Poll of the Day > After jurassic park 1 what was the 2nd best jurassic movie?

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Ive only seen 2 and 3, but 3 is really bad. 2 is pretty shitty as well, compared to the original, but its still the best one Ive seen after 1

FrozenBananas posted...

Ive only seen 2 and 3, but 3 is really bad. 2 is pretty shitty as well, compared to the original, but its still the best one Ive seen after 1

you are not a huge fan of these movies? which is your favorite ever movie series though?

Voted "don't like these movies"

I only saw the first two Jurassic Park movies; IMO, the second can't hold a candle to the first but the first is no prize either.

3 was bad, but I think aged well. I rather like 2.

Jurassic World ... ehhhhhh, weirdly would be better without the actors, and that's not something you want to say about a movie

GranTurismo posted...

you are not a huge fan of these movies? which is your favorite ever movie series though?

I do like them, and I love Spielberg and particularly the first JP, but I havent heard great things about the newer ones. The Lost World definitely had some great scenes though, I didnt mean to disrespect it. And I love the first one,

but my favorites ar probably Lord of the Rings, Jason Bourne series, Oceans 11, Mission Impossible

none past the first one could really be called "good"

lost world and jurassic world are probably the easier rewatches though. there's some good to be found in 2 if you dig through enough of the stupid shit.

I like Lost World the best, original Jurassic Park close second. Don't like any of the rest at all.

Newave posted...

I like Lost World the best, original Jurassic Park close second. Don't like any of the rest at all.

What part of 2nd was your fave?

Surprised Lost World is so far ahead, I thought Jurassic World was better by a decent margin

Probably rewatched 3 more than any of the other sequels TBH

The Lost World book is much better than the movie

JP has gotten worse with each installment so 2, but only the 1st one is really worth watching

GranTurismo posted...

What part of 2nd was your fave?

can't pick exactly but I love all the cool cars and equipment they have on the island, I love the large scale hunting scene when InGen arrives on the island, the Velociraptors and T-Rexs in general and especially when the T-Rex goes rampage in the big city, waking up kids and the dog house hanging from its mouth, knocking over the bus and so on, I also love the cast of characters and the plot and how it all plays out, the cinematography and camera work is excellent and all the audio work is fantastic too

that is absolutely the most praise i've ever seen that movie get, especially for the characters. they were all just awful and stupid except for tembo and eddie.

Can't take the World movies seriously when they are in the same universe as the originals and still keep playing God with Dino DNA and wonder why so many end up dead.

2 was alright until the gymnastics kick

Jeremy517 posted...

2 was alright until the gymnastics kick

That's the only thing from the movie I remember.

KJ_StErOiDs posted...

That's the only thing from the movie I remember.

You remember that but not the T-Rex rampaging through San Diego??

VideoboysaysCube posted...

You remember that but not the T-Rex rampaging through San Diego??

or the other T Rex partMommys very angry!

Lost World is the only one I like.

I remember being so hyped to see the first one when it came out, then coming out of the cinema and thinking, That was it?

I liked the biodiversity of the 3rd one. We got Aquatic dinos, Aerial Dinos and the normal stuff

Its hard to say, JP1 is an absolute masterpiece. A perfect blend of science and fiction. Something that the other movies never came close to. After JP1 it was all just 'GRRR DINOSAUR EAT MAN GRRR' and not the science behind everything. There is three scenes in particular in JP1 that really stand out.

1. The lunch scene where they discuss the potential pitfalls of the park, especially from Dr. Malcom. In fact the worst part of this scene, and ironically the part that's supposed to hit hardest for the uneducated, is Dr. Grant's retort at the end of this scene about not having the slightest idea what to expect by throwing dinosaur and man together. Regardless the scene is BY FAR the best scene in the movie.
2. The scene involving the lysine contingency. While the science mentioned in this scene is pseudo-science at best, it at least provide a glimpse into the thinking behind the park, the engineering of the dinosaurs, and the potential steps taken to mitigate damage should the worst occur. Something that you NEVER see again in any JP movie. While the engineers did have this thought in place, their hubris still allowed them to create something that should have never been created (see the Lunch scene).
3. The scene between Hammond and Dr. Sattler regarding Hammond's decision to create the park. He wanted to bring joy to the world, and even after all that has happened so far (his own grandchildren being lost with escaped dinosaurs), he was still deluded into thinking the park could work. He had a conviction that he wanted to realize, but everything was working against him. While this Hammond is VERY different from the Hammond in the book (a complete asshole who got his comeuppance), it provided great character depth on how far this man wanted to go to achieve a dream.

JP1 had the benefit of having Michael Crichton himself involved in the screenplay and I really think this helped bring the science aspect forward. Something that was unfortunately lost with the sequels.

Its sad that Spielberg approached Crichton to write a sequel to Jurassic Park (novel) so they could make a sequel movie, which he then did, and then the movie ended up being completely different. Though, the sequel novel isn't much better to be honest.

If I were to rank them:

JP1
The rest are terrible movies that just want to show dinosaurs attacking people