Culture news “I was too confident” The Lost World is worse than Jurassic Park and it’s Steven Spielberg’s fault!
4 years after Jurassic Park, The Lost World was released in cinemas. Steven Spielberg also declares that the rest of this saga is less good because he was “too confident”.
The very first Jurassic Park is a cinematic masterpiece. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton published in 1990, it is even considered one of the most cult films of all time. Faced with the success of the feature film, Steven Spielberg decided to make it a saga with 5 other projects around this universe. Although some have been well received by critics, none have managed to surpass the success of the very first Jurassic Park. The Lost World is one of them.
The sequel to this Jurassic Park takes place 4 years after the first events. As a reminder, billionaire John Hammond decided to bring dinosaurs back to life using a drop of blood preserved by a fossilized mosquito to make a theme park. However, everything did not go as planned and this experience turned into a tragedy. While the billionaire now wants to let the dinosaurs live in peace on the second island Isla Sorna, his nephew is seeking at all costs to save InGen from bankruptcy by wanting to create a new park in San Diego.
While Jurassic Park was received by spectators with a rating of 91% on RottenTomatoes, The Lost World: Jurassic Park was a cold shower for many spectators with a rating of 54%. Even director Steven Spielberg is aware that this sequel is less good. “ My sequels aren’t as good as my originals because I’m too confident » he indicates in the columns of The New York Times. “ This movie (Jurassic Park) made a billion dollars, which justifies the sequel, so I come in like it’s going to be a smash hit and end up making an inferior feature film than before » details Steven Spielberg regarding The Lost World.
A lukewarm reception, but a box office success
Although it was a failure in terms of reception, it still needs to be put into perspective. In fact, the film did very well at the box office. For a budget of 73 million dollars, it brought in 618 million, making it the second biggest cinematic success of 1997.