


Young children are likely to be terrified.” Chris Hicks complained that the film had “ no warmth.” Peter Travers described it as “ sadistic.” Marc Savlov noted its “ gory black humor.” In a mostly positive review, Stephen Holden noted, “Although the actual gore is minimal, it is scarier than Jurassic Park, the body count is higher, and the overall mood dark. Most of the criticisms focused on the brutality and horror of the film.

After all, to Spielberg, Jurassic Park had been an effort to make “ a good sequel to Jaws, on land.”Ĭontemporary reviews were divided on The Lost World. “Among the films that I really think are good movies that I’ve directed, it’s not even in the top five.” This may explain why Spielberg didn’t seem particularly precious about making a sequel to Jurassic Park in the first place. “I didn’t think it was a perfect film,” he stated of the original. Then again, Spielberg didn’t particularly like Jurassic Park. I’m talking about The Lost World and Jurassic Park.”
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“This movie made a ka-zillion dollars, which justifies the sequel, so I come in like it’s going to be a slam dunk and I wind up making an inferior movie to the one before. “My sequels aren’t as good as my originals because I go onto every sequel I’ve made and I’m too confident,” he confessed in May 2016. The Lost World is a somewhat maligned sequel, including by Spielberg himself. With the release of Jurassic World Dominion, it seemed like a good opportunity to take a look back at Steven Spielberg’s sequel to Jurassic Park. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the release of The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
