This was much better than 'The Lost World'

I've been watching the original trilogy over the past few days.
The first film is obviously the best and will never be topped.

But as far as the sequels go, #3 was definitely superior in almost every way to #2.

The acting in 3 was much better, the plot wasn't nearly as ridiculous as #2's plot. There was no token black kid who only spoke a few lines and served no point being in the film (This really annoyed me about The Lost World).

Other points worth mentioning:
-Cinematograhpy was better. The scenes of the island and environment were more impressive.
-Pterodactyls! (Those scenes were pretty cool)
-Sam Neill > Jeff Goldblum
-No ridiculous mercenary looking guys trying to capture dinosaurs in G.I. joe type vehicles.
-No ridiculous scenes of dinosaurs rampaging through a city.
-No driving arouind in a convertible with a hostage baby dinosaur.