by XvGojira » Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:16 am
TLW was always an odd duck for me. If it wasn't Spielberg behind the camera, I'm sure it wouldn't have gotten as much flack, "Of course it's not as good, it wasn't Spielberg". I understand the criticism for it. While I'd go "Oh, hey JP/JP3 is on, sweet!" for the first and third, my reaction for TLW would be more "Well, I haven't seen this in awhile, and there's nothing else. Sure why not."
JP3, I HATED when I first saw it. I walked out of it saying it was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. But I have since seen it several more times and now I really like it. My issue was I hated it for what it wasn't instead of liking it for what it is; a monster romp. Yeah, it has issues; it needed more bodies to chew through (or just elongate the times between them), the loose thread of the Spino not being on InGen's list left dangling instead of being a focus, and a sudden ending.
Who knows, JP4 might take that loose thread and go somewhere great. Hopefully they'll at least deliver another fun monster romp.