This movie needs a little more affection. There are some really wonderful things scattered throughout it that are top notch. For one the Tyrannosaurs effects are absolutely amazing. Many of the other dinos are hit or miss in the realism department but the T-Rex really scores. No other movies can match the dinosaur effects of the Jurassic Park series and this one may do it the best of the three of those. Jeff Goldblum is back as Dr. Ian Malcolm and he's a really fun likable character. Goldblum brings the quirky like few other actors and his portrayal of Malcolm is played pretty straight for him. He's the hero of this movie but he's not a superhero. He's a mediocre father and boyfriend and seems to be a few steps behind at times. Speaking of superheroes Malcolm's daughter Kelly whose a gymnast has one of the outright corniest hero moments in any movie I've ever seen. And she's an annoying kid no less. Why oh why does Spielberg put these kinds of moments in his films? It's stunningly stupid...you'll know it when you see it. Another strike against this movie is Julianne Moore. Her Dr. Sarah Harding character is so unappealing. She is constantly putting her loved ones and cohorts in danger. Someone should have knocked her out and thrown her in one of the dinosaur cages. There is a great extended scene where a pair of T-Rex attack a couple of trailers that hang over the edge of a cliff. Spielberg really really turns up the tension nicely during this sequence. And I thought the scene of a T-Rex trampling through San Diego was wonderful and looked great. It was either a shot at the then upcoming 1998 Devlin/Emmerich "Godzilla" flick or a loving tribute to Toho's Big-G.