-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Jurassic Park 4 update
- Thread starter Dead
- Start date
- Status
Scalemail Ted
Member
I saw the first one. Still IMO, the best CGI in any movie...ever.
Marine Reptiles?
As much as I love Plesiosaur and Ichtyosauras (sp? on both) all I could think about was Deep Blue Sea
edit: yes I am aware icthy is a fish and not technically a marine reptile.
It still, to this day, pisses me off that the Trex swimming episode never made it into the first movie.
As much as I love Plesiosaur and Ichtyosauras (sp? on both) all I could think about was Deep Blue Sea
edit: yes I am aware icthy is a fish and not technically a marine reptile.
It still, to this day, pisses me off that the Trex swimming episode never made it into the first movie.
The Chosen One
Member
We had a big debate about the Jurassic Park films back on one of the old boards (EZboard I believe?).
Basically I was one of those who were pissed that the Jurassic Park series turned into utter garbage. The first film was smart, suspenseful, and intelligent with excellent visual effects. Lost World still had excellent visual effects and was good and suspenseful until the last 20 minutes when it got silly. The 3rd Jurassic Park was just silly throughout. The plot was awful. The pacing was horrible and the suspense was laughable. Nothing made sense. Even the CG looked sloppy in certain areas.
The original film was a classic, now the series after the last film is barely a notch above Anaconda. Also, I think the last film was only like 80 minutes. Why not just make an Imax film instead...
Unless Jurassic Park 4 gets much better reviews, I'll probably just wait until it shows up on my digital cable movie channels.
Basically I was one of those who were pissed that the Jurassic Park series turned into utter garbage. The first film was smart, suspenseful, and intelligent with excellent visual effects. Lost World still had excellent visual effects and was good and suspenseful until the last 20 minutes when it got silly. The 3rd Jurassic Park was just silly throughout. The plot was awful. The pacing was horrible and the suspense was laughable. Nothing made sense. Even the CG looked sloppy in certain areas.
The original film was a classic, now the series after the last film is barely a notch above Anaconda. Also, I think the last film was only like 80 minutes. Why not just make an Imax film instead...
Unless Jurassic Park 4 gets much better reviews, I'll probably just wait until it shows up on my digital cable movie channels.
Mike Works
Member
1) The raptors need to kill the Spinosaurus in the first 5 minutes.
2) The underwater dinos are going to freak me the fuck out. WOO
Better not be stupid like JP3
2) The underwater dinos are going to freak me the fuck out. WOO
Better not be stupid like JP3
DeadStar said:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000626/ tons of stuff, mostly very low budget dramas. He's scored a few Oscar nods apparently (wasnt even aware of that until checking his IMDb profile).
Patrick Klepek
furiously molesting tim burton
i liked JP3 more than JP2, personally, but i also haven't seen JP2 in a long, long time
Some more from darkhorizons:
Meanwhile the latest issue of Cinemania magazine reports that according to "our reliable source at Universal reveals progress has somewhat slowed on the anticipated sequel Jurassic Park IV due to ongoing script revisions. Because of this tinkering it appears Keira Knightley's potential character was written out late last year, but producers are now courting The Day After Tomorrow cutie Emmy Rossum and Runaway Jury's Jeremy Piven for two of the lead roles.
We've also learned that, although nothing has been signed on the dotted line yet, Steven Spielberg and Lord Richard Attenborough (from JP1) have made a "gentlemen's agreement" to bring the John Hammond character back to the fold. Isn't he getting a bit old to run from dinos? As usual, if we know more, you'll be the first to know".
Meanwhile the latest issue of Cinemania magazine reports that according to "our reliable source at Universal reveals progress has somewhat slowed on the anticipated sequel Jurassic Park IV due to ongoing script revisions. Because of this tinkering it appears Keira Knightley's potential character was written out late last year, but producers are now courting The Day After Tomorrow cutie Emmy Rossum and Runaway Jury's Jeremy Piven for two of the lead roles.
We've also learned that, although nothing has been signed on the dotted line yet, Steven Spielberg and Lord Richard Attenborough (from JP1) have made a "gentlemen's agreement" to bring the John Hammond character back to the fold. Isn't he getting a bit old to run from dinos? As usual, if we know more, you'll be the first to know".
scola said:Marine Reptiles?
As much as I love Plesiosaur and Ichtyosauras (sp? on both) all I could think about was Deep Blue Sea
edit: yes I am aware icthy is a fish and not technically a marine reptile.
It still, to this day, pisses me off that the Trex swimming episode never made it into the first movie.
Actually Ichthyosaurus is a dinosaur, not a fish.
JP3 was a disappointment! Not too bad, but it was short. Also, the T-Rex lost.
fennec fox
ferrets ferrets ferrets ferrets FERRETS!!!
The raptors will probably be speaking upper-class British English and sipping tea by the end of this film.
eXxy said:
I have, and still agree. Lost World is too hokey while trying to still be as great as JP; Gymnastics Child attacking Raptors should have been cut EARLY! It didn't work as a cohesive film, despite some great moments (Everything in San Fransisco was pure drivel, and focused too much on the whole "OMG, T-Rex in San FRAN! COOL!" aspect. )
JP3 was a popcorn flick, and knew it was. It didn't try to have a deep plot, surprise us with new tricks; it was very simply meant to be a simple, suspenseful action film. It worked, for me. The Bird Cage sequence, one of the best in the original novel, was very well done, and the Spinosaurus was in the end relatively uninteresting, but it provided enough of a constant threat that it kept the film moving. Was it amazing? Not at all. But it was better at what it wanted to be than Lost World was. Simple as that.
Yeah Alexander Payne and Jim Talyor are credited, along with some other dude. It was basically rewrote to hell and back and even during filming the script was never complete. Anyways the movie turned out ok, like I said, perfect example of a self aware popcorn flick. Dont expect much and youll come out pleasently surprised. Its worth seeing for the birdcage sequence aloneMeier said:
Escape Goat
Member
bomb
DeadStar said:
Well, he had some sort of hand in Pirhana. Should nail those underwater scenes!
Anyways, my take.
Jurassic Park was based on a very good book and had a lot of talent associated.
JP2 was based somewhat loosely on a very mediocre book with a bit of talent associated.
JP3 was crap based on crap with crap associated.
No reason to think this one is going to be any better.
Patrick Klepek
furiously molesting tim burton
the lost world is a good example of why spielberg doesn't usually do sequels
The Shadow
Member
eXxy said:
Agreed. JP2 wasn't a bad movie but it was disappointing. JP3 was a popcorn flick but at least it was more entertaining than JP2.
People can bitch and moan about how "dumb" JP3 is but it doesn't get any dumber than gym-kata. T-Rex on the mainland could have rocked but somehow it was underwelming. "Daddy, there's a dinosaur in the back yard". Bleh...
Also, they need to sign Sam Neil. I demand a Sam Neil and Jeff Goldblum reunion.
Upon further looking apparently, according to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, the Ichthyosaurus is a marine reptile, but is not a dinosaur.Akira said:Actually Ichthyosaurus is a dinosaur, not a fish.
JP3 was a disappointment! Not too bad, but it was short. Also, the T-Rex lost.
I thought it was the other way around.
Pattergen said:
In doing a book report on Jurassic Park (Comparing it to the movie) I got inspired and read The Lost World as well. REALLY wish they had of just adapted it directly, honestly, if only because it seemed a bit more coherent. I enjoyed it, but the original is a crisp, brilliant little novel. Really enjoyed it, and liked how many of its best scenes, left out of the first, did make their way in elsewhere.
ManaByte
Gold Member
neptunes said:
Uh... you didn't see Jurassic Park 3 then. The whole reason they trick Grant into the fly-by is because their son wen't on a parasail tour of the island and was stranded on it alone. It was only shown in the first fucking scene of the movie!
I also really like how they are fitting more and more scenes from the first JP book that didn't make it into the first movie into the sequels.
The Lost World had the scene with the little girl getting mauled.
Jurassic Park 3 had the aviary.
Maybe Jurassic Park 4 will have the rapids scene
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
I thought JP2 was OK. Definitely rushed at the end. But the Spinosaurus was very cool, really vicious, and I thought the cell phone gag was cute. The only bad part besides the ending was Tea Leone being so annoying, IMO. Otherwise it was a decent little dino movie.
ManaByte
Gold Member
SteveMeister said:
I like them in this order: 1, 3, 2.
The Lost World could've been cut in half and been pretty good. It's not entirely the movie's fault as the book it was based on was written as a sequel to JP1 THE MOVIE as opposed to JP1 THE BOOK and in itself wasn't very good.
TheGreenGiant
Banned
neh delet?
double post
double post
TheGreenGiant
Banned
JP1 > 2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>3
3 was just plain stupid. Hated Tea' Leoni. She wrecked this movie for me (although she's not the only reason... maybe about 80% or so)
3 was just plain stupid. Hated Tea' Leoni. She wrecked this movie for me (although she's not the only reason... maybe about 80% or so)
ManaByte said:
I agree with you on the order of the films, but I'd say the Lost World novel was a decent read. Yeah, bringing Ian back was an obvious nod to the film, but at least Crichton didn't pull a black gymnast daughter out of his ass. Had that book been faithfully adapted, it would have been a fine sequel.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
I can't stand 2. 3 was kind of fun though.
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
Goreomedy said:
Actually I didn't like the Lost World novel, for this reason -- it followed on the MOVIE, not the original book. I understand WHY it was written that way, but I didn't like Chrichton's basically ignoring large chunks of the Jurassic Park novel like that. Oh well.
clipunderground
Member
Wtf is wrong with you guys? JP3 was MUCH better then that corn fest JP2. As a matter of fact 3 should have been 2!
JP2 was SSOooooo Lame. Especially if you read the book. They butchered it in the worst way. One of the worst translations ever. Its like they made up most of it..
JP2 was SSOooooo Lame. Especially if you read the book. They butchered it in the worst way. One of the worst translations ever. Its like they made up most of it..
- Status