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A Classic That's Gained A Bad Reputation (2009-07-24)

I'm probably one of the few people that likes The Lost World waaaaay better than Jurassic Park 3. Apart from Sam Neill and Laura Dern, I thought the acting was horrendous in 3 and about ruined the whole film. They didn't have much of a good script to work with, though. In this one however, everybody is great and Jeff Goldblum is brilliant as usual. I don't think the plot is as poor as people've made it out to be. It possibly could've happened, and sure the girl doing gymnastics on the raptor was silly but the trailer hanging over the cliff scene was much scarrier than anything on JP3. There's more deaths and violence in Lost World which could take away from the magic but it adds more to the concept that they're very dangerous creatures. Both Lost World and JP3 have a lot of action, but it feels overkill and monontonous in JP3. Maybe I'm being unfair and should watch the 3rd one again, but this movie definitley doesn't deserve all the criticism it's received!

Excellent Service (2009-07-06)

Came really quick, within 2 days! and it was used, but worked and looked great.

Good Effects, Not Much Else - Very Disappointing (2009-06-30)

The second Jurassic Park movie, "The Lost World", was a huge let down from the first movie Jurassic Park (Widescreen Collector's Edition). While sequels seldom live up to the original movie, this one miss the mark by a wide margin. About the only thing to recommend about the movie are the outstanding CGI effects, everything else was poorly conceived and executed.

This movie centers around Dr. Malcolm (played heavy handed by Jeff Goldblum) as he tries to rescue his girlfriend (Julianne Moore) from more of Hammond's (brief appearance by Richard Attenborough) dinosaurs. There is also a brief appearance of Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello (Hammond's grandchildren from the first movie), but sadly they really play no part in this movie. What we get instead is Dr. Malcolm's young daughter (not a bad actress at all, but laughable casting) as a plot device to provide more incentive for the main characters to be heroic.

While most moves require some suspension of disbelief, this movie has plot holes so large that you could fit a herd of Brachiosaurus through them. All of the characters are caricatures that are so incredibly flat and poorly fleshed out that they act in ways no human would behave in a real life or death situation. The list includes Malcolm's non-stop "I told you so", the experienced field researchers ignoring basic interaction protocols, the daughter's surprising development of Ninja like fighting skills, the evil hunter who only wants to destroy something beautiful, the greedy incompetent corporate executive, and, perhaps most annoying of all, the "Earth First'er" who would jeopardize human life to save an animal. It is bad enough that the movie is tedious, but sadly it is also preachy.

Unfortunately this movie should be watched to get the full Jurassic Park experience, but don't take it too seriously.

Entertaining, But Least Of The 3 JPs (2009-05-24)

Of the three Jurassic Park films, this was the only one I thought didn't match up to the others, but was still entertaining and offered the normal amounts of thrills and amazing special effects.

The dinosaurs are so life-like that they are always fascinating to watch. The baby T-Rex is particularly realistic in this adventure story, as are the little bird-like creatures. The story was so-so. I think a better ending would have been a shot of the big reptile in front of the San Diego skyline, which could set up the sequel of the beast loose in a big city, but the ending was still okay....just could have been better.

Also, there was too much action in here. Some - not a lot - should have been cut out. At a little over two hours, the film can wear you out. Despite the above remarks, it's still a fun-scary-tense thriller and the DTS sound is superb.

Terrible Plot (2009-04-06)

I own it, my Father likes some of the quirky one-liners but I certianly don't and it lacks the charm of the original. Really bad idea to deviate so much from the well written book.

Fun Movie, But Almost No Resemblance to the Book. (2009-03-19)

I recently read the book "The Lost World" by Michael Crichton (May he Rest In Peace) And it was a preety good book. I had seen the movie before the film and pointed out the differences. First off wheres Levine? Thorne? Dodgson? What happened to the whole disease thing with the dinosaurs. I could go on and on. But despite the differences Speildberg did what he does best, Make a fun movie.

Just a Second! (2009-03-13)

Had seen the movie with commercials on cable...and wanted it to complete the trilogy. Actually really enjoyed this one more than the third take.

Amazing Movie, Just As Good As the First, Full Stop. (2009-01-18)

this movie is just as good as the first, with its amazing music and thrilling attack scenes, it doesent dissapoint!

Easily the Trilogies Worst Installment (2008-09-25)

*Spoiler Alert - Some plot details are included in this review*

The transition from popular novel to Hollywood film often results in a misshapen mess, and that is certainly the case with this disastrous sequel to the fantastic Jurassic Park.

The Lost World is simply a stupid film. I won't belabor the misspent opportunities to include good sequences from the book because I know that what works well on paper doesn't always work as well on the big screen. Still, the sheer lameness of the screenplay, the horrendous 'Hollywoodification' of the basic characters and plot, is beyond belief.

The first 2/3's of the film deal with the capture of the T.Rex, which requires an entire army of what must be, quite frankly, mentally challenged mercenaries. Most of these are casually swallowed by various 'meat-a-sauruses', grenades and all. The only scene that comes close to the kind of tension from Jurassic Park is one drawn directly from the Lost World Novel.

For the grand finale, the filmmakers had the audacity to have the T.Rex run around Los Angeles, eating dogs and attacking buses! 'How did the T.Rex manage to escape in the first place?', you might ask. Why, by eating the captain and crew of the ship it was being transported on, causing said ship to crash at full speed into the dock. The preposterous notion of a T.Rex eating its way through a ships crew while out at sea is only topped by the scene showing that the captain's disembodied hands are still gripping the steering wheel. Not only that, but T.Rex apparently had the good manners to lock itself back in the hold after devouring the crew! How considerate.

Ian Malcom (Goldblum) returns to star in the sequel. Julianne Moore and Vince Vaughn join the cast and Dr.Hammond (Attenborough) and the kids make a brief appearance. Everyone else is entirely disposable.

For fans of this movie, I don't really get it, but preferences differ and I'm glad at least a few people got their money's worth. For those who haven't seen this sequel, purchase with caution. I recommend Jurassic Park III, which comes much closer to the original than this disappointing attempt.

Disapointing Sequel (2008-09-25)

One of my biggest complaints with this movie was the tagline "Something has survived." So? Why wouldn't something have survived? As I recall at the end of Jurassic Park everyone just evacuates the island and leaves the dinosaurs to themselves so of course something has survived. Now if you read the book where they bomb the island back to the stone age (no pun intended) it would make sense that everything should have been dead. Then they go on to tell us that it was based on Michael Crichton's book. Could someone please tell me which parts? (spoilers) First of all the opening scene where the girl gets attacked by the compys is actually the beginning to the FIRST book. What was up with that? Then when we get into the plot the ONLY character that even remotely resembled his character from the book was Ian Malcolm. The rest of the characters were either one character's name transplanted onto another's personality or completely made up for the movie such as the ENTIRE expedition that was attempting to capture live dinosaurs. Then at the end that whole T-Rex rampage through town, what moron thought that would be a good idea? Another element that never happend in the book. O.K. I understand that movies are basically never exactly like the book, but shouldn't there have been at least ONE scene from the book included in the movie? The only one I can remember is the T-Rexs kicking the trailers off the cliff and the kicking of the trailers was the only thing about that scene that was correct nothing else. One last question: What was the high hide hanging from?