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A white character that has the darkest skin kid possible.
Spielberg has adopted two African-American kids himself, Theo and Mikaela. I think that's all that's about. Jeff Goldblum's character may also have adopted.
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Aug 20, 2013 - 6:20 AM
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As a Dino-nerd there are lots of things in the Jurassic Lark movies that bug me, Velociraptors that were twice as big as the real thing and no, that Utah-Raptor crap don't wash with me, in fact Spielberg should have called them Deinonychus and would have made it more accurate but hey, that name doesn't trip off the tongue like 'Raptor'. Then we have the Spinosaurus, a huge fish eater with it's flimsy skull beefed up to "Crocosaurus" dimensions attacked by a T-Rex ( which ignored it's huge feast to chase some nuggets that startled it, don't you just find it amazing that these giant beasts seem to have limitless energy when it comes to chasing humans?  ), Spino would have been killed as soon as T-Rex bit it's neck with it's massively powerful bite.
Anyway, I go along with some here that find JP3 a fun ride, it zips along and there's plenty of Dino-action, I find it far more entertaining than JP2 which has it's moments such as the T-Rex attack on the camp which is superb, unlike the trailer-vehicles attack where once the T-Rex's have finished with them goes into a what feels like an interminably long and boring rescue sequence, and I can barely bring myself to remember the attack on San Diego with ol'Rex rampaging around like a pygmy version of Godzilla.
There's plenty more beefs I have but I'll silently smile and soak up the many inaccuracies for the sake of story and spectacle. 
I prefer THE LOST WORLD score over the 1st and 3rd scores, Williams really upped the ante on this one.
p.s. Henry, I'll watch the retrospective you posted later when I have time.
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Aug 20, 2013 - 7:48 AM
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Thor
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Sam Neill > Jeff Goldblum. Nuff said.
Couldn't disagree more. Goldblum is in my Top 5 favourite actor list of all time, and while he shines even more in the first film, he manages to keep and develop some of the character in the sequel too.
He was ok in the first film but hugely annoying in the sequel. Top 5 really? He plays the same role every movie I see him in.
He subscribes to an acting ideology I like very much -- i.e. extreme realism. There are so many details in his acting and speech that 'naturalizes' whatever dialogue he's given. Of course, there are some quirks on that level too, but that's what makes him so great. To have those distinct trademarks, but still a lot of diversity in his output.
Annoying in the second? Can't believe we were watching the same film. To me, he's one of the major highlights of it.
Unlike Timmer, I have no particular interest in dinos. I obsess about these films for the mood on the one hand, and then the spectacular action setpieces on the other, and then the ebb and flow between them. It's an approach to filmmaking that is very close to my heart.
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Part III was a lot of fun. Just a nifty adventure movie, crisply and tightly directed, with none of the pretensions (and the frequent lulls!) of the first two.
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JURASSIC PARK is tied for first with RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK for my all time favorite movie.
You really got to go out and see more movies then. Seriously!
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