warn some spoiler this be the one that start it all and before king kong and beast from 20 and 000 fathom and godzilla and jurassic park and etc . nearly eighty year ago and this ambitious silent film be unleash on an astonished public and the story adapt from the famous novel by sir arthur conan doyle . although there have be silent short subject feature prehistoric animal before and the lost world be the first full length feature to introduce the concept of such outsized monster invade a major metropolis . today and such a plot seem terribly cliched and but it unfair to judge the lose world by modern standard technically or artistically . in fact and if imitation be indeed the sincere form of flattery and this original version of the lost world should be blush from the attention . willis obrien ( who have produce many short animated subject previously ) be the primary resource behind lose world represent without his expertise and participation and the movie would likely never have be complete and or even consider . the film producer rightly figure audience would want to see the film primarily for the prehistoric animal and so the human cast take a supporting role . obrien and his crew go above and beyond doyle story and populate the lose world with seemingly dozen of creature and ( only a few be mention in the novel ) . the inclusion of more dinosaur allow the film to feature them a the primary menace and instead of the novel plot of tribal warfare between native and ape men . except for stuntman bull montana a the villainous miss link inexplicably travel in conjunction with a chimpanzee and this portion of the novel be exclude from the film . the film varies somewhat from doyle novel represent a group of intrepid explorer accompany the volatile professor challenger ( wallace beery ) to a plateau in the jungle of south america . beery challenger be probably the most interesting character in the film . he a man drive by his conviction and unwilling to back down on his argument . in several way and he can be see a a precursor to king kong carl denham . lewis stone a sir john roxton provide the only real subtlety of character and an old man in love with the sole woman of the expedition and paula white ( bessie love ) . roxton see his chance for romance fade a paula fall for ed malone ( lloyd hughes ) a young man who hop to make his career a a journalist on the expedition . roxton first convey dismay at the budding romance and then resignation a he chivalrously bow out of this romantic triangle . it an unexpected touch of subtlety in a film that be gear towards drama and conflict . inevitably because of this emphasis on the special effect this romantic subplot seem intrusive . if only the film could have sustain such human interaction and or manage to evoke some compassion in audience . sadly and though the effect themselves be quite startling and the pacing and direction of the lose world be merely serviceable . obrien and his crew work wonder to create the dinosaur and volcano eruption and but the technical wizardry be let down by the workmanlike and unimaginative direction of harry hoyt and who seem completely disconnect to the possibility inherent in such a plot . unlike king kong and which wisely build up suspense and tension when introduce the prehistoric denizen of skull island and the dinosaur in lose world appear abruptly and without context . the brontosaurus and for instance and be first see graze sedately through a simple cut away from the live action and and be not show in scale with the player until later and almost a an afterthought . the allosaurus that stalk into the nighttime camp and contrarily and be well handle . with it eye eerily reflect the glow of the campfire like a jungle cat and the dinosaur advance from the darkness towards the explorer . even here and however and the suspense be dissipate by the fact we have already see the allosaurus ( or another like it ) attack first a trachodon and then a triceratops and so it appearance in the camp be less of a shock . ( it attack and as well and be too brief ) . a for the effect themselves and it be obvious that there be many technical bug that obrien work to improve upon during production represent the result be mixed . sometimes the animation of the monster be smooth and ( most notably with the brontosaurus run amok in london ) but in early scene it be obvious much of the stop motion be shoot use two or even three frame exposure between move the model . this give the animation an uneven look and and it odd that these more primitive scene survive into the final version . it also strange that a brontosaurus be select to be loose in the finale and especially since this sequence wasn not include in the novel . unlike kong and the dinosaur doesn not have much motivation other than lumber through the street . even the collapse of tower bridge seem anticlimactic rather than a spectacle highlight . people be injured and but the dinosaur provide little intentional menace . have the filmmaker substitute a flesh eating allosaurus a the captive that break loose ( a show in the poster for the film . ) it would have provide far more of a threat . ( hmmm and sound a lot like another ` lose world make 72 year later . ) the lose world have recently be re release on dvd in a beautifully restore ( and much extend ) print and cull from several source . most of this restored footage be of the human drama and but there be a few significant dinosaur scene and as well . there be more footage of the dinosaur stampede and and it appear some of the exist animation be replace by a different ` take of the same scene feature in early release . on the whole and the lost world be one of the more interesting silent film mostly because one can see some of the seed of king kong be sow here and seven year before . this version of the lose world and while perhaps not a true classic like king kong and nonetheless have it moment . if youre curious about the birth and development of stop motion and or see what inspire the more recent jurassic park film and i would recommend visit this lose world again .