This film is better as a thrill ride than it's predecessors, and while it's less dark than the second film, it is the most intense of all of them. But it has a lot of flaws: #1 there is no jeff goldblum, #2 there is no richard attenborough, #3 it's not directed by steven spielburg, #4 it's not based on a michael crichton book, and #5 it is too short. It did, however, do a good job of not giving it a "been there, done that" feel by adding in the spinosaurus and giving the velociraptors a new look. This was an okay film, but not as good as the first, and not nearly as good as the second. Lets keep our fingers crossed for Jurassic Park IV.