Jurassic Parkathon - The Lost World: Jurassic Park

We’re past the first one, it’s only downhill from here… Welcome to the Jurassic Parkathon

With the first Jurassic Park film being a major success, a sequel was inevitable, right? Apparently not. See, the original book never had a sequel and any development on a film sequel ended up being dependant on a book sequel being written. And it eventually was, and the film largely went its own route anyway.

Spielberg is back in the directing chair for this one, which would be his last Jurassic Park film, and the movie was at least financially successful, making over $600m on its $73m budget.

Jurassic Parkathon - Jurassic Park

Welcome to the Jurassic Parkathon

Jurassic Park is an icon in popular culture. Based on a book by Michael Chrichton and brought to life by the directing talents of Steven Spielberg, the movie created the zeitgeist for dinosaur related media that still exists to this day.

Jurassic Park was released in 1993, being one of the few films from that era to break a $1bn haul at the box office. It had a great run at the awards, winning 3 Oscars and in 2018 was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. But does it still hold up?