Vampires Vs The Bronx Steal Jurassic World’s Best Joke

Vampires Vs The Bronx Updates: Starting in 1993 with Stephen Speilberg’s Jurassic Park, the iconic movie turned into a franchise with two direct sequels, three movies in the reboot, and an animated TV series, Camp Cretaceous.

The movies have also given a lot to other movie directors trying to rebuild certain scenes and moments. So was the case for Vampires Vs The Bronx, whose effort to recreate 2015 Jurassic World’s best gag was a complete fail.

Adapted from Michael Crichton’s novel, the original Jurassic Park gave birth to a new genre of action-adventure movies. While some have been blockbusters, others have just come out as a little forced. The franchise’s own TV series, Camp Cretaceous, was criticized for its flat ending. While Jurassic World: the Fallen Kingdom was a little too much for audiences in the end.

Vampires Vs The Bronx Ruin Stolen Gag

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Quite opposite to the usual order of things, it was 2020’s low-budget comedy-horror Vampires Vs The Bronx that stole a scene from 2015’s s Jurassic World. The original scene featured one of Jake Johnson’s park workers taking on a daunting mission and trying to kiss his colleague in excitement.

The solid gag threw out how he was immediately stopped by being told that she was neither single nor interested. But when the same scene was attempted again, the results weren’t as pretty for Vampires Vs The Bronx.

The difference probably lies in how unique Jurassic World kept few moments and scenes to be. Their attempt to be different was somewhat successful in making them emerge from the shadows of their iconic predecessors.  Also the subtle subverting of focus and characters was smooth.

The two characters involved in the to-be romantic scene gag weren’t known figures in the movie. The Park’s staffer and his co-worker were expected to kiss under a normal chain of events. But the sudden halt displayed how these two figures weren’t known as one would imagine.

Quite differently, the two characters involved in the kiss scene gag were the main characters. Their love interest was closely followed by audiences throughout and the abrupt turning down left a bitter taste. A climax kiss after a comedy-packed horror movie is what the audience longs for. Had it been Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard in the gag, it wouldn’t work out as well.

The adaptation by Vampires Vs The Bronx reminds you that Coco Jones’ Rita wasn’t established that well as a character. It also makes you question the protagonist’s crush for someone so much older than him. It isn’t common for smaller movies to fail at subverting audiences’ expectations, but that didn’t happen this time.