before king kong scale the empire state building and godzilla stalk the street of tokyo and spielberg t rex gobble up that lawyer and a brontosaurus in the lost world swim down the thames river . as well a contain the prototype of the over sized beasties that would come to populate other movie of this sort and the lost world feature other character typical of this genre and include a scientist commit to the point of madness in his quest for some mysterious creature and a reporter or writer who tag along out of curiosity and a plucky young woman ( often search for a father who go miss on a similar excursion ) . of course the human being in such movie be usually of secondary interest ( with the exception of the great fay wray ) and so the real question here be and how well do the lost world dinosaur and the twenty stop motion special effect hold up . the answer be and surprisingly well . perhaps the animal would have look fake in technicolor and but they be quite impressive in black and white and especially the predatory allosaurus ( although they be rather cute in close up when they fastidiously lick their digit after a particularly juicy chunk of flesh or snarl like elvis presley . ) the only complaint i have about this movie be the abrupt jumping from one plot point to anotherthe young male and female lead who seem barely acquaint be all of a sudden engage by the middle of the movie . after read other comment and however and i realize that these problem be probably due to my view a shortened version and 63 minute version of this film . if possible and try to find the full 93 minute version .