Very good but not perfect

Rating: 8/10 (5 April 2011)

Spielberg's follow-up to Jurassic Park has some very good things to recommend it. In particular, the CGI dinosaurs - used fairly sparingly in the original movie - are everywhere and, almost without exception, are perfectly realised. The raptor hunt in the derelict command centre, and the T Rex in Santa Monica, are both flawlessly executed sequences.
There are some areas I have to pick fault with:
1. I can have enough of Jeff Goldblum's mannered delivery quite quickly, and I had enough of it in the first one;
2. I also don't care for Julianne Moore very much;
3. The caravans over the cliff sequence, obviously a major set piece, went on too long and strained credulity a bit too much for me.
Otherwise, this is a terrific movie.