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The parents completely ruined it

posted 11 years ago by roguetrip99
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Frigging Ned Flanders and Willie Scott 2.0 singlehandedly made this the worst JP. If I was Dr. Grant, I would've tied them to a tree, poured barbecue sauce all over them, and fed them to the spinosaurus.

[–] LukeLovesFilm28 9 years ago

How old are you? How many parents have you been around? There are people just like this. And if you can't tolerate them, that says more about you and your own antisocial problems.

[–] Tsavo 9 years ago

There are people like this, and they can be quite annoying on their own. Stuck on an island full of dangerous animals, they can get you killed, especially if they refuse to listen.

[–] GroundsTheLimit 9 years ago

There are people just like this. And if you can't tolerate them, that says more about you and your own antisocial problems.

These aren't people, they are characters in a movie. A lot of normal people find these characters annoying for obvious reasons.

If you can't tolerate REAL people with differing (and very common) views about the fake people, maybe that says more about you and your own antisocial problems.

[–] Decomposed 9 years ago

If you can't tolerate REAL people with differing (and very common) views about the fake people, maybe that says more about you and your own antisocial problems.

😂

For within each death there is always a new life, a new beginning - Dillon, Alien 3

[–] GroundsTheLimit 9 years ago

I love Macy but these criminally stupid kidnapper parents needed to be eaten!

[–] americanadian25 9 years ago

They were annoying as well. The rest of the movie might have been okay had it not been for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0i6SOy3EwQ

[–] xB11 9 years ago

Yes! I totally agree! If they were to ever make a live action Simpson's film, William H. Macy would have been the PERFECT choice! However, yes the parents are the factor that took out all the suspense in the movie for me. It honestly felt like a Disney feel-good movie with Jurassic Park in the background. Sure there are some great scenes; my favorite being the airplane scene when attempting to flee the island and then the suspense afterwards. You really felt for them to escape the island once they landed. But after that...nothing else. Oh, and I do like the InGen compound scene, but again..the parents ruin it. I understand it's the writers ultimately at fault here, but when you are watching the movie, you don't think about the writers but just how annoying their characters are-save for Sam Neill.

[–] themidgarzolom 9 years ago

I've seen a lot of movies and Leoni's character was easily one of the most annoying/selfish/ignorant characters that was supposed to be good/relatable that I've ever witnessed in a movie. I'm not the hyperbole type... she's easily top 5. I actually was thinking that this movie was a bit underrated at 5.9, because I thought the plot was entirely more interesting than JP2 and that the visuals were still decent enough. I enjoyed the adventure type vibe of the movie, even if it didn't capture the spectacle of the original, but dammit, her character is worth at least negative 2 points to the movie score. William H Flanders wasn't the worst thing ever IMO, even if his character was written to be very selfish and deceitful.

[–] jajceboy 9 years ago

I liked the father. Mother not so much. She was very "screamy" and annoying. Nothing wrong with the actress, jut the character.