I bring this up because yesterday I watched all three Jurassic Park movies and had a couple of thoughts on them - the fact that I just did a longish post on Stegosaurs also factored into it.
There is a tradition in horror movies dating back to 1925's The Lost World to portray dinosaurs as nothing but killing machines wandering from one killed beast to the next with nary a pause for dinner.
Lost World 1925
King Kong continued the tradition. While they are still on Skull Island Kong has to fight off any number of dinosaurs. There is also the scene with the Stegosaurus and the scene with the bronto - umm - apatosaurus (where a large majority of the crew are killed).
King Kong 1933
Valley of the Gwanji , made in 1969, continued the trend. Gwanji (I have never quite made up my mind whether it was supposed to be a T-rex or an allosaurus) roamed the valley indiscriminately killing anything that moved.
Valley of the Gwanji 1969
In some ways the Jurassic Park movies are a continuation of this trend. Granted the herbivorous dinosaurs are portrayed somewhat realistically, but the carnivores still kill anything that moves - even if it just ate.
