Dull and boring, quite possibly Spielberg's worst movie

Rating: 4/10 (19 July 2015)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a painfully dull and boring movie, which is surprising since it is directed by Steven Spielberg, who consistently continues to make great films. But this is not one of them. The story is very stupid and you can easily tell this film was a cash grab and a sad excuse for a sequel. After the enormous success of Jurassic Park, both the book and movie, Michael Crichton was asked to write a sequel novel to Jurassic Park. He agreed to do so and had to write the sequel based around who they could get back for the second movie. They were able to get Jeff Goldblum back, so Ian Malcolm was made the main character. His character died in the first book so he had to make up a reason for him to be back for the second one. In the movie, like I said Jeff Goldblum (Ian Malcolm) is the main character, which would be a cool thing to see if he gave the same type of performance like he gave in Jurassic Park. But in this he phones it in, which sucks because when Jeff Goldblum is good in a movie, it adds a kind of vibrancy to the film, ex. Jurassic Park, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Even although he doesn't really try in this movie, he is still there nonetheless. Of all the performances in the movie I think Vince Vaughn was the best, who seemed excited to be in a big blockbuster after only doing smaller films before like Swingers. The CGI in this looks very good if not better than the first Jurassic Park, and the dinosaurs look very convincing. The film is well made on a technical level but a lot of the shots are bland and nothing extraordinary like in a regular Spielberg movie. His direction is flat and it kinda feels like one of his movies but at the same time it doesn't. I was very bored during this movie, it was nowhere near as fun as Jurassic Park. The theme in this movie is used rarely and they use it just to remind you that you're watching the sequel to Jurassic Park. An example of this was when Ian Malcolm is leaving Hammond's house they use the main theme while Dr. Hammond is walking back to his bed. I was expecting it to cut to some dinosaurs but nope, it's just him walking. So majestic. I'm just getting goosebumps thinking about it, screw that shot in the first one with the stegosaurus eating the tree. This blows that shot out of the park. Overall I would not recommend this movie, as it is very forgettable and not fun.