Movie Review: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Very long time ago I reviewed Jurassic Park. And now, I'm going to review the next movie in the series, The Lost World. The Lost World is a 1997 film starring Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore. Out of the first two Jurassic Park movies, I've always felt like the first one is the best, but then this one is the next best thing. I actually really love this movie. It's so great because it's feeling and tone isn't of a sequel, but of a new movie that is about Jurassic Park. You could almost watch this movie without having seen the first one and make sense of what's going on. The plot is that Jeff Goldblum has to return to Jurassic Park, in order to collect his girlfriend Sarah (played awesomely by Julianne Moore) from the island, where she has been conducting her own type of research. Now this movie has a lot of great things, and then there is really only one thing that I didn't enjoy as much. The first thing that is awesome is the first scene. I won't spoil anything about this movie, but that scene is genius. We see how smalls those dinosaurs are, and we underestimate the power they contain. Even if it means going up against a young girl. When the thing does "go on" it has the Steven Spieldberg trademark which is to not show what is going on. The sequence with the RV in this movie is great because it's suspenseful and enough of an obstacle that it shows how much Jeff G's character cares for his girlfriend. I will say that the special effects are really cool, for the most part. There aren't any improvements from the special effects in the first movie, but they are still equally as good. Nothing has changed, but nothing is less or more. One thing that I definitely believe could be cut out, is the sequence where the dinosaur gets loose in the city. That's a great scene, but it is so long. I couldn't figure out, maybe it's because I get antzy during long films? Overall, The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a great movie that has some themes and plot points that weren't explored in the first Jurassic Park movie, making it a successful and beautiful follow up. Three stars.