My parents got me the Jurassic Park Adventure Pack for Christmas. Did you know there was a Jurassic Park III? Earlier tonight, I watched The Lost World, starring Jeff Goldblum and giving Vince Vaughn one of his earliest biggest roles. I just finished watching the third (and apparently final) installment in the franchise, and I'm pretty shocked at some of the stars in here. Of course, you have Sam Neill and a reprise of Laura Dern as Dr. Ellie Sattler, but you also have William H. Macy and Tea Leoni (first major role?) and, my personal favorite, Eduard Delacroix (credited as Michael Jeter for some reason).
While I was looking at the IMDB page, I noticed that Joe Johnston directed it. That name should ring some bells. He's only directed 11 movies, but that hit list includes:
- Honey I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
- The Rocketeer (1991)
- Jumanji (1995)
- October Sky (1999)
I can see a lot of parallels between HISTK, Jumanji, and JP3. He was supposed to direct the eagerly anticipated JP4, but that apparently fell through with the passing of the revered Mr. Crichton.
By the way, if you haven't seen (or didn't know there even was a) Jurassic Park III, give up hope. It's pretty good until the last 10 minutes. It's like they hit the 74-minute mark and ran out of money or something. The Navy/Marines do a quick amphibious landing just as Dr. Grant et al. wander out onto the beach. Then boom---the credits roll. Which is sad because for 74 minutes, I really thought this could be a great movie.
The Jurassic Park series sadly falls into that much too large category of series that should have remained single stories.
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