![]() Swap out the hacker Lex who came through in the first film for Malcolm's African American daughter Kelly, and the fact that she a) doesn't get in the way, and b) actually uses her athleticism to take out a raptor, and The Lost World is the kind of matter-of-fact representation and gender-neutral adventure that blockbusters have gotten woefully worse at since. need you right now." By the end of the movie, both Ian and Sarah function as partners in saving the day (with Sarah taking the actual final shot). A rescue she nonchalantly shrugs off, valuing her decision and research over his fears, and all without becoming cold or distant, reassuring him that "I love you, I just don't. The Lost World takes that ball and runs with it, sending Ian Malcolm to "Site B" to save his girlfriend Sarah - an expert in her field of deadly predators - from dangers only he understands. Laura Dern's heroine spends most of the movie trying to rescue her male counterpart, resurrects the Park's power (with a shot taken at John Hammond's archaic masculinity along the way), and ends the movie by smirking at Dr. Which is a bit unfortunate, since it means Spielberg's efforts in the first film are probably underappreciated. Jurassic Park 2 Is Even More Progressive Than The OriginalĪudiences of the 1990s weren't as proactive when it came to analyzing gender dynamics, sexist stereotypes, or socially progressive ideas as they are today (thank you, Internet). ![]() Well, with some Tyrannosaurs gumming up the works. Not to mention deliver one of the most innovative, unpredictable, and Rube Goldberg-esque action sequences centered only on keeping a trailer from falling over a cliff. After tantalizingly drawing out their debut the first time around, have Velociraptors enter the story with no warning whatsoever. Interact with herbivores and small scavengers before they suddenly attack. The audience knows what they're in for with "another dinosaur movie," so shock them any chance you get. Where Jurassic Park was a series of long rises and crescendos, The Lost World is closer to the ups and downs of a heart monitor. So rather than trying to repeat the feat so laudably achieved. RELATED: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Is Somehow Worse Than The Original Each step close to a masterpiece of keeping audiences out of breath, clinging to their seats, not wanting to see what comes next- what they know comes next. In hindsight, there was no way that even Steven Spielberg could replicate the shock, the awe, and the revolutionary effects of the first Jurassic Park. The lack of dinosaurs on the ride itself (to begin with), the power outage, the goat, the impact ripples in the cup of water, all the way through to Timmy climbing the soon-to-be-electrified fence. As the first film to try to follow the original Jurassic Park, The Lost World was the first to come up short - but it's time that perception changed.
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