Steven Spielberg announced at the most recent Comic-Con that a script is in place for the fourth movie in the Jurassic Park franchise. However, it was left unclear whether Spielberg will be directing the upcoming film or simply just producing it. Jurassic Park was released in the summer of 1993 and captivated audiences around the globe with its spectacular use of CGI (computer-generated imagery) as the dinosaurs seemed alive. But as the franchise continued to release movies, audiences seemed less interested as box office totals worsened with each release (it didn't help that the movies The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III weren't very good). So will a fourth movie be able to recapture the magic of the first film? Let's examine.
Ten years have passed since the release of Jurassic Park III and a fourth movie would have to do something to get people to care about the franchise again. One way to do this would be to have Spielberg direct the fourth outing like he did the first two in the franchise. It's not a surprise that the third movie (Spielberg did not direct) bombed at the box office. Audiences will be disinterested in a series when you go from the caliber of Spielberg to the caliber of Joe Johnston. Spielberg himself will bring in a decent audience.
The fourth installment will also have to bring back the characters we cared about and mix them in with some cool, new characters. The Lost World: Jurassic Park didn't have Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) or Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern). Jurassic Park III didn't have Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldbum) or John Hammond (Richard Attenborough). Bring back these four characters and while you're at it, add in some slick, new characters and we may have a decent sequel in the works.
Also, I think for the next Jurassic Park film to succeed outside the box office we cannot be drowned with CGI. The first film used CGI very well (and minimally I might add as well) and since Spielberg had success with it back in 1993 films have been over using CGI to the point where films look ridiculous. So please, use CGI when needed or when it looks cool, otherwise the film is going to look like ninety percent of the other summer blockbusters released in the past decade. In addition to this we will need a story that we care about so we will be drawn back in to watch it multiple times. And this goes back to the lack of interesting characters in the second and third films of the franchise, if we don't care about the characters, we don't care what happens (or doesn't happen) to them.
Jurassic Park IV will be coming out in two to three years. I just hope they take my advice and make a pretty sweet movie.
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