Thread:Carnotaur/@comment-35435751-20180915234224

My movie and book reviews:

Jurassic park (1993) PG-13

Jurassic park, the name fills your mind with thoughts of the 1993, Spielberg classic. Now, last review, I did Carnosaur, the also 1993 horror, cult film. Where carnosaur failed, JP succeeded. I mean, JP took 3 YEARS to make, and Ol' carny to 3 MONTHS. So you can see why JP was such a blockbuster: Top Notch special effects, brilliant acting amazing plot, and probably the best, it had actually good looking dinosaurs.

THE PLOT

I won't put too much stuff here about the plot, because really it's not much different than the novel, which I've already done a review on. But I'll still give you a kind of overview. John Hammond creates a dinosaur theme park on the island of Isla nublar off the coast of Costa Rica, and brings special guest to the island to make sure that is perfect, and that they will support him. Of course, the Park systems are sabotaged, and all hell breaks loose.

Characters

The characters don't change too much from book to movie, of course this excludes Donald Gennaro and John Hammond, which are total opposites of their original selves. My favorite character still remains Robert Muldoon. Who has my favorite line from the movie: "clever girl...".

MY FAVORITE SCENE My favorite part in the film is undoubtedly, the Nedry, Dilo sequence. It is the only time we get to see a Dilophosaurus in the flesh. and the way it takes care of Nedry boy, is beautiful.

THE CARNOSAUR TIE-INS Last review, I did the JP tie-ins for Carnosaur. Now its time for the vice versa.

1. Speaking of the of Nedry sequence, there is a scene in Carnosaur that is almost IDENTICAL to said scene. In the original novel, Denis is killed outside the jeep. While in the film, he dies inside it. Carnosaur had a jeep sequence as well, where people are killed in a similar way. It makes you wonder who really was ripping off a movie. 2. In the movie they state that "you are still alive when they begin to eat you", when speaking about the Raptors. Well, in Carnosaur, they SAY THE EXACT, SAME, THING, while referring to the Deinonychus!

ITS LEGACY JP has managed to pump out two sequels, and a whole new trilogy. Carnosaur on the other hand has 3 sequels and 3 spinoffs. It looks like Carny has more films than JP.

VERDICT As the best film ever made, it gets a five out of five.

Next up: Carnosaur 2: back for another bite! 