Quote from: Alien³ on Nov 07, 2011, 05:27:49 PM
Bad writing and, to some extent, directing made JP/// a bit of a let down.
I largely agree, just on the writing part though. Apart from coming up with the whole 'LOL LETS PUT A NEW SUPERHUGE VILLAIN IN THAR' thing, Johnston directed the movie well. A very striking example of that is perhaps my favourite part, the Pteranodon sequence. Just how he presents the Pteranodon: the mist, the vibrations on the bridge, the score crescendo, then we hear its steps, and we see a silhouette through the mist... fantastic.
Regarding the Spinosaurus, I don't really think it 'killed' Jurassic Park. It was just a bit exaggerated in places, yeah. The fact it killed the Tyrannosaurus has nothing to do with the quality of the movie itself, but rather with 'killing-off-my-childhood-hero'.