MovieChat Forums > Jaws (1975) Discussion > Back when Spielberg wasn't afraid of kil...

Back when Spielberg wasn't afraid of killing dogs and children

posted 6 years ago by AngularTurnip (3337)
7 replies | jump to latest

What happen to this Spielberg? "Jurassic Park" is so much tamer by comparison.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Nobody respected the genius of 1941. It scarred him for life.

[–] Pinkera (0) 6 years ago

[deleted]

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

[deleted]

[–] clashwho (758) 6 years ago

He killed a dog in Jurassic Park's first sequel "The Lost World."

[–] PhoenixVanguard (45) 5 years ago

Kids died in Schindler’s List. Also, I seem to remember in Munich that the main characters kill one of their targets with a bomb in his house, but the target’s kids are also killed in the explosion. Even Tony Montana didn’t do that in Scarface. Obviously, Spielberg likes using kids to pull on the audience’s heart strings, but I don’t think he’s afraid to have them killed if it serves the story.

[–] AngularTurnip (3337) 5 years ago

I should have been more specific. I was comparing Spielberg's earlier escapist fare to his latter escapist fare -- specifically "Jaws" and "Jurassic Park." I didn't have his more mature fare like "Schindler's List" in mind.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17735) 5 years ago

The kids didn't die in either one of Crichton's books so why bother?