Board Thread:Movie discussion/@comment-8501560-20150608201524/@comment-205.57.48.9-20150701225355

Not a huge fan of her death scene. Whereas most Jurassic Parl (series) deaths are run through pretty quick, or "artfully" masked, Zara's death was focused on for the better part of a minute. If you don't think a minute is very long, try partaking in a sport and wanting for a minute to be over with; it goes by slower than you think.

I also think the brutality of her death was excessive. For those who are saying "it is just a movie", I say part of the point of the movie is to connect and empathize with characters in the film. If she was just swooped up and flown off and her death left to our own imaginations, then having no visual guide for us the moment would be in some ways impacting. However, seeing her dropped into the water and dive bombed for giant flying lizards brings me to the point of being bothered. Anyone who has spent a decent amount of time around a pool or other body of water (and played in it with friends) has been held underwater for an uncomfortable period of time. Do you remember the feeling of panic and fear of having no control over the ability to breath? Now, combine that with being attacked by an decent sized animal that you know nothing about. People have a large fear of the unknown, which i think the Pteranodon would fit into. Combine that with being attacked in deep water, which most people are uncomfortable with being that few people spend a considerable amount of time in deep water to become comfortable.

Lastly, as the Pteranodon is trying to fly away with her, the Mosasaur leaps up and grabs the two. For a moment the Mosasaur has outstretched jaws and you can actually see one of her arms clinging to the left side of the Mosasaurs tongue (our right). She had at least a couple seconds to realize what was happening, which in all likeliness, amplified the terror she was feeling.

Now, you can glaze over and see it as just another minor characters death blah blah blah, whatever. But, as death isn't a subject to be snuffed at (no matter the character), if you actually take a minute to understand what is happening to the character, I think you may see it a little differently. Zara, as far as character's go, wasn't a bad person. She was a little stuck up, but I know plenty of decent people who wouldn't want to be stuck with a couple of kids while at an amusement park of dinosaurs. Wrapping up this over burdained comment, not even the sub-antagonist Vic was killed off in such a detailed manner. There, that's my $5.