What a mess

Rating: 5/10 (8 January 2001)

How much I looked forward to this film I can't say. I read the book and found it to be not as good as Jurassic Park. (Nothing could have been as good as the Jurassic Park novel is.) I still think a terrific film could have been made. Unfortunately, nothing is terrific in this film except the dinosaurs. Everything else is lousy, including the direction. Spielberg has lost his edge as a director. No longer is he interested in making daring, logical films. This comes off as a live action PC game. No one thinks rationally. No one acts rationally. Characters exist solely to use some talent they possess later on (the daughter). "Experts" in their field can't do a bloody thing out in the field. Things happen for no reason that it's "Cool," such as the crew of the Venture getting their hands bitten off by something on board (and it wasn't the T-Rex.) I could go on and on, but I'll let an expert get his two cents in. Please copy and go to this link: http://www.jabootu.com/lostworldnugget.htm
This is an hilarious and accurate review that brought tears to my eyes as I read it. Something bothered me about this whole film, but after reading this, I come to realize that at least 85 things bothered me. Have a good read.