Not what I expected

Rating: Null/10 (23 July 2002)

For my birthday in 1994, my aunt bought me Jurassic Park on video. I had missed it in theatres and was incredibly excited. I was not disappointed when the credits began to role. I really enjoyed the film and was looking forward to a sequel. Many ideas went through my head for Jurassic Park 2. When "The Lost World" came out a read a copy from my local library. I enjoyed the book, especially the suspense that was around finding The second island. Then in '97 I came out of the theatres thinking, " Gee, was that really Jurassic Park II." I enjoyed the film to a certain point, but couldn't see past the commerical feel of the movie. The characters were strong, and the plot was fairly good. But, the novelty had worn off. It was a good film on it's own, but it couldn't match the power of the first. The action scenes were wonderful, the dinosaurs were realistic, but you can only go so far with theme dinosaur chaos. All, in all a worthy attempt at a sequel, but sometimes classics are the ones without a sequel.
**1/2 out of ****