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Summary: Bad sequel to "Jurassic Park"
Review: "Lost World: Jurassic Park" is horrible, suffering from a really bad case of sequelitis. Jeff Goldblum admirably reprises his role as Ian, and the stunning redhead Julianne Moore as his girlfriend, but no more characters in the sequel from the first one(excepting the Dr. Hammond and his two grandchildren reprising brief roles).Spielberg has crafted stunning special effects into the raptors, tyrannosaurus, and some exhilarating suspenseful moments-but that's all to enjoy. The second one is far too serious and weak in the script. If more breathtaking and the characters taken less seriously, this would make an okay sequel. "Jurassic Park" and the 3rd sequel, "Jurassic Park III" are admirably better than the second one, which takes itself far too seriously and just gives too many lame excuses for people being eaten by the dinos. If you had a choice to buy the second or the third movie, when it comes out on DVD and VHS, buy the third one, if you hadn't bought the second movie already. It's more enjoyable and more thrilling than the second one. Spielberg, you can do much, MUCH better than THIS. This is HORRIBLE. Rated PG-13 for extreme terror violence/gore and mild language.
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Summary: Anemic and contrived
Review: Few directors have given a film franchise the kind of bad name Spielberg gave Jurassic Park -- and The Lost World is the reason. It's as if Steven Spielberg, the lord of commerical cinema, was bored with the brain dead, theme park genre he helped to define. But nothing can compare to David Koepp's horrid script. The first film might have been little more than a pale reflection of the novel, but it at least had the Awe Factor. From the lousy story conceit that gets Dr. Ian Malcolm (and his Black daughter) back to the island, through a self-mocking and utterly film destroying segment in which a T-Rex pretends it's King Kong (Indeed, somehow a locked down T-Rex manages to kill the entire crew of a boat), absolutely nothing about the script logically flows or generates interest or emotion. The drama is contrived and the plot is diluted with a silly ecological slant that takes the spotlight away from the stars of the film -- the Dinosaurs. This is a mistake Jurassic Park 3 avoids. While JP3 may be just as shallow, it does one very important thing -- it stays on the island and let's the Dinosaurs rule.
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Summary: Evidence against the need for sequels
Review: OK, everyone's mentioned how wonderful and truly groundbreaking Jurassic Park is and I agree. But this movie was horrible. Julianne Moore needs to stop taking roles in sequels (hannibal) Anyway, I would have given this movie 3 stars but it lost one star because scenes were ridiculously long and the scene where the Malcolm's daughter does her olympic bar routine to fight the dinosaur--talk about corny.
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Summary: So-so sequel is, at times, a sleeper.
Review: Steven Speilberg returns to the screen with big-budget status and special effects galore, but even he cannot save "The Lost World," the highly anticipated follow-up to his first dinosaur phenomenon, from being a blunder of no-brainer plot and twists of mere convenience. The sole returning star, Jeff Goldblum, along with some of the same suspense from the first film, makes up for what can only be referred to as a folly. Goldblum's character, Ian Malcom, is called upon by John Hammond, played by a sincerely missed Richard Attenborough, who, even in his mere five-minute appearance, turns in a worthy performance. He reveals the secrets of a second island, where more genetically-created dinosaurs were placed, asking Malcom to return there and assess the situation going on there. Upon his arrival, Malcom reunites with his girlfriend, Dr. Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore), who has also been watching what goes on among the prehistoric creatures. This also gives director Speilberg a chance to envision some new prehistoric creatures previously unseen in modern movie-making, from a graceful stegosaurus to swooping pterodactyls in the sky. The special effects for this film are just as visionary as the first outing, but here, they play out like special effects instead of working with the story. And once a group of mercenaries lands on the island, toting large guns and expensive capture equipment, all goes to hell again. Led by game hunter Roland Tembo (Pete Postlethwaite), the group's intentions are to capture some of the animals and bring them to San Diego, where theme park owner Peter Ludlow (Arliss Howard) awaits the opening of his reality-based extravaganza. But again, the dinosaurs become manhunters, with less reason for their actions than "Jurassic Park" provided. Recalling Laura Dern's character's speech in the first film, she warned that "these are aggressive living creatures who have no idea what century they're in, and they will defend themselves, violently, if necessary." That speech summed up the reasons for mayhem in the movie's second half. Here, the predators are there simply for the action, and while there are moments of high-quality suspense, it cannot make up for this lapse in the story structure. The characters are also not very well-developed, a fault that cannot be dismissed. Goldblum's Malcom is still wonderfully sarcastic and witty, but the inclusion of his daughter Kelly, played by Vanessa Lee Chester, is merely a tactic of the plot to put more people into a dangerous situation with the possibility of not making it out alive. Moore's character, Sarah Harding, is denied the privilege of expressing her awe and wonderment over the massive creatures, as are other new arrivals to the island. Speilberg still fills the story with gut-wrenching intensity, even if most of them happen to be mere time-wasters. Consider the scene in which a research trailer hangs dangerously over a cliff, the occupants hanging on for dear life. The scene is charged with suspense, but tends to wear thin because it goes on for too long. Kelly, like any convenience character, throws herself into many hot spots for danger, after which she must be rescued by someone who dares to make the attempt. To call "The Lost World" a missed opportunity is something of an overstatement. "Jurassic Park was such a colossal motion picture, an first-rate fantasy movie that the sequel can only hope to aspire to be. Speilberg does not capture the same essence of prehistoric life thrown into modern day, and in doing so, "The Lost World" is a lost cause.
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Summary: Terrible movie.
Review: I saw The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2 when it was first released way back in Spring of '97. I was utterly disgusted. The acting in the film is horrendous, especially that of the little girl (gymnastics anyone)? Jeff Goldblum reprises his role as the smart-aleck math guy from the first movie, and Richard Attenborough makes a brief cameo appearance as John Hammond, the old man from the first movie, the two kid's who were in the first movie are back as well for brief cameo's. The action doesn't pick up until about 1 hour into the film when Goldblum's character ends up on an island inhabited by dinosaurs. From there on it's pretty much just "oh no! a dinosaur! run!" type of thing. The last half hour of the movie takes place in San Diego (or Fransisco, I don't remember) where a T-rex runs rampant, knocking over buildings and stuff - it's basically a parody of Godzilla. By the time this movie was over I had a headache and was sick for hours afterward - this movie is that bad. Please, don't see this movie unless you liked the first one.
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Summary: Not as good as the original,but still entertaining
Review: The Lost World,directed by Steven Spielberg,is not as good as the first Jurassic Park. I thought the story was kind of thin,and some of the diologue kind of silly,although most of the performances are pretty good. Even with it's flaws I couldn't help but find myself entertained.It was pretty exciting in places,and you have to love those dinosaurs. Even Spielberg makes a subpar film once in a while,and if a person doesn't expect TOO much,then they should find this one entertaining. As for the DVD,it is quite good,with a lot of interesting special features.The sound quality and picture are very good as well.
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Summary: Not as bad as most people say.
Review: It wasn't hard to accept the Site-b story, the things that are negative about this movie is the little girl doing gymnastics to beat a raptor, Julianne Moore's stunt double during the raptor scenes knowing exactly what to do and where to go and the Rexzilla part but the rest of the movie ain't that bad, if only they had cut those scenes out it would have been a lot better. Still, it's much better that JP3.
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Summary: Actors improve, as do the dinos
Review: This is byfar the best Jurassi Park movie so far. It puts the other ones out of the competition in my opinion Not just because more people are killed by the dinosaurs, but because the plot takes such interesting turns, it makes you just love the movie.
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Summary: Clumsy and Uninspired
Review: Being a dinophile since birth, I absolutely loved Jurassic Park. Seeing lifelike dinosaurs was an absolute joy for me and I will always remember the first time I saw the Brachiosaur eating the tree at the outset of the film. Respecting Stephen Spielberg's work, I felt he would do further justice to the original with the sequel .... I eagerly read The Lost World novel to build up my anticipation for the movie, but was very sadly disappointed .... Had the screenplay been adapted from the book (which was a little fluffy, but very readable), it would have been a perfect marriage of visuals and story. As for The Lost World movie, I felt it was plodding, uninspired, and redundant. In fact, I would liken this sequel to Speed 2 or Species 2 .... The dinosaur scenes were uninspired, though the effects were top-notch. The story was trite, and everyone I watched the movie with laughed at the dialogue. .... My hope is that the third installment will recapture the kid in me like the first did. Given my experience with The Lost World, though, I won't be surprised if I'm disappointed. I'm giving the film two stars for the special effects.
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Summary: An O.K. Movie! A Much Better DVD!
Review: This movie could've been so good if they had left out the T-Rex in the city at the end. For that reason, I gave it 4 stars. Special features include: "The Making Of The Lost World", Deleted Scenes, Storyboards, Production photographs, Design Sketches, Conceptual Paintings, Theatrical Trailors for "Jurassic Park", "The Lost World", and Jurassic Park 3", Dinosaur Encyclopedia, Production Notes, Cast and Filmakers, direct hotlink to the Set of Jurassic Park 3, and DVD-Rom features. One group is sent to site B, where the dinosaurs were originally creted and still live, to keep people out, the other, to take dinosaurs away and put them in a zoo. Who will win?
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