The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 science fiction action film and the second installment in the Jurassic Park franchise. A sequel to 1993's Jurassic Park and loosely based on Michael Crichton's 1995 novel The Lost World, the film was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by David Koepp. The film stars Jeff Goldblum, returning as the eccentric chaos theorist and mathematician Ian Malcolm, as well as Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard, Vince Vaughn, and Vanessa Lee Chester.

Plot
Four years after the events of Jurassic Park, John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) summons chaos theorist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) to his home with some startling information -- while nearly everything at his Jurassic Park had been destroyed, his engineers happened to have a second site, where other dinosaurs were kept in hiding. It seems the dinosaurs on the second island are alive and well and even breeding, and Hammond wants Malcolm to observe and document the reptiles before Hammond's financiers can get to them.

Why It's Great

 * 1) It's a pretty good follow up to the first film, even though it may not be as good as the first movie.
 * 2) The CGI of the dinosaurs, especially for the T-Rex, is still amazing at best, and the special effects for the dinosaurs still hold up today.
 * 3) Great action sequences, such as escaping from the vehicle from the cliffhanger.
 * 4) The visual effects are still awesome as usual it is.
 * 5) Decent acting, especially from Jeff Goldblum and the newer cast.
 * 6) The idea of having a sequel to Jurassic Park take place on a different island from Isla Nublar is a good idea. This area has a lot of abandoned places, dinosaurs, etc, and this is a great title for "The Lost World".
 * 7) Decent pacing that is still purposeful and taut from the first movie, considering the film is 2 hours and 9 minutes long.
 * 8) The cinematography is still as amazing as the first movie.
 * 9) It still does have rooms of suspense, and even scares, and it still has the darker, and suspenseful tone from the first movie, and even has scary deaths throughout the movie.
 * 10) The soundtrack that was performed by the legendary John Williams is thrilling and sometimes beautiful
 * 11) The T-Rex, is still terrifying, such as the scene where it goes to the tent and the characters try to escape.
 * 12) The T. Rex's rampage in San Diego at the end of the movie was pretty awesome.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Even though the sequel is decent, the film sometimes can turn the awe-inspiring Jurassic Park film into a generic by-the-numbers "run away from dinosaurs" movie.
 * 2) A boring dialogue about the father-daughter relationship.
 * 3) Some of the character developments aren't as good as they used to be in the first movie.
 * 4) *Jeff Goldblum's character Ian Malcolm went from a wise-cracking comic relief to a boring father who doesn't contribute much to the story.
 * 5) *Kelly's better than most of the other characters, but she barely contributes to the story and is the typical kid-appeal character.
 * 6) *Sarah Harding in particular is a very annoying character and a total idiot despite being a self-proclaimed paleontologist.
 * 7) The writing can be awkward at times.
 * 8) The first half of the movie, before the suspense came to our movie, can be very boring at times, compared to the original.
 * 9) Alan Grant doesn't return, although he did return in the third and sixth movies.

Reception
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 53% based on 78 reviews, and an average rating of 5.64/10.

Box Office
The film was a box office success, grossing over $618 million worldwide, becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1997.