I liked the father. Mother not so much. She was very "screamy" and annoying. Nothing wrong with the actress, jut the character.

I've seen a lot of movies and Leoni's character was easily one of the most annoying/selfish/ignorant characters that was supposed to be good/relatable that I've ever witnessed in a movie. I'm not the hyperbole type she's easily top 5. I actually was thinking that this movie was a bit underrated at 5.9, because I thought the plot was entirely more interesting than JP2 and that the visuals were still decent enough. I enjoyed the adventure type vibe of the movie, even if it didn't capture the spectacle of the original, but dammit, her character is worth at least negative 2 points to the movie score. William H Flanders wasn't the worst thing ever IMO, even if his character was written to be very selfish and deceitful.

Yes! I totally agree! If they were to ever make a live action Simpson's film, William H. Macy would have been the PERFECT choice! However, yes the parents are the factor that took out all the suspense in the movie for me. It honestly felt like a Disney feel-good movie with Jurassic Park in the background. Sure there are some great scenes; my favorite being the airplane scene when attempting to flee the island and then the suspense afterwards. You really felt for them to escape the island once they landed. But after thatnothing else. Oh, and I do like the InGen compound scene, but again..the parents ruin it. I understand it's the writers ultimately at fault here, but when you are watching the movie, you don't think about the writers but just how annoying their characters are-save for Sam Neill.

They were annoying as well. The rest of the movie might have been okay had it not been for them.

I love Macy but these criminally stupid kidnapper parents needed to be eaten!

If you can't tolerate REAL people with differing (and very common) views about the fake people, maybe that says more about you and your own antisocial problems.
For within each death there is always a new life, a new beginning - Dillon, Alien 3

There are people just like this. And if you can't tolerate them, that says more about you and your own antisocial problems.
These aren't people, they are characters in a movie. A lot of normal people find these characters annoying for obvious reasons.
If you can't tolerate REAL people with differing (and very common) views about the fake people, maybe that says more about you and your own antisocial problems.

There are people like this, and they can be quite annoying on their own. Stuck on an island full of dangerous animals, they can get you killed, especially if they refuse to listen.

How old are you? How many parents have you been around? There are people just like this. And if you can't tolerate them, that says more about you and your own antisocial problems.

At least Grant belted Kirby, but too bad he didn't follow up on the Mrs.

Almost too kind for them. The Kirbys were nothing but a pair of Darwin Awards waiting to happen.

Then both she and her husband started yelling again later, on no less than three occasions in this film do they tell obnoxiously.

No she didn't. She yelled in the beginning (which brought the spino) and then again a little later on but stopped as soon as Grant (and her husband) told her to.

How is that any different from Malcolm and his team yelling sarah's name in The Lost World?
They did. However, when Malcolm and company heard and saw the Stegosauruses, they had the good sense to stop moving and quiet down. Amanda Kirby constantly pressed her luck by shouting every ten seconds and blowing off everything Dr. Grant said.
Logan, buddy. It's me, Deadpool! I shot youuuuuu.

How is that any different from Malcolm and his team yelling sarah's name in The Lost World?

Her character is THE WORST! I would have loved for her to have gotten eaten around the time she's using the megaphone to scream her son's name. Instead, someone else had to die for her stupidity. The whole movie is based around stupid people making stupid, selfish decisions.

Tea Leoni character was one of the worst annoying character in movie history, everytime she was on screen, i was praying to hammond for some almighty raptor to do some justice and slaught that bitch up!

I think the concept of a guy and his ex devising a way to get to the island under fake guise was good enough - if your kid ended up missing, you'd do whatever you could to get the help to find him.
That being said, their behavior was very distracting. The utter stupidity of shouting constantly when you know there are apex predators around is fairly idiotic, and the "let's go home bit" was pretty dumb. I mean she just saw her boyfriend dead in a tree like 48 hours ago. There's an aphrodysiac

PLEASE!!!!! would something eat the mom ASAP???

I never really had a problem with the dad, but the mom was TERRIBLE

he's always funny

Leoni was annoying, but I thought Macy brought the film enough laughs to make his character worth it.

Who the hell are you talking about? The Kirby's?

They were the most obnoxious characters in the trilogy, in my opinion. I kept waiting for them to die.