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Originally Posted by Dean
In an action adventure, it is often a requiment to supend your belief in physics, common sense, etc. This movie had great action, continuity, and even a bit of a story and made me want to accept these flaws in contrast to some of the more recent action for action's sake movies that ended up being comedies as much as action adventure without intending to.
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The dinosaur chase scene wasn't so much a problem due to the physics... it was simply too long. Like I said, after watching the main characters almost get stepped on and survive a few times, seeing it another 10 times does nothing for the plot. Instead of sitting on the edge of my seat the whole time, after a while I was just watching to see how they did the effects... which is something I shouldn't be doing until I watch the DVD special features.
About halfway through I was watching the scene while ignoring the CGI and realizing how dumb the actors must have looked running down a blue-screened hallway dodging imaginary dinosaur feet. And by the end, the dino-pile *was* comedic, though it was intentional... I was unfortunately laughing not because the scene was funny, but because it was too absurd. It would have been better if they hadn't gone quite so over the top.
The same can be said for the bug canyon scene. The bugs were too big... I t would have been far creepier if they had been only slightly larger than real bugs. A violent grasshopper as big as they were in the movie would tear your face off in a second, since bugs have emmence strength for their size. Plus that scene suffered from being too long as well... once again leaving me ignoring the CGI and imagining the actors w/o the graphics.
Of course, I am nit-picking a bit... the movie was much better than most the garbage coming out of hollywood.