The Sound of Thunder Resident Scholar Profiles
TOP SCHOLAR: Christina Dosen
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| Review Summary |
A Sound of Thunder is about a game hunter who goes on a tim-traveling safari owned and operated by Kingley's character to hunt dinosaurs in the prehistoric era. When he kills a butterfly, he unknowningly sets off a chain reaction that will erase humanity from existence. A team of experts must return back in time and replace the butterfly. McCormack is the inventor of the time-traveling computer.
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Time Travel:
- primarily to the past
Time Travel Story?
Yes
To what time period?
- Really long ago
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) crewcut/very short
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Australian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- explorer
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- is very quick
- mind control
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity
- Australian
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Which planet?
- Venus
A substantial portion of this movie takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a futuristic society
- big overbuilt futuristic city
Planet outside our solar system?
Yes
Not Earth, but in Solar System?
Yes
In Space?
- nebula
- black hole
Small town?
Yes
Small Island?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Kinds of F/X
- Things that change shape/morph
- exotic spaceships
- exotic big cities
- exotic alien landscape
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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