Review of The Lost World (1925) by Ian G — 04 Mar 2012
Everyone checks off King Kong as the grand daddy of FX films, but you have to go to the Lost World about 8 years earlier for the one that arguably started it all with Willis OBrien creating all of the dinosaur effects for this adventure expidition film where a scientist recruits several academics and a reporter to accompany him to South America to confirm the existence of the animals in "modern" South America and clear his name.
Cutting edge effects for its time and one of the first if not the first use of stop motion effects and in camera trickery to achieve the creatures. You can tell a lot of the arc has been reused in Kong and Spielbergs JP2 but still holds up considering the passage of time.
One of the silent era must sees.
This review of The Lost World (1925) was written by Ian G on 04 Mar 2012.
The Lost World has generally received positive reviews.
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