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Lost
World |
| Rated
PG-13 |
| Runtime:
2hr 7min |
| Starring:
Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Vince Vaughn, Richard Attenborough |
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MFG
Rating: 4/5
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DVD
Features
Video:
The widescreen edition is anamorphic at 1.85:1 and provides
an absolutely excellent picture. A 4:3 fullscreen version
is also available, but why bother?
Audio:
Multiple versions are available, but we reviewed the DD 5.1
version. It sounds excellent with good strong bass and excellent
use of surround effects.
Extras:
If you stay away from the DTS version you get a "Making
of" feature, production notes, pre-production material,
models, storyboards, photos, trailers, deleted scenes, etc.
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DVD
Quick Take
This
movie is the sequel to Jurassic Park,
one of the largest movies of all time. The Lost World: Jurassic
Park also rolled up some alltime great box office numbers, but was
considered to be a disappointment by many. The original broke so
much new ground that it would've been virtually impossible for a
sequel to live up to the hype and expectations that were heaped
upon it.
Just
like the original, there are actaully several different DVD versions
of Lost World being offered:
We'll
save you some research and tell you that the best buy above by far
is the Jurassic
Park & Lost World Collector's Edition Widescreen. It is
a 2 disc set that contains the widescreen edition of both Jurassic
Park and Lost World including all of the bonus material. We never
recommend fullscreen editions, and this is no exception. If you
do not have a widescreen set, you're still better off with letterboxing.
Many
DTS enthusiasts will strongly recommend the DTS version of this
movie, and we do review our movies on top of the line audio systems.
We confess that we can hear the difference in DTS and Dolby Digital
5.1, but in this case there are so many extras on the non-DTS version
of the DVD, that we think the very slight trade off in sound is
worth it to get the bonus material.
With
any of these versions what you're going to get is outstanding picture
quality and a very strong sound track. The use of surround sound
to put you in the action is absolutely excellent, and when a dinosaur
roars the bass will bring your subwoofer to life. Unfortunately,
the movie itself really fails to capture the magic of the first
one. However, it is still a very good movie and worth owning, especially
if you take advantage of the opportunity to buy the 2 disc set while
it's available.
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Billy Bob
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Gun Play
Much
more firepower in the sequel!
Blood & Gore
A
hungry dinosaur can still make a mess of a man.
Car Chases
Some
scenes look like a pre-historic version of Road Warrior.
T&A
Bare
breasts scare away kiddies and lunchbox sales!
Chuckles
Goldblum
still gets a few good lines. |
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