Monster Movie

Rating: Null/10 (3 July 2003)

"The Lost World" is an enlightening about paleontology as watching a shark attacking a plastic dummy. In the first movie, there was a (low) attempt at making the dinosaurs realistic--even in their actions. Here, everything looks like a bloated version of ALIENS. Correction, a bloated, inferior version of ALIENS. JP3 continued even further into this territory, my this series is shameless about where it gets its ideas. Here, all the dinosaurs do is roar at the cast and try to kill them...that's it.
Why Spielberg signed on to this project is beyond me. He should have spent more time with Amistad and left this to another person who wanted a chance at the big leagues. Even John Williams proves, once again, that he can't write music for sequels because the original always outshines it. You thought the plot was absurd the first time around? This is even better! <--big sarcastic moment.
Overall, an empty-headed excursion in idiocy. 2 out of 5 stars. Only positive side is the end.