Review: Jurassic Park

Yes and yes lol

Do you go on twitter, Phyllis? Also do you like wine?

JP week was awesome-- I am sorry to see it end. I was already an adult when it came out in theaters and it really made me believe in the magic of movies again. Loved everything about the film, and to this day I have a massive, totally unrequited crush on Sam Neill.

Well done, Ali. Thanks!

Well my use of the word 'hole' wasn't ideal.

The Rex entered through an unfinished wall, remember the park was still being built when the movie takes place. Notice there is a plastic tarp stretched across one side of the rotunda, that's because there is no wall behind it, it is there to protect the interior from weather and such until the wall is built. The entrance to the rotunda is where the characters walk through, not where the Rex enters.

Look, I know it sounds like I'm clamouring to explain a flaw in defence of my favourite film, but this is not a mistake.
Here's a link to an explanation of this issue that a whole community of JP obsessives worked on, myself included: http://goo.gl/GWcBV

As a fellow JP fan I'm sure you'll be interested in what that site has to offer, it's the biggest community of JP fans on the internet. And Luke, I understand the Rex Rescue was done to please the audience, and having it pop up and chomp the raptor at the very last second is for cinematic effect, but people frequently refer to it as a mistake when it can be explained. Sorry for writing a huge comment.

It's the geography of the scene that makes no sense. That 'hole' leading out into the jungle is where the entrance should be. The spacing of the room and the location of the building wouldn't allow it, but it was a last minute addition and a quick fix, and is awesome, so you forgive it.

The whole 'T-Rex chasm mystery' is a different matter entirely.

Yeah there's a big hole and you can see the jungle right behind. There's a name for it though, it's a type of movie 'device' - like how Grant doesn't see the brachiosaur at the beginning, despite driving right up to it, and you only hear it plodding about once the camera is on it, despite making lots of noise afterwards.

Anywaaaaaaaaaaay........ DINOSAURS!

I should apologise for being such a militant JP fan, but I just can't help it.

Anyway, the evidence is right there in the movie: I big gaping hole leading out into the jungle, behind the Rex. Granted it can be missed on first viewing, but a self described Jurassic Park fan is likely to have seen the film more than once. Don't get me wrong though, I really enjoyed your JP Week!

Saw this today at the local bioscoop. Fantastic. Full of tropes and holes and inconsistencies sure, but it's such a ride.

I don't like you.

You can't claim to be "the world's biggest Jurassic Park fan" and not know how the Rex got into the rotunda.