1997 Directed by Steven Spielberg
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that Hammond has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.
Jeff Goldblum Julianne Moore Pete Postlethwaite Richard Attenborough Vince Vaughn Arliss Howard Vanessa Lee Chester Joseph Mazzello Ariana Richards Steven Spielberg Peter Stormare Camilla Belle Thomas Rosales, Jr. Thomas F. Duffy Richard Schiff Harvey Jason Ian Abercrombie Brian Turk Katy Boyer Colton James Larry Guardino Eli Roth Alex Miranda Cruz
For one brief shining moment, Hollywood stood in agreement and said yes, we believe Jeff Goldblum is the next great action star.
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 Lost World: Jurassic Park follows Dr. Ian Malcolm who, after 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 get…
"Well he's got all the money in the world, but there's one thing he can't buy... a dinosaur."
— Dr. Richard Hammond
all i want, as a "cinephile", are films with dinosaurs in them, films with jeff goldblum in them, films in which san diego is descended upon by something voracious like a t-rex or capitalism or amanda bynes. Only like 1% of films have dinosaurs in them, it happens every year and we as a global consciousness are letting it happen, you are letting it happen. With the ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner the "second greatest predator on the planet" decides to destroy the current first place podium occupant, man decided long ago that he would either sit…
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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"Spielberg is a mischievous filmmaker, as if that wasn’t already known. Look at Temple of Doom, where voodoo, evil cults, and human sacrifices by way of heart removal and fire were dabbled in glee, and you only need to think about E.T. to be reminded of Spielberg’s playful joy. Jaws and Jurassic Park fused a little of both, offering awe and terror of the respective creature spectacle, and even his more mature efforts find sadism and heartbreak to be truthful, but emphasized in the narrative. The Lost World: Jurassic Park, in comparison, is far beyond anything the director has made, precisely because it’s so outrageous. That one yawn cut is a sliver in the etching of a mountain –…
While it didn't leave as big of a lasting impression on me as it did the guy whom was trampled to death by a ginormous T Rex! I found it to be quite enjoyable in very different ways than its predecessor!
What it lacks in charm and mystique found in the original, it more than makes up for it with what I like to call dino-mite action!
It is NOT Jurassic Park nor is it trying to be! But if you like action films and enjoy films where "people chomping" dinosaurs are the real stars of the film than slap this baby in your dvd player!
Anfangs noch ordentlich euphorisiert, verschwand zusehends der Charme der 'Jurassic Park'-Fortsetzung. Gerade gegen Ende wird es dann doch zu viel und der Bezug zu den Figuren und der Story geht verloren. Ebenso missfällt mir das von John Williams überarbeitete Hauptthema, das gefühlt zwanzig Mal angespielt wird.
Eigentlich sehr schade. Denn die Dinos sehen wieder gut aus. Manchmal etwas blass, aber wenn ich überlege, was Peter Jackson mit 'King Kong" acht Jahre später geliefert hat, dann verliert der Affen-Film aber sowas von haushoch.
Den dritten habe ich bisher auch noch nicht gesehen, aber ich frag mich, was jetzt noch kommen soll. Denn nach diesem hier, sollte die Menschheit eigentlich genug von den Dinos haben.
It is funny because this movie is very similar to King Kong from Peter Jackson, which I saw first even if was made after this one. I noticed the scenes in the grass where the crew is being attacked in silence by the velociraptors probably inspired a similar scene to the Mummy movie with Brendan Frasier.
The movie has a real bad plot that has a development even worse, but it has some special moments like the cliff scene or the death of Peter Stormare character. The cast is good and I find the CGI too. I missed a more epic soundtrack, which was one of the best aspects of the first movie.
By the way, I'm trying to unsee…
Yeah, no. None of the sense of wonder from the first film is here. And is it just me, or is the pacing and editing really out of whack? Some sequences have such little flow to them (for example, the scene where the T-rex is sniffing out Julianne Moore in her tent. It cuts to a concerned Jeff Goldblum, then the T-rex decimating the camp. Julianne just... shows up among the fleeing crowd seconds later). That doesn't help the plot which is chaotic and cumbersome enough on its own, filled with plenty of eye-rolling moments. The only thing I can say I really enjoyed in The Lost World is Jeff Goldblum, predictably, and the dinosaurs themselves. They still look cool, but that's about it.
(obviously, this is far from the worst movie ever, just painfully mediocre considering what came before it.)
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*sigh
Let’s get this over with.
“Loud and boring” thats how I would describe it.
Way too much pointless action and little interesting story. Basically the exact opposite of Park.
Cast great and yet performances were pretty bland throughout. Even Jeff Goldblum, who is now playing the complete opposite of Ian Malcolm except with the same name, a boring bland “action hero” facade that I will come back to for another instalment (you can probably guess which one). Julianne Moore is here, who I really like, and yet she’s just blehhh.
This film and 3 both have the biggest problem for me that prevents any of the others from standing up to the original, bland directing. There…
The Lost World is often perceived as the little brother that is forced to shared its spotlight with big brother. No matter what it accomplishes, it’s been done by big brother beforehand. Therefore isn’t perceived as cool. However I find that unfair. I have fond memories of seeing this film at the age of 7 with my mom and great grandmother. I loved this film then and I still do to this day. Is it as good as the original? No. Is it as intelligent as the original? No. However I believe Steven Spielberg knew this and didn’t try to duplicate the original. Instead he gives a much more adventurous film. In fact if you look at this film on its own merits it’s much more enjoyable.
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