Jurassic Park & Lost World (Limited Collectors Edition Box Set)

Jurassic Park & Lost World (Limited Collectors Edition Box Set)
by Steven Spielberg

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DVD Review: Jurassic Park & Lost World Limited Deluxe Edition Box Set
Summary: 5 Stars

"Jurassic Park" is one of my favorites, if not the most favorite movie of mine. I know that aside from the breakthrough awe-inspiring special effects, there really isn't much that is that extraordinary. But the direction of Steven Speilberg, and the honesty of the actors really makes this film a classic, which I'm sure it will be called by the time of it's 25th Anniversary. Sam Neill, Laura Dern & Jeff Goldblum all give great performances, as do the child actors Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazello. The brother-sister chemistry that these then-children actors had in the movie, is something that was not matched by the kid actors in "The Lost World" or "Jurassic Park III". "Jurassic Park" has what some may call an unfair advantage to it's sequels: this was the first time that millions of people around the world saw a 'real dinosaur' (as in dinosaurs that actually look real), which gave it a sense of magic and wonder. That sense was just about gone by the time of the 1997 sequel, because of how common CG creatures had become by then. Nevertheless, "Jurassic Park" does have that magic, which makes it the best of the series. What movie goer could forget the first time Dr. Alan Grant saw the giant Brachiosaur, or the first time that thunderous footsteps were heard, and we saw the bloody leg of a lamb land on the car's sun roof to hail the arrival of the Tyrannosaur. This film was a milestone in motion picture history, and it will remain a timeless wonder. 5 out of 5

It's sequel, "The Lost World: Jurassic Park", however, doesn't come close to the original. My main question is, why was the book's story not followed? Had it been, this movie would have been great, under Speilberg's direction. The story the film does have is decent, the idea of InGen trying to exploit the dinosaurs by taking them off of the island and making a Jurassic Park in the U.S was actually a good idea. Richard Attenborough returns as John Hammond, the person responsible for recreating the animals, and he sends in an expedition team to document the animals to prove of their existence, to get public support (I'm guessing from...activists?) to boycott InGen's plans of moving these animals from their natural habitat. While there, the captured dinosaurs are let loose by Hammond's group (led by a returning Jeff Goldblum), and the Tyrannosaurs destroy their trailers (a long with their communications). So the two groups have to go to a village powered by thermal energy to call for help, and, of course, a long the way many do not survive. This sounds like a creative story, but some dialogue, inconsistencies to the first one, and some overlong scenes that don't seem necessary, brings the film down a lot. This film takes place on "Site B", where it turns that this is where the animals were bred all along, yet in the first film there was a hatching lab. In the novel by Michael Chrichton, this is explained to a certain extent, but in the film they just forgot about it. A major blow to the movie was the ridiculous (but at times entertaining) climax. The film does end on a good note though, with Hammond giving a message that includes a very important reference to the first film. I like this movie as a good action-adventure movie, the actors are all good as well. It's just unsatisfying knowing that this could have been so much better, "Jurassic Park III" is far more entertaining and satisfying, even though it had less story. 3/5

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