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This is the sequel to the first film, Jurassic Park; and is based off the novel The Lost World: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Dr. Ian Malcolm finds himself once again summoned to an island because of John Hammond. He discovers that one of his girlfriends went to another island; Site B. Ian sets out to rescue her with a small team, but as InGen sends in its team things quickly become awry. Site B begins to reveal it's darker side to allowing dinosaurs to live without fences or boundaries. This sequel was directed by Steven Spielberg, and the screenplay was written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp. This film was mainly carried by Spielberg's ambition, and it worked moderately well. The film became too ambitious and then forced the film into a grander scale. It also brought in several new cast members (including new dinosaurs). In several it became too grand scale, and since there was no apparent fear of failure, it hurt the film. This didn't allow for audience's to a deep connection to the story, or characters. Since there was no connection there wasn't as much fear, or tension. The animation was pushed further because of the larger scale. Since there was so much to animate in sequence there wasn't time to really push the envelope of CGI like the first one did to create realism within the dinosaurs. This can happen when there's too much digital. (The enhancements to the newly released Jurassic Park: Lost World did not help.) It also didn't help that much of this film was created as spur of the moment idea's. A few random ideas being added is good, but too much means that appropriate planning can't happen. To me this film came off more as a satire than a deep dramatic science fiction film. There are homages to the first film, and then there is the comedy of hinting at humour of Godzilla and classic movies.
However, the idea of pulling in more dinosaur species is brilliant for a sequel. It's worth it to see the new species. It was also great to see these dinosaurs doing more interactions with actual human beings. The human-dinosaur-interaction was more than touch and get eaten. It was also great to create a baby T-Rex with his two parents. It gave the dinosaurs a story apart from being destructive creations. The large landscape background was very much like nature photography. It created the large scope of this new world. Apart from making the velociraptors too colorful, their movements were better done in this film.
The acting is great for this film, but none of the characters are really explored. They're introduced and then it ends there. Jeff Goldblum returns to his role of Dr. Ian Malcolm. He becomes the leading character for the sequel. His character is the same only placed within a different situation. He is good in this role, but sometimes his character can become too much. Juilanne Moore plays the role of Dr. Sarah Harding. She is great contrasting Ian in this film. She also adds humour to the film. Pete Postlewaite plays the role of Roland Tembo. He stands out as a man with a single minded intention of hunting a T-Rex. Otherwise he's very heroic even if his character isn't further explored. Vince Vaughn, Nick Van Owen, is the character that you can never tell who he really is. First he's just a photographer, then he turns out to be a secret weapon sent in by Hammond to defeat InGen, and then he turns out to be the un-expectant savior, and then he just disappears. Vanessa Lee Chester, Kelly Curtis Malcolm, is Ian's adopted daughter. She sneaks her way into the misadventure to the island, and finds that her choice was wrong. Her character is kind of bratty, and is never really given a chance to be otherwise. Arliss Howard, Peter Ludlow, is the character made to replace John Hammond. He fails to live up to John Hammond's idealistic dreams, and eventually carries his own dreams too far.
I give this film a 8 out of 10. It is a good film, but there was too much material that didn't get worked through accordingly. The lack of connection kept the film from being truly terrifying. It is great to see more dinosaurs and there increased interactions with humans.
Answer to last blog: The original first Jurassic Park was released in theaters in 1993.
Que: What is the name of the island (Site B) that is featured in this film?
Isla Nublar
Isla Laos
Isla Serine
Isla Sorna
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