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Did nobody care about the cow and the bear?


The poor cow got eaten by the crocodile and it was well graphic, it actually made me upset!
And the bear got eaten too =[!
It was well unessecary... the movie in itself was well crap.
there is no such thing as a 30ft crocodile and if there was it wouldn't live in a lake!

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30 foot (no one measured) is not unheard of,not by any means is the premise unrealistic.
You have to consider,if you take the movie in context,crocs in the wild have to fight for every scrap of food they get. These were fed whole cows on a regular basis,on top of being able to hunt with no other competition,and plenty of space to grow in.
(and yes,I loved this movie,it's one of my guilty pleasures)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodile

Notable excerpts for those too lazy to read the whole thing-

(Granted these are saltwater)
The largest recorded crocodile is a giant saltwater crocodile measured at 8.6 meters (28.2 feet) and 1352 kg weight (2870 lb) shot in Sumatra, Indonesia in 1978.[5] The largest living crocodile known is a 7.1 m (25.3 ft) long saltwater crocodile, in Orissa, India. It lives in Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary and in June 2006, was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records.[6]

Yet another enormous crocodile, named Gustave by the Africans who have seen him, is responsible for over 300 human deaths, and allegedly ate an entire hippopotamus. He also stars in a film, titled Primeval. The crocodile's length is said to be anywhere between 20-30 feet long. He lives along the Ruzizi River in Africa.

Primeval was kind of a sucky movie,but if you Youtube at all there is some neat footage of him,the real Gustave,and he was a MONSTER.

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So, you're all upset that a bear and a cow got killed but not a bit squeamish about humans being killed?

Gets me every time, that "no animals were harmed in the making of this film" bit and yet you never see that statement for humans.

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"Gets me every time, that "no animals were harmed in the making of this film" bit and yet you never see that statement for humans."


What's funny is if a person gets killed during or in the making of a movie,that makes it more interesting. Look at Twilight Zone: The Movie,or The Crow. Most recently and notably,The Dark Knight. Would it have slammed all box office records if not for Heath Ledger? Hard to say,really.

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by - lewincon on Wed Jul 16 2008 11:53:06 So, you're all upset that a bear and a cow got killed but not a bit squeamish about humans being killed?

Gets me every time, that "no animals were harmed in the making of this film" bit and yet you never see that statement for humans.


Umm...well maybe that is because humans HAVE A SAY in their possible harrm and participation in the making of a film whereas animals don't.

What a dickbrain!

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Kimzy is a troll. She started this thread and then proceeded to sit back and enjoy the many angry responses that came. I doubt seriously that she meant any of it.

There are trolls like this in *every* forum. They come in and say "worst movie ever made" and then sit back and watch the fireworks. I don't know what makes them tick, but it's as sure as the sunset.


"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus

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the cow lives they show it at the end

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Pull the udder one.

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i thought the cow lived ... it was ages ago that i saw this ... well i was worried about the cow

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The crocodile didn't really eat the cow. It took it to it's underwater lair to live for the rest of its life in happiness. jesus, who actually believed it died?

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Are you f-ing kidding me????? How about the people?? Oh, they are not as important as dumb animals right?? Cry-babies like you make me sick. Go eat a soy bar.

"I have a bad feeling about this"

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Lighten up, dude. It's just a movie!

"We're all part Shatner/And part James Dean/Part Warren Oates/And Steven McQueen"

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What YOU said. There are WAY too many weenies alive on this planet.

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