10 Supposedly Smart Movie Characters Who Totally Dropped The Ball

10. Dennis Nedry Can't Memorise A Simple Route Off The Island - Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park Despite his, uh, "weighty" looks and his tendency to sweat uncontrollably at pretty much every minute of the day, Dennis Nedry is a smart guy. Sure, the movie tries to make it seem otherwise because the movie wants you to hate the fat man who accidently let all the dinosaurs free, but you also have to consider that Nedry is the person that programmed almost every aspect of Jurassic Park's security system. Not only that, but he's also a competent hacker, given that he manages to shut down the system and keep Mr. Arnold from getting it back online in his absence. Fact is, Nedry has been staring at the blueprints and maps for Jurassic Park for months and months, so the island layout must be familiar to him. And yet, when he makes his escape with the stolen dino embryos at the movie's mid-point, he doesn't seem to know where the hell he's going. He crashes into a sign on route and then seems baffled for directions. But surely all that time working on the island's security system would mean he knew how to get to the freakin' dock from memory? Nope. He goes the wrong way, and ends up being eaten by a little dinosaur.
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