Matthew97217 Reviews

The Lost World (1998)

This is a really bad movie, but it might be worth watching once.

[14 April 2004]

I myself have seen the movie 5 times, and I would probably buy it if I had the chance, but not because I thought it was a good movie, it would be because of the fact that there were two things I enjoyed: the unpredictability of the story, and how Malone deals with the T-Rex in the ending. But the dinosaurs were extremely inaccurate, in the fact that they gave the Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus) the tail of an Ankylosaurus, and they gave T-Rex LONG ARMS AND THREE FINGERS! But the head did look kind of cool, and I do like the brief shot of the Rex at the end of the credits. All in all, if you are even remotely interested in the movie at this point, You might try watching the movie once. There is some okay acting in the movie, and the raptors SUCK. And on a final note, the science is okay, except for the Paleontology.

The Lost World (2001)

Decent adaptation

[9/10 · 5 March 2004]

This was easily the best version of The Lost World ever made, leaving all of the others trailing in the dust. Though the story was changed, the essence of the original story was strong throughout the movie. But they did have scenes from the book that were not shown in any of the other movies that I have seen (all but the black and white version), like when Malone climbs the tree to get a look at the layout of the plateau, and his encounter with the ape/men during it. They also had the chase scene involving Malone and the Carnivore (in this case, it was an Allosaur), though they changed the time and reason for that occurrance, and they added Agnes Clooney (Elaine Cassidy), a character that never existed in the book. The Movie had a great cast, Including Bob Hoskins and Peter Faulke, but some of the humor in the beginning was very cliche, and so was some of the cinematography, but being a made for TV movie, that is to be expected. All in all, I would have to say that this was a very decent adaptation of the novel.