Board Thread:Movie discussion/@comment-124.107.40.130-20150613082140/@comment-98.145.129.151-20150831074902

107.138.133.108 wrote: Also... I don't think that Zara's death was any worse or better than a lot of the deaths in JW - it was fairly drawn out but then I suppose that was meant to create suspense - will she survive or won't she. Looking at the pterodactyl attacks we see the chopper door gunner carried away, the chopper co-pilot impaled and killed - now HIM I really felt bad for since his character was an Afghanistan campaign veteran and here he was stuck with his boss who, in his hubris imagines that he can pilot a chopper flawlessly, and he gets killed during a pretty ill-conceived mission (they could have gotten the real pilot, Mazrani's instructor but Mazrani insists on doing it himself) - the park goers that are attacked, where some get lifted off the ground a bit but are apparently too heavyset to lift and others get attacked viciously by biting, so you don't know whether Zara will fall and get injured or killed or another pterodactyl will capture her and when she gets dropped in the Mosasaur tank will she get out alive... I suspect it's mainly for the suspense rather than everything being 'punishment' for some crime. Not sure if any death can really be compared. The majority of people killed were not really evil by any means. For the sake of detail, first she was lifted into the air and thrown about like a ragdoll which probably created some heavy whiplash. Then, she was thrashed around again while drowning in the pen. Finally, the Tylosaurus appeared and swallowed both her and her captor. Now, the Tylosaurus had special teeth. While not made to cut, the extra set of teeth in its mouth impaled its prey (to keep it from escaping). It's safe to say her death was pretty brutal.

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/tylosaurus/#