This is where the American GODZILLA is put to shame.

Rating: 8/10 (24 May 2007)

My Take: A riveting, thrill-a-minute adventure sequel from the one and only Steven Spielberg.
This has been a childhood favorite of mine, second only to the original, and this will be a great film to me. It comes to a little surprise to me, many hated it. Sure it's not pressed firmly or so to the sequel novel by Michael Chrichton, who also wrote the first, or maybe because of the last half hour of the film (Steven Spielberg's tribute to either "Godzilla" or "King Kong" perhaps). But surely, is it really that bad? Not really, once you come to think of it as pure adventure movie. Avoid all pretenses of reality, and get aught up in its thrills and non-stop adventure. THE LOST WORLD may not be high on realism, put in pure thrills, it's pure Dino-mite.
It's still pretty obvious why many people hated this movie. Obviously, it's a sequel for sequel's sake. You know this movie should be made, and eventually it will, and it's bound to be bigger and better. And bigger it was indeed, with such a feeling of deja vu to some. Indeed, the movie has its similarities to the first movie. But still, despite its clichés, it's nice to have the same feeling of thrills and adventure the second time around. This movie does produce some thrills, excitement and suspense, so why can't it be enjoyed simply for that? The film not only reminded me about the first JURASSIC PARK, but such other similar movies like ALIENS and maybe a dash of KING KONG as well.
THE LOST WORLD won't find a place next to SCHINDLER'S LIST or SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, but maybe it will manage to slip a seat right next to RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and the other INDIANA JONES movies, as well as the first JURASSIC PARK, clearly demonstrating this still exhibits one of the director's impressive talents in building thrills: Keeping our palms sweaty as we slowly keep ourselves falling from the edge of our seats. THE LOST WORLD, with undeniably killer suspense, is Spielberg at his cat-and-mouse thriller best since... well the first JURASSIC PARK.
Rating: **** out of 5.