I liked it

Rating: 7/10 (10 February 2008)

I saw the Jurassic Park movie before reading the novel and read The Lost World novel before seeing the movie. I preferred the Jurassic Park novel to the movie because it was more complex- more characters, more dinosaurs (particularly, diverse dinosaurs), more challenges, more story. I know few people would agree, but I actually prefer The Lost World movie to the novel for the same reasons I prefer the Jurassic Park novel to the movie. The film version of The Lost World is more elaborate. There are more characters, there are more dinosaurs- not just raptors and rexes which were emphasized in the novel, but the compys played a big role, and we got to see the triceratops attacking rather than being sick as in the first one, and we got to see stegosaurs for the first time, and a pterosaur for the first time. The movie adds the twist of setting the rex loose in San Diego. This is the first time, and so far the only time in the Jurassic Park movies where we got to see the battle between man and dinosaur in an urban setting. I liked it. Just like I like how King Kong moves to the city. One guy even got stepped on, which was definitely something different!
The Lost World movie has its flaws, though. One of them is Vanessa Lee Chester. Who asks their parents to be stricter? And are we really supposed to believe she can kick a raptor out the window- even after yelling at it and losing the element of surprise? And there's not much characterization. But the special effects are improved in this one and I believe they're the best in the trilogy. There's plenty of action and humour. It's altogether a good effort for its genre.