It is a given that the sequel is seldom better than the first installment. In rare cases the second installment is superior but in the case of Jurassic Park the overwhelming criticism affirms that the original is the best. What astounds me is the disdain critics have for The Lost World: Jurassic Park. On sites like Rotten Tomatoes the reviewers retort as if they had expected to see film with the depth and complexity of Inception . The Lost World gets a lousy wrap because it is entirely different from It's predecessor. In Jurassic Park, the setting is a theme park with fences, enclosures, and paddocks to be trapped in with the hungry dinosaurs. In The Lost World the setting is the wild, empty plains, and patches of woodland. Steven Spielburg's sequel is not meant to duplicate the success of the original's brilliance. Nay, in contrast it is meant to deviate and depict the dinos and endangered humans in a different circumstance. In JP, the terror lies inside buil...