The Lost World

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Robert C. The first dinosaur movie with awesome stop motion effects that were ahead of their time. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/07/25 Full Review Jack S Notable only for the innovative early use of stop-motion dinosaur effects, this one, with the exception of a couple dinosaur-related action sequences, is otherwise slowly paced to the point of monotony. A poorly dramatized story, filled with one-dimensional characters, this version unfortunately feels longer than its brief 93-minute running time. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/24 Full Review Joseph D If you get the chance, see the 90 minute cut, it's the best. The technical wizardry used to give life to the animals, & the world they live in is highly impressive, given the film's nearly 100yrs old, & the cast is colorful & entertaining. The music also helps breath life into the story. I'm glad this world didn't stay lost. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/20/23 Full Review David W Innovative, exciting, well written, acted and directed. The quality of the stop motion for its vintage is extraordinary. It set so many firsts and has quite literally sign posted the way for pretty much every film in this genre since. An absolute classic in every sense of the word. This was the start of adventure movies as we know them. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/06/22 Full Review georgan g This is THE best prehistoric film with dinosaurs...and it's silent! Even the ones from the sci fi golden age of the 50s/60s doesn't come close. Their special effects were down right silly, whereas the stop-motion of this 1925 movie are terrific. Best creature feature until the computer age! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Taylor L 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Stupendous Story Comes to Life!' No, not that one. It's ... it's not about Sherlock Holmes, okay? He also wrote about dinosaurs. You all love dinosaurs, right? This silent era project is definitely a formative work, more significant as an artifact than as a film. The Lost World helped usher in the era of science fiction film on a commercial scale, expanding from Georges Méliès' highly creative and whimsical shorts to feature-length narrative adaptations. It's such an early work that it actually features an introduction with footage of Doyle himself, who seems like an author generations removed from the age of cinema. Perhaps most notably, the film was the proof-of-concept for special effects pioneer Willis O'Brien, who would go on to give life to King Kong in 1933; the film totally embraces the potential of the effects of the period, frequently employing stop-motion and color-tinting (the latter to a rather unnecessary degree). However, those eight years would make a big difference in O'Brien's proficiency in the medium, as The Lost World seems more like awkward first steps than a timeless classic. And despite being totally unnecessary to the plot, the film manages to plug some unforeseen racial insensitivity and blackface into the film, making it something of an archival relic. For hardcore science fiction fans, the film still might be worth a watch to get more of an understanding of the origins of the genre, but it shows its age quite often. (2.5/5) Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/19/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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