Hammond was a one dimensional villain "greed is good" type while Ellie was just a window decoration.The original novel was much more R-rated but if they were to do a more faithful adaptation it would have to be its own separate thing, and preferably a miniseries rather than a movie.
I guess to your point, I don't remember a whole lot about Ellie in the book but book Hammond was El Bastardo.Hammond was a one dimensional villain "greed is good" type while Ellie was just a window decoration.
She does more in the movie than the book. The film writers deserve a lot of props for expanding these characters.I guess to your point, I don't remember a whole lot about Ellie in the book but book Hammond was El Bastardo.
Back in the day, before I saw the movie myself, a friend described a scene to me in which a dinosaur would "pretend to be asleep" and would "almost wink at the audience" before attacking the man next to him. I thought he was exaggerating a bit to make me laugh.On a scale of "injured kids escaping 2 raptors by the skin of their teeth in a kitchen" and "family escaping a slow T-Rex who comically fails to destroy their inflatable raft" I do think the needle should be moved closer to the first but the last time they tried to go for more of a horror tone we got Fallen Kingdom where a large dinosaur was navigating a haunted mansion with the swiftness of Michael Myers.

I mean that happens. That's literally the finale of Rebirth. It's too short but I think how it's handle is rather well done and I'm impressed at how capable of the soldiers actually come off there.On a scale of "injured kids escaping 2 raptors by the skin of their teeth in a kitchen" and "family escaping a slow T-Rex who comically fails to destroy their inflatable raft" I do think the needle should be moved closer to the first but the last time they tried to go for more of a horror tone we got Fallen Kingdom where a large dinosaur was navigating a haunted mansion with the swiftness of Michael Myers.