Jurassic Park 2 could never match the original.

But The Lost World still has many worthwhile lessons for the Jurassic World team…

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Why would anyone in their right mind go back to Jurassic Park?

After all, theres no logical justification for them facing dino death again.

Spielbergs first shot of Goldblum, incidentally, is a cracker.

Just look at it… Well, unless a hastily created girlfriend and daughter could be introduced.

That might change his mind.

It still takes some explaining though.

He is, to be clear, a corporate bastard.

But we cut to the chase here.

Its the same pieces, being moved in similar places, just not quite by the same people.

When Hammond says that hes not making the same mistakes again, Malcolm retorts youre making all new ones.

Not quite, but you might see his point.

Bottom line: Hammond has sent three people to Isla Sorna so far.

Theres Vince Vaughns eco-warrior Nick.

Julianne Moores expert, Sarah.

They need to bond, ysee.

The difference they face is that the audience know the rules this time, and the characters dont.

Thus, the speeding through storytelling continues.

Two teams, differing objectives.

They want to document things, or in the case of Malcolm, leave.

Theyre capturing animals, to take them off the island, and towards Jurassic Park San Diego.

Well return to that place later in this article, and not with a smile on our faces.

Hammond keeps learning lessons, but never the right ones.

In this instance though, theres a bit of a daft catalyst to the initial attack.

It involves Sarah wanting to heal a suffering baby T-Rex.

For the duration of the film to this point, she has shown non-stop intelligence in dealing with dinosaurs.

Still, this is where Spielberg particularly knows his onions.

His best dino attack moments focus on humans, and details, as much as CG creatures.

The slow cracking pane is top notch tension.

It also has a brilliant score.

Its a denser piece of work, and a hugely underrated piece of music in Williams near-peerless back catalogue.

Firstly it got him a PG rating.

But secondly, he didnt need it.

Its curious how he relaxed his choice.

Mind you, he still got his family friendly rating, and the movie made its cash.

Bluntly: he wanted to try a different movie for a bit.

It wasnt supposed to be like this either.

But at Spielbergs behest, late in the day, that ending was scrubbed.

Instead, Spielberg wanted by his own admission the chance to make his very ownGodzillamovie.

The predictable happens, the boat crashes and then, well, it all goes a bit WTF.

Firstly, Spielberg is trying to squeeze a movies worth out of hisGodzillastory in 20 minutes.

We get the initial breakout.

We get it rampaging through suburbia.

We get Japanese businessmen amongst the crowd.

And then we get it packed away, beaten, off to recuperate beforeJurassic Park III.

Secondly, on a practical note, the CG dinosaurs work excellently against a jungle background.

Spielberg himself admits thatThe Lost Worldramps up the computer work over the practical.

And its when the T-Rex is shown against buildings and streets that it just starts to look fake.

Few moments in special effects cinema can ever equate to seeing that aforementioned T-Rex attack in the first film.

It just looked, well, soreal.

Four years later, it looked less so on the streets of San Diego.

Theres presumably a lesson about the progression of computers in there.

WithJP1, that wasSchindlers List.

WithJP2, that wasAmistad, and thenSaving Private Ryan.

It wasnt as good as the first one.

But it was very successful, Spielberg would go on to say.

Its hard to disagree with that.

I found myself saying is that all there is?

Its not enough for me'.

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