Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 18, 2011, 02:19:53 PM
Jurassic Park has always been pretty family oriented, though.
I both agree and disagree... while the base plotline is there for all ages, there is another layer of depth to it, whether it be in the witty, well written dialogue, or scientific levels (talking the first two, more scientific is the first, obviously), but that's not necessarily needed to be understood by a younger audience for them to enjoy it (obviously). But I hate when they dumb it down to it being fairly-well unrecognizable when compared to Michael Crichton's vision Jurassic Park-- of course I'm talking about Jurassic Park III, which has disappointed me since I saw it as an eight year old.
I'd like to see a scarier Jurassic Park, not just on a dinosaur tensity level, but in terms of situation, scientific crisis, and industrial/jungle setting. I've alway wished since reading the book that Jurassic Park would have more of that under construction feel, only adding to the atmosphere. Stuff like seeing a raptor run across a road- that image always stuck with me from the novel because it fore-told of the coming crisis, and how shit already was a bit out of hand
without the park's electricity going dead. I also liked the description of the vacant excavators and dumptrucks in the jungle clearings, sent of a really spooky atmosphere that I really wish they utilized more in the movie. But hey, not everything can be perfect, and I'm quite happy with what we've got.
But yes, to do with the level of violence, I think The Lost World did it best; that's not to say Muldoon's death wasn't appropriately horrific. I believe that the pacing of these death scenes can also be a bit more gut-wrenching, similar to scenes like Brett and Dallas' deaths in ALIEN. You knew it was going to happen, even suspected a couple moments when you were just
so sure it was going to strike, but never did until the suspense had grown to it's absolute pinnacle.
JPIII had none of this, and I think, along with the weak characters, awful pacing, and lack of respect for the previous movies and their novels, that was the worst thing about it.
If they can expand upon the series in a positive way, awesome, but if they totally ruin the purpose of the series' best aspects again like they did with JPIII, I'll run through a warzone in nothing but my skin. This "totally different direction" thing has me concerned for my baby.
