Why I think The Lost World is better than Jurassic Park

^I still don't know what to count TLBT as. Some parts were nice, children-friendly films. Then we get further into the movie. It goes down and down and then you get to the second to last scene right before they reach the Great Vally and you get some dinosaur spirit's heart lighting the valley. BOOM! A dinosaur film turned really deep.

i probably give jp1 (10/10) jp2 (6/10) and jp3 (5/10)

I agree with you! I loved Jurassic Park when it came out. I was only 6 years old, and didn't get scared at all. When The Lost World came, I didn't get scared either, but I found it much more exciting. The action scenes were much more tense. For me, the best scene of the entire trilogy was the trailer scene. Jesus Christ, that was awesome! One of the best action scenes of history! I like The Lost World a little more than the first Jurassic Park, and Jurassic park 3 a lot less than these two others. I haven't seen Jurassic World yet, but I'll see it tomorrow and I really hope to see the T.Rex more. One of the reasons I found the third movie bad was the fact that the T.Rex gets killed right after we get to see him. How could they just kill the main star of Jurassic Park and The Lost World? If the T.Rex doesn't get the appropriate attention on the fourth movie, I'll certainly not enjoy it as much as the first and the second.

In my opinion:

JURASSIC PARK - A theme park. Death scenes, tension, danger, but it's obviously more suitable for children.

THE LOST WORLD - Forget the theme park. Let's get wild instead! More blood, more tension, more action. Much marker. And... TWO T.REXES! That's awesome!

JURASSIC PARK III - T.Rex gets killed at the very beginning and we have a new dinosaur instead. The movie is too short for someone to be even able to evaluate it.

I hope JURASSIC WORLD gives T.Rex the spotlight again!  

I think The Lost World is a better film simply due to the successful story scale it accomplished and the maturity it has in its filmmaking-- Not necessarily its material.

Yes it's a bit long and drags at some moments, but it makes up for it with expertly designed thrills that don't always include dinosaurs. One thing I really loved about Spielberg's Jurassic Park movies was the sense of grating danger even when dinosaurs aren't onscreen. For example, Sarah's scene with the glass cracking under her is likely the most suspenseful moments in the entire film. Not a single dinosaur is onscreen during that.

I was largely more attatched to the characters than I was in Jurassic World, but much of that had to do with Ian Malcolm. He was already beloved in Jurassic Park and became an excellent through line to enjoy other characters. (Especially Nick van Owen. Can you imagine what Vince Vaughn's career would look like today without this movie?) Meanwhile, Roland became one of the most enjoyable and, by extension, interesting characters in the film-- I felt his arc was cut too soon and wish he and Nick were around for the San Diego attack.

Now I fully admit the San Diego arc was completely unnecessary and horribly omitted the majority of the film's key players, but looking back on it gave us something this franchise needs more of: Dinosaurs OFF the island. If this is just a taste of what that's like, we need more of it. The danger, thrills and suspense can really be enhanced by giving us a world where the dinosaurs have taken over the mainland.

The Lost World is sadmittedly pretty flawed, but it's a more seasoned movie than the following sequels. It also has an epic feel that Jurassic Park 3 doesn't and was somewhat forced in Jurassic World. It's not a masterpiece, but it's a competent, enjoyable sequel I believe to be the best crafted of the follow-ups.

You forgot Eddie's death. 

Looking back on this I had misread the thread. I thought this was how the original poster thought The Lost World was better than Jurassic World. (It is.)

While I don't think The Lost World is better than Jurassic Park, I think it's easily the best sequel to the original.

Well The Lost World is better than Jurassic World in my opinion. If you check my update, you can see I changed my opinion.

Good reasons, but don't forget to factor in the flaws. I love TLW, screw the haters.

It does have many flaws. All the people I know that hate The Lost World thought Jurassic World was better than the original Jurassic Park... Which just had me at a loss for words.

I've seen people rate JW 5/5.  It's ridiculous.

 It really is. I mean I liked the movie, and I can slightly understand why someone would argue it's the best sequel even though I disagree, but to argue this flawed movie is better than Spielberg's masterpiece is nonsensical to me. SOme guy even thinks Jurassic World was more realistic than Jurassic Park in special effects, and I was baffled. Jurassic World did have some amazing CGI for the final battle while the rest was obviosuly CGI, at times painfully obvious. (It was painful to see it when compared to the original CGI and robotic dinosaurs.)

The first movie's special effects felt like something I could touch.  TLW had the best special effects out of all of them.

The thing was since they built robots for the first movie, it was something you could touch at many scenes. The added CGI gave the robots real life. The Lost World did imporve the effects, the amazing thing is Jurassic Park still looks real. It doesn't just look realistic, it simply looks real.

And then the pteosaurs in Jurassic World were awful... Just awful.

The first two movies' effects still hold up today.  I love both JP and TLW the same.