Jurassic Park 3 (2001)

Jurassic Park 3 is the last of the first trilogy of Jurassic Park movies, before it became Jurassic World. Although a lot of people don’t like the movie, I always thought it was fun. It reunites the audience with Alan and Ellie. Alan goes to Site B, promised money. Unfortunately for Alan, Kirby lied to him. He needed someone to help him find his son, so he promised money he didn’t have. Of course, dinosaur mayhem ensues, especially with those ever present Raptors. Quite an enjoyable monster movie.

Jurassic Park: The Lost World (1997)

Jurassic Park: The Lost World is the last of the sequels written by Michael Crichton. In it we learn of another island, Site B, where they were also breeding dinosaurs. Audience favorite, Ian Malcolm, returns to this sequel to remind us that chaos shall reign when we mess around with nature. And we have T-Rexes ravaging the streets of San Diego. Afterwards we are able to set up a nature reserve so that the dinosaurs can thrive without human interference. The movie is perhaps not as good as the first one, but still an enjoyable dinosaur movie.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Strictly speaking, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is not a fantasy movie. There is no magic, no gods, but the choreography is not of this world. No one in real life fights like that, like they are flying through the air. The sets acting and choreography make this movie one for the ages. It’s beautiful. The movie is not in English, but in Chinese with English subtitles, but the language barrier does not detract from the overall beauty of the movie. You watch it for the beauty not for any sort of coherent plot. But it does have a plot, a beautiful plot that doesn’t need a lot of words to have it make sense. This movie is in the book 501 Movies to Watch Before You Die.