The Lost World: Jurassic Park fails to be flawless and to beat the first Jurassic film, but it still works.

Rating: 7/10 (1 July 2015)

For me, The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a persuasive argument for the continuation of the franchise, and a worthy and suitable sequel, despite the fact that it doesn't generate the same sense of enjoyment as the first movie. Nevertheless, I think that The Lost World: Jurassic Park still succeeds as a sequel to Jurassic Park on a few things, such as bringing a substantially darker imagery to the screen, a stronger (though somewhat under-developed) plot, more dinosaurs and more breathtaking visual effects, and the result is that the dinosaurs are more believable and life-like than in the first Jurassic film. However, these aren't the only things that the second Jurassic movie managed to improve upon. The movie also offers plenty of brilliant, top scenes, such as I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THIS KIND OF LONG TRUCK being half run over a high and dangerous cliff by the T- Rex, the T-Rex struggling to fit its big mouth and tongue inside a small-spaced cave from behind a waterfall, in order to eat the main characters, the T- Rex entering its big head through an opening tent and sniffing on the two main, struggling-to- be- silent characters who are in their beds, the bloody attack of many tiny dinosaurs on the mercenary guy, the T-Rex walking in the American streets and more still. The dialog is another very strong element in the film and flows in an incredibly and smoothly efficient way. Once again, Steven Spielberg delivers us a reasonable amount of screen time with two of the fiercest dinosaurs ever to have ruled the earth: the T-Rex and the Velociraptors (I know, I'm doing the same phrasing as in my Jurassic Park review, sorry for that). One of the scenes that I loved in this film is Jeff Goldblum's character's single- handed fight against one Raptor. I loved that scene, because each action part of that same scene smoothly and efficiently brought on the next action part, and the effects worked well there. Jeff Goldblum's character is well written and he moves the adventure forward and so do the other main characters. I congratulate Steven Spielberg and his filmmaking team for all of the positive things I said about this film. Be proud of yourselves gentlemen, really. The movie wasn't entirely well done however. One of the movie's flaws is that a few supposed-to-be-heart-pounding scenes didn't work out on me and that left me in absolute disappointment. If only this one thing had worked, I would have largely forgiven the other faults the movie has and which I am about to talk right now. The next fault is a plot hole and it is in the scene with the T-Rex on the ship. Well, the crucial problem about this scene is that the ship carrying the big dinosaur is seen going full speed at the dock for no reason whatsoever. After this happens, people come on the ship to investigate, only to discover the entire crew dead, and now it makes you wonder "What on earth could have possibly happened to the crew and why on earth was the ship going full speed at the dock?". And next, you start asking yourself something else "Is it the T-Rex that did this, and if so, where is it now?". Now, the T-Rex looks like the only possible solution for the ship going full speed at the dock and for the death of the entire crew. However, the moment a guard starts opening the ship's doors, what suddenly comes out of this? The T-Rex himself! And that's when the plot hole comes, and I am sure I don't need to explain to you what it is that makes horribly no sense in that scene moment! Whatever happened to Spielberg there?! The other flaw is that the movie fails to be a truly compelling sequel, and like I said in the beginning of my review, to beat the first Jurassic movie. I'm nevertheless glad to have watched The Lost World: Jurassic Park. I liked it and think it is still a welcome addition to the Jurassic franchise. I don't regret having watched it. My rating: 7.0/10