A DVD REVIEW: JURASSIC PARK III - COLLECTOR'S EDITION (Universal)

[RGA]

I guess it's the word classic. To be a classic it has to be timeless. That is why I get into debates with many snob critics about Jaws...it is timeless because it has alread stood 30 years. JP in ten years will be that dinosaur movie with ok special effects and a stupid story and likely will never be shown at the late night movies on re-release. Jaws lasts because of the story -- no film built on special effects alone will last because the effects are surpassed yearly. It has to have other ingredients to last 30 years and IMO JP is a slick monster movie and nothing other than a slick monster movie. It could have been so much more.

[Lexmark3200]

"JP in ten years will be that dinosaur movie with ok special effects and a stupid story and likely will never be shown at the late night movies on re-release."

It wasnt a stupid story and I feel it may get re-release screen time.

"Jaws lasts because of the story -- no film built on special effects alone will last because the effects are surpassed yearly. It has to have other ingredients to last 30 years and IMO JP is a slick monster movie and nothing other than a slick monster movie. It could have been so much more."

It WAS so much more. You have to use your mind to tap into Chriton's screenplay.