This movie needs a little more affection. There are some really wonderful things scattered throughout it that are top notch. For one the Tyrannosaurs effects are absolutely amazing. Many of the other dinos are hit or miss in the realism department but the T-Rex really scores. No other movies can match the dinosaur effects of the Jurassic Park series and this one may do it the best of the three of those. Jeff Goldblum is back as Dr. Ian Malcolm and he's a really fun likable character. Goldblum brings the quirky like few other actors and his portrayal of Malcolm is played pretty straight for him. He's the hero of this movie but he's not a superhero. He's a mediocre father and boyfriend and seems to be a few steps behind at times. Speaking of superheroes Malcolm's daughter Kelly whose a gymnast has one of the outright corniest hero moments in any movie I've ever seen. And she's an annoying kid no less. Why oh why does Spielberg put these kinds of moments in his films? It's stunningly stupid...you'll know it when you see it. Another strike against this movie is Julianne Moore. Her Dr. Sarah Harding character is so unappealing. She is constantly putting her loved ones and cohorts in danger. Someone should have knocked her out and thrown her in one of the dinosaur cages. There is a great extended scene where a pair of T-Rex attack a couple of trailers that hang over the edge of a cliff. Spielberg really really turns up the tension nicely during this sequence. And I thought the scene of a T-Rex trampling through San Diego was wonderful and looked great. It was either a shot at the then upcoming 1998 Devlin/Emmerich "Godzilla" flick or a loving tribute to Toho's Big-G.

The Five Faces of **_LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK_**

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Everything is bigger this time - from the cast to the action scenes and the setting; while the film feels like a true sequel, it also kills some of the tension and magic of the original. Part of the experience is the small scale of events.

**Julianne Moore** does a great job as a badass female scientist and almost single-handedly carries the film forward.

The dinosaurs still look convincing and scary as hell and repeat the successful realization from the first film.

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A bigger cast means more characters to develop. Unfortunately, the film doesn't really bother to do much with its characters outside of the main cast.

A boring subplot is boring, even when it takes up a larger chunk of the running time when compared to the first film.

The little girl in this film doesn't really bring anything to the story and is thrown in there just because a _Jurassic Park_ film needs a child. She also doesn't act quite that well.

They just had to cram in that New York sequence into the last 20 minutes and totally ruin the ending on the island.

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Sadly, **Jeff Goldblum's** character has lost all of his sass and charm from the first film. Now, he's just an average family father turned family film hero.

The non-dino CGI, such as the rain and the explosions, look unrealistic in the way they did in most late 90s movies. They clearly burnt all money on the T-Rex.

The somewhat original plot of the first film has been replaced with this _Predator_ and _King Kong_ ripoff. Not even Spielberg's vision can save the worn-out plot.

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Now they are trying to recover from the devastation that happened from the 1st one. This movie is pretty boring and not much happens.

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The Lost World definitely didn't deserve its originally bad reception. Sure, it's far from the incredible 1993's Jurassic Park. Less interesting character arcs and overall (silly) story.

However, it remains fun enough with equally memorable dinosaur sequences. Goldblum rocks.

Rating: B-

If you loved the charismatic Doctor Ian Malcolm of the first film, then get ready for him to take centre stage, and immediately have every interesting character trait stripped away! Did the original have you believing dinosaurs walked the Earth with its seamless blend of practical effects and groundbreaking CGI? Too bad! That's gone too! Sense of wonder? Poof! Marvel as each and every actor phones it in over an absurdly bloated runtime in: _Jurassic Park II_! I mean, _Jurassic Park II: The Lost World_... I mean, _The Lost World_! I mean, _The Lost World: Jurassic Park_ for some damn reason.

_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._