Good movie, but not a classic

Rating: 6/10 (20 November 2007)

After watching the first Jurassic Park I had high hopes for this sequel. Perhaps I set too high of an expectation because the film did not thrill me. It's still worth the watch, but doesn't compare to the first film's level of "classicness" (not a word, but certainly a thing.) What disappointed me the most was how the makers of the movie did not keep with the same ideas that were set in the first movie. The Raptors for example. In the first movie they were feared so much due to their group hunting characteristics and how intelligent they were. This movie contained more "solo hunts" by the raptors. Also when they had the opportunity to eat the doctor, they ended up fighting with each other and not concentrating on their task at hand. It seemed like a cheap way of saving her life, but that may just be me.
Another thing that disappointed me was the T'Rex. Instead of always being feared whenever it was on the screen as it was in the first movie, this sequel seemed to let it be more docile and not attack with as much fury as the first movie. It seemed there was a lot of times where the characters of the movie were pinned somewhere, with the face of the T'Rex or the Raptors a mere few feet from them, yet the dinos could not quite reach them. That kind of anxiety is good, if used in moderation. In this movie it was used way too much.
In exception to these few problems, the movie is actually very entertaining. It provides a lot of good excitement and action along with eye-popping special effects and a developed story line. Not my first choice to watch again, but overall it is very good.