Updated May 16, 2022 6.1k votes 1.3k voters 108.8k views
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Vote up the most frustrating plot holes in Jurassic Park.
The Jurassic Park film franchise has been bringing dinosaurs back from extinction since the early '90s. Between some of the science involved, some questionable decisions made, and a seemingly unlimited supply of islands, fans have a T-Rex worth of bones to pick. Whether you're a fan that notices every little detail or you're just along for the ride (careful the doors don't lock), this list has something for everyone.
As Ian Malcolm says in Jurassic Park, “Life, uh, finds a way,” and it seems that fans, uh, like to point out plot holes. Vote up your favorites!
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Spinosaurus Can Break A Huge Reinforced Fence, But Not A Door?
When Doctor Grant and the group are at the gate the Spinosaurus can break through the huge fence. Yet when they run into that building and close the doors it can't break through the doors.
As far as I’m aware, the original script had the crew attacked by stowaway Raptors, but it was cut. Now we’re left with the completely nonsensical reason of ‘they’re just dead’ as it’s evident that there are no Raptors on board. Could they have jumped overboard? Possibly. But why? Also, the ship has already reached its destination, so the deaths must have occurred on the final leg of the journey.
It can’t be the juvenile T-rex as this was shipped ahead of time and is already being held at Jurassic Park: San Diego. It could be argued that the adult T-rex killed the crew, but it’s still secured in the ship’s hold. It could be possible that the adult T-rex escaped the hold mid-voyage, went on a rampage and then was secured back in the hull, but that raises the question of: where are the surviving crew members and why did none of them radio for assistance?
I think we can simply put it down to Spielberg shrugging his shoulders with a ‘the audience won’t notice’ attitude.
Take yourself back to the T-Rex encounter. The goat becomes the prey inside of a seemingly jungle type enclosure, easily at the same ground level as the cars watching from the sidelines. Fast forward to the T-Rex attack, Dr. Grant is protecting Lex from the T-Rex as the car spins around. They are pushed to the fence line and have no choice but to jump down. A 50 foot jump by the looks of it.
After watching the scene back closely, there is absolutely no way in hell there is a moat wide enough to warrant what happens in the upcoming events. The T-Rex is literally pulling at the fence and can be seen walking out of it just meters away from the fence. The incline? no. From the goat's position, it just doesn't seem feasible.
This little one has bothered me for a while. In the famous scene where Alan and Ellie see their first dinosaur, Ellie is entranced by a leaf and says, ‘Alan, this species of veriforman has been extinct since the cretaceous period.’ If cloning dinosaurs was dependent on mosquitos sucking blood and getting trapped in amber, how did they clone a plant?
Originally I thought that the gyroscope was on some kind of track but when the older boy started to drive it it didn't really make sense. Things got even more illogical when the boys went off the main track in the gyroscope. Why would this massive theme park that has had security breaches twice in the past month operate a ride where guests are able to control where their cart goes without the theme park being able to control it?
I was wondering about the length of the ride. If you are allowed to roam unsupervised with no time limit, can you just hang out for hours while the people in line wait...?
He also couldn't move it when it was upside down and I feel like it would have still been able to accelerate. Anyway, I think the bigger question is why the government keeps granting them permission to open these parks after there have already been 3 massive catastrophes.
A battery would most definitely be dead after 20 years, tires rotting, and the salt in the air would have rotted so many things away on the Jeep. The Jeep would have never even been able to turn over.
