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The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Published 2013-09-16

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Film info

  • Title The Lost World: Jurassic Park
  • Director Steven Spielberg
  • Year 1997
  • Run time 2hr 9m
  • Genres Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
  • Tagline Something has survived
  • Cast Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Vince Vaughn

Director Steven Spielberg takes us back to the scene of Jurassic Park in The Lost World, the blockbuster sequel with even more dinosaurs, more action and more breathtaking visual effects than its record-breaking predecessor. It has been four years since the disaster at Jurassic Park and two groups are in a race against time that will determine the fate of the remote island's prehistoric inhabitants.

Live Blog

TimeComment
3:16This kid is not scared of creatures, whether they are dinosaurs or not. I'd have run a mile.
4:55Jeff Goldblum is very tall.
9:11Never have the words "Site B" sounded so ominous.
13:20Sarah Harding! Girls Aloud singer turned palaeontologist.
15:34"I'll love it when it works." "It'll work when you love it."
19:36Mr C is drooling over the decked out research vehicles.
22:06Dino FanVision!
32:37They can only have been there about an hour, the kid has made an amazing amount of mess.
37:33They've built a dinosaur catching machine!
44:48I don't quite buy that the dinosaur cages are just secured by tiny little lynchpins, but we'll go with it for now.
48:35Poor baby T-Rex.
50:08They're really not doing a good job with the whole not interfering thing.
53:18It's raining, and the forest is moving because of an unseen monster. This is so LOST!
1:01:34If I swung a thing round a tree, it would hit me on the head on the other side.
1:06:38I was just thinking Eddie was too nice a character. Bloody dinosaurs.
1:13:40I am definitely one for the headphones but I think if I was on an island of dinosaurs, I'd want all my senses.
1:30:39There can't be many people left to rescue at this point!
1:41:19It's weird to see civilisation after so much jungle.
1:49:03I do think the army might have something to say about a rogue dino.
2:01:07Even after two dinosaur disasters, John Hammond still loves 'em.

Thoughts

Naturally, I love the first of the dinosaur films, and it made sense to purchase a Film Bundle on iTunes of all three. I only had vague memories of the second and third, and I seemed to recall them not being as good, although nowhere near as bad as they are sometimes made out to be!

It's actually better than I remember, there's plenty of fun dialogue to be had with Ian Malcolm around. It's very predictable in places, and it does go a bit odd at the end with the dinosaur rampaging around the city. There's talk of scenes being cut which explain why everyone on the boat was killed but the dinosaur was still trapped... it would have been good for them to keep some kind of explanation in about that!

Rating: 3 / 5

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