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Films used in this episode
The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 1997, dir. Steven Spielberg
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, 1999, dir. Gary Halvorson
Classic Hollywood Film Director Howard Hawks once famously stated that a great film simply needs “3 good scenes and no bad ones”. It’s a pretty tried and tested theory, and when I look at the films I love, I am usually able to pick out at least 3 great scenes, and none I would consider bad.
I find it really interesting to view the 1997 Jurassic Park sequel The Lost Word with Howard Hawks’ rule in mind.
I’ve picked this movie in particular because it’s one that I’ve struggled with my opinion on. On the one hand it has a bunch of sequences which are incredible, they’re scary and exciting, and in every way capture and arguably surpass some of the best scenes from the original movie. (Bus hanging off the cliff, Raptors in tall grass)
Then, there’s this scene. The scene mentioned in every critical analysis of the movie nearly 20 years after its initial release. This is a bad scene. (Gymnastics vs Raptor scene). For whatever reason, the frivolous nature of this one ridiculous sequence managed to overpower any other moment of praise for the film.
The Lost World is a film that contains several good scenes, but it also has one really bad one, and is now remembered by most to be an inferior movie because of this.
CULT POPCORN! 60 second video essays which focus on film, television and any other type of media we consume and devour handfuls at a time.
All external media in this video is used for educational purposes
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Films used in this episode
The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 1997, dir. Steven Spielberg
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, 1999, dir. Gary Halvorson
Classic Hollywood Film Director Howard Hawks once famously stated that a great film simply needs “3 good scenes and no bad ones”. It’s a pretty tried and tested theory, and when I look at the films I love, I am usually able to pick out at least 3 great scenes, and none I would consider bad.
I find it really interesting to view the 1997 Jurassic Park sequel The Lost Word with Howard Hawks’ rule in mind.
I’ve picked this movie in particular because it’s one that I’ve struggled with my opinion on. On the one hand it has a bunch of sequences which are incredible, they’re scary and exciting, and in every way capture and arguably surpass some of the best scenes from the original movie. (Bus hanging off the cliff, Raptors in tall grass)
Then, there’s this scene. The scene mentioned in every critical analysis of the movie nearly 20 years after its initial release. This is a bad scene. (Gymnastics vs Raptor scene). For whatever reason, the frivolous nature of this one ridiculous sequence managed to overpower any other moment of praise for the film.
The Lost World is a film that contains several good scenes, but it also has one really bad one, and is now remembered by most to be an inferior movie because of this.
CULT POPCORN! 60 second video essays which focus on film, television and any other type of media we consume and devour handfuls at a time.
All external media in this video is used for educational purposes
