Most sequels never seem to live up to the original film, and "Jurassic Park III" is no exception. The film pretty much rips off from the first film, but they add some new dinosaurs to movie including the deadly Spinenosaurus; the Raptors start showing signs of intelligence. The film is about a boy and his brother wave boarding, one day, on the outskirts of a deserted island. Unfortunately, the boat crashes, and the boy is forced to fend for himself. However, it seems that the island that the boy is stranded on is actually another Jurassic Park that was secretely under development a few years ago. It's now up to the paleontoligist from the original film to go to this island and save this young man before it's too late. The movie fails to offer anything original to the series except for a few new dinosaurs. Overall, I still think fans of the series will still find some things good about this film but don't expect too much out of it.

I thought this film was just, whats the simple word? Horrible. I mean when I first walked into the movie theatre I was expecting to see a great film considering the first two were amazing though I was skeptical because #1. Steven Spielberg wasn't in the directors chair and #2. John Williams wasn't doing the music and last but certaintly not least, #3. The plot was corny and too simple. A 'married' couple(William H. Macy, Te'a Leoni) invite Dr. Alan Grant(Sam Neill) on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna for there wedding anniversary, at first he says 'No' but when they offer him money he can't refuse. So when they arrive to the island, he finds out the real reason why the couple brought him to the island, to look for there son Erik(Trevor Morgan) who had gone missing eight weeks before while parasailing with his moms boyfriend. It turns out that the 'married' couple actually got a divorce plus they can't give any money to Dr. Grant because they don't have any so basically it was all for nothing.

The reason why this film was in my opinion a total disgrace to the 'Jurassic Park' series is because:

#1. 'Jurassic Park ///' lacks the magic and originality that the first two 'JPs' had. It doesn't have that 'feel' of the first two at all but I guess you would expect that due to Spielberg not being in the directors chair. Now i'm not saying that Joe Johnson did a horrible job, he actually handled the directing better than I thought he would but i'm not saying he did a great job. He did an average job in my opinion.

#2. The film also lacks the sciency feel that the first two had, instead of focusing more on charector development and the science of the plot the third film focuses more on the action, I think that the director thought that if there was a ton of action then people would love it and not notice that it was missing everything else.

#3. The great things about the first two films is that you could never tell whether the dinosaurs were CGI or Animatronics because they were both used and blended in so well together. Well in this film thats not the case, you can easily tell when the dinosaurs are CGI or Ani or even a blend of the two, it kind of ruins the movie on its own.

#4. The look of the dinosaurs, I don't know what they were thinking when they made the Velociraptors. The raptors this time around loose there thrilling and scary appearences and instead look rediculous because of there purple,red and blue color scheme. Plus the film overplayed the 'Raptor Intelligence' a little too much that it soon gets rediculous and impossible to believe. Also, WHAT was wrong with the writers and crew when they decided to kill off the TRex five minutes in when it appeared and bring in the terribly portrayed Spinosaurus?! The way it killed the Rex would almost make you want to vomit seeing as how it would be impossible for the dinosaur to do. I don't know why Horner thinks that the Rex was a scavenger?!

#5. If you want a movie with a great climax then this film is not the one for you, I would instead recommend that you watch either 'Jurassic Park' or 'The Lost World:Jurassic Park' which in my opinion both have some of the most memorable climax's in movie history. Jurassic Park /// doesn't even have whats considered an ending, I can't even explain.

#6. The length of the film. Why is it that JP/// is only around 1 HR and 30 MIN when 'Jurassic Park' is 2 HR and 7 MIN and 'The Lost World' is even longer reaching at 2 HR and 9 MIN? If this film would have been longer than first of all, maybe there would have been a better climax, maybe it would explain more of InGens backstory like part /// was supposed to do and focus more on developing the charectors and inserting more science.

#7. Theres way too many plot holes left unanswered like the beginning for instance.

Now there are some good things in this film like...

Acting: The acting was very good except for Te'a Leoni, she overacted when it came to the 'being scared' scenes. When I first saw her she wasn't so bad but then when they got to the island her charector just went completly downhill, plus Te'a Leoni screamed too much than what she needed to, theres a scene that made me want to cover my ears. William H. Macy's acting was not near as good as his other films, I think his talent was put to waste in this film but his charector was likable at some times and his acting was averagly good. Sam Neill was the best in this film in my opinion though both him and his charector was wasted I thought his charector wasn't portrayed as good as it was in the first film but it was still good here though and once again Sam Neill's acting is superb. Alessandro Nivola was also good playing Alan's assistant at his dig site, his charector Billy Brennan tags along with Alan on the trip, I thought Alessandro did a pretty decent job and handeled the scenes pretty well. Trevor Morgan was also surpringly good considering he had acted in a Barney film in the past but once I saw one of his previous films 'The Patriot' I was less afraid do to his great performance in that film. Michael Jeter and the other actors did pretty good jobs in this film as well. One of the biggest highlights of the film was Laura Derns 3 minute cameo at the beggining and one minute cameo towards the end, she did a great job as Dr. Ellie Sattler in the first film and I was happy to see she was even slightly involved in this film even though the writers made it to where SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER Alan and Ellie are now split up and shes married to some other man which made me mad about the film even more than I already was.

Overall if you expect this to further the JP series then don't look here but if you just want mindless action filled scenes then I guess watch it. Even though I hated part /// I am still very much looking forward to the upcoming 'Jurassic Park IV' because Spielberg is actually choosing the script and everyone working on it look and seem to be very dedicated on making it be as good as the first two especially from the recent news it seems to me that there actually taking there time on the fourth instead of doing a hafe-fast job like on JP///.

The spiecal effects are great and Michael Jeter has a cool charector. However dump Mister Spino-Breath get Rex back in and Lewis Dodgson needs to return so a group of Velociraptors can spill his intestines. Know what I mean?

It's simply unbelievable the way computer tech has advanced. JP3 is even better than the first 2. The dinosaurs are more real and scary than ever. The raptors have evolved in color and intelligence. The T-rex is badder, but the spinosaurus is meaner.

The spinosaurus is the newest dinosaur on the block, and although the size information and odds of a spino defeating a rex aren't quite accurate, it is one awesome dino! The pteranodons are great too, with an incredible chase seen in their giant bird cage.

JP3 is the best of the three movies, and I'm sure the fourth will be even better. Joe Johnston is a Spielberg clone.

Although this is the third film in the Jurassic Park series, it is still quite entertaining. I believe this movie stands on it's own, as a good action film. Yes, the awe and wonder of seeing the dinosaurs on film for the first time is gone, but JP3 has some good things going for it. First of all, this movie's running length is not overly-long (it's only 90 minutes). Second, although it is an action film, it manages not to take itself too seriously (and even has refreshingly humorous moments throughout the movie). And finally, the filmakers have added some new dinosaurs to the mix, in this film, in addition to making them look even more realistic (technology has greatly improved since the first flick 12 years ago, and it shows). The actual plot is not bad either, but people are ultimately more interested in the quality of the dinosaur action sequences, and they deliver quite a bite (no pun intended).