The Lost World: Jurassic Park

December 11, 2004

Rated: PG-13 Runtime: 127 min Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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:

The Lost World: Jurassic Park Collector’s Edition Widescreen

The Lost World: Jurassic Park Collector’s Edition Fullscreen

The Lost World: Jurassic Park Collector’s Edition DTS

Jurassic Park & Lost World Collector’s Edition Widescreen

Jurassic Park & Lost World Collector’s Edition Fullscreen

Jurassic Park & Lost World Limited Collector’s Edition Boxset

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.

Posted by Billy Bob | Filed Under 4 Stars, Action, DVD, Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, PG-13, Richard Attenborough, Vince Vaughn