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Why is it hated so much?

posted 9 years ago by alejandrodeleon559
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Can anyone list why this movie is terrible. I don't think it's the greatest but I fail to see why it's awful. I just watched Jurassic World it was bad, probably the worst of them all. Yet people are saying it's better than this one, and some are saying it's the best sequel. That movie was really dumb. From beginning to finish, nothing great about it. Not the cgi, or the story, or the main dinosaur, or the kids, the fight sequence, it felt very childish. Meaning like a kid made a story about dinosaurs after watching the original. The only watchable thing on screen was Chris Pratt. Other than that it was pretty dull, and lifeless, I kept waiting for it to get good.

[–] katiefanatic-791-306918 9 years ago

i loved JW but i love this one too. The Lost World is the one that makes my eyes roll into the back of my head.

[–] alejandrodeleon559 9 years ago

It seems more likely that Lost World wasn't that great. Because Goldblum's character kind of changed. Some sequences were nice but that gymnastics raptor take down was pretty stupid.

[–] Barney_Ross_Homecoming 9 years ago

Why is it hated so much?

Because it's the worst one?

[–] Captain_Wesker 9 years ago

Because of groupthink.

Take people that haven't seen this film nor have heard the Jurassic Park community's opinion on it (or rather, the opinion of the koudest), and I guarantee you that there would be less of them calling Jurassic Park III "terrible"/"awful"/etc

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[–] alejandrodeleon559 9 years ago

I think the question was why? Why: for what reason or purpose. That is the definition of why, people say it's the worst one. I don't agree. I think it's between The Lost World and Jurassic World. (which surprisingly the latter is generally liked.)

[–] megameme (370) 7 years ago

Where do I begin? under developed characters, non interesting story line, a very stupid reason to get people on the island, same dinosaur formula again (provided nothing new) the whole thing just feels rushed.

The spinosaurus is very cool though.

[–] ZakkWyldeMyLittlePony 9 years ago

IMO, this is a good movie.

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[–] americanadian25 8 years ago

Why is this one hated? Mainly because of annoying one-note characters, an uninspired story, and weaker direction compared to the first film (though to be fair, most filmmakers would come off as lesser compared to Spielberg). Sure it had some decent effects, a few cool action scenes, and Sam Neill was good as always. But basically a big budget B-Movie that wasn't as fun as it should have been.
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[–] EricVierthaler92 8 years ago

The *beep* fight between Rexy and *beep* bad writing, bad execution, and overall a very inferior film to the others.

[–] Decomposed 8 years ago

Why is it hated so much?

- Uninteresting plot full of cheap contrivances
- Characters balance between boring and extremely annoying
- Weak effects and CGI especially compared to JP & TLW
- General feeling of B-movie/low production values
- Too short

+ The Spinosaurus is cool
+ The Pteranodon scene is well-made

BTW, The Lost World is better than JP3, but it has its own problems too.

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[–] The LA Baker (799) 7 years ago

TLW is awful on every level. They even turn the dinosaurs(they are just animals) into monsters. Going so far as to have a cheesy Gojira reference. Roland Tembo was the one saving grace, but that was not enough.

[–] kylehanna-02536 8 years ago

All this movie was was a long chase scene with no character development. The only good things about it was the Spinosaurus, and Dr. Grant and Ellie Sattler returning. Other than that, this movie sucked

[–] lano_star 8 years ago

99% of the characters in it are awful and no ones cares if they die

[–] kylehanna-02536 8 years ago

Agreed