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In Jurassic Park, when on the helicopter, Alan has two female ends of a seat belt but he finds a way to make them work
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LMAO.
I don't try at all. Embarrassed my wife every time lol.
THAT'S what tripped you up and not the hand thing?
Posting it on Movie Details would be a bit like posting the Steve Buscemi 9/11 thing on TIL.
OK since people are taking that joke of mine seriously, let's play hardball.
Hammond, Gennaro and Malcolm are all in different seats when they land.
I absolutely love this movie and none of this should be taken in any way as me not being a huge fan.
Hammond, Gennaro and Malcolm are all in different seats when they land.
Hammond is the first to get out, and he's sitting where Malcolm was. Gennaro is sitting where Hammond was. We don't see Malcolm get out, he presumably teleported using chaos theory.
They also have the island background during the arrival going the wrong way. As filmed, Grant, Sattler and Hammond are all in the seats with their backs to the cockpit. When they land, they are in the forward facing seats. The angle of the windows on the helicopter shows they were in the forward facing seats all the time.
With how the background is moving, these two shots should be from opposite sides of the helicopter, but they filmed through he same open door they exit from.
They also have the island background during the arrival going the wrong way. As filmed, Grant, Sattler and Hammond are all in the seats with their backs to the cockpit. When they land, they are in the forward facing seats. The angle of the windows on the helicopter shows they were in the forward facing seats all the time.
With how the background is moving, these two shots should be from opposite sides of the helicopter, but they filmed through he same open door they exit from.
I absolutely love this movie and none of this should be taken in any way as me not being a huge fan.
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In Jurassic Park, when on the helicopter, Alan Grant has two female ends of a seat belt. He finds a way to tie them and make them work despite them both being female. A reference to all the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park being female but still being able to breed. Life finds a way.
I was kind of hoping this thread would've turned into a list of examples in which certain bits of symbolism go unnoticed or something, because I wanted to point out that the same actor who plays as Alan Parrish's dad in Jumanji also plays as Van Pelt, the hunter who pursues Alan for much of the movie. You'll also notice throughout the movie that Van Pelt has a very similar personality to that of Alan's father, with Van Pelt representing Alan's challenges in dealing with his father.
So you think every moment of levity or comedic relief in blockbuster film underscores the films central themes? Ok cool.
Damn.
I watched Jurassic World 2 for the first time last night. What a dissapointment that was - even worse than the first one.
I saw JP in cinemas at the age of 8. It was amazing. I saw it again a few years ago in the cinema when the released it in 3D (the 3D effects were actually subtle and a great experience for a change). Still so amazing, and actually terrifying. I was surprised I wasn't scared to death from it as an 8 year old.
I watched Jurassic World 2 for the first time last night. What a dissapointment that was - even worse than the first one.
I saw JP in cinemas at the age of 8. It was amazing. I saw it again a few years ago in the cinema when the released it in 3D (the 3D effects were actually subtle and a great experience for a change). Still so amazing, and actually terrifying. I was surprised I wasn't scared to death from it as an 8 year old.
Not every blockbuster gets to be directed by an "in prime" Spielberg
I'm a huge Spielberg fan but this would be mainly Koepp though (as I don't think it's in the book) who is... fine...
I just think the scene functions mainly as (a) a small bit of comedy (b) to show Grant as a bit bumbling but also as someone who will just get some shit done. I'm not necessarily saying it's impossible that Koepp and Crichton included it for this effect, but to suggest it serves no other purpose in the film is pretty silly.
Anyways, I don't think it requires intent to work, so it's a bit irrelevant.
Right. It's sole purpose wasn't foreshadowing, which is why it worked as a humorous moment.
Normally a character would say something that would slap the viewer in the face that this is foreshadowing.
Making foreshadowing an action gives it more layers and allows second viewings to be that much more enjoyable.
Was thinking about this video, agree. I love this guys stuff.
Fair enough. It's some highly adept screen writing if so that I don't usually expect from David Koepp but who knows? Maybe dude has layers I don't give him credit for
I believe there are a bunch of diagrams that attempt to explain this haha
This is one
I'll be honest, I never knew it was the same guy. Feel kinda silly now...
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Considering David Koepp wrote the script, who isn't a very.... subtle writer, I don't think it is.
Plus the seat belt part isn't in the script. It's obviously Spielberg sliding in a fun bit of foreshadowing.
I never really thought of it as mindblowing?? But it was a cute callback to the effects Time Travel could have. At the start of the film, Marty meets Doc at the Twin Pines Mall parking lot. When the scene repeats at the end of the film, it takes place at the Lone Pine Mall - because Marty ran over a pine tree after he initially transported to 1955. Which, as it turned out, was one of the two pines that Twin Pines Mall was named after.
I never really thought of it as mindblowing?? But it was a cute callback to the effects Time Travel could have. At the start of the film, Marty meets Doc at the Twin Pines Mall parking lot. When the scene repeats at the end of the film, it takes place at the Lone Pine Mall - because Marty ran over a pine tree after he initially transported to 1955. Which, as it turned out, was one of the two pines that Twin Pines Mall was named after.
This is good stuff. Different from what the OP was going for with this thread, but this is still good and not something I noticed.
It's absolutely intentional. Like there's no other point to the scene but a bit of foreshadowing.
what kind of stupid ass cockamamie nonsense theory did you come up with n...
Nuts, I hate when I go through the trouble of creating a .gif only for it to get buried at the bottom of a thread page. Ah well!