The T. rex pair on the cliffside and the long grass scene are up there with the best of JP93

But yeah, San Diego is really out of place. Plus the fact that the raptor/baby rex attack on the ship got cut but the reason for the crash didn't change is still one of the most jarring things in a major film I can remember lol

Jaws is rated PG and has nudity in it lol

The Lost World is a mediocre film that completely unravels in its third act.

I absolutely adore the book, which actually takes some time to portray the dinosaurs as animals just doing their thing as opposed to being blood-thirsty monsters like in the movie, so that definitely weighs heavily on my opinion.

Why are movies so dark these days?! Like I literally can't see what's going on!!!!

The Lost World always felt off to me, even when I was a kid. I think realistically, it was Universal/Spielberg trying to pump the gas and capitalize on the success on the previous one. They famously started production on the film before the book it was based on was even published—a book that they kinda had to convince Crichton to write.

As a result, I think there's a clumsiness about it. Thematically, it kinda retreads notions about pushing science too far and the exploitation of nature, and mostly pushes safari-type imagery as the major change. Plus the ending, which seemed like Spielberg wanting to do King Kong but with a dinosaur.

It doesn't really try to say anything new, characters keep doing silly things to drive the action (Harding scolds the other characters for using water on a fire since it'll attract predators, then brings a baby T-rex back to the camp, and leaves bloody rags hanging in the open... both of which get people killed), and the third act does feel really disconnected. Like you said, a lot of the characters disappear and it doesn't even bother to really explain how the ship's entire crew died without any real damage being shown, and somehow it was still able to arrive at the dock it was destined for somehow... I dunno. The story was a justification to brute force a lot of big set pieces, which is ultimately fine because they're Spielberg set pieces. JP3, at the very least, kinda overtly telegraphed that it was mostly there to deliver on crazy dinosaur action, which worked for me quite a bit.

I also think that mouth of Sauron sequence is sort of weird for Aragorn's character. He just lops the guy's head off and says "He was probably lying, let's do this suicide mission anyways."

I feel like it could've worked, but it would've taken more than that sequence to make Aragorn's actions seem reasonable at that point

When everything clicks into place.....all that training and blood, sweat and tears finally comes together and the hero makes that one last play, move, fight pay off. Cue triumphant music.

The Rocky, Karate Kid trope.

Geek, loser, wimp, intellectually challenged becomes a champ and gets the girl in the end. I watch every single move on this trope. Can't get enough of it.

Did Silence?

I love a good backup/cavalry arrival. Whether it be a “Hey you guys”, a blaring horn from Rohan, or even a shitty spaceship sneaking up on Vader, I am a sucker for it. Hell, I’ll even take a bunch of sonar-following bats storming a mental institution.

Shit, I might have to watch these soon

I started doing this in the mid-90s as a kid. I might not have tickets from most of the movies over the past few years, but up until the late 2010s, I probably have every ticket stub.

>For me, it’s a good one-take shot.

Certainly cool when well executed, but i wouldn't call it a trope.

An athlete finding that last bit of energy/courage/ability to win.

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It's weird because the lips don't match the dialogue in the original audio anyway.

As narratively disconnected as the San Diego sequence was, that was what I wanted out of Dominion that it failed to execute. The idea of these dinosaurs out in the world instead of on an island was always the endgame of this franchise, and yet Lost World somehow gives us more (and better) chaos amongst civilians than anything the World movies could. So in hindsight I like the Rex in San Diego sequence so much more since it delivered on that potential

I search for subtitled screenings rather than dubs, so I haven't experienced that.

Michael Bay’s slow motion explosions and crashes

I didn’t even think of that!!!!! Thank you wow that’s so twisted

The life aquatic, a Wes Anderson movie.

Unrealistic sword fights. I know there has been a push toward a little more realism but give me a swashbuckling sword fight any day. Notable examples are The Mask of Zorro and The Princess Bride

I did for a while (starting with Episode I in May 1999) and had a little scrapbook even, but stopped doing so around (checks pictures of ticket scrapbook) July 2004. Electronic ticketing kinda made it pointless after a point, though I’m sure I got and discarded other printed tickets after 2004.

People never get that for it to be a snub, it had to be better than at least one of the nominees. So you have to have watched at least one to even start making that claim. And if we're talking snubbed for the win, you have to have watched every movie nominated in that category

Whoops you criticized a democrat politician. That only gets you downvotes around here.

Training montages