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SPOILER SPACE
Bah! How could they make such a horrible
sequel? I even liked Lost World, though not as much as the original.
I'm aghast at the low quality of the film, but let's be more specific. I
haven't read Tom's or others' reviews yet as I want this post to be unaffected
by others' opinions, so I may bring up similar points.
General
- Too much action, not enough plot
development. I mean the first two at least had some sort of plot, rather
well developed in the first. This was dinosaur mauling after dinosaur
mauling after dinosaur mauling. None of the wonder of the
first.....
- No climax. By far the worst decision and
ruins the movie the most. They give back the eggs and.......
nothing? Go back to the US? What? No big chase scene or
dinosaur battle? Ughh.
- All the carnivores were insanely aggressive,
attacking anyone despite the fact the people were trying to flee. It's
fine for Tyrannosaurus, Spinosaurus and Velociraptor in most occassions, but not
when they have to work so hard to get to the people. Or anything involving
the Pteranodon's aggressiveness.
Velociraptor
- They were far too intelligent. It would
take some miraculously complicated brain to be that small and still set
non-ingrained traps as they did. No animal would wound its prey then hide
in wait for the preys' friends to come along. Animals are content with
what they kill and no prey besides humans would bother coming back for an
injured and possibly dead comrade. So it would be pointless for
Velociraptors to do this in any case.
- Why would a resonating chamber indicate the
presence of language? Lambeosaurines have what could be resonating
chambers and they have never been suggested to have had language, and for good
cause. Vocalizing long distances doesn't equate with possessing
language.
- Was it just me, or did that resonating chamber
look awfully like an endocranial mold?
- No animal besides humans would care about getting
its eggs back once they've been stolen. Many care a lot about protecting
the eggs in the nest, but past that they seem to figure the eggs are a lost
cause. Velociraptors would probably be the same.
- It's amazing that Velociraptor language is
completely encoded in their genes, as they had no other Velociraptors to teach
them, nor enough time to create a language I would think.
- I think that in the hatchery scene, we would see
a dead hatchling Velociraptor corpse in the hatching tanks, as such a young
individual couldn't break that thick of glass and would probably eat the other
hatchlings before dehydrating. Instead, there are only broken hatching
tanks. Maybe the ultra-intelligent adults broke them out :-)
- Look! A complete artriculated Deinonychus
skeleton with Ostrom's (1969) incorrect pubic orientation! How
unexpected ;-)
Spinosaurus
- Probably had whithers, not a sail, but
eh......
- I for one think that spinosaurids' snouts were
stronger than people usually give them credit for, but there's no way it was
strong enough to break Tyrannosaurus' neck with. It would have snapped and
Tyrannosaurus would have won.
- The scene where it approached submerged was
ridiculous.
- Why does Grant recommend running when
Spinosaurus sees them, but standing still when Tyrannosaurus does? In
this ludicrous world where Tyrannosaurus can only detect movement, why
doesn't he assume the same for Spinosaurus?
- I think the plane colliding with the Spinosaurus
would be enough to disable it, so that had better have been another Spinosaurus
in later scenes.
- Hear a phone ringing through a Spinosaurus'
body? Improbable.
Ceratosaurus
- That's all I can think this atrocity could be
(approached the Spinosaurus dung and left). No lacrimal horns? Broad
skull? Conical nasal horn? The one in WDRA was far
superior.
Pteranodon
- Were those teeth?
- No fur? Come on, that's been known since
the seventies at least.
- I seriously doubt a Pteranodon could lift a
child.
- Scene carrying defenseless character to young in
nest...... so stereotypic. Why didn't it kill the kid first? Don't
predatory birds usually kill their prey before taking it to nestlings (who are
much smaller than the kid mind you....)?
- Why was everybody afraid of the Pteranodons so
much? Not big seagulls that are ungainly on land, have lightweight bodies
and pretty much no way to injure you (perhaps stabbing with their beak?).
Of course, these WERE insanely aggressive toothed Pteranodon with amazingly
strong wings.....
Other
- (paraphrased)
Alan Grant- "So Billy, what would you say that
was?" (referring to Spinosaurus)
Billy- "Suchomimus?"
Grant- "Think larger."
Billy- "Baryonyx?"
Grant- "No, look at the sail, it's Spinosaurus
aegyptiacus etc."
Ughh. Someone who knows enough to tell it's a
spinosaurid and knows both Suchomimus and Baryonyx will know Spinosaurus and
guess it correctly as the sail is so obvious.
- Why were they so hurried when their boat crashed
and they were in the paraglider? The paraglider wouldn't be affected by
the crashed boat unless it sank, so they had plenty of time to undo their
line.
- The kid was awfully self sufficient and
ingenious, especially considering he was so scared when the boat
crashed.
- Having the kid at home take the phone to Elly
while the others battle for their life is no way to increase interest or
suspense in an action scene.
Well, that's all I can think of currently. I
thought the Spinosaurus looked more artificial than the others.
Tyrannosaurus needed more airtime. Showing Compsognathus was
pointless. I'm annoyed by Grant's use of the term raptor even when talking
to himself. Etc.
However, there were some things I enjoyed about the
movie.
- The dinosaurs looked cool yet again.
- The Ankylosaurus and Lambeosaurus magnicristatus
were especially well done.
- The Velociraptors had feathers and looked far
better, with a better color scheme.
- The Spinosaurus-Tyrannosaurus battle was cool,
although it would have been better at the end and with the Tyrannosaurus
winning.
- The Spinosaurus fishing for them with its snout
and hands was a nice touch.
- Grant and Billy are pretty good
characters.
- The first Velociraptor scene in with the cages
was pretty good.
- Can't complain about the classic Jurassic Park
theme.
Overall, 1.5 stars out of 4.
Mickey Mortimer
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