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Summary: This movie is a good time - PERIOD!
Review: How people can bash this movie is beyond me. Can you find flaws in the plot line? - yes. Are there occasional inconsistencies? - yes. Are they any worse in this movie than the ones in Star Wars and Indiana Jones - no, and I bet you liked those movies, didn't you? Instead of nitpicking every little thing that Speilberg did wrong, why not take a step back and look at all he did right. This movie has some excellent acting (Goldblum and Postlewaite),a very good story, certainly good enough to string together all the incredible action sequences and movie magic that we're engulfed by throughout the entire film, and it actually pulls off a little moral statement about our society (both the stupidity of some hunters wanting to kill anything they can, and the stupidity of some tree hugging peace-niks that think everything should be saved.) The suspense is there too - I actually jumped out of my seat watching the movie again last night during the raptor/shack scene. People were obviously expecting something else from this movie when they bash it, but what WERE they expecting?!?! This movie has all the coolness of the first film and delivers extra - TWO t-rexes, new dinos, great capture sequence, and the entire SanFran ending is fantastic (who as a child didn't have nightmares that looked EXACTLY like what happened to the little boy?). If this movie had been the first Jurassic Park movie, people wouldn't have enough good things to say about it, and the first one would be a pretty weak follow up - wouldn't it? Take my word for it - this movie is a good time, even though it's the SECOND dinosaur movie to be a good time.
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Summary: No Day At The Park
Review: Having proved to the world that he could adapt Michael Crichton's best selling novel about dinosaurs roaming around in modern times, director Steven Spielberg, came back for the sequel, THE LOST WORLD. Sure, the film boasts more dinos than the first film, but for some reason it stll felt kind of flat. 4 years after the original film, Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) is asked by John Hammond (Sir Richard Attenborough) to join a team of people that will explore "site B". This alternate site to the original park was created in case something went wrong. Now, "something has survived"...After some coaxing Malcolm agrees to go. Once he arrives, he discovers that his girlfriend Sara (Julianne Moore), and his daughter Kelly (Vanessa Lee Chester who stowed away) are also there. Besides the group of observers, there's also a bunch of gruff wild game hunters on the island as well. They are after the ultimate prize...My main problem with sequel? The film is a perfect example of the old adage "more is not always better" The only reason that there were 2 groups on the island, was so that there was an excuse to have more victims As much as I sometimes enjoy Goldblum's work, he seemed too try to hard to fill Sam Neill's character's shoes I wont even talk about how whiney the daughter comes off in the film...and anyway where the heck did she come from, out of the blue like that? The special effects were good, of course, but they shouldn't be expected to carry any film period By the time the action moves to San Diego, (don't ask) things get really dumb, instead of being fun. The climax is a rip off of almost every Godzilla film (ho hum). I was really disappointed. As a plus though, the sound of the film on DVD is incredible. As for the Collector's Edition DVD and its extras, it is laid out like the first film is, and has a lot of the same stuff. There's a nicely produced documentary on the making of the film. The deleted scenes are nothing more than filler and it makes sense that they were cut out of the film. The extras also include an interactive dino encylopedia that features information about the new creatures in the sequel. There's also a number of design sketches, storyboards, production stills, theatrical trailers to all 3 films in the series, cast and crew information, and production notes Lastly, there are a few DVD-ROM features, as well My recommendation is to watch this only if you must, what a letdown...
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Summary: Mouthy pre-teens, no movie is complete without 'em.
Review: Ok, look... its a given, isn't it, that the inexplicable, insouciant, stow-away black daughter of Jeff Goldblum lays waste to this movie in much more savage fashion than the T Rex does to San Diego? This girl is pure liability, put on earth, apparently, to torture Goldblum, the rest of the cast, and everyone remotely connected with the movie. She is expressly told to get lost, next thing you know she's stowed away and is living the dream on Dinosaur Isle along with the rest of them. She contributes nothing, spends her time oscillating between mouthy pre-teen rarefaction, abject fear and utter dependence. After a gruesome T Rex attack, when the group had better beat it for anywhere but here all she can find to say to a battered and shellshocked Jeff Goldblum is "...Carry me." I found myself actually holding my hand over the part of the screen that she occupied, wishing there was some sort of V chip that accompanied the DVD that expressly was supplied to block her out. I can only imagine that the writers somehow got it into their heads that they would drag some obscure demographic into theaters with this character. But what? Bi-racial family enthusiasts? Mouthy pre-teen enthusiasts? WHAAAAAT?!?!? I agree with the other reviewer: if only the dinosaurs could have gone after the writers of the movie... then we would have something. But since that is impossible, I find myself reduced to a single, lingering question: does anyone on earth find mouthy pre-teens palatable? ITs kind of like a nightmare of vicarious parenting where one is debarred from giving the kid a good sound spanking.
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Summary: An excellent movie.
Review: The Lost World is a very interesting film. It s loosely based on Michael Crichton's novel of the same name. Mathmetician Ian Malcolm(Jeff Goldblum) gets a phone call from owner of Ingen genetics corporation John Hammond(Richard Attenborough) to come to his mansion. When Malcolm gets to the mansion his grandchildren Lex and Tim(although in this film they only make one appearence) meet them at the mansion. They have no idea why there grandpa called Ian. When he meets John said that there was another island that has dinosaurs on it. The place where the dinos were created...
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Summary: Sequel with Just Enough Spark
Review: The Lost World takes us back to that good ol' land of the dinosaurs to see another experiment screw up, and a lot of people attacked. This time, John Hammond thought he was just sending a team of four (Including a returning Jeff Goldblum) to another island where they housed the dinosaurs to photograph and document the dinosaur's lives. What Hammond didn't expect was that the new head over InGen has sent a huge team to capture a variety of dinosaurs to bring back to the states for a theme park. When the capture of a T-Rex baby goes wrong for the bad side, and the good side rescue it, all things go awry and the action begins. Steven Spielberg brought us The Lost World, based again on the book and screenplay by Michael Crichton. Although there's not all the spark that was ignited in Jurassic Park, The Lost World still has enough light to give an enjoyable action ride. I see it as this. When Jurassic Park ended, you wanted more T-Rex and raptor attack scenes and you wanted to see more beautiful imagery with extremely crafted CGI dinosaurs walking around. Well, that's what was given to us in The Lost World, but they used an interesting plot to surround the mix. And we get even more dinosaurs this time around. Jeff Goldblum returns as Ian Malcolm, and his character is a bit less annoying here, even though the same character feel is obvious. Julianne Moore is his scientist girlfriend who is sent to the island by Hammond. Vanessa Lee Chester adds the usual kid element in the JP films, and much like Joseph Mazzarello and Ariana Richards in Jurassic Park, she wasn't a bit annoying, and her chemistry with Goldblum was great. Vince Vaughn held out his own, and play the protector pretty good. The rest of the supporting cast were a mix of likeable / annoying characters. And the dino talk between the red headed / bearded guy and Julianne Moore was fairly interesting and it sounded as if they were truly discussing dinosaurs. The DVD is almost similar to the Jurassic Park one, with the Making Of feature, and plenty of photos and special effects featurettes. The Dinosaur Encyclopedia is also present. As is two uninteresting deleted scenes. My question is why isn't the pterodactyl helicopter attack scene here? There's also another scene not present that was shown when FOX aired The Lost World a while back. The video and audio transfers were great. It's obvious I'm a fan of the Jurassic Park movies, because most people actually dislike The Lost World for either being boring or not like the original. I know it's not like the original, but in its own, The Lost World is a great action flick with plenty of Spielberg heart.
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Summary: Just a monster movie
Review: I'll agree that this movie has plenty of typical thriller fare which can entertain, and seeing the dinosaurs is still interesting (though nothing like the first time). But when I saw the Raptors streaking through the field, closing in on a party of unsuspecting humans, I said, "This is just a monster movie. Nothing more."
I bother to write a review, however, because I'm still irritated at this story's philosophy judgement. The good guys are horrified at the team of "capitalists" who want to put the animals in a zoo. How could they be so cruel?! So an Earth First activist works with the lead female character to set them free and rescue a baby T-Rex. That single act causes almost all the deaths in the movie (including the activist's partner), but the story gives the activist a pass. The capitalists are the bad guys in this picture, least the viewer be confused, and most of them get eaten as they deserve. Ugh.
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Summary: EXCELLENT DEMO DVD. NOT FOR MOVIE CRITICS
Review: Fortunately I hadn't seen this film in a long time when I popped in the DVD. I thought that the sound and the picture quality of the disc were outstanding. From a technical point of view I have to say that the effects were much more impressive than those of Jurassic Park. The downside was the plot. I read the book before watching this movie the first time and there was material in the book that would have made for a much more exciting movie, but instead they took the fun-approach and just cranked out an entertaining movie, period. So as far as a descent brain wasting movie, The Lost World is quite entertaining.
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Summary: Well, It¿s better than Jurassic Park 3, that¿s for sure.
Review: While it's no where near as good as The first, it's a classic compared to the third movie. Jeff Goldblum is fine as the lead (At least He does not embarrass himself Like Sam Neil does in the next film) and Peter Postlethwaite is fantastic as the big game hunter. All and All a good follow up to the original. Word of advice, End Your Jurassic Park experience with this film and stay away from Jurassic Park 3. It's as bad as people have said.
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Summary: This Movie Should've Been Lost
Review: Before we get to what's wrong with this movie, I thought it would be a nice change to go over the positives first. Are there any? I'm not sure. I think there are. Oh....right. Yeah, there's a few. Picture quality is outstanding.
Sound quality is very good.
Great special effects.
Very cool extras. Unfortinatley, that's all that's good with this movie. The truth is that this movie STINKS! It's horrible. It's nothing even near to the original. In fact, I heard that the book is ten times better than the movie. I thought the story was terrible. Acting wasn't that great, either. And the last half of the movie is like a really bad Godzilla movie. All in all, not a very good movie. A great DVD, however. Just a terrible movie. It's not the worst movie I've ever seen, but it's pretty close to it. It's definatley on the list. The only reason why this movie gets two stars is because of the DVD. The movie alone should get zero stars.
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Summary: A Strong Sequel - But The First Is The Best!
Review: JP: The Lost World is a strong sequel - as far as sequels go. Most No 2 movies fail or leave less excited than the first but this one really holds it's own. Leading the cast again is Jeff Goldblum who as an actor can speak the most technical dialogue as flawlessly as a bird singing. And, he does it with humor. He is a great actor to watch speak. Juliana Moore is an excited character in her own right and often is the perfect foil to Jeff nervous character. The young girl playing Jeff's daughter is just as funny - although I can tell not as experienced. Everyone else seems to pale against the story of the real stars of this film. The Dinosaurs. Technically the film is great. The attack of the T-Rex on the edge of the cliff sequence is brilliant. Spielberg does try and do one important thing and this to make his characters real and more importantly sympathetic to their environment. They are not just props spewing out lines. They interact with each other, the dinosaurs and the sets. They are not part of the background. The DVD extras on this one are good as well. Originally it came with a web link to JP III, but that film flopped big time. Now that was a waste of film even though Sam Neil tried to make an effort of it but the film lacked a lot. This is a good DVD for your collection. (But the first JP film is still the best!)
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