almost every Jurassic Park 3 video that I watched. Everyone always asks how did Eric get the T-Rex piss? Well if you read between the lines, you'll realize that he wears camouflage clothing and has rubbed dirt all over himself to hide his scent and has also been to the InGen facility to get supplies. So that means that he was out exploring the island and came across a T-Rex. We know he's read Allen Grant's book so he knows that the T-Rex vision is based on movement so he stayed perfectly still, but the T-Rex that he found was marking its territory. The T-Rex cock its leg and pissed all over him and then he just rang out his piss covered clothes into a vial. It's really not that hard, I mean, how do you think he survived on an island full of predatory dinosaurs but knows about the Spino? He's covered in the territory marking urine of a Bull T-Rex so no other predator would dare come near him but the Spino aka "it attracts a really big one with a fin" would be actively stalking him since it's always looking for another big dino to kill.
There was a deleted scene in JP2 where Roland Tembo dips his canteen into a T-Rex footprint that's filled with piss. I always just assumed that's how Eric got it and his saying "you don't wanna know" was more in reference to how dangerous such a venture was rather than the method itself.
This also explains why the spinosaurus in one scene seems to sneak up on everyone when Eric and Grant reunite with the others at the large fence. The Spinosaurus must have followed the lingering scent of T-Rex piss on Eric's clothes.
@Atomic_Chef I'm glad someone else has read or heard it! I just commented about that book, I found it on yt a few years back and loved having more info about the movie and leading to it
Why do people always forget the pteranodon's from the end of the Lost World? Its completely possible they attacked the boat at the beginning, and its more likely that they could catch a motorboat than a swimming spino
I think because the film makes it seem like they have been imprisoned in the aviary by making such a big deal about the gate sliding open and then flying off island. It’s sort of a retcon to explain why they haven’t flown away already (since The Lost World). Though it does go against them attacking the boat at the start.
This film is really underrated. It’s nowhere near the original but in my opinion it’s the second best movie in the franchise. It manages to be different from both the original and The Lost World while still capturing the spirit of the original trilogy.
Personally the series went into hiatus in 2003, after Jurassic Park Operation Genesis released, capping off the original Jurassic Park era. A concise, great decade.
I really liked that Grant and Ellie's relationship ended up this way... that they seemed to maintain a fairly good healthy friendship even though they went seperate ways romantically, to the point that he's even welcomed into their lives and their kids life. You don't see that kind of non toxic and non romantic relationship often enough in movies.
I never read them as having a romantic relationship to begin with tbh, just a close working friendship. They were tops of their fields and both staunch defenders of their beliefs and philosophies (especially in the books) and both absolutely get shit done, they just always seemed like best mates material to me.
Yeah, I never understood the hate for that scene. It's meant to be tense, then funny. It was never meant to be fully scary. It's one of the few jokes I enjoyed in it, honestly.
If Jurassic Park 3 was its own unique movie, it would absolutely be a survival horror. Take away the Jurassic Park vibe of it, and it's *terrifying* . I loved giving myself nightmares by falling asleep to it on VHS because I'd always dream about hiding inside old trucks, buildings or under overgrown underbrush and praying i didnt get found
The Alan scene to me makes perfect sense. Look, dreams are a weird part of our subconscious. Now knowing Alan's past, it's not uncommon for him to dream of his major fear, plus seeing the current situation he is in. But why did the raptor said his name. Because alan was trying to get his name said ....by the cuckatoo or parrot from Ellie's house. He was continuously saying...say my name...say my name...Alan..what is my name, to the bird but the bird didn't say it. So in his dream of what he is most afraid of plus what his heart's wish was ( that bird would say his name)... these two scenarios just got blended.
its not only that, but the plane arrived at the island at this point and one of the others (cant remember who exactly) tried to wake him up and actually shouted "Alan!" at this moment. So at this point he was not completely sleeping anymore and his dream started to melt with what he actually heard outside of his dream.
@@JoJoZaka That is not really a movie problem, is like when a actor is recasted, for us as viewers is another person, but in the imaginary medium of the movie the original actor and the new one are the same person and are perceived by the universe as that. To Grant that is the raptors he saw in JP1. Some people made theories about the DNA changing etc but that is not the case, the design changes don't have in universe explanation because they are not considered changes.
@@RealBLAlley The JP3 raptors arent real raptors, they are just a bit closer to being real raptors. They do have feathers, which is great, and fits with the knowledge of that time, but its still not enough feathers, and they are absolutely oversized. The size of the Jurassic Park "Velociraptors" is more in line with larger Maniraptors like Deinonychus, but they were still called "Velociraptors" because that name is just easier to casually say than "Deinonychus". In Jurassic World 1 Wu actually discussed that issue relatively early in the movie when people were doubtful what the genetic modification of Indominus had to do with reviving real dinosaurs and explained that none of the dinosaurs in the park have ever been "real dinosaurs", but they were all just "park monsters", because they all needed to be genetically modified to get a completed DNA string together. Then, n Jurassic World 3, Wu announces that they finally managed to create the first clones of pure dinosaur DNA, and the result of that is the Pyroraptor we see in the frozen barrage scene. That guy is still a bit oversized, but the amount and kind of feathers it has is what you'd also expect to see on a real Velociraptor, and the JP 3 ones are still not even close to that.
The dream raptor scene always kind of bothered me until I found out there was a deleted scene of Grant seeing videos of the dinosaurs on the island and those raptors make a debut. No idea why they cut that, since it would help people get the whole "Why does Grant dream of the new raptors when all he's seen were the old ones?" thing people winge about lol. I am very glad that someone else thinks this film has merits, I've always really enjoyed it and as a life long JP fan, it really bugs me when people just write it off completely. I absolutely love the raptors in this film, they're my favorites in the franchise, and the other dinosaurs are great too! And Eric is a badass, surviving alone for 8 weeks as a kid? Awesome! His parents annoyed me but at the same time, they're so real...like, I have known divorced adults that act like them lol. And the Udesky scene freaked me out so much as a kid, it was so messed up but at the same time made me love the intelligence given to the raptors this time around. People also cry about how different the biomes are from The Lost World but have they ever seen Lord of the Rings? Filmed completely in New Zealand, so you get snow and prairie and jungle and forest and mountains within a few hours of each other, so it's completely possible that the biomes in JP3 are on the same island! Also, love the disdain you showed for Jack Horner...I hate that man with a passion XD T-rex I believe was like a lion, scavengers because why not make use of free meat? But also hunter that can take down whatever it wants when it wants. The Spino gets a lot of flak for killing the Rex, but honestly it and the Cerato are faves of mine too; poor Cerato only got a few seconds of screen time, he was robbed XD
The argument everyone makes that a T Rex would never lose to a Spino is irrelevant since the Spino isn't actually a Spinosaurus It's an extremely aggressive genetically engineered monster. It is that first hint you get that they aren't just bringing back dinosaurs anymore. This was the island where they were doing all kinds of mad experiments. I like to think of the Spino as the catalyst for the Indominus Rex and the rest of the monsters that followed in the Jurassic world franchise.
THANKYOU!!’ Finally someone gets it. I always hear the bs, “spino could never kill a Rex”, and they are missing the whole point. A normal spino is not killing a Rex. THIS ain’t a spino. I remember seeing that BEAST and thinking, “WTF IS THAT?!” It’s a spinosaurus, “NO THE EFF IT AINT! THAT THING IS A SCARY DEMON LOOKIN FREAK!” And I loved it. Brought the scare factor back.
TRISICKOPLOTS Kills me every time, because a lot of dinosaur names are like this. A big jumble of consonants that are hard to say/ remember/ spell for many, and that frustrated line from Kirby just said it all.
personally, i always found the 3rd movie better than the second. i didnt know people thought the 2nd was better. Pretty much everyone ive talked to has always loved the 3rd more. But i guess the modern internet favors the 2nd over the 3rd
I had a friend that loved the JP trilogy like me. But then she also loved the world movies. One day she was talking smack on JP3 and her ONLY argument was the "Allen" moment. I told her it makes no sense that a PTSD dream scene is stupid but dinos that can turn invisible and pretty much wink at the camera is totally fine? She hasn't talked to me sense because saying bad things about JW hurt her feelings. I was so confused.
The scene where he's drowning and desperately calling on the phone for help and it cuts to the kid making roaring noises so his final pleas for help go unheard is honestly hysterical to me. The universe don't give a fuck if we live or die lol. It will actively go out of its way to ensure you lose
The original Jurassic Park is - to this day - my favorite film ever. However, I distinctly remember watching Jurassic Park 3 the most as a child. My cousin and I would watch the third film every time we would hang about, and because of these fond memories, I never understood the hate this film receives. Even now as an adult, I adore the more hopeless, primal-feel of Jurassic Park 3; this makes it more memorable to me than the 2nd film in the franchise. Not to mention the Spinosaurus! This movie made me fall in love with that dinosaur, just the same as you did. And that scene where the group hears the satellite phone ringing, only to turn around and see the Spinosaurus just standing there as the phone rings from within it???? Terrifying I loved this video and it was so so refreshing to see someone else defend this film, and recognize it for the underrated masterpiece I truly believe it is
Jurassic park 3 is still my favorate in the franchise, I acknowledge that it's not the best, but it's my favorate. It's nice to hear from a kindred spirit who enjoys the T-Rex's death more than they probably should. Hot take, I actually like that Ellie and Alan aren't together in this movie, it's quite realistic, they're still really good friends but they just weren't compateable as partners, you can tell there was no bad blood between them and the breakup was amiacable. It shows that a character can still have a happy ending and a meaningful relationship with a character of the opposite sex without the need for them to be together. That is until Dominium came around and turned that from a meaningful and subversive end to the story to a pointless roadblock to the happy ending.
JPIII has so many "survival horror" beats that I wish they would have leaned into a little harder. The plane crash, the underwater scenes, and the raptor trap in particular stick with me. The idea of being stranded on an island full of genetically engineered prehistoric beasts is so cool to me, and since this is already something of a spinoff, I always think about how this story could go with an R rating.
When they fly over the open grassland and Dr. Grant says "My God I'd forgotten" is one of the greatest moments in the entire series. Especially given Grant's earlier sermon on the mad scientists behind Ingen's "genetically engineered theme-park monsters."
7:52 in that scene in Dominion if you look closely to one of the pictures hanging on the fridge is a picture of Alan and Ellie which is a picture of a deleted scene from the original 1993 movie meaning Alan still loved her after 20 years
this was one of the first film I ever watched as a kid(it came out the same year I was born) and had a huge influence on me and I still love it to this day, the music and effect still great.
I haven’t even started this video, but I already know this guy is about to cook. JP3 slaps in a fun, monster movie chase way that totally fits the tone of the prior two. JP1 is thriller/horror, LW is Comedy/Horror, and JP3 is Action/Horror.
This was one of my favorite movies when i was younger. I had the three film Dvd set. As a child i loved these raptors the most, loved the "lost in the jungle" aesthetic, and the spooks of having such a big scary spino on the hunt. At the time i knew the spino was meant to be a fish boy in real life, and i knew they blew him out of porportion to be the big scary bad guy. But i loved him anyway. The way he had such an intelligent face, like when hes standing there silently watching their reunion by the fence, or simply follows their boat through the river. I thought the spino was a super cool part of the movie, beating the t rex silly or not!
Am I the only JP fan who enjoys Jurassic Park 3 _more_ than the Lost World? TLW has more epic moments thanks to the T-Rex pair, but that's about it. In my opinion, JP3 is overall scarier and more tense than TLW. TLW is stuffed with idiotic characters, has a comically evil villain, and a little girl uses her gymnastics to kill a fully grown raptor in a moment that can only be described as movie shlock. I also feel that Malcolm works best as a supporting character and that Grant is better as the main character, so JP3 bringing Sam Neill back into the starring role was amazing. People who watched TLW as a child and JP3 as a teenager/adult don't realize that the Lost World has a ton of nostalgia carrying it. But hey, the movie has the best T-Rex rampages in the whole franchise, so it's a fun watch anyway.
Jurassic Park 3 is awesome, I love it ^^ It was a nice change of pace compared to the first two. 1, 2, and 3 had their own thing, which made them more compelling and amazing. Great video!
I honestly like the fact that there isnt a human antagonist. It would be too copy paste from the other movies. 3 feels more like a true monster survival horror
Director John Landis once mentioned that JP3 was his favorite because there wasn't any philosophizing, just scary monsters chasing people. (source: an Animal Planet documentary about the history of Dinosaur movies, and John Landis was one of the interviewees)
Over the years, jurassic Park 3 has grown on me. My main issue with the film is how short it is. It should be a 2 hour film. I wish they did a directors or extended cut of the film.
I loved it the first time I saw it. My only complaint was the 90 minute run time. Granted the pace does move well but I always feel like it's over too fast. I do like how they incorporated the giant bird cage from the original JP novel. Even the river scene is a nod a a river scene with the T-Rex in the novel.
When this movie first came out I had already been a big fan of things like The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone, watching them with my grandmother. The dream sequence on the plane was absolutely *dripping* with the style of those mystery thrillers and really freaked me out the first time I saw it. Ironically it also reminded me of my own nightmares about dinosaurs after I watched the original for the first time. I felt a kind of kinship with Alan seeing that he's still haunted by his experiences even if he goes on living his normal life.
Glad to see someone defending this. I’d still rather watch this than any of the new ones 🤣 It’s just a good monster flick in my opinion. Also might sound stupid but I never made the connection that the man Eric went missing with was Amanda’s partner. That makes her finding his body even worse 😩
It's simply too short for a Jurassic Park movie, and it had an anti-climactic ending. They, perhaps, could've added a few more mercs in the movie. And the Spinosaurus snapping the T-rex's neck... It could've at least ruined its throat with a bite and a few scratches before hitting it off a cliff with its slightly larger tail it could've had. Other than that, this was an epic film with a lot of suspense and dinosaur action. Oh yeah, and the raptor dream... They could've just let the raptor walk towards Alan on the plane and, you know, not talk. He could've just woken up from the fright. It's not like he needs to be called by his name in order to be waked lol
tails used in fighting would be even less realistic than what we had tbh, not to mention the spino is not smart enough to have that amount of battle iq. now, not saying it didn't have any, because it did use its weight and big arms to break rex's neck.. what is it with neck breaks in this movie!? raptors did it too. in the storyboard the fight was inconclusive but it also showed spinosaurus kicking out at the t rex, enough to cause a huge wound and cover grant in a sea of its blood, and the scene ends when grant escapes and the spinosaurus is hovering over the t rex now on its side, looking perilous. so there were multiple approaches to the scene in question and i guess they chose the most simple and "badass"
The dream raptor said "Alan", because one of the people on the flight in the "non dream world" said "Alan" at that moment and tried to wake him up. Raptor saying "Alan!" is just the moment Alan slowly wakes up and his dream melts with what he is actually sensing from the real world.
My issue isn't that the Raptor talked, it was a reaction to his collegue talking to him and Dreams are weird, my issue is that it wasn't the female raptor, which is the only gender Dr.Grant have seen, which creates a plot-hole, how did he know how males looked like? They should have taken the clone from JP1 and added it for the dream.
Same. Before I had seen the movie when I was 9 years old, I picked up that JP3 board game. I played as Alan, who was green, and my brother played as Nash who was blue (these were our favorite colors as kids). So when I saw that Nash was eaten by the Spinosaurus, I was so heartbroken seeing my brother's character get killed. When I played the board game after that, I always envisioned Alan and Nash teaming up after getting separated. Nash would tell Alan survival techniques and Alan would tell tell him which dinosaurs are carnivores or herbivores. (Sorry for the lengthy comment, but you reminded me of a childhood memory)
Jurassic Park 3, with all its faults, is still my favorite film. I’d much rather watch it over the World movies. Great video, I think the hate for this film is waaaaay overblown.
Over the years, I've come to appreciate certain aspects of this movie more, especially given what happened in Dominion...ugh. The addition of the Spinosaurus was excellent. I thought the T-Rex was invincible and pulling the rug out from under us with that was excellent. Plus, the Spino is like an old-school slasher villain that just will not stop. The raptors in this one were GORGEOUS!! Having Red as the lead raptor in JW would have been sick. They really took them in such an unexpected direction with the designs and colors and I loved the communication/intelligence side of them in this. Sure there are some wonky bits here and there and the script could have had some better conflict or character development, but the creature work shined in this one. I actually like to think that as soon as Ben and Eric get stuck in the tree something came around to investigate. Eric could have gotten out of the harness easier but Ben was somehow stuck and just became lunch, whether it was the Spinosaurus or Compies.
Personally I always believed that Ben protected Eric during the fall through the dense forest canopy and sustained internal injuries/bleeding as a result. There’s a book out there that I’m not sure is canon or not that’s written from the general perspective of Eric or at least following him as he survives on the island before his parents and Grant arrive that also suggests the same thing. Either way, it was always an interesting death, and that Ben died being a good person.
@@AncientRealms1999To be fair, just because THOSE Pteranodons were locked in a cage doesn’t mean they weren’t the ONLY ones on the island. It’s entirely plausible that the team could have traveled through the island without being noticed by them.
I enjoyed 3 as a kid and I feel I’ve come to enjoy it even more as an adult. But the killing of the T-Rex (which isn’t a full grown Rex because they wanted the Spino to look way bigger, also if it had been full sized that Rex would’ve kicked ass) is still unforgivable to me and fills me with anger and unhappiness. It’s been 22 years and I still skip that scene even now. I know you don’t feel it’s a bad thing but the T-Rex (who has become one of the most iconic dinosaurs of all time) was and is THE Dino of Jurassic Park and is the face of the franchise. Killing one of them to make the Spino look tougher was not the best decision.
No the T Rex that the Spino killed was a full grown adult, it's stated in the script it was an adult, however it was the smallest adult T Rex introduced to the series.
The model of the buck from JPLW is use in this film again just with a green colours so they are same thing it has the scars of the buck on face so no difference in size two
Jurassic Park 3 is both my favorite Jurassic Park movie and one of my favorite movies of all time, it was my favorite film as a young kid and it has a special place in my heart
The reason why a lot of people hate the fight is not so much that the T rex lost, but because we clearly see the T rex had the spinos neck in its mouth at one point. The T rex had the largest bite force ever that should have killed him right then and there. Also the Dino expert they had didn’t like T rex and believed them to be inferior
I love the split second edits so much. Amanda Screaming and then cutting Grants' "Quiet!" in xd 12:46 I also bought the whole soundtrack on iTunes back in the day. I wish I still had access to my old account so I could listen to "Big Hat, No Cattle"
I used to be obsessed with this movie as a kid, I would watch it over and over and over again to the point that I started drawing scenes from the movie when I started school. I was like 6 at the time, so I dunno if it's because I genuinely loved the movie, or if it was because it was one of the few movies I had to watch as a kid and I just kinda latched onto it, but I have very fond memories growing up with it.
It's the third best JP movie. Edit: I have been thinking a posible fix for this movie. I'd change the parents from bankrupt to powerful tycoon who love their kid but never had the time for him. Make them the kind of people who do as they please and never take a no for an awnser. Take out the spinosaurus and instead make them be chased by the chameleon-like carnotaurus (in the second book). Add some T-Rex chases like the one in the river (in the first book). Give more time to the mercenaries and add a few more. Hell, you can even make a whole new movie without the kid and family, just the mercenaries and Dogdson (like the second book) trying to get the samples a previous team failed to do, and they kidnaped Grant as their expert.
Or add the new shape Spinosaur and have an epic riverscene with it, but having a Carni chase them in the beginning sounds good and then T-Rex. But I have a soft spot in my heart for the latest version of Spinosaur, it's something cool about an Animal that both crawl on all four, runs on two legs and swim.
I will take JP3 over the Jurassic World trilogy any day of the week. People focus way too much on the talking raptor. Yes, it was dumb . It was also 0.5 seconds - get over it. I appreciated that JP3 was concerned only with delivering 90 minutes of solid, big-budget dino-thrills. Can you imagine JP3 trying to be a 2.5 hour slog like garbage Dominion was? The pacing in JP3 is what I loved the most about it besides the Spinosaurus. The design, VFX and distinct roar are all S-Tier. Spino doesn't get the love he deserves. I know the Spino isn't particularly scientifically accurate, but these movies have also called Deynonichuses and Utah Raptors "Velociraptors" since 1993. Speaking of raptors, this also had the best-designed raptors in both franchises. Fight me. I was 13 when this movie came out and don't claim to have a lot of media literacy even now at 35, but I know my love for this is more than just nostalgia. There's plenty to like, even for irony-poisoned audiences of today. I think if people gave it a second chance, they would see how much more heart it has than any of the Jurassic World movies.
Even though Jurassic world is my second favorite movie in this franchise it’s the most unwatchable movie in the franchise in my opinion. Jurassic park III is way more watchable then any of the Jurassic world films
Ive loved this one over the others since I was a kid. I do love the OG JP, but this just has a different feel. Also, It made me smile when you brought up the satellite phone. That has been my ringtone for the last like 6 years or so. Hardly ever do people recognize it, but when they do, it is quite enjoyable.
Concur, the lowest point is they gymnastics scene from TLW, even with the setup it it’s just doesn’t work. I liked the Grant nightmare as it plays off his fear from the original movie and I love that is said Alan.
I’m sorry but whoever said this movie is criminally underrated is absolutely bullshit. How can you even see a movie about this? They literally just brought Laura Dern for a stupid little cameo any like they put her in the movie because they wanted them to break up how stupid is that?
This is my third favorite Jurassic movie of all time. It's better than the last three Jurassic movies at least. I really enjoyed this movie a lot when seeing it in the theaters. It is highly underrated, along with the 2nd one.
Thanks for this analysis, it's good to see someone giving some love to this movie and it was nice to walk down memory lane. The JP3 references were also great, the song at the end had me dying. Great, original work, good to see someone being positive and critical for once!
I think the thing most people don't realize is that if a movie it is not as good as the rest of the series, it doesn't mean it's bad. As a kid, nothing beat the Jurassic park intros. This one in particular traumatized me, though. To this day I cannot see a paraglider without thinking of that scene. The birdcage scene, the spino chase, the velociraptor jumpscare in the lab- there's a reason little me never shut up about any of these films, this one included.
An excellent review of the best Jurassic Park film. That being said; I cannot allow any Amanda Kirby slander. As such we must fight to the death: Spino vs Trex style.
The idea that Ben was attacked by compies is really cool. It shed light on why Eric is so educated and perceptive to their presence after rescuing Dr. Allen Grant.
I mean Dr Grant does literally say to Billy after he takes the eggs, "if you die it's just me and the tourists." (Might've been a damn before tourists, but i dont remember). My issue with the rex dying is it happens after it has it's bone crushing jaws around the neck of the spino crashing down a couple times, had that not been in the fight id have no issue with the rex dying.
Don’t think there’s ever been a movie that showed the bite power of the Rex. It always gets nerfed When JP3 was made, you might remember this was during the high time of the “Rex was a scavenger” theory.
I find it more hilarious and fun to watch when this Scavenger Rex is presented as the best combative fighter Trex of the entire franchise when comparing every Fight a Rex had, furthermore is how great the angles where for the fight and how crazy the BIQ is presented for the Rex kicking the Spino's ass and the immense Power the Spino contains when he just 1 shot'd the Rex after landing a direct bite, I do however wish we got Carcharodontosaurus, would have made more sense and been more logical, for palaeontology for a movie's performance, the OG still is the best!
Exactly. And people (butthurt T.rex fans) love to downplay this adult Tyrannosaurus as the "weakest" when it's easily one of the strongest. The anamatronic was from the TLW Tyrannosaurus.
I used to have this one on dvd as a kid, I didn’t have the others so this was my introduction to Jurassic park, it’s a fun adventure movie with some scary moments and of course the spinosauras instantly became a favorite , so many epic scenes like the birdcage scene, love this classic
The Alan nightmare actually starts off scary and creepy enough, with no one flying the plane and the ominous music perfectly conveying how uncomfortable the situation is. Plus, the raptor saying Alan is so random it's kind of creepy. The fact that they don't reference it further or showcase Alan's PTSD from dealing with raptors is a major missed opportunity to build on it.
I also feel like the part with it saying Alan is supposed to be comedic. Same as the Barney cameo in Lost World. Have a laugh people!
Plus, it's literally a second
Personally, I’ve come to see that bit as an extension to the short bit at Ellie’s house where Alan’s trying to get the parrot to say his name, especially since that bit then leads to them talking about how horrifically intelligent Raptors are.
The only real issue I'd say is that it doesn't make sense for JP3 Raptors to already appear in the dream. It would have been the perfect opportunity to make a cameo for JP1 Raptors that would have made sense
@@justinwilson5878 The raptor saying hey Alan is funny while the barny cameo was annoying because of how it ruined the the intense Spinor scenes but they could of had that it's just if it was implied instated of shown because we could of had a more memorable movie but we got this disappointment and this is most likely the reason why we never got are Jurassic park 4 but applets we got world which was pretty good and the second but not Dominion it sucked
I’d watch Jurassic Park 3 a thousand times over before touching the Jurassic World “trilogy”
Exactly! Justice and respect for JP III
I think JP 2 and 3 arent good at all, but the Jurassic World sequels are some of the lowest quality cinema I can imagine
@@user-oi1iq6tt4jnah shitty fiction doesn't excuse old trash.
@@Simon-yp7rv Exactly... It's not like 2 and 3 are good. What came after was just abysmally bad, just bad thrillride products.
So y’all are insufferable about the new trilogy in Star Wars AND Jurassic Park
It is underrated in some areas, certainly. Especially Grant's lecture. "Dinosaurs died 65 million years ago. What is left of them is bones, and it is in those bones that true scientists make discoveries. What John Hammond and Ingen did is create theme park monsters. Nothing more, nothing less".
I connect that to Henry Wu's "Nothing in Jurassic World is NATURAL" speech in the next film outing a lot. The sequels have a better grasp on the biology and paleontology of the franchise than the first film, in some ways.
Well of course. The first film was showing something that was thought to have been impossible, only to be proven possible with a lot oooh and awes. However, when the films continued to Jurassic World, after everything that’s happened, I don’t blame Henry Wu realizing what they’ve done is ultimately create monsters, not genuine dinosaurs.
Ok how does any of that cmon sense mean it was underrated though
Grant was a beast in JP3.
@@Enthymene And yet they remain dumb popcorn flicks without much thought provoking dialogue or really any innovative film making whatsoever. Shame about that.
I've always thought of Jurassic Park 3 as 'primal'. 2 feels dark, but you can still feel like there's some semblance of civilization there. Whereas in 3, you're absolutely in THEIR world, and no one can help you. You're prey.
You've seen "Jurassic Park", right?
@@elvisblack8138 I've seen all 6. In theaters. Including the 3d re-release of Jurassic Park
The first Jurassic Park felt more like an adventure movie with horror elements. Jurassic park 3 was a thriller slasher type flick.
It really gave the impression that absolutely noone should be there at all for any reason. Which fits well with the idea that the franchise ran out of steam.
@@adurpandya2742 Funny, I've never thought the franchise ran out of steam. That's reserved for people that outgrow a franchise but can't admit it
Remember Udesky was never even supposed to be on the island he was just filling in for a guy who got sick.
That sick dude is possibly the luckiest mf in the franchise for that. Bro will never precisely know the hell that he accidentally euro-stepped.
Poor Udesky
The guy who got sick probably faked it, to get out of the agreement. Probably discussed it with his wife and the rest is history.
Goddamn Carver man.
It's nice to see another fellow Jurassic Park III enjoyer like myself. I grew up with the trilogy and the third one has always held a special place in my heart. Thanks for sharing this video!
every jp fan after dominion :Perhaps I treated you too harshly
Plus, the unintentional goofyness of that scene fits perfectly with the Lego adaptation in Lego Jurassic World. (Legendary game)
true bro jp3 is one of the best (especially after dominion)
@@doragonzxactually i’ve loved the movie long before dominion. dominion was garbage btw LOL
This movie unapologetically sought to be nothing more besides a batshit insane dinosaur thrill ride and I love it for that and bringing back Dr. Grant.
I was a late teen when I saw this in theaters and that flying-dino-cage setpiece was fkin awesome. High point of that film for me.
The Jurassic World movies set out to do the same thing but they don’t get a pass for some reason.
@@Ludwig1970Probably because they were way more cheesy than JP3.
@@kaletovhangarThere is some truth to that although the Kirby’s could be considering cheese.
I have to say I disagree with people who say this film needed an antagonist, one of the things I appreciated about this movie is it shows that the dinosaurs are the real threat, it makes you feel hopelessness along with the characters. Anyone can die. Where as in JW trilogy, the dinosaurs are just there for plot armor to remove the morally apprehensible characters, god I hate those movies lol
I agree
I want the Jurassic franchise to return to the Jurassic Park 3 raptors. Frankly they're the best looking, it's not even debatable. Visually, we peaked in JP3 for raptors.
i mean i like blue at least but i agree with you generally.
@@guitarman0365 You see the issue with Blue and the other trained raptors is that they don't really make sense and kind of ruin the image of the raptors as a credible threat within the franchise. You can't Disney-fy Jurassic, that's just not what these films are for.
I always headcanon that JP3 raptors are result of feralization (or atavism?), not unlike how domestic pig released in the wild will start revert back to their feral origin, relying on the ancient genes still encoded in their DNA.
Feels like Jurassic World trilogy should've explored this approach.
Like, Blue getting more feral-looking with each films the more distant she was with Owen; Her slit, reptilian eyes started to looks more bird-like, as well as growing the quill headcrest.
"The spinosaurus is my favorite here, but we know its not accurate", yeah... not accurate nowdays. When this movie came out, this was THE MOST accurate spinosaurus ever was, and basically shaped how we saw the animal for a long time... until some asshole decided it should gorilla walk in 2014 (god I hate the knucle walk theory they had)
Not knuckle walking. And discovery shouldn’t be viewed as a bad thing
@@CHANN3L_NAME the problem is that we haven't got any new evidence or anything. Its just people throwing out their theories while shitting on others'. Its not discovery , its pride and bullshit.
Hey Ancient, they do mention the PTSD a little bit!! During the kitchen scene with Ellie, after he tries to get the parrot to say his name, he asks Ellie if she remembers the sounds the raptors made, and in a super realistic and somber way she just looks him in the eyes and says, "I try not to.." That part really stuck out to me, the fact everyone raves in the existence of dinosaurs but they truly are reminded of what happened.
That’s one of my favorite scenes actually. I really wish we would have gotten more of that.
@@frogurtcremebrulee5252 Honestly I wish we would of gotten more from this film in general
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When Ellie is on the phone is Alan. Alan does indeed yell “The River. Site B!”
So with Sorna being the only Site B known to the public at this point in the movie canon, it’s actually normal for her to assume he’s on Sorna.
No way!
I thought he said Save me!😆
@@Nick-zn1vjsubtitles help I thought the same thing as a kid and figured it a major plot hole
Yeah his criticism of that in the video is mind boggling. Like what else would Ellie think he means when he screams that into a sat phone?
Jurassic park 3 is favourite out all movies even if there are some many issues. This movie doesn't feel like they are in a park, it's all taken over by the nature. I love all the different dinosaurs even if they are not that accurate. The bird cage was so creepy, the one where the Pterodactyl comes out of the fog still gives me goosebumps.
Same
I never understood the hate on the Raptor in the Plane scene. Aside from the continuity break in the look of the raptor, it’s literally just a dream. I like that scene!
Right?! It reinforced the ptsd Allen had from his first experience.
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I never saw that as PTSD and more as a nightmare that occurred as he is returning to Jurassic Park. Personally, I see him and Indiana Jones, before DoD, in a similar light, in that they endure horrible experiences, but it does not actually affect their lives.
Because it was stupid and out of place.
@@GeorgeMonet how? It’s a movie meant for kids, remember. Children.
@@GeorgeMonetIt really isn't out of place at all. But sure. Lol.
Jurassic Park 3 honestly has more in it from Michael Crichton's books than the second movie does. The Pteranodon aviary and the river boat are from the first book, the young guy's character is from the second book and so is the egg-stealing plotpoint. You could even argue that Kirby's weekend warrior mercenaries resemble Dodgson's lackeys in book 2.
I’ve thought this as well, it felt like a film created to link together a couple of cool set pieces from the books
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Fair play to 'em though, at least we got to see them realized in some fashion.
@@MisterBones2910 oh absolutely! The Aviary scene especially was excellent
It’s so nice to see praise for this film. I’ve seen slander against it time and time again and this films always had a pleasant little spot in my heart, especially the raptors not being mindless hungry monsters but a functioning family only wanting their young back. Thank you for this! Your praise, and criticisms, are most welcome.
It’s not slander if it’s true.
Don't know if anyone commented on this before, but if I recall it correctly, Ellies husband Mark actually may have had an important role in the movie: I think it is mentioned that he works for the government. So Ellie probably called Mark after Grant's call who then pulled some strings behind the scenes to get the people outta there ASAP. .... There might also be some critique hidden in there due to the fact that the Kirbys (as total nobodies) even commented on that they had reached out to the US government for help to rescue Eric but where simply ignored.
Wait, was the guy in the suit on the beach Mark? I never even thought of that.
@@francesgunn3374 No. I think the guy on the beach was just some extra.
It's so nice seeing someone else talk positively about this film. It was always my favorite as a kid, and I still love it to this day. As for your questioning the boat attack at the start, while yes, the Pteranodons were in their cage, at the end of The Lost World we did see those Pteranodons free, so it was likely them that attacked it. At least that's what I always assumed as a kit.
This movie needed to be half an hour longer with most of that time being off the island, giving us even more character development for Alan. His characterisation was so sincere and sad and it left me wanting more. I loved it. Sam was beautiful in JP3. The last great film of this kind before the world changed.
…so your saying you like the film and that’s why you want more?😏
@@RustBrand777 Is this a summary of my comment?
Watched this as a kid so will always be special to me. F*** the haters honestly.
Yes fck the haters
To be fair, just because the Pteranodons WE see are in the cage during the boat attack at the beginning doesn’t mean they’re the only ones on the island. It’s possible that there were others that we didn’t see.
There was a few flying free at the end of Lost World
Don't they show the birds right at the very end of the lost world where they show the baby T-Rex back with its parents?
@@RayvenTheNight yeah that accurate design was never used again sadly
But why would the pteranodons attack the boat in the mist and not the FUCKING PARAGLIDER IN THE AIR? Wouldn’t it make more sense for it to have been a sea based dinosaur or the spino itself?
Something I always considered in that scene was if InGen was experimenting, who's to say they didn't do anything with aquatic species. Just because we didn't get one on screen doesn't mean there couldn't have been something that was made and then got out somehow. Not to mention they were in the ocean at that point and I believe the Spinosaurus may have been more suited to fresh water. Honestly, they may have intentionally left it ambiguous to get the audience to think, "Holy crap, what's in the water?!?"
Okay, so, I see this on almost every Jurassic Park 3 video that I watched. Everyone always asks how did Eric get the T-Rex piss? Well if you read between the lines, you'll realize that he wears camouflage clothing and has rubbed dirt all over himself to hide his scent and has also been to the InGen facility to get supplies. So that means that he was out exploring the island and came across a T-Rex. We know he's read Allen Grant's book so he knows that the T-Rex vision is based on movement so he stayed perfectly still, but the T-Rex that he found was marking its territory. The T-Rex cock its leg and pissed all over him and then he just rang out his piss covered clothes into a vial. It's really not that hard, I mean, how do you think he survived on an island full of predatory dinosaurs but knows about the Spino? He's covered in the territory marking urine of a Bull T-Rex so no other predator would dare come near him but the Spino aka "it attracts a really big one with a fin" would be actively stalking him since it's always looking for another big dino to kill.
This just gave me even more appreciation of JP3
There was a book released at the time and it was from Eric's perspective. What actually happened was something VERY similar to this.
There was a deleted scene in JP2 where Roland Tembo dips his canteen into a T-Rex footprint that's filled with piss. I always just assumed that's how Eric got it and his saying "you don't wanna know" was more in reference to how dangerous such a venture was rather than the method itself.
This also explains why the spinosaurus in one scene seems to sneak up on everyone when Eric and Grant reunite with the others at the large fence. The Spinosaurus must have followed the lingering scent of T-Rex piss on Eric's clothes.
@Atomic_Chef I'm glad someone else has read or heard it! I just commented about that book, I found it on yt a few years back and loved having more info about the movie and leading to it
Why do people always forget the pteranodon's from the end of the Lost World? Its completely possible they attacked the boat at the beginning, and its more likely that they could catch a motorboat than a swimming spino
I think because the film makes it seem like they have been imprisoned in the aviary by making such a big deal about the gate sliding open and then flying off island. It’s sort of a retcon to explain why they haven’t flown away already (since The Lost World). Though it does go against them attacking the boat at the start.
This film is really underrated. It’s nowhere near the original but in my opinion it’s the second best movie in the franchise. It manages to be different from both the original and The Lost World while still capturing the spirit of the original trilogy.
Personally the series went into hiatus in 2003, after Jurassic Park Operation Genesis released, capping off the original Jurassic Park era. A concise, great decade.
And we got some nice operation genesis nostalgia when evolutions return to jurassic park dlc came out
I really liked that Grant and Ellie's relationship ended up this way... that they seemed to maintain a fairly good healthy friendship even though they went seperate ways romantically, to the point that he's even welcomed into their lives and their kids life. You don't see that kind of non toxic and non romantic relationship often enough in movies.
I never read them as having a romantic relationship to begin with tbh, just a close working friendship. They were tops of their fields and both staunch defenders of their beliefs and philosophies (especially in the books) and both absolutely get shit done, they just always seemed like best mates material to me.
The way the World trilogy forces a romantic ending for them after all these years really grinds me wrong
@@Jane-oz7ppthey were definitely together in JP1, but I agree I liked the way it ended in JP3
@@Jane-oz7pp the way they hold each other during the scene as hammond arrives says otherwise.
In the first Jurassic Park book Alan states that Ellie is in a relationship with someone else and that she is basically just one of his students
Also, the people critical of the raptor-scene probably never had a weird dream in their lives.
Yeah, I never understood the hate for that scene. It's meant to be tense, then funny. It was never meant to be fully scary. It's one of the few jokes I enjoyed in it, honestly.
If Jurassic Park 3 was its own unique movie, it would absolutely be a survival horror.
Take away the Jurassic Park vibe of it, and it's *terrifying* . I loved giving myself nightmares by falling asleep to it on VHS because I'd always dream about hiding inside old trucks, buildings or under overgrown underbrush and praying i didnt get found
"No force on heaven or earth will get me on that island. Except a pile of money." - Dr. Alan Grant channeling his inner Daffy Duck.
The Alan scene to me makes perfect sense. Look, dreams are a weird part of our subconscious. Now knowing Alan's past, it's not uncommon for him to dream of his major fear, plus seeing the current situation he is in. But why did the raptor said his name. Because alan was trying to get his name said ....by the cuckatoo or parrot from Ellie's house. He was continuously saying...say my name...say my name...Alan..what is my name, to the bird but the bird didn't say it. So in his dream of what he is most afraid of plus what his heart's wish was ( that bird would say his name)... these two scenarios just got blended.
its not only that, but the plane arrived at the island at this point and one of the others (cant remember who exactly) tried to wake him up and actually shouted "Alan!" at this moment. So at this point he was not completely sleeping anymore and his dream started to melt with what he actually heard outside of his dream.
my only issue with it is that Alan shouldn't know that raptor design. he only saw the original variants
Nah just a garbage film making dumbshit to fill their runtime. Stop being a muppet.
@@JoJoZaka That is not really a movie problem, is like when a actor is recasted, for us as viewers is another person, but in the imaginary medium of the movie the original actor and the new one are the same person and are perceived by the universe as that. To Grant that is the raptors he saw in JP1.
Some people made theories about the DNA changing etc but that is not the case, the design changes don't have in universe explanation because they are not considered changes.
@@RealBLAlley The JP3 raptors arent real raptors, they are just a bit closer to being real raptors. They do have feathers, which is great, and fits with the knowledge of that time, but its still not enough feathers, and they are absolutely oversized. The size of the Jurassic Park "Velociraptors" is more in line with larger Maniraptors like Deinonychus, but they were still called "Velociraptors" because that name is just easier to casually say than "Deinonychus". In Jurassic World 1 Wu actually discussed that issue relatively early in the movie when people were doubtful what the genetic modification of Indominus had to do with reviving real dinosaurs and explained that none of the dinosaurs in the park have ever been "real dinosaurs", but they were all just "park monsters", because they all needed to be genetically modified to get a completed DNA string together. Then, n Jurassic World 3, Wu announces that they finally managed to create the first clones of pure dinosaur DNA, and the result of that is the Pyroraptor we see in the frozen barrage scene. That guy is still a bit oversized, but the amount and kind of feathers it has is what you'd also expect to see on a real Velociraptor, and the JP 3 ones are still not even close to that.
The changing of the JP3 logo from the Spino to the T-Rex for the rereleases really hurts the child in me
This movie is nostalgic for me because when it came out, that was the peak of my childhood dinosaur obsession so it was a big deal
The dream raptor scene always kind of bothered me until I found out there was a deleted scene of Grant seeing videos of the dinosaurs on the island and those raptors make a debut. No idea why they cut that, since it would help people get the whole "Why does Grant dream of the new raptors when all he's seen were the old ones?" thing people winge about lol. I am very glad that someone else thinks this film has merits, I've always really enjoyed it and as a life long JP fan, it really bugs me when people just write it off completely. I absolutely love the raptors in this film, they're my favorites in the franchise, and the other dinosaurs are great too! And Eric is a badass, surviving alone for 8 weeks as a kid? Awesome! His parents annoyed me but at the same time, they're so real...like, I have known divorced adults that act like them lol. And the Udesky scene freaked me out so much as a kid, it was so messed up but at the same time made me love the intelligence given to the raptors this time around. People also cry about how different the biomes are from The Lost World but have they ever seen Lord of the Rings? Filmed completely in New Zealand, so you get snow and prairie and jungle and forest and mountains within a few hours of each other, so it's completely possible that the biomes in JP3 are on the same island! Also, love the disdain you showed for Jack Horner...I hate that man with a passion XD T-rex I believe was like a lion, scavengers because why not make use of free meat? But also hunter that can take down whatever it wants when it wants. The Spino gets a lot of flak for killing the Rex, but honestly it and the Cerato are faves of mine too; poor Cerato only got a few seconds of screen time, he was robbed XD
It is an absolute fair criticism to winge about. All they needed to do was A: Don't cut it B: Used the female raptor.
Sam Neill was in it. That is reason enough to love the movie,
The argument everyone makes that a T Rex would never lose to a Spino is irrelevant since the Spino isn't actually a Spinosaurus It's an extremely aggressive genetically engineered monster. It is that first hint you get that they aren't just bringing back dinosaurs anymore. This was the island where they were doing all kinds of mad experiments. I like to think of the Spino as the catalyst for the Indominus Rex and the rest of the monsters that followed in the Jurassic world franchise.
Yes lol and the rex was juvenile aswell
@@Casual_guy1234 It wasn't, it was an adult as stated in the script, granted it was the smallest adult shown.
THANKYOU!!’ Finally someone gets it.
I always hear the bs, “spino could never kill a Rex”, and they are missing the whole point. A normal spino is not killing a Rex. THIS ain’t a spino. I remember seeing that BEAST and thinking, “WTF IS THAT?!” It’s a spinosaurus, “NO THE EFF IT AINT! THAT THING IS A SCARY DEMON LOOKIN FREAK!” And I loved it. Brought the scare factor back.
@@Casual_guy1234juvenile would be 8 feet tall.
The problem with that argument is, why would they enhance the Spinosaurus but not enhance the T. rex?
TRISICKOPLOTS
Kills me every time, because a lot of dinosaur names are like this. A big jumble of consonants that are hard to say/ remember/ spell for many, and that frustrated line from Kirby just said it all.
It's giving Frank Gallagher saying LGTB E I E I O
personally, i always found the 3rd movie better than the second. i didnt know people thought the 2nd was better. Pretty much everyone ive talked to has always loved the 3rd more. But i guess the modern internet favors the 2nd over the 3rd
Man that pterosaur walking towards them on the bridge through the fog looks like the Grim Reaper himself is coming for you
I had a friend that loved the JP trilogy like me. But then she also loved the world movies. One day she was talking smack on JP3 and her ONLY argument was the "Allen" moment. I told her it makes no sense that a PTSD dream scene is stupid but dinos that can turn invisible and pretty much wink at the camera is totally fine?
She hasn't talked to me sense because saying bad things about JW hurt her feelings.
I was so confused.
I don't know what it says about me (who doesn't even flinch during scary movies), but the raptor in the empty plane saying "Alan" terrified me.
The scene where he's drowning and desperately calling on the phone for help and it cuts to the kid making roaring noises so his final pleas for help go unheard is honestly hysterical to me. The universe don't give a fuck if we live or die lol. It will actively go out of its way to ensure you lose
Yes, finally. Someone who understands the underlying goodness of this film.
The original Jurassic Park is - to this day - my favorite film ever. However, I distinctly remember watching Jurassic Park 3 the most as a child. My cousin and I would watch the third film every time we would hang about, and because of these fond memories, I never understood the hate this film receives.
Even now as an adult, I adore the more hopeless, primal-feel of Jurassic Park 3; this makes it more memorable to me than the 2nd film in the franchise. Not to mention the Spinosaurus! This movie made me fall in love with that dinosaur, just the same as you did. And that scene where the group hears the satellite phone ringing, only to turn around and see the Spinosaurus just standing there as the phone rings from within it???? Terrifying
I loved this video and it was so so refreshing to see someone else defend this film, and recognize it for the underrated masterpiece I truly believe it is
Jurassic park 3 is still my favorate in the franchise, I acknowledge that it's not the best, but it's my favorate. It's nice to hear from a kindred spirit who enjoys the T-Rex's death more than they probably should.
Hot take, I actually like that Ellie and Alan aren't together in this movie, it's quite realistic, they're still really good friends but they just weren't compateable as partners, you can tell there was no bad blood between them and the breakup was amiacable. It shows that a character can still have a happy ending and a meaningful relationship with a character of the opposite sex without the need for them to be together. That is until Dominium came around and turned that from a meaningful and subversive end to the story to a pointless roadblock to the happy ending.
Me too, JP3 bumps 💪
@@elvisblack8138 yes, that's almost exactly what I said word for word, where is the confusion?
JPIII has so many "survival horror" beats that I wish they would have leaned into a little harder. The plane crash, the underwater scenes, and the raptor trap in particular stick with me.
The idea of being stranded on an island full of genetically engineered prehistoric beasts is so cool to me, and since this is already something of a spinoff, I always think about how this story could go with an R rating.
When they fly over the open grassland and Dr. Grant says "My God I'd forgotten" is one of the greatest moments in the entire series. Especially given Grant's earlier sermon on the mad scientists behind Ingen's "genetically engineered theme-park monsters."
7:52 in that scene in Dominion if you look closely to one of the pictures hanging on the fridge is a picture of Alan and Ellie which is a picture of a deleted scene from the original 1993 movie meaning Alan still loved her after 20 years
this was one of the first film I ever watched as a kid(it came out the same year I was born) and had a huge influence on me and I still love it to this day, the music and effect still great.
Let's be honest. The film is no masterpiece. It had a very troubled production and no plot. It still is very enjoyable though.
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This film has a lot of sentimental value to me, it was the first movie I ever saw from the Jurassic franchise
I haven’t even started this video, but I already know this guy is about to cook. JP3 slaps in a fun, monster movie chase way that totally fits the tone of the prior two. JP1 is thriller/horror, LW is Comedy/Horror, and JP3 is Action/Horror.
This was one of my favorite movies when i was younger. I had the three film Dvd set. As a child i loved these raptors the most, loved the "lost in the jungle" aesthetic, and the spooks of having such a big scary spino on the hunt. At the time i knew the spino was meant to be a fish boy in real life, and i knew they blew him out of porportion to be the big scary bad guy.
But i loved him anyway.
The way he had such an intelligent face, like when hes standing there silently watching their reunion by the fence, or simply follows their boat through the river.
I thought the spino was a super cool part of the movie, beating the t rex silly or not!
Am I the only JP fan who enjoys Jurassic Park 3 _more_ than the Lost World? TLW has more epic moments thanks to the T-Rex pair, but that's about it. In my opinion, JP3 is overall scarier and more tense than TLW. TLW is stuffed with idiotic characters, has a comically evil villain, and a little girl uses her gymnastics to kill a fully grown raptor in a moment that can only be described as movie shlock. I also feel that Malcolm works best as a supporting character and that Grant is better as the main character, so JP3 bringing Sam Neill back into the starring role was amazing. People who watched TLW as a child and JP3 as a teenager/adult don't realize that the Lost World has a ton of nostalgia carrying it. But hey, the movie has the best T-Rex rampages in the whole franchise, so it's a fun watch anyway.
Hard agree
I think both are very good entry’s, in my opinion The Lost World does storyline much more better, but JP3 handles characters much more better
Jurassic Park 3 is awesome, I love it ^^
It was a nice change of pace compared to the first two.
1, 2, and 3 had their own thing, which made them more compelling and amazing.
Great video!
I honestly like the fact that there isnt a human antagonist. It would be too copy paste from the other movies. 3 feels more like a true monster survival horror
Director John Landis once mentioned that JP3 was his favorite because there wasn't any philosophizing, just scary monsters chasing people.
(source: an Animal Planet documentary about the history of Dinosaur movies, and John Landis was one of the interviewees)
Over the years, jurassic Park 3 has grown on me. My main issue with the film is how short it is. It should be a 2 hour film. I wish they did a directors or extended cut of the film.
I loved it the first time I saw it. My only complaint was the 90 minute run time. Granted the pace does move well but I always feel like it's over too fast. I do like how they incorporated the giant bird cage from the original JP novel. Even the river scene is a nod a a river scene with the T-Rex in the novel.
Always loved this one, not as much as the first one but enough to not understand the hate it received and still does
It's hated mostly because the spino kills the rex and everybody is a crybaby, because their favourite dino is dead.
@@topkitena lmao people who hate this movie need to grow up and stop whining, this movie is great and entertaining
Out of the three movies available to me as a kid, I very much remember this one as my favourite out of them. Yes, more than the first one even.
When this movie first came out I had already been a big fan of things like The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone, watching them with my grandmother. The dream sequence on the plane was absolutely *dripping* with the style of those mystery thrillers and really freaked me out the first time I saw it. Ironically it also reminded me of my own nightmares about dinosaurs after I watched the original for the first time. I felt a kind of kinship with Alan seeing that he's still haunted by his experiences even if he goes on living his normal life.
Glad to see someone defending this. I’d still rather watch this than any of the new ones 🤣
It’s just a good monster flick in my opinion.
Also might sound stupid but I never made the connection that the man Eric went missing with was Amanda’s partner. That makes her finding his body even worse 😩
It's simply too short for a Jurassic Park movie, and it had an anti-climactic ending. They, perhaps, could've added a few more mercs in the movie. And the Spinosaurus snapping the T-rex's neck... It could've at least ruined its throat with a bite and a few scratches before hitting it off a cliff with its slightly larger tail it could've had. Other than that, this was an epic film with a lot of suspense and dinosaur action. Oh yeah, and the raptor dream... They could've just let the raptor walk towards Alan on the plane and, you know, not talk. He could've just woken up from the fright. It's not like he needs to be called by his name in order to be waked lol
tails used in fighting would be even less realistic than what we had tbh, not to mention the spino is not smart enough to have that amount of battle iq. now, not saying it didn't have any, because it did use its weight and big arms to break rex's neck.. what is it with neck breaks in this movie!? raptors did it too.
in the storyboard the fight was inconclusive but it also showed spinosaurus kicking out at the t rex, enough to cause a huge wound and cover grant in a sea of its blood, and the scene ends when grant escapes and the spinosaurus is hovering over the t rex now on its side, looking perilous. so there were multiple approaches to the scene in question and i guess they chose the most simple and "badass"
The dream raptor said "Alan", because one of the people on the flight in the "non dream world" said "Alan" at that moment and tried to wake him up. Raptor saying "Alan!" is just the moment Alan slowly wakes up and his dream melts with what he is actually sensing from the real world.
@@pallao3500Alan's student Billy was calling him to wake up. That's why the Raptor said it.
My issue isn't that the Raptor talked, it was a reaction to his collegue talking to him and Dreams are weird, my issue is that it wasn't the female raptor, which is the only gender Dr.Grant have seen, which creates a plot-hole, how did he know how males looked like? They should have taken the clone from JP1 and added it for the dream.
I have always loved Jurassic Park 3 it was my favorite as a kid and I'd still say it is to this day. I don't know why, but it just is.
Nash wasn’t the first character to get killed by the Spino but I was disappointed that he had to die so soon
Same. Before I had seen the movie when I was 9 years old, I picked up that JP3 board game. I played as Alan, who was green, and my brother played as Nash who was blue (these were our favorite colors as kids). So when I saw that Nash was eaten by the Spinosaurus, I was so heartbroken seeing my brother's character get killed. When I played the board game after that, I always envisioned Alan and Nash teaming up after getting separated. Nash would tell Alan survival techniques and Alan would tell tell him which dinosaurs are carnivores or herbivores.
(Sorry for the lengthy comment, but you reminded me of a childhood memory)
Jurassic Park 3, with all its faults, is still my favorite film. I’d much rather watch it over the World movies. Great video, I think the hate for this film is waaaaay overblown.
Over the years, I've come to appreciate certain aspects of this movie more, especially given what happened in Dominion...ugh. The addition of the Spinosaurus was excellent. I thought the T-Rex was invincible and pulling the rug out from under us with that was excellent. Plus, the Spino is like an old-school slasher villain that just will not stop. The raptors in this one were GORGEOUS!! Having Red as the lead raptor in JW would have been sick. They really took them in such an unexpected direction with the designs and colors and I loved the communication/intelligence side of them in this. Sure there are some wonky bits here and there and the script could have had some better conflict or character development, but the creature work shined in this one. I actually like to think that as soon as Ben and Eric get stuck in the tree something came around to investigate. Eric could have gotten out of the harness easier but Ben was somehow stuck and just became lunch, whether it was the Spinosaurus or Compies.
Personally I always believed that Ben protected Eric during the fall through the dense forest canopy and sustained internal injuries/bleeding as a result. There’s a book out there that I’m not sure is canon or not that’s written from the general perspective of Eric or at least following him as he survives on the island before his parents and Grant arrive that also suggests the same thing. Either way, it was always an interesting death, and that Ben died being a good person.
Words alone cannot express how many times I rewatched this movie back as a kid.
As a fan of abandoned places, I've always particularly enjoyed this movie.
Billy became one of my favorites from jurassic park franchise and i just wish they did more with him
3:53 The Pteranodons aren’t locked in the cage, the final shot in The Lost World shows them flying around freely.
That's the previous film and they're not the same individuals, they're a different group
@@AncientRealms1999 but the fact is there is still Pteranodons free on the island
@@MartyMcFly88 that is true however they seem to be in another part of the island and less aggressive
They were a different type of Pteranodon. Possibly Pteranodon sternbergi
@@AncientRealms1999To be fair, just because THOSE Pteranodons were locked in a cage doesn’t mean they weren’t the ONLY ones on the island. It’s entirely plausible that the team could have traveled through the island without being noticed by them.
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thank you so much for making this video, this movie deserves so much more ❤
I enjoyed 3 as a kid and I feel I’ve come to enjoy it even more as an adult. But the killing of the T-Rex (which isn’t a full grown Rex because they wanted the Spino to look way bigger, also if it had been full sized that Rex would’ve kicked ass) is still unforgivable to me and fills me with anger and unhappiness. It’s been 22 years and I still skip that scene even now. I know you don’t feel it’s a bad thing but the T-Rex (who has become one of the most iconic dinosaurs of all time) was and is THE Dino of Jurassic Park and is the face of the franchise. Killing one of them to make the Spino look tougher was not the best decision.
No the T Rex that the Spino killed was a full grown adult, it's stated in the script it was an adult, however it was the smallest adult T Rex introduced to the series.
I always figured the red in this movie was the grown baby of the lost world 👀 due to its color
Lol mad
Idk, I liked it. Piecing together all the lore, I view the Spinosaurus in this movie as a proto-Indominus
The model of the buck from JPLW is use in this film again just with a green colours so they are same thing it has the scars of the buck on face so no difference in size two
Trex disrespect for some fish eating tad pole tailed dinosaur is unforgivable .
People making fun of the raptor scene always was so weird. Like the man clearly has a sort of PTSD
Jurassic Park 3 is both my favorite Jurassic Park movie and one of my favorite movies of all time, it was my favorite film as a young kid and it has a special place in my heart
I didn’t care that the rex died. The Spino is better anyway though , I think they should have put Tropeognathus in the bird cage aswell
also its my favorit movie
The reason why a lot of people hate the fight is not so much that the T rex lost, but because we clearly see the T rex had the spinos neck in its mouth at one point. The T rex had the largest bite force ever that should have killed him right then and there.
Also the Dino expert they had didn’t like T rex and believed them to be inferior
T Rex with it's dinky small arms n hands
UM ACTUALY the spino was a geneticly engineered monster and the rex was a juvenile ☝️🤓
I get that but its there bite force@@Casual_guy1234
I love the split second edits so much. Amanda Screaming and then cutting Grants' "Quiet!" in xd 12:46
I also bought the whole soundtrack on iTunes back in the day. I wish I still had access to my old account so I could listen to "Big Hat, No Cattle"
I used to be obsessed with this movie as a kid, I would watch it over and over and over again to the point that I started drawing scenes from the movie when I started school. I was like 6 at the time, so I dunno if it's because I genuinely loved the movie, or if it was because it was one of the few movies I had to watch as a kid and I just kinda latched onto it, but I have very fond memories growing up with it.
It's the third best JP movie.
Edit: I have been thinking a posible fix for this movie. I'd change the parents from bankrupt to powerful tycoon who love their kid but never had the time for him. Make them the kind of people who do as they please and never take a no for an awnser. Take out the spinosaurus and instead make them be chased by the chameleon-like carnotaurus (in the second book). Add some T-Rex chases like the one in the river (in the first book). Give more time to the mercenaries and add a few more. Hell, you can even make a whole new movie without the kid and family, just the mercenaries and Dogdson (like the second book) trying to get the samples a previous team failed to do, and they kidnaped Grant as their expert.
Or add the new shape Spinosaur and have an epic riverscene with it, but having a Carni chase them in the beginning sounds good and then T-Rex. But I have a soft spot in my heart for the latest version of Spinosaur, it's something cool about an Animal that both crawl on all four, runs on two legs and swim.
I will take JP3 over the Jurassic World trilogy any day of the week. People focus way too much on the talking raptor. Yes, it was dumb . It was also 0.5 seconds - get over it. I appreciated that JP3 was concerned only with delivering 90 minutes of solid, big-budget dino-thrills. Can you imagine JP3 trying to be a 2.5 hour slog like garbage Dominion was? The pacing in JP3 is what I loved the most about it besides the Spinosaurus. The design, VFX and distinct roar are all S-Tier. Spino doesn't get the love he deserves. I know the Spino isn't particularly scientifically accurate, but these movies have also called Deynonichuses and Utah Raptors "Velociraptors" since 1993. Speaking of raptors, this also had the best-designed raptors in both franchises. Fight me. I was 13 when this movie came out and don't claim to have a lot of media literacy even now at 35, but I know my love for this is more than just nostalgia. There's plenty to like, even for irony-poisoned audiences of today. I think if people gave it a second chance, they would see how much more heart it has than any of the Jurassic World movies.
Also the music during Billy vs Pteranodons scene was great.
Couldn’t have said it better myself though I was like 3 so I didn’t get to see it for years later
Even though Jurassic world is my second favorite movie in this franchise it’s the most unwatchable movie in the franchise in my opinion. Jurassic park III is way more watchable then any of the Jurassic world films
Ive loved this one over the others since I was a kid. I do love the OG JP, but this just has a different feel. Also, It made me smile when you brought up the satellite phone. That has been my ringtone for the last like 6 years or so. Hardly ever do people recognize it, but when they do, it is quite enjoyable.
yesss this was my favorite of the series as a kid, i was obsessed with it!!! thank you!!!
Concur, the lowest point is they gymnastics scene from TLW, even with the setup it it’s just doesn’t work. I liked the Grant nightmare as it plays off his fear from the original movie and I love that is said Alan.
I’m sorry but whoever said this movie is criminally underrated is absolutely bullshit. How can you even see a movie about this? They literally just brought Laura Dern for a stupid little cameo any like they put her in the movie because they wanted them to break up how stupid is that?
This movie *IS* *UNDERRATED.* *HOW* *COULD* *SOMEONE* *SAY* *THIS* *MOVIE* *ISNT* *UNDERRATED?*
This is my third favorite Jurassic movie of all time. It's better than the last three Jurassic movies at least. I really enjoyed this movie a lot when seeing it in the theaters. It is highly underrated, along with the 2nd one.
Thanks for this analysis, it's good to see someone giving some love to this movie and it was nice to walk down memory lane. The JP3 references were also great, the song at the end had me dying. Great, original work, good to see someone being positive and critical for once!
I think the thing most people don't realize is that if a movie it is not as good as the rest of the series, it doesn't mean it's bad.
As a kid, nothing beat the Jurassic park intros. This one in particular traumatized me, though. To this day I cannot see a paraglider without thinking of that scene. The birdcage scene, the spino chase, the velociraptor jumpscare in the lab- there's a reason little me never shut up about any of these films, this one included.
I don't understand the hate for the Raptor nightmare. Like you said, he has PTSD from them. The Spinosaurus was EPIC. JP3 > entire sequel trilogy.
Wrong
@@ethanfullerton1620 Right.
@@PhilLeotardosGhost jp3 is the worst movie in the franchise
@@ethanfullerton1620It's easily better than that garbage FK and Dominion. Even better than JW.
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I loved the juxtaposition of a Spinosaurus attack, and a kid watching Barney. Hammers home how insane the park is.
I love to see that the lost world and this movie are slowly getting better recognition
An excellent review of the best Jurassic Park film.
That being said; I cannot allow any Amanda Kirby slander.
As such we must fight to the death: Spino vs Trex style.
You'll lose me if I don't move you scavenger
This is the worst Jurassic movie
I love JP3, i need to do a rewatch soon but i remembered liking it a lot.
I literally love this film but I just wished this movie expended a bit more lore, but that’s just me wanting third film having some importance 😅
You've not only earned my subscription for this review but my respect as well
The idea that Ben was attacked by compies is really cool. It shed light on why Eric is so educated and perceptive to their presence after rescuing Dr. Allen Grant.
I mean Dr Grant does literally say to Billy after he takes the eggs, "if you die it's just me and the tourists." (Might've been a damn before tourists, but i dont remember). My issue with the rex dying is it happens after it has it's bone crushing jaws around the neck of the spino crashing down a couple times, had that not been in the fight id have no issue with the rex dying.
Don’t think there’s ever been a movie that showed the bite power of the Rex. It always gets nerfed
When JP3 was made, you might remember this was during the high time of the “Rex was a scavenger” theory.
I find it more hilarious and fun to watch when this Scavenger Rex is presented as the best combative fighter Trex of the entire franchise when comparing every Fight a Rex had, furthermore is how great the angles where for the fight and how crazy the BIQ is presented for the Rex kicking the Spino's ass and the immense Power the Spino contains when he just 1 shot'd the Rex after landing a direct bite, I do however wish we got Carcharodontosaurus, would have made more sense and been more logical, for palaeontology for a movie's performance, the OG still is the best!
Exactly. And people (butthurt T.rex fans) love to downplay this adult Tyrannosaurus as the "weakest" when it's easily one of the strongest. The anamatronic was from the TLW Tyrannosaurus.
I always loved JP3 since i was a kid and i didn't even realized that many people hated it until i was an adult.
I used to have this one on dvd as a kid, I didn’t have the others so this was my introduction to Jurassic park, it’s a fun adventure movie with some scary moments and of course the spinosauras instantly became a favorite , so many epic scenes like the birdcage scene, love this classic