Review of The Lost World (1925) by Afonso A — 01 Apr 2017

The Lost World (1925) #Silent_Film .

I thought the choice of actors and acting was very good in this film.

The dialog time for slides was just enough time to be able to read.

The sets were pretty good considering when the film was made.

Monkey named Jocko is brought along with the expedition to the Amazon because he knows which berries and are edible and poisonous in the Jungle. Really we are going to trust the monkey taste for the humans? .

The visual graphics for the map and ship to England to Amazon was cheesy. It is the precursor to the map sequences seen in Indiana Jones.

I liked the stop motion animation even if it was inaccurate to how we know now how #Dinosaurs looked or moved.

However this movie was just too long for my taste. It look too long before we saw the dinosaurs in the movie. It took almost 30 minutes before we saw any #creatures. It is also a long movie considering that it is a silent film where it is 1 hour and 32 minutes long.

I thought that the romance in the film felt like a random side story compared to what else was going on during the film.

I liked the action and loved seeing the #Brontosaurus roaming around in London and crushing buildings.

I do have issues with the guy in a guerrilla or caveman costume in this film who is trying to sabotage the exploration trip. It is way too obvious that it is a man in a suit. .