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  Review by Matt Singer ★★ 4

  For one brief shining moment, Hollywood stood in agreement and said yes, we believe Jeff Goldblum is the next great action star.

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  Review by James (Schaffrillas) ★½

  Dr. Ian Malcolm was such a better character when I knew less about him.

  This is about as bad as the hardcore Crystal Skull haters say Crystal Skull is

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  Review by IHE ★★ 14

  Actually has a pretty neat setup, gets too stupid too quickly though. Stops being about characters and leans more on the spectacle.

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  Review by Patrick Willems ★★½ 13

  WHY WOULD YOU IDIOTS GO BACK TO THAT ISLAND

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  Review by brat pacino ★★★ 11

  my jurassic park scheme would not be to open a deadly amusement park but to domesticate and snuggle the little dinosaurs :) in fact i think i will go do that right now

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  Review by Bryan Espitia ★★★★½ 4

  The cut from the woman screaming to Malcolm yawning is the greatest thing Spielberg has ever done.

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★★½ 8

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  "Don't worry, I'm not making the same mistakes again."

  "No, you're making all new ones."

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★★ 10

  The Lost World: Jurassic Park is one of the most misunderstood works in Steven Spielberg's filmography, up in the ranking along with AI: Artificial Intelligence and War Horse. Without any dissection of its "playing God" themes that flowed through the original masterpiece, TLW instead deconstructs the hubris of the Dino Creators, showcasing a tale of gigantic mistakes under the guise of a Grade-A monster movie.

  And even with the haunting message, Steven Spielberg never loses his sense of efficient and air-tight suspense, crafting multiple set-piece moments of masterful terror and immaculate direction. So many scenes visualize ingenious images of innocence and childlike wonder slowly dissolving into terror, with the highlight being a child annoyingly awakened by a T-Rex outside his…

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  Review by David Sims ★★½ 8

  the most fascinating misfire. a director misunderstanding the appeal of his own biggest hit just four years on. there's so much to dig into. next season on blank check. also fuck trump

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  Review by CinemaCl🎃wn ★★★★ 23

  I don't care. I just don't care if Steven Spielberg himself lost interest while filming this sequel because what he ended up putting on the screen is still, in my opinion, a worthy follow-up to its revolutionary predecessor. Its inevitable comparison to the original may have hurt its own identity but The Lost World: Jurassic Park remains a highly satisfying second chapter that offers its own set of thrills & entertainment which simply work.

  Set 4 years after the events of the first film, the story follows Dr. Ian Malcolm who after a meeting with John Hammond assembles a team to set off to the Site B island (where dinosaurs are allowed to roam freely) in order to bring back his…

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  Review by Matt Singer ★★½

  Give me Jeff Goldblum’s lanky, awkward physicality over Chris Pratt’s macho, mimbo, I-can-do-anything heroism any day. I just wish The Lost World had a better story, and especially some interesting villains. You can feel Spielberg’s disinterest in pretty much any scene that doesn’t involve frenetic dino action; at least the two big T. rex sequences — the one with the dangling trailer and then the rampage through San Diego — are showstoppers.

  Also, someone beats a dinosaur with gymkata. That’s not nothing.

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  Review by Josh Lewis ★★★★ 4

  spielberg's King Kong