Half Decent and Very Frustrating

Rating: 6/10 (26 May 2012)

The Lost World starts out fairly strong but then drastically goes down hill. The first thing that didn't make sense to me is why Jeff Goldblum has a black daughter. That threw me for a loop and I wasn't sure why they didn't just cast a white actress (would of made more sense). However this was the least of my concerns. It's so frustrating to watch a thriller and see the characters constantly making poor decisions which lead to their downfall. For once I would love to watch a film and have the characters actually make wise choices so I'm not left yelling at the television. What ruined the second half for me were the far-fetched and exaggerated situations. I understand it's a movie but common, you could at least make certain parts realistic. It almost reminded me of a cartoon it was so fake. It was similar to a slasher film where the victim is sprinting away from a walking killer yet the killer constantly remains close behind (one of my biggest movie pet peeves). An example was when Julianne Moore was stuck in a building being pursued by a raptor. She managed to climb up at least 2 or 3 stories while on scaffolding even before the raptor had entered the building, all of a sudden she makes it to the top and the raptor is right behind here. WHAT!? I also found it frustrating that no one closed the door behind them when they entered a room. THERE'S RAPTORS BEHIND YOU! My final frustrating issue was at the very end when they managed to bring a T-Rex back to the mainland. Apparently a locked up dinosaur within the boat was able to kill everyone aboard? There were limbs scattered around the ship yet the dinosaur had yet to reach the surface. The movie showed a severed hand attached to the ships steering wheel which apparently was bitten off by a T-Rex within a little cabin yet the cabin remained perfectly in tacked. Am I the only one who sees the complete impossibility of this? The only reason I didn't award this movie a 4/10 is due to the great cast and the fact I love adventure/thriller/sci-fi films. Ughhh why did the worst Jurassic Park have to have Julianne Moore in it, wish she was in the first or third.