Thread:Carnotaur/@comment-35435751-20180909160528



My movie and book reviews: Carnosaur (1993) R

Okay, let's get started. Now I have to admit, Jurassic Park is truly in my opinion, the greatest movie ever made. But also in my opinion, there is a second runner-up. And that my fellow Wiki-ers, is the 1993, low budget, B movie, Rodger Corman flick, *deep breath* CARNOSAUR! Now I have to say, I don't believe that many people know what Carnosaur actually is. (Trust me, you guys aren't stupid, I myself did not know this movie existed only until about a few months ago, and amazingly it has grown a massive cult fan basis.  And, I am one of those people, And and I am not ashamed of it.) So I'll lay it out for you. Carnosaur is a 1993 low budget horror movie made by the king of the low-budget, Rodger Corman. He is known for his amazing works such as, Little Shop of Horrors, Forbidden Planet, and the infamous Sharktopus. The movie itself is supposed to be based off a book(I'll get into that later), but the similarities pretty much end with the title. PLOT The main focus of the plot, is that doctor tiptree has created dinosaurs by mutating chickens. Of course she lets one of her animals loose a Deinonychus, and goes on a bloody Rampage. I'm not kidding you, it is bloody. More people die in this movie then in the first Jurassic Park. And spoilers, even though I've pretty much spoiled the whole plot, all the main characters die. I'm not joking, ALL of them. Rodger Corman has no care for human souls in his movies. Eventually the dromaeosaur is killed, and it is revealed that doctor tiptree has created a virus to impregnate women with a dinosaur embryo. I can already hear you guys clicking off this article after hearing me, but hear me out, it is very intriguing. after this, a T-Rex that she has cloned has broken out of its containment, it begins to attack a quarry, where our main characters perform the most exciting Act of the whole film: two Bobcats fighting a t-rex. And I still hear you clicking off the page.

CHARACTERS Now really, this movie may have my favorite characters from any movie ever. There's the sheriff, doctor tiptree, and my favorite of all, the Quarry security guard, Doc. But pretty much everyone else in the movie is kind of well... let me just say you don't really give two craps about them.

MY FAVORITE SCENE Now you're expecting me to say that my favorite scene is the T-Rex and Bobcat fight. But really my favorite is the sheriff vs. Deinonychus scene. I don't know what it is, but it is just a beautiful scene. I won't spoil who comes out on top.

THE JP TIE-INS There are a few things from carnosaur, that are deeply rooted in Jurassic Park. 1. Carnosaur was originally a novel written by Harry Adam Knight, which was released before Jurassic Park. There's even a scene in the JP novel that is very similar to one in the carnosaur book. This shows that Michael Crichton obviously somehow got the idea from the novel. 2. The actress who plays doctor tiptree, is in fact Diane Ladd, mother of Laura Dern, who played Ellie Sattler in Jurassic Park. 3. While in the presence of doctor Tiptree, doc speaks a line of dialogue that should have been infamous: "that, that's great... Make a great theme park."

IT'S LEGACY Besides from growing a massive film cult, with die-hard fans, carnosaur has actually had as many sequels as Jurassic Park did. Literally, for every Jurassic Park movie there is a carnosaur movie. And technically, they've had more movies than Jurassic Park. A fact that I am kind of proud of. Because of this, I am doing this special review series.

CONFESSION now I have to get this out. I nearly CRIED during several scenes. I know its supposed to be horror flick, but there are parts that if you have a tender enough heart, these scenes can embarrass you in front your friends. Now I'M starting to cry thinking about it. *intense weeping*.

Verdict: pretty much, I give this movie a four and a half.

Next up: Jurassic park! 