The Lost World gets a lot of negative criticism. And I would probably agree with that criticism when it comes to the San Diego element at the end. But....In my opinion, The Lost World is still the second best movie in the Jurassic Park Franchise after Jurassic Park. It's thrilling, has a good cast (especially Pete Postlethwaithe as the big game hunter), and has a terrific musical score. RIP Eddie.
And one thing I feel is often overlooked is that, in my opinion, this movie has the best T-Rex special effects out of the entire franchise. The Rexes in this movie look more real than the new movies. Incredible work.
I kind of agree, there are some great set pieces in this movie but the overall story connecting them is lacking. Also, I had forgotten how many deaths Vince Vaughn’s character causes. He releases the captured dinosaurs, causing the initial rampage through the camp; he brings back the baby T-Rex, which gets Richard Schiff’s character killed; then he stops Roland from shooting the big T-Rex by sabotaging his elephant gun, leaving it free to continue its rampage, plus of course if Roland had killed it there would have been no San Diego escape. The man’s a plague…
I hadn't watched this movie since I was a kid and damn did I forget how many issues this movie had. I think that's just 90's movies in general tho, like they were good for the time but then you watch them nowadays and realize all the bullshit. Still a relatively good movie tho.
To be as fair as possible, had Roland actually killed the Buck Rex, Ludlow would have just transported the Doe to San Diego instead, and the same would have happened. He has to take some of the blame.
25:38 basically velociraptors snuck on board and killed the crew then trex woke up and raptors tried fighting it and then were eaten while trex still in enclosure, this is written somewhat in one of the books but for some reason they didn’t explain it here
Would make more sense if the crew was killed by the raptors and the raptors left the boat and swim back to the island Maybe like 1-2km away from the island
Huh? Where in the books was this written because I don't remember reading that. Raptors snuck on a ship but were killed by the crew before reaching land. Don't remember the T-Rexs ever leaving the island.
@@horrorcide13 I never said the trex was onboard, but in the first jurrasic park novel their was a chapter that talked about raptors sneaking on a boat
I just assumed that the Trex killed most of the crew and when someone ran into the cargo hold to escape, the dino chased after him. Meanwhile someone died while holding down the close button...
This movie more closely matches the tone of the books where it’s almost straight horror and adventure, with sci-fi elements. (I totally recommend the books btw. They’re so good, and The Lost World is probably my favorite of the two)
Though, movie-wise, the first movie is still the best, this one is second best, and every other subsequent film has been essentially of equal quality to the next, making them all tied for last place.
Yeah, both movies delve so much deeper into both the horror aspects as well as the sci-fi (along with the business and ethics themes) And TLW book is so different from the movie too. I’m not sure which of the two books I like more - I definitely have to re-read them
Actually Mell, Spielberg has an interest in creating a sequel to the first movie. Originally, he wanted the sequel to revolve around the shaving cream that had the embryos in them but Michael Crichton, the author of Jurassic Park 1990, created a sequel due to fans wanting one. Spielberg initially went to create an adaptation of The Lost World. Despite the sequel having its flaws, I consider it to be a solid one to its predecessor. It’s one of my favorite sequels of the franchise. I like that it is more different from the first movie. It has a darker tone to it. I recommend you read the books, Jurassic Park 1990 and The Lost World 1995. It’ll give you a full Jurassic experience and a new perspective to the films a little bit. Nice reaction.
Michael Crichton actually didn't want to write a sequel to Jurassic Park. According to him the story was over but Spielberg convinced him to write one because he wanted to do a sequel movie.
Another reason Sarah Harding should have known the dangers: in the book, if I remember correctly, her dad worked at the original Jurassic Park. He was the guy tending to the triceratops in the first movie.
I know that was the only thing I was mad about this movie because Eddie deserved to live and then on top of that in the next scene they barely put respect on the man’s name like he just saved your lives and you not gonna grieve a little.
"How was the T-Rex able to fit in there and kill them?" There's actually a rumored deleted scene where there are velociraptors on the ship but it's never seen the light of day.
Mell your edits got me in stitches. also as Hammond explains that Site B is the manufacturing set up then they take the eggs or already grown dinos to Site A where Grant and Ian were originally. also some of the deleted and un-added story board explains more of the story. all of these films are just basically Dino Crisis 1 and 2. fun fact: the blonde guy with glasses who gets eaten in the city is David Koepp, he help write this film and the first film.
Velociraptors were basically the biggest threat in the book, and to make them appear scarier in the first movie, they made them bigger than they actually were. But then (after the movie) utahraptor was described in 1993, and that one was basically as tall as a human (measuring 4.9-5.5 m/16-18 ft and weighing 280-300 kg/620-660 lb) - but they had to stick with velociraptors
There’s a common misconception about the Asian men running from the T-Rex. a lot of people think that they are saying “this is why I left Tokyo”. however, that is from the first inspector gadget movie.
Finally someone who doesn't fall for Hammond's sweet old millionaire schtick. Ignorance is not an excuse for sending people to die. I think everyone hates Sarah in this movie, but you get a like for being the only person I've ever seen call out Hammond for waving off the little girl being, "injured" like she sprained her ankle or some sh*t.
@@rosshall6475 "Yeah, but John, if Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists." - Ian Malcom Fits your analogy quite well I think.
In the end those dinosaurs are just animals like any other animals they dont stand a chance against a well trained group of men with guns. a 500 nitro express rifle will kill a T-rex instantly. The idea of sending a group of well trained, well equipped professionals to document the dinosaurs isnt that crazy these movies just make everything fantastic. It's no more crazier then sending people into warzones like we do every day.
@@rosshall6475 ignorant of the danger? yes, dosen't fully learn from his mistakes? no question, EVIL?...no not really, he clearly does regret the bad things that happen, he's immensely flawed but i wouldent call him evil by any means but that's just my opinion
@@joshuaortiz2031 except Hammond didn't send the armed team. He sent a couple of scientists with cameras and a tranquilizer gun (singular). InGen sent the mercenaries. Not that they're any better. And not to belabor the point; but Hammond even sent Nick to sabotage the reasonably armed team, leading to way more casualties. And I can only imagine the Santa Claus-y way he told Nick to cause a bit of trouble *wink wink nudge nudge* Everyone seems to forget that it's because of Nick and Sarah that everyone gets stuck on the island with no escape.
@@joshuaortiz2031 i would agree. it seems that according to human history, people have a problem keeping big animals ALIVE. elephants, rhino, 6 MILLION buffalo in North America during the wild west, tigers, white tigers, lions, polar bears. These are all massive, dangerous animals to an unarmed man. But....they're also all at one point, on the endangered species list. One of the reasons I find the first movie scarier is exactly this: you have unarmed scientists, trapped on an island with dangerous, unpredictable, and smart animals. Being trapped with no way to defend yourself is a great recipe for a horror movie: -Misery -Jaws (3 guys on the boat, not the beach scenes) -Alien -Aliens -Predator -Cujo
14:42 clearly you don’t know how anatomy works, if an animal breaks a leg it doesn’t heal properly unless aided by human assistance, most prehistoric creatures were found to have multiple bones broken, and it’s not possible for a broken ligament to heal all on its own naturally, I mean why do you think people have to wear casts after breaking their arm or leg?!? Sorry, I’m just very passionate about these movies and you are throwing a lot of shade at them
Im actually glad you are going to react to Jurassic World even though you've already seen it. Because now you will react to certain callbacks to the first film that no doubt went over your head before since know you have seen the original. I can't wait. 🙂
I don't think this film was nearly as strong as the first, but that sequence with the T-Rex parents and the RV going over the cliff was amazing. Worth the price of admission all by itself.
The first movie is far superior, but I still enjoy this one. I remember having a good time at the theaters seeing this as a kid and I loved getting to see a bunch of new dinos in this one. The plot was very...meh though. There were so many holes that simply didn't make sense. It's still a good movie that happened to make everything *extremely* convenient for the main characters. It's a good movie that will forever be overshadowed by the original (which is a top tier movie, IMHO). And man, I love the random edits you do. So damn entertaining.
RIP Pete Postlethwaite. He's a very good actor and I recommend reading his autobiography A Spectacle Of Dust and I recommend seeing the movie In The Name Of The Father.
My favorite scene is the roundup scene. Can quote ludlow and Roland’s little back and forth in that scene. In my opinion this is my favorite Jurassic park movie
@@gergopiroska5749 Joke I didn't get? Or one you didn't, when they are yelling for Sarah, Dr. Malcolm is like "How many Sarahs do you think are on this island?"
As much as I love the first movie, I have very fond feelings of this one from when I was a kid. Not only did it terrify the living hell out of me - but the soundtrack was so breathtaking. Underrated movie for sure - but I def think the San Diego bit was a tad much
Fun Fact: Both this and the first Jurassic Park were based off books written by Michael Crichton. And if you think the movies are horror then hoooo boy. The books have several deaths where you are POV with someone whose entrails have become their OUTrails if you feel me.
some parts from the third Jurassic park film also incorporated elements from the films like the giant Pterodactyl cage. That was in the first book if I remember correctly.
Yeah the books are sooooo different from the movies. Death scenes are brutal though. Like one in the second book where the guy gets attacked by the Raptors and feels them eating him alive but because of their saliva, he's all tripped out. And then later the other characters see the raptors fighting over his severed head.
11:51 what are you talking about? That’s a new character. You are thinking of the game hunter Robert Muldoon from the first movie who got killed by a velociraptor. This guy is new character
Fun fact; that guy the T-Rex ate in the San Diego incident was David Keop, the screen writer for Jurassic Park and The Lost World, and is credited as Unlucky Bastard.
That kill at 26:38 is so goddamn silly. The way they ham up the sounds of him dying, I thought, 'that's gotta be some kind of cameo.' Sure enough, it's screenwriter David Koepp.
The first movie has this amazing sense of wonder and this movie knows it can't replicate that so it leans into its mean streak. I love this movie so much. It's the one sequel that has a different vibe out of the series.
At first I hated this movie because my favorite Paleontologist Alan Grant was not in the movie as actor Sam Neill was too busy with the Sci-fi Horror Thriller Event Horizon. The original opening scene was scripted but never filmed as it involved a group of Japanese fisherman haul in a net containing the corpse of a dead Parasaurolophus. Frightened by the sight of the beast, they cut the net loose where it disappears into the water.
Fun Fact! Spielberg was REALLY on board with a sequel. If i remember correctly, he asked Michael Crichton to write a sequel novel. His original idea was a team looking for Dennis Nedry's Barbasol can for the embryo's (which is why theres a lingering shot of the can), but Crichton wrote The Lost World instead
Controversial opinion, Lost World is my favorite of the series with the original in second. This movie was my whole summer in 97, anything that had the logo on it I had to have it; toys, apparel, cereal! I watched it on repeat when it came out on video, me and my family. That said over time I did begin to see all the issues with the movie, mainly with the characters, they came off as self righteous, arrogant, sometimes stupid. Malcolm and Eddie were the two characters I liked, Eddie was a decent dude who probably wanted to run but didn't want to abandon his friends, so he stuck it out to the bitter end. Malcolm because he was the one who knew how things were going to go, but everybody brushed him off. Despite the issues, it's still my favorite and I still enjoy it.
Honestly, this is my favorite out of the Jurassic Park movies. And it’s probably because it feels more like a horror movie and these people are at the mercy of dinosaurs who are living on this island.
I personally love this movie. It is quite flawed and nowhere near as good as the masterpiece that is the original, but I still think it's the second best JP movie.
I've always loved this movie simply because it gave me so much T-Rex and raptor content. I'd say the first movie is the most quality one and had a sense of majesty to it, while the second one is just a cool fun movie with a lot more flaws but still plenty to love and some genuinely great new concepts. The third one is just a dumb popcorn movie but I do still enjoy it even if mostly just for laughs.
As much as I love this movie as guilty pleasure flick, it is absolutely a movie that only happens because people are constantly making incredibly stupid decisions.
They're actually bigger than these ones in the movie These raptors are the same size as Achillobator Giganticus Although A. Giganticus was discovered in the 2010's
@@roddo1955 the Achillobator Giganticus was 5m long The Jp raptor was 4-5m long (according to official wiki) And Utahraptor Ostrommaysorum was 6-7m long And just a fun fact Even though the jp raptors were based on Deinonycus Antirrhopus is actually only 3.4m long
@@gergopiroska5749 I knew about Deinonychus. I'm a dinogeek like you. But not familiar with the measurements of the JP dinos. Antirrophus looks like a giant killer penguin to me. Have you seen the Apple+ documentary yet?
I'm glad you were able to find some enjoyment from this film. It's not perfect, but Jurassic Park II is still a fun monster movie for me. The dinos are cool, the action is cool, the scene with the dog is NOT COOL, and while Jeff Goldblum was a decent lead, Pete Postlethwaite as Roland Tembo, the big game hunter in charge of the InGen party, is definitely best of the human characters. My favorite scenes are when the hunters are chasing after and capturing the herd of dinos in the field, the part where the T-Rexes rip Eddie (Richard Schiff) in half (RIP Eddie :( ), how everything snowballs from bad to insanely bonkers with the T-Rexes attacking the camp + the raptors attacking the hunters in the tall grass + the raptors chasing after Jeff Goldblum and co. in that abandoned village, and the Tyrannosaurus Buck going all Godzilla in San Diego (again minus that dog scene :( ).
After JP3 all the dinosaurs turned complete CGI which is a shame but oh well they still look good but I’ll always prefer the animatronics. As someone afraid of heights Sarah on the glass gave me sm anxiety.
The first film is definitely superior, though there are some things I do enjoy in this film such as the score mainly the jungle drums incorporated and some of the action sequences
one thing that never made sense to me was when the main character release the dinosaurs from their cages the bad guy as giving a presentation via video link. Why didn't the people on the other end not send help? they must know the location.
I get what you mean about the movie kind of starting slow, it's almost like Spielberg wasn't fully into it, like he was doing it because he was obligated too, but as the movie progresses it's like his attitude changes from 'ill do it cos I have to' to 'well we might as well make the most of it'.. and it finishes strong.. great reaction and funny commentary as always Mellow 👍💯
you won't see this but I thoroughly enjoyed watching this with you. I think your breakdown is fair and accurate. I can't even begin to to list all your great quotes throughout this but I'm doubled over laughing at your last: with great struggle :D
Funny how most people see John Hammond as the villain, when in reality he’s merely an honest fool, like in the first film he simply wanted to bring true awe and wonder to the entire world (mostly children), but it ended in dire consequences. Wrong thing for the right reason type of deal. In The Lost World, it’s his nephew Peter Ludlow who wants to bring the Dinos to the masses but for the wrong reasons ($$$), so now Hammond sent Ian and the small team to photograph and document the Dinos in their natural habitat for public support, so that they could have leverage against his nephew Ludlow. Ludlow just wants the money, but Hammond just wants the Dinos to be left alone, and if they die out then they die out. Even the herbivores are from a different time where vegetation was a lot larger so they’re actually damaging the environment.
18:40 - 18:55 OH BOY! If that's how you feel, I'm REALLY excited to see your reaction to the end of JP Fallen Kingdom. That movie's characters make these characters seem like geniuses by comparison. As for this movie, I can't lie, but this was a cult classic for me as a kid. I saw this before the first movie so this was my introduction to not just the Jurassic Park franchise, but dinosaurs in general. Idk what it is, but the dinos in this movie still look way better than most of the dinos shots in the new trilogy (probably because the newer films don't rely as much on animatronics). This movie has so many "individually" awesome parts. After rewatching it here though, I will admit it does seem like they just thought of all these cool set pieces but didn't give much thought to how our characters get into those situations in a reasonable and not forced way. Some examples are them taking the baby just for us to have 2 Trex attack the RV, the guy walking far away from the group to take a piss just so he can get attacked, or even the boat crew getting magically eaten so the Trex can escape (which apparently there was supposed to be a scene of raptors or something else getting on the boat and eating them, but it was cut for whatever reason). But I did here they did basically push/promise a lot of money to not just Speilberg, but the writer of the first book to make a sequel so that could explain the sloppy writing. As a whole movie, it doesn't always work, but at least it still has some really memorable moments and shots. Also just love how brutal and even scary at times this movie was (especially watching this as a kid). Eddies death in particular really stuck to me as a kid (he really didn't deserve to go like that though 😔).
Michael Crichton based the Velociraptors on Deinonychus which is basically just a bigger raptor. At the time Deinonychus was categorised under the umbrella name ‘Velociraptor’ so he used that because it sounds sexier. People always think it’s wrong when it wasn’t ha. There are now Utahraptors anyway which are even bigger than JP raptors.
20:40 Also, btw, the movies imply t-rex and other dinosaurs were dumb as shit. But I've read that in reality, t-rex is presumed to have been pretty intelligent. It's heads huge af, as was it's brain cavity. It's hypothesized a t-rex was as smart as a chimpanzee.
Someone literally says in the first movie that the TRex is smart 😂 An throughout the movie the dinosaurs prove they are in fact not dumb...you missed that part i guess >.
yeah they used the name velociraptors because they felt it was a scarier name, however, the raptors are modeled off utah raptors, much larger than velociraptors
My Grandma took my brother n I to see this IN THEATERS WHEN I WAS 5. It's hard to recall, but it's one of my favorite cinematic experiences of all time. Also, my Christmas present to myself is I'm gonna take 3 tabs of L.S.D. and watch JP1&JP2 on the big screen with the volume loud as FUCK 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Like its predecessor, this was adapted from the Michael Crichton novel of the same name and had to be edited to get a PG-13 rating. Besides the movies, there's a short film called Battle at Big Rock and the Netflix animated series Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
I always believed the raptors where based on deinonychus which is a larger velociraptor basically the same size as the ones in the movies. But yeah actual velociraptors are actually like turkeys😂
In this movie, both the character of John Hammond and the actor Richard Attenborough are dying of cancer. That's why he's not in the 3rd or any other since
There are, of course, plenty of iffy plot points considering that this is a sequel that was only really brought about after the success of the first film. When a franchise isn't planned as a franchise at the start, there's always something. However, all things considered this is the second best film in the franchise, in my opinion, including the most recent ones. As for the lack of wonder and magic, we have to look at the context of the story. In the first film and book, the main characters were wary, but enthusiastic and curious, and the audience felt that too (because dinosaurs are awesome!). But when we get to The Lost World, the audience knows what to expect, and so does our main character. It's treated a little more as a horror/suspense than the previous film in that regard because at no point were any of us convinced that things would be okay.
When that baby t-rex attacks him the horrifying thing is that it would have most likely eaten him alive. Look at komodo dragons eating deer alive, that's probably how he died
The first movie, had Michael Crichton wrote the screen play, he did not work on this one. Also Sara in the book was the heroine saving everyone, and it stopped at the helicopter rescue. Steven S. added the T-REX shipped to San Diego.
I really enjoy this channel because it gives me a new appreciation for movies and some good commentary with great laughs
The kid's haircut may have looked worse, but the fact that Spielberg paid his way through college just for doing that cameo must have made up for it.
“Stay out of the long grass!”
Everyone proceeds to walk through the long grass 😂😂
14:48 😂😂😂😂 “You Didn’t See That Coming?”
The Lost World gets a lot of negative criticism. And I would probably agree with that criticism when it comes to the San Diego element at the end. But....In my opinion, The Lost World is still the second best movie in the Jurassic Park Franchise after Jurassic Park. It's thrilling, has a good cast (especially Pete Postlethwaithe as the big game hunter), and has a terrific musical score. RIP Eddie.
I concur. Also, as far as the musical scores, this installment is my personal favorite.
The only Jurassic movie I don’t like too much is fallen kingdom, that being said it’s still a beautiful movie and cinematic eye candy
And one thing I feel is often overlooked is that, in my opinion, this movie has the best T-Rex special effects out of the entire franchise. The Rexes in this movie look more real than the new movies. Incredible work.
I love Lost World 🦕 🌍 🦖
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I kind of agree, there are some great set pieces in this movie but the overall story connecting them is lacking. Also, I had forgotten how many deaths Vince Vaughn’s character causes. He releases the captured dinosaurs, causing the initial rampage through the camp; he brings back the baby T-Rex, which gets Richard Schiff’s character killed; then he stops Roland from shooting the big T-Rex by sabotaging his elephant gun, leaving it free to continue its rampage, plus of course if Roland had killed it there would have been no San Diego escape. The man’s a plague…
"Chaos Theory"
Thank you. I've been saying Vaughn and Moore's characters are responsible for every death on that island for years.
I hadn't watched this movie since I was a kid and damn did I forget how many issues this movie had. I think that's just 90's movies in general tho, like they were good for the time but then you watch them nowadays and realize all the bullshit. Still a relatively good movie tho.
Great points. I'd still probably do what he did, if I'm being honest with myself haha. Can't lie.
To be as fair as possible, had Roland actually killed the Buck Rex, Ludlow would have just transported the Doe to San Diego instead, and the same would have happened. He has to take some of the blame.
25:38 basically velociraptors snuck on board and killed the crew then trex woke up and raptors tried fighting it and then were eaten while trex still in enclosure, this is written somewhat in one of the books but for some reason they didn’t explain it here
Would make more sense if the crew was killed by the raptors and the raptors left the boat and swim back to the island
Maybe like 1-2km away from the island
Huh? Where in the books was this written because I don't remember reading that. Raptors snuck on a ship but were killed by the crew before reaching land. Don't remember the T-Rexs ever leaving the island.
@@horrorcide13 Yeah I don't remember that shit either.
@@horrorcide13 I never said the trex was onboard, but in the first jurrasic park novel their was a chapter that talked about raptors sneaking on a boat
I just assumed that the Trex killed most of the crew and when someone ran into the cargo hold to escape, the dino chased after him. Meanwhile someone died while holding down the close button...
This movie more closely matches the tone of the books where it’s almost straight horror and adventure, with sci-fi elements. (I totally recommend the books btw. They’re so good, and The Lost World is probably my favorite of the two)
Though, movie-wise, the first movie is still the best, this one is second best, and every other subsequent film has been essentially of equal quality to the next, making them all tied for last place.
Yeah, both movies delve so much deeper into both the horror aspects as well as the sci-fi (along with the business and ethics themes)
And TLW book is so different from the movie too. I’m not sure which of the two books I like more - I definitely have to re-read them
I read both novels and i gotta admit i was more intrigued by the book than the film
I’m on Jurassic park now, can’t wait to get to the lost world.
The books are phenomenal
Actually Mell, Spielberg has an interest in creating a sequel to the first movie. Originally, he wanted the sequel to revolve around the shaving cream that had the embryos in them but Michael Crichton, the author of Jurassic Park 1990, created a sequel due to fans wanting one. Spielberg initially went to create an adaptation of The Lost World. Despite the sequel having its flaws, I consider it to be a solid one to its predecessor. It’s one of my favorite sequels of the franchise. I like that it is more different from the first movie. It has a darker tone to it. I recommend you read the books, Jurassic Park 1990 and The Lost World 1995. It’ll give you a full Jurassic experience and a new perspective to the films a little bit. Nice reaction.
i was about to type all this glad i dont have to now lol
Michael Crichton actually didn't want to write a sequel to Jurassic Park. According to him the story was over but Spielberg convinced him to write one because he wanted to do a sequel movie.
I heard Spielberg talked him into it.
books? what are those?
Lost World's book is atrocious. You can really feel Crichton only wrote it for the easy money and nothing else.
Another reason Sarah Harding should have known the dangers: in the book, if I remember correctly, her dad worked at the original Jurassic Park. He was the guy tending to the triceratops in the first movie.
Yeah, I've always hated how the dude being a hero got the most brutal death in the franchise.
Went total Lady and the Tramp on his poor ass.🐶
who?
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Eddie, the poor guy trying keep the trailer from going over the cliff. Actually saved them, got eaten.
@@joshuaortiz2031 Eddie, the dude just saved all 3 of them and then gets ripped in half and devoured by 2 t rex's.
I know that was the only thing I was mad about this movie because Eddie deserved to live and then on top of that in the next scene they barely put respect on the man’s name like he just saved your lives and you not gonna grieve a little.
Fun reaction, bro. Loved the bit where you translated the baby T-Rex bullshitting his parents. 😂
"How was the T-Rex able to fit in there and kill them?"
There's actually a rumored deleted scene where there are velociraptors on the ship but it's never seen the light of day.
22:29 Oooo Goddddd
Mell your edits got me in stitches. also as Hammond explains that Site B is the manufacturing set up then they take the eggs or already grown dinos to Site A where Grant and Ian were originally.
also some of the deleted and un-added story board explains more of the story.
all of these films are just basically Dino Crisis 1 and 2.
fun fact: the blonde guy with glasses who gets eaten in the city is David Koepp, he help write this film and the first film.
Velociraptors were basically the biggest threat in the book, and to make them appear scarier in the first movie, they made them bigger than they actually were. But then (after the movie) utahraptor was described in 1993, and that one was basically as tall as a human (measuring 4.9-5.5 m/16-18 ft and weighing 280-300 kg/620-660 lb) - but they had to stick with velociraptors
There’s a common misconception about the Asian men running from the T-Rex. a lot of people think that they are saying “this is why I left Tokyo”. however, that is from the first inspector gadget movie.
Finally someone who doesn't fall for Hammond's sweet old millionaire schtick. Ignorance is not an excuse for sending people to die. I think everyone hates Sarah in this movie, but you get a like for being the only person I've ever seen call out Hammond for waving off the little girl being, "injured" like she sprained her ankle or some sh*t.
@@rosshall6475 "Yeah, but John, if Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists." - Ian Malcom
Fits your analogy quite well I think.
In the end those dinosaurs are just animals like any other animals they dont stand a chance against a well trained group of men with guns. a 500 nitro express rifle will kill a T-rex instantly. The idea of sending a group of well trained, well equipped professionals to document the dinosaurs isnt that crazy these movies just make everything fantastic. It's no more crazier then sending people into warzones like we do every day.
@@rosshall6475 ignorant of the danger? yes, dosen't fully learn from his mistakes? no question, EVIL?...no not really, he clearly does regret the bad things that happen, he's immensely flawed but i wouldent call him evil by any means but that's just my opinion
@@joshuaortiz2031 except Hammond didn't send the armed team. He sent a couple of scientists with cameras and a tranquilizer gun (singular). InGen sent the mercenaries. Not that they're any better. And not to belabor the point; but Hammond even sent Nick to sabotage the reasonably armed team, leading to way more casualties. And I can only imagine the Santa Claus-y way he told Nick to cause a bit of trouble *wink wink nudge nudge*
Everyone seems to forget that it's because of Nick and Sarah that everyone gets stuck on the island with no escape.
@@joshuaortiz2031 i would agree. it seems that according to human history, people have a problem keeping big animals ALIVE.
elephants, rhino, 6 MILLION buffalo in North America during the wild west, tigers, white tigers, lions, polar bears.
These are all massive, dangerous animals to an unarmed man. But....they're also all at one point, on the endangered species list.
One of the reasons I find the first movie scarier is exactly this: you have unarmed scientists, trapped on an island with dangerous, unpredictable, and smart animals.
Being trapped with no way to defend yourself is a great recipe for a horror movie:
-Misery
-Jaws (3 guys on the boat, not the beach scenes)
-Alien
-Aliens
-Predator
-Cujo
14:42 clearly you don’t know how anatomy works, if an animal breaks a leg it doesn’t heal properly unless aided by human assistance, most prehistoric creatures were found to have multiple bones broken, and it’s not possible for a broken ligament to heal all on its own naturally, I mean why do you think people have to wear casts after breaking their arm or leg?!? Sorry, I’m just very passionate about these movies and you are throwing a lot of shade at them
The improvement in CGI and animation from the first movie to this one is insane and it was only 4 years later
Im actually glad you are going to react to Jurassic World even though you've already seen it. Because now you will react to certain callbacks to the first film that no doubt went over your head before since know you have seen the original. I can't wait. 🙂
I don't think this film was nearly as strong as the first, but that sequence with the T-Rex parents and the RV going over the cliff was amazing. Worth the price of admission all by itself.
I like how you became Jeff Goldblum himself as soon as the movie started. Lmfao
The first movie is far superior, but I still enjoy this one. I remember having a good time at the theaters seeing this as a kid and I loved getting to see a bunch of new dinos in this one. The plot was very...meh though. There were so many holes that simply didn't make sense. It's still a good movie that happened to make everything *extremely* convenient for the main characters. It's a good movie that will forever be overshadowed by the original (which is a top tier movie, IMHO). And man, I love the random edits you do. So damn entertaining.
19:55 that’s a compsognathus (also known as compy) nest, not a raptor nest
It actually looks more like a featherless Procomsognathus
@@gergopiroska5749 well in Jurassic park lore it’s a compy
I love the parts where Mell inserts himself into the movie.
Lost World was great and probably has the best Raptor scenes in the series 💯
The power & kitchen sequences from JP1 want to know your location
RIP Pete Postlethwaite. He's a very good actor and I recommend reading his autobiography A Spectacle Of Dust and I recommend seeing the movie In The Name Of The Father.
My favorite scene is the roundup scene. Can quote ludlow and Roland’s little back and forth in that scene. In my opinion this is my favorite Jurassic park movie
Richard Attenborough who played who played John Hammond on Jurassic Park died in 2014 at age 90
Sarah is also the daughter of the veterinarian taking care of the triceratops in the original.
Sarah Harding??
...sorry
@@richardrobbins8067 yes
She also has a teen sister called Jess
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Joke I didn't get?
Or one you didn't, when they are yelling for Sarah, Dr. Malcolm is like
"How many Sarahs do you think are on this island?"
As much as I love the first movie, I have very fond feelings of this one from when I was a kid. Not only did it terrify the living hell out of me - but the soundtrack was so breathtaking. Underrated movie for sure - but I def think the San Diego bit was a tad much
Fun Fact: Both this and the first Jurassic Park were based off books written by Michael Crichton. And if you think the movies are horror then hoooo boy. The books have several deaths where you are POV with someone whose entrails have become their OUTrails if you feel me.
some parts from the third Jurassic park film also incorporated elements from the films like the giant Pterodactyl cage. That was in the first book if I remember correctly.
Yeah the books are sooooo different from the movies. Death scenes are brutal though. Like one in the second book where the guy gets attacked by the Raptors and feels them eating him alive but because of their saliva, he's all tripped out. And then later the other characters see the raptors fighting over his severed head.
11:51 what are you talking about? That’s a new character. You are thinking of the game hunter Robert Muldoon from the first movie who got killed by a velociraptor. This guy is new character
This is the best of the early Jurassic Parks to me because of the suspense. Your commentary had me crying!!! 😂🤣🤣
Much love Mell, one of the best reactors on YT
Fun fact; that guy the T-Rex ate in the San Diego incident was David Keop, the screen writer for Jurassic Park and The Lost World, and is credited as Unlucky Bastard.
Lol them Raptors got up like "aww shit"😈
That kill at 26:38 is so goddamn silly. The way they ham up the sounds of him dying, I thought, 'that's gotta be some kind of cameo.' Sure enough, it's screenwriter David Koepp.
The first movie has this amazing sense of wonder and this movie knows it can't replicate that so it leans into its mean streak. I love this movie so much. It's the one sequel that has a different vibe out of the series.
🤣🤣🤣 you and this movie reaction.
great video as always Mell, congrats on 100k!! my favorite jurassic movie always slips between the first and second, they're both masterpieces
My friend Tag and me on the way out of the theater:
Me - "John Hammond needs his ass kicked"
Tag - "Worse"
At first I hated this movie because my favorite Paleontologist Alan Grant was not in the movie as actor Sam Neill was too busy with the Sci-fi Horror Thriller Event Horizon.
The original opening scene was scripted but never filmed as it involved a group of Japanese fisherman haul in a net containing the corpse of a dead Parasaurolophus. Frightened by the sight of the beast, they cut the net loose where it disappears into the water.
Your editing is fire Bro. Only reaction channel I watch faithfully
when mell but his face on that dude and said “untuck your shirt” got me😂😂😂
The lost world is my favorite. Lots of action and suspense, plus my favorite music in the entire series.
9:55 really made me laugh 😂 Great reaction vid!
Fun Fact! Spielberg was REALLY on board with a sequel. If i remember correctly, he asked Michael Crichton to write a sequel novel. His original idea was a team looking for Dennis Nedry's Barbasol can for the embryo's (which is why theres a lingering shot of the can), but Crichton wrote The Lost World instead
Controversial opinion, Lost World is my favorite of the series with the original in second. This movie was my whole summer in 97, anything that had the logo on it I had to have it; toys, apparel, cereal! I watched it on repeat when it came out on video, me and my family.
That said over time I did begin to see all the issues with the movie, mainly with the characters, they came off as self righteous, arrogant, sometimes stupid. Malcolm and Eddie were the two characters I liked, Eddie was a decent dude who probably wanted to run but didn't want to abandon his friends, so he stuck it out to the bitter end. Malcolm because he was the one who knew how things were going to go, but everybody brushed him off. Despite the issues, it's still my favorite and I still enjoy it.
Honestly, this is my favorite out of the Jurassic Park movies. And it’s probably because it feels more like a horror movie and these people are at the mercy of dinosaurs who are living on this island.
That line about the girl being fine felt so much like the studio told them "you can't kill a child."🤣
you're reaction to the first dinosaur coming out to the little girl had me rolling. Your head movement going 'what the fuck'
11:50 That dude wasn't in the first movie.
I personally love this movie. It is quite flawed and nowhere near as good as the masterpiece that is the original, but I still think it's the second best JP movie.
I've always loved this movie simply because it gave me so much T-Rex and raptor content. I'd say the first movie is the most quality one and had a sense of majesty to it, while the second one is just a cool fun movie with a lot more flaws but still plenty to love and some genuinely great new concepts. The third one is just a dumb popcorn movie but I do still enjoy it even if mostly just for laughs.
As much as I love this movie as guilty pleasure flick, it is absolutely a movie that only happens because people are constantly making incredibly stupid decisions.
27:49 Baby's first kill.......they grow up so fast don't they?
This is a dope reaction channel
Believe it or not though there are actually raptors that size in real called Utahraptors. They're the biggest species of raptor.
And don't forget about the feathers!😄
They're actually bigger than these ones in the movie
These raptors are the same size as Achillobator Giganticus
Although A. Giganticus was discovered in the 2010's
@@gergopiroska5749 Achillobator was bigger? I thiught it was lighter of build
@@roddo1955 the Achillobator Giganticus was 5m long
The Jp raptor was 4-5m long (according to official wiki)
And Utahraptor Ostrommaysorum was 6-7m long
And just a fun fact
Even though the jp raptors were based on Deinonycus Antirrhopus is actually only 3.4m long
@@gergopiroska5749 I knew about Deinonychus. I'm a dinogeek like you. But not familiar with the measurements of the JP dinos. Antirrophus looks like a giant killer penguin to me. Have you seen the Apple+ documentary yet?
I'm glad you were able to find some enjoyment from this film. It's not perfect, but Jurassic Park II is still a fun monster movie for me. The dinos are cool, the action is cool, the scene with the dog is NOT COOL, and while Jeff Goldblum was a decent lead, Pete Postlethwaite as Roland Tembo, the big game hunter in charge of the InGen party, is definitely best of the human characters. My favorite scenes are when the hunters are chasing after and capturing the herd of dinos in the field, the part where the T-Rexes rip Eddie (Richard Schiff) in half (RIP Eddie :( ), how everything snowballs from bad to insanely bonkers with the T-Rexes attacking the camp + the raptors attacking the hunters in the tall grass + the raptors chasing after Jeff Goldblum and co. in that abandoned village, and the Tyrannosaurus Buck going all Godzilla in San Diego (again minus that dog scene :( ).
I love the lost world Jurassic park I got the vhs and the mini poster!
I was 11 when this movie came out and it was the first (and to date only) Midnight Premiere I ever went to.
After JP3 all the dinosaurs turned complete CGI which is a shame but oh well they still look good but I’ll always prefer the animatronics. As someone afraid of heights Sarah on the glass gave me sm anxiety.
I Loved movies 1, 2 and 3... regardless of what people have said negatively about 2 or 3, they worked and entertained me!🤗🙂😊
My favorite of the franchise, gonna enjoy this!!
Have you seen Swingers? Vince Vaugh and Jon Faverau, HILARIOUS
23:43 i can't stop laughing
The guy who went to the bathroom did not fall into a raptor nest, he just stumbled upon a pack of compys.
The first film is definitely superior, though there are some things I do enjoy in this film such as the score mainly the jungle drums incorporated and some of the action sequences
peep the fresh cut know this bout to be a w vid
one thing that never made sense to me was when the main character release the dinosaurs from their cages the bad guy as giving a presentation via video link. Why didn't the people on the other end not send help? they must know the location.
Well when the dinos crashed in, comms were cut immediately. They didnt know what happened. As far as they knew, Ingen had everything under control.
that quicksilver edit was perfect
The kid playing Tim Played John Deacon in Bohemian Rhapsody, which surprised me.
NGL watching that big T Rex fuck shit up is ultra satisfying
the samples you use on this reaction was so on point with this movie it couldn't have been done better!!!!!
I get what you mean about the movie kind of starting slow, it's almost like Spielberg wasn't fully into it, like he was doing it because he was obligated too, but as the movie progresses it's like his attitude changes from 'ill do it cos I have to' to 'well we might as well make the most of it'.. and it finishes strong.. great reaction and funny commentary as always Mellow 👍💯
you won't see this but I thoroughly enjoyed watching this with you. I think your breakdown is fair and accurate. I can't even begin to to list all your great quotes throughout this but I'm doubled over laughing at your last: with great struggle :D
Roland didn't break the baby rex's leg, Ludlow got drunk and accidentally stepped on it.
Funny how most people see John Hammond as the villain, when in reality he’s merely an honest fool, like in the first film he simply wanted to bring true awe and wonder to the entire world (mostly children), but it ended in dire consequences. Wrong thing for the right reason type of deal.
In The Lost World, it’s his nephew Peter Ludlow who wants to bring the Dinos to the masses but for the wrong reasons ($$$), so now Hammond sent Ian and the small team to photograph and document the Dinos in their natural habitat for public support, so that they could have leverage against his nephew Ludlow.
Ludlow just wants the money, but Hammond just wants the Dinos to be left alone, and if they die out then they die out. Even the herbivores are from a different time where vegetation was a lot larger so they’re actually damaging the environment.
I recently discovered your channel and I’ve already watched through all movie reactions 🤣
These books are very good. Gives a great background to everything and you can’t put the book down.
18:40 - 18:55 OH BOY! If that's how you feel, I'm REALLY excited to see your reaction to the end of JP Fallen Kingdom. That movie's characters make these characters seem like geniuses by comparison.
As for this movie, I can't lie, but this was a cult classic for me as a kid. I saw this before the first movie so this was my introduction to not just the Jurassic Park franchise, but dinosaurs in general. Idk what it is, but the dinos in this movie still look way better than most of the dinos shots in the new trilogy (probably because the newer films don't rely as much on animatronics). This movie has so many "individually" awesome parts. After rewatching it here though, I will admit it does seem like they just thought of all these cool set pieces but didn't give much thought to how our characters get into those situations in a reasonable and not forced way. Some examples are them taking the baby just for us to have 2 Trex attack the RV, the guy walking far away from the group to take a piss just so he can get attacked, or even the boat crew getting magically eaten so the Trex can escape (which apparently there was supposed to be a scene of raptors or something else getting on the boat and eating them, but it was cut for whatever reason). But I did here they did basically push/promise a lot of money to not just Speilberg, but the writer of the first book to make a sequel so that could explain the sloppy writing. As a whole movie, it doesn't always work, but at least it still has some really memorable moments and shots. Also just love how brutal and even scary at times this movie was (especially watching this as a kid). Eddies death in particular really stuck to me as a kid (he really didn't deserve to go like that though 😔).
He brought in my favorite edit h*e don't do it , YA YA, OMG!
The japenese person running said “i left japan to get away from this” as reference to godzilla
Michael Crichton based the Velociraptors on Deinonychus which is basically just a bigger raptor. At the time Deinonychus was categorised under the umbrella name ‘Velociraptor’ so he used that because it sounds sexier. People always think it’s wrong when it wasn’t ha. There are now Utahraptors anyway which are even bigger than JP raptors.
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Also, btw, the movies imply t-rex and other dinosaurs were dumb as shit. But I've read that in reality, t-rex is presumed to have been pretty intelligent. It's heads huge af, as was it's brain cavity. It's hypothesized a t-rex was as smart as a chimpanzee.
tbf having a big brain doesn´t mean you´re smart, it all depends on how smooth the brain is
Someone literally says in the first movie that the TRex is smart 😂
An throughout the movie the dinosaurs prove they are in fact not dumb...you missed that part i guess >.
Animals that break their legs die they don’t ever heal lol. Idk if that’s ever happened in history
Hammond's nephew is also Cowboy from Full Metal Jacket.
yeah they used the name velociraptors because they felt it was a scarier name, however, the raptors are modeled off utah raptors, much larger than velociraptors
The Venture is the name of the boat from the original King Kong in 1933
Love how u voiced the dinosaurs! 😄
My Grandma took my brother n I to see this IN THEATERS WHEN I WAS 5. It's hard to recall, but it's one of my favorite cinematic experiences of all time. Also, my Christmas present to myself is I'm gonna take 3 tabs of L.S.D. and watch JP1&JP2 on the big screen with the volume loud as FUCK 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Like its predecessor, this was adapted from the Michael Crichton novel of the same name and had to be edited to get a PG-13 rating. Besides the movies, there's a short film called Battle at Big Rock and the Netflix animated series Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
I always believed the raptors where based on deinonychus which is a larger velociraptor basically the same size as the ones in the movies. But yeah actual velociraptors are actually like turkeys😂
In this movie, both the character of John Hammond and the actor Richard Attenborough are dying of cancer. That's why he's not in the 3rd or any other since
There are, of course, plenty of iffy plot points considering that this is a sequel that was only really brought about after the success of the first film. When a franchise isn't planned as a franchise at the start, there's always something. However, all things considered this is the second best film in the franchise, in my opinion, including the most recent ones. As for the lack of wonder and magic, we have to look at the context of the story. In the first film and book, the main characters were wary, but enthusiastic and curious, and the audience felt that too (because dinosaurs are awesome!). But when we get to The Lost World, the audience knows what to expect, and so does our main character. It's treated a little more as a horror/suspense than the previous film in that regard because at no point were any of us convinced that things would be okay.
25:06 there was a concept art of the sequence of how the crew died by the t-rex, but someone did not want to add it
When that baby t-rex attacks him the horrifying thing is that it would have most likely eaten him alive. Look at komodo dragons eating deer alive, that's probably how he died
The first movie, had Michael Crichton wrote the screen play, he did not work on this one. Also Sara in the book was the heroine saving everyone, and it stopped at the helicopter rescue. Steven S. added the T-REX shipped to San Diego.
23:42 that was awesome bro 😂 BTW, Dino related, not JP related, you should react to Disney's "Dinosaur". Underrated Disney movie
The book by this script is based on was written in 3 Days sitting on a beach. Of course the plot is not super complicated.