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Summary: Needed more from book
Review: I really thought the whole, My girlfriend is on the island so I must go save her, was really stupid. Coulden't they find a better way to get him there? Unlike others, I did not think the acting was that bad. I really thought Jeff did a good job. I thought the special effects were good too. The thing that really made me mad was that the movie was compleatly different from the great book by Michael Crichton. If you read the book but have not seen the movie, DO NOT BUY THE MOVIE. It will be a waste of your time and money. Instead go and read the novel again. The fact that they changed the characters and made new ones for the movie was just plain stupid. I say it would have been a better movie if they just stuck to the book.
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Summary: Spielberg's sequel delivers in spades...
Review: While making the first Jurassic Park, Spielberg seemed VERY enthusiastic about it (at least that's what the making-of feature implied). He was doing something nobody had ever done before and originality is an important thing to a great director, which Spielberg definitely is. When the Lost World came out four years later, it was a box-office smash, but it also disappointed a lot of people. A movie like this is essentially critic-proof, so bad word-of-mouth wasn't going to stop anyone from seeing it one way or the other. Yeah, it boasted more special effects, dinosaurs, action sequences, etc., but you could just tell that Spielberg wasn't as energized about this as he was the first one. And I'm of the belief that the only real reason he did this was to get another fat paycheck from Universal because, obviously, he wasn't really doing anything we haven't seen before.So if you take that into account, the Lost World is an enormously entertaining movie which just so happens to have been made by a great director with half-hearted effort. In my opinion, I think mediocre Spielberg is more worthwhile than a lot of the junk out these days. In fact, if you were to compare the Lost World to, say, the Mummy, you'd realize that the Lost World comes very close to being a modern classic. While I hate to do the whole comparison thing, it only goes to prove my point. And please, for the sake of God, PLEASE don't pick every little aspect of this movie apart as if you were watching a David Lynch film. An attitude like that will get you nowhere with escapist cinema. If you're a fan of fast cars, glossy visuals and a techno music soundtrack, watch the Fast and the Furious. If you're a fan of lame acting, sloppy editing and the butchery of a novelist's legacy, watch Queen of the Damned. If you're a fan of REAL entertainment, watch the Lost World.
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Summary: Eco Terrorists are the heroes of Lost World
Review: The "heroes" of this movie free dinosaurs onto unsuspecting hunters who had them in cages. The dinosaurs destroy all the hunters' life- saving equipment which leads to massive loss of life.
Later our "heroes", who have an opportunity to drug and thus stop the T-Rex from crushing people in San Diego lead the T-Rex on a dangerous street chase so that they can save the T-Rex's life.
Lots of characters died in order to save animals in this movie. Personally, this movie offended me because I think human life is sacred.
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Summary: Few Reasons to Watch It, No Reasons To Like It
Review: If you're locked up in your home during a storm and you have nothing to do BUT watch a movie, The Lost World is the perfect choice. But only under those circumstances. The film IS entertaining but for the wrong reasons. It was an insult to Spielberg and the original film. Spielberg lost his creative genius and instead of making a sequel worthy of the first Jurassic Park, he went crazy and made a Godzilla remake that wasn't realistic or worthy. Jeff Goldblum was as dry as a cracker, and though I love Jeff Goldblum I couldn't forgive him for such a pitiful and boring performance. Julianne Moore and Vanessa Lee Chester were the only two in the film who acted like the dinosaurs were real. There were too many wasted characters like Vince Vaughn and Pete Postlewaite ( sp? ). The plot was impossible to get into and I got the idea that Spielberg didn't even know what genre he was making the movie for. It was supposed to be Science Fiction/Adventure but he turned The Lost World into a cheap horror flick. Stephen needs to do more research on dinosaurs because nine times out of ten, a big T-Rex won't walk on a sidewalk and not fall through the earth! Nor will a ship be able to hold a T-Rex AND float along the water. The movie seemed made only for money purposes and Spielberg appeared pressured and not at all enthusiastic. I bought the DVD collector's item and I could tell by the behind-the-scenes featurette alone he was bored and only made the movie to strap another big film to his belt. For such a wonderful director, more was expected but I either laughed ( at the plot ) or cried ( at the same plot ) and still walked away not understanding why the darn thing was made in the first place. The biggest disappointment for me was the lack of scenes between Ian and Kelly. The interracial relationship idea ( his marriage )was the best thing about the movie yet it wasn't explored at all. It would have been more exciting if his black wife had come along. Least she and Moore would have had some interesting catfights. Finally there would be one fight scene I wouldn't have fallen asleep during. Instead his daughter served no purpose but to whine " Daddy! " 800 times. Spielberg should have gone through some history between Ian and Kelly's mother instead of the girl just popping out of nowhere. The audience is left with why she was there in the first place if it didn't bring anything else to the story. She and others were wasted. Last but not least, the dinosaurs looked fake and the action between T-Rex and the cars and etc. was boring and rehearsed to death. The only exciting part was when Sarah and Kelly were stuck in the little warehouse with the dinosaurs eating their way inside. Spielberg didn't leave anything to the imagination. Don't let me forget the terrible scene where T-Rex is storming through a neighborhood and no one wakes up! By that time I had had it, unfortunately that was the end of the film. Ask me why I watched it? Because it was 1997 and blockbusters ruled. Ask me why I bought the DVD? Because Jeff Goldblum looked hot in black jeans. Yes, my reason was that shallow and yours will have to be too to buy this crap. You have to either be in love with Goldblum or have an intense obsession for dinosaurs, other than that don't waste your time. Get 98's Godzilla if you want to see something big stumping around. At least with that you won't EXPECT a good plot.
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Summary: 2.7 out of 5
Review: Out of all of Steven Spielberg's many films, THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, the sequel to the blockbuster megahit, is for certain the master director's worst. It details a team sent to bring back Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore) from a Site B containing more dinosaurs, while another team is sent to capture the dinosaurs and bring them back to L.A. Jeff Goldblum stars as Ian Malcom, the humorous mathematician from the first film, who knows right from wrong - he just can't get anyone to listen to him. The special effects are again excellent, and Williams' score is very good, but when it's a Steven Spielberg film and it gets nowhere above average, you can't help but feel extremely disappointed. Featuring almost no relation to the novel from it was adapted by Michael Crichton. Next up: JURASSIC PARK III.
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Summary: [Weak]
Review: ...the plot is a mess and the actors/actresses deserve better.a bunch of researchers travel to Jurassic Park and even the actors/actresses deserve to get eaten in this.the special effects are the best thing about this and if you want some real good time watch Jurassic Park 1 or 3 for horror,suspense,and real entertainment than this ...
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Summary: It could have been a lot worse
Review: For everything Jurassic Park did for combining the computer and motion picture industries in 1993, The Lost World does seem like a big let down four years later. Lost is the wonder and amazement of seeing humans and dinosaurs co-exist in the same film. Gone is the feeling of newness, only to be replaced with wanting more-ness (sorry, making words up here). Jurassic Park was a brand new puppy - energetic and fun, leaving you wanting more. The Lost World is that puppy that you have to train and house-break. That sense of wonder has all but disappeared. With that said, The Lost World is not a bad movie. In fact, it's above average compared to movies made today. A general rule of thumb with sequels is that a "good" sequel is something that adds to the story, that actually does pick up where it's previous installment left off. Many sequels are just the original all over ago, but bigger and louder. The Lost World is a combination of both. Our hero, Ian Malcom (Jeff Goldblum), has to go on another island with more dinosaurs and less safety to stop greedy animal trappers from getting to the dinos first. There is a lot of "been there, done that" with The Lost World - the T-Rex poking its head inside a tent felt an awful lot like another movie and a T-Rex poking its head inside a jeep, and the running away from the raptors was nearly identical to the first visit to the Park. But there is good stuff here. A scene in which a trailer our heros are in gets knocked off the side of the cliff and Julianne Moore is left on the windshield of the vehicle is able to one-up Jurassic Park's most tense scene. And the ending makes you sit up and go ah-ha. Although if you put a lot of thought into this movie, you will find it incrediably unbelievable. But this is a movie that is just a popcorn flick and, if it were not a follow up to the first JP, could have, and probably would have, been better recieved. However, one thing I do want to point out is that I think was a terrible mistake by the filmmakers was the inclusion of Malcom's daughter. She is played by an African-American, and although the subject of an inter-racial relationship between father and daughter, and ultimately father and mother, isn't played out, her inclusion leaves you with a two-part "So What?" question. It seems as if Speilberg was thinking about making a social statement on the subject of inter-racial relationships, but because he doesn't, you say "So what - why is his daughter African American in the first place?" and "So what - why is she even there?" The character really serves no purpose, except to be another excuse to get off the island. Hopefully I've worded this right so I don't offend anyone, that's not my intentions. But I feel that this is a major flaw in the already flawed movie. However, that being said, because this is a flawed movie doesn't make it any less fun.
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Summary: Lost World? No...Lost Luster
Review: Although Jurassic Park (in both novel and movie formats)was bound to spawn sequels just as Jaws did, it didn't have to fall into movie by the numbers territory, yet, surprisingly, The Lost World does just that. Even though screenwriter David Koepp, director Steven Spielberg, some cast members and all the techno-wizards are back for this 1997 sequel, one comes away from watching The Lost World - Jurassic Park wondering if Spielberg had his mind elsewhere...perhaps thinking about such projects as Amistad and Saving Private Ryan, or poring over script ideas for Indiana Jones IV. It's not an awful movie, mind you, otherwise I would not own it. But it isn't that great, either, and that is disappointing, considering it is a Steven Spielberg film. Once again screenwriter Koepp takes a few scenes from Michael Crichton's equally uninspired sequel (which I have started to read but never finished) and tacks on several new ideas that were not in the novel. This is okay, I suppose, because Jurassic Park also took liberties with its story to make it more kid-friendly. (By now, I'm sure, those who have read the novel know that Hammond in the movie bears little resemblance to the literary Hammond; I always pictured the book's eccentric billionaire looking like the old Mafioso in Prizzi's Honor rather than the almost cuddly Richard Attenborough.) The plot, such as it is, revolves around InGen's Site B, the "factory floor" where the actual breeding of the dinosaurs was done. Located on Isla Sorna, some 87 miles away from the now infamous Isla Nublar, Site B was destroyed by Hurricane Clarissa, and dinosaurs which were supposedly lysine-dependent (if they did not ingest enough of that enzyme they would not live longer than a week...but then again they were all females and supposedly could not breed, either!) are now thriving. Unfortunately, InGen is now under the control of Hammond's nephew Peter Ludlow (Arliss Howard) , and its board of directors, dealing with the corporation's impending bankruptcy, wants to exploit Site B to recoup the losses resulting from the "incident" at Jurassic Park. The nephew is no brighter than his uncle, however, since his scheme is potentially more dangerous than a dinosaur theme park on an isolated island. Meanwhile, Hammond has a counterscheme of his own. Knowing that only public opinion can rally support for his desire to preserve Isla Sorna as a refuge for the dinosaurs, Hammond recruits (bribes, actually) a small team of experts -- chaos theory maven Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), documentarian Nick Van Owen (Vince Vaughn), paleontologist Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore) and field equipment expert Eddie Carr (The West Wing's Richard Schiff) -- to film and document the dinosaurs before Ludlow and his team of poachers, led by hunter Roland Tembo (Pete Postlewhaite) can "harvest" some dinosaurs and take them to Jurassic Park San Diego. As action pictures go, The Lost World is technically impressive. Four years of improvements in CGI techniques make the dinosaurs more lifelike, and Spielberg's talent shines through in the various set pieces where sheer action is involved. However, the last act of the movie, when Ludlow's scheme of taking a T-Rex to San Diego goes disastrously awry, seems forced, as if Spielberg had planned it for Jurassic Park III but decided to tack on to this movie. Missing in action, too, are Sam Neill and Laura Dern, whose absence is never explained. Instead we get a subplot involving one of Malcolm's daughters who tags along to Isla Sorna in a pale attempt to echo the kids-in-peril subplot of the first film. Of course, the movie looks and sounds good, and John Williams provides a nifty score, including a "Daktari" like theme that recurs throughout the film. The DVD transfer is good, and the extra features are okay... Overall, this is good to watch on a slow summer day or night when everything else on TV is on reruns. At least it's better than those awful "reality" shows...
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Summary: The Lost World (Jurassic Park style)
Review: This movie is awesome! Michael paid some honor to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Lost World and Mr.Spielberg took it a step further and made an homage to the 1925 film The Lost World. Well the film is called THE LOST WORLD : Jurassic Park! Some of the best scenes are the trailer sequence and the T.rex rampage in San Diego.
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Summary: There is enough heartn pounding stuff here!!
Review: This movie is truly a fall off and had to be. Lost is the wonder we experienced when we say those dinos alive for the time. But there is enough heart pounding excitement here to make this movie worthwhile. It was a close call, but ultimately i did purchase the DVD. A word about Jeff goldblum. For me he was just an actors face in the crowd. That spider movie was to creepy and not very much fun to watch. But when you put his performance in the first 2 jurarassic parks, with Independence Day, which i liked a lot and i think very differently (positively) of Jeff then i see him in the credits now.
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