I have only walked out of two movies in my life. Considering the number of movies I have seen, this is a very small number. The first movie I walked out of was Ali. I didn’t leave because it was a terrible movie. I had to leave because the hand-held camera work was making my friend Cathie sick. The second movie I walked out of was this one. I walked out after about an hour. I couldn’t watch this movie. It was terrible. Peter Jackson is not a subtle film maker, but this movie was beyond reason.
What finally made my friend Cathie, our two sons and I get up and leave after enduring over an hour of this movie? It was the brontosaurus stampede through the canyon. Why was that scene even in the movie? It was ridiculous. People running in between giagantic legs, velociraptors running around, cliff sides that crumble under the stampede and only four people are killed. Four! How did anyone survive? Not only was this scene incredibly long and seemingly pointless – why have this scene unless you plan on killing off the extras - the special effects were awful. For a film that was supposed to have fabulous special effects, this scene clearly did not live up to that expectation. What amazes me is that this film still keeps popping up as one of the top films each week. How can anyone endure it? If you were able to sit through this movie, tell me how you did it and why. And if you haven't see it yet, don't bother.
at January 11, 2006 8:19 AMi'd like to take this opportunity to thank the creators of Jurassic Park...because at least i knew that it was velociraptors chasing the brontosauri (brontosaurusses...what's the plural on that?)through the canyon. hey, movies are good for something!
i wonder how many 'awards' this hack of a director will win for this monstrosity (pun intended).
Posted by: Cathie at January 12, 2006 4:48 PMDefinately think that any scene that DOES NOT kill the movie extras - just isn't worth it.. lol - thats soo bad :)
Posted by: Bill at September 2, 2006 3:32 PM