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Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

smithjackson-44445 The Lost World is a worthy sequel to the awesome Jurassic Park. Spielberg is back at the director's chair- though not many knew at the time he'd never helm a Jurassic film again- and the script is sound. Many criticize the last segment when it becomes a sort of King Kong with Dinosaurs aka a T-Rex loose in the city but I didn't mind it. The effects are great, acting is good though no one really cares about the characters as long as there are dinos chewing people and the direction is sound. The Lost World may not be as good as Jurassic Park but it's a good sequel.

alindsay-al After the amazing Jurassic Park a sequel was inevitable and in 1997 this film Jurassic Park: The Lost World was released and it is a pretty disappointing film to watch to be honest. The premise of the film sees a small team travel to a twin island of the island from the first film to see what dinosaurs are alive. Going from supporting character to the lead is Jeff Goldblum as Dr Ian Malcolm and of course he is great in this film. It helps that I love him as an actor but Malcolm is the only character actually talking sense in this film and that you end up caring about. The supporting cast is completely different in this film, I actually liked Vince Vaughan in his role in the film, he had that snarky demeanour about him that we have grown to know but he gave a bit of depth to the role as well. I also really liked Pete Postlethwaite in this film, he plays a ruthless hunter in the film and I totally bought him in this role and thought he did a really goof job. However, Julianne Moore plays Goldblum's girlfriend in this film and I found her really annoying. Her character comes across as being overly arrogant and I didn't buy her and Goldblum's chemistry at all. Also I didn't care about the whole daughter character and felt it was shoehorned in to try and add some heart to the film that just isn't there. The story for me was the weakest part of the film, I felt like the whole plot just feels like an excuse to get these characters back on an island without much real interesting motivations. Also the last act of the film feels like a different film and doesn't fit very well with the overall plot of the film. The script has some decent humour in it especially from Goldblum, even though I don't feel like it worked as much as the first film. The drama doesn't hit anywhere near as much as the previous film and I think that is why I didn't really care about this film. The style of the film still has some decent CGI Dinosaurs in it even though again it doesn't feel as marvellous as the first film. Also I feel like the pacing is a bit of an issue as this film feels about 20 minutes too long for sure. Overall this is a step down from the original film and its not that bad but is just a bit uninspiring and not memorable.

gabriel-80 While the first Jurassic Park swept us off our feet, the second installment (while still impressively made) had a weeker story, poorly written antagonists and a confusing tone, suddenly turning to a really stupid comedy during the t-rex's rampage in San Diego. Worst of all it is just a really sloppy movie, with several continuity errors, bad character reactions and second rate slasher movie (lets walk by my lonesome and get eaten) behaviour. Skip this one.

romeoaurelian I always loved this film and I never knew why until I saw the review of it by Klayton Fioriti on youtube. Remember the butterfly effect that Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) explains to Ellen Sattler (Laura Dern) in the first film? Well, we are seeing this effect in The Lost World via Nick van Owen character played by Vince Vaughn. This film has two opposite characters, the big game hunter white man Roland Tembo (Pete Postlewaite) and van Owen, the hunter who hunts for trophy and pleasure and the envirnonmentalist who wants to save the dinos. Seems like the typical bad guy vs good guy fight, right? Wrong!This film blurs the line of right and wrong and it is so ambitious in its filmmaking that even today the effects hold really, really well!I highly recommend the film! If Aliens was to Alien the different take and style, so is The Lost World to Jurassic Park.10/10