analysis of the lost world
...ction that eliminated all dinosaurs 65 million years ago. In addition to several dinosaur species that somehow escaped extinction, a tribe of native Indians and a population of savage ape-men inhabit the plateau and compete for survival. The quest of the expedition is to bring back living proof of dinosaur existence and is narrowly achieved after numerous adventures. A romantic subplot develops between the journalist and the adopted niece of a missionary who leads the expedition to the Lost World. The missionary, Theo Kerr, a strong believer in creationism, finds himself conflicted about letting his adopted niece take the group to find proof of evolution. After a series of struggles with the ape-men and the dinosaurs, they ultimately return with the proof they were after. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, best known for his Sherlock Holmes mysteries, wrote The Lost World, on which this movie is based, in 1912. This science fiction adventure creates opportunities to learn about the extinction of dinosaurs and to explore evolution. The Lost World features a pair of bickering science professors, Challenger and Summerlee; an explorer, Lord John Ruxton; and a journalist, Edward Malone, who take off on an expedition to the mysterious Lost World, a plateau in the Amazon rainforest. This mythical hidden habitat, where the laws of nature have been miraculously suspended, escaped the effects of the extinction that eliminated all dinosaurs 65 million years ago. ...