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Jurassic Park lives by it's ensemble cast. You've got Grant, who's kinda backwards oriented, but an upstanding guy with his heart in the right place, willing to take charge about what he technically doesn't like to do (deal with kids), showing that he'd be a great dad. You've got Ellie, who's a strong woman doing her own thing and while she does scream a lot, she's never the damsel. And then there's Muldoon, a down-to-earth hardass with a lot of empathy, willing to risk his life for the benefit of those around him without thinking twice about it. Even Ian is a good man, starting out as a macho know-it-all, who does show he's not just all about his wittyness and contrarianism, but also willing to risk his life for the children, even though it was an ill-advised attempt to not play second fiddle to Grant.BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:23 am I think the first one is pretty sublime because it's more of an ensemble. You have Grant that's kind of a male lead, but the stakes aren't really set around him in particular.
Well it's like we spend so much time with Pratt's character in the other movies. There's only so much time you can spend with him as a foster parent to Blue.Madner Kami wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:40 pmJurassic Park lives by it's ensemble cast. You've got Grant, who's kinda backwards oriented, but an upstanding guy with his heart in the right place, willing to take charge about what he technically doesn't like to do (deal with kids), showing that he'd be a great dad. You've got Ellie, who's a strong woman doing her own thing and while she does scream a lot, she's never the damsel. And then there's Muldoon, a down-to-earth hardass with a lot of empathy, willing to risk his life for the benefit of those around him without thinking twice about it. Even Ian is a good man, starting out as a macho know-it-all, who does show he's not just all about his wittyness and contrarianism, but also willing to risk his life for the children, even though it was an ill-advised attempt to not play second fiddle to Grant.BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:23 am I think the first one is pretty sublime because it's more of an ensemble. You have Grant that's kind of a male lead, but the stakes aren't really set around him in particular.
Typical response from you. Not surprised.Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:59 pm The hero of the franchise is Jeff Goldblum's tiddies.
They hired Pratt because of his audience-pull at the time and for no other reason, if you ask me and it shows. It's to the detriment of both movies, that he's such a central figure to everything happening.BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:09 amWell it's like we spend so much time with Pratt's character in the other movies. There's only so much time you can spend with him as a foster parent to Blue.
True and it's hard for it not to be.BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:30 am Disclosure is pretty much about Michael Douglas' character.