20 Things You Somehow Missed In Jurassic Park

2. The Seatbelt Foreshadowing

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"Life finds a way" is, arguably, Jurassic Park's most enduring quote, but it's only used by Ian Malcolm as a retort when Dr. Wu asks "you're implying that a group composed entirely of female animals will... breed?".

It's a fair question, but one that's smartly foreshadowed slightly earlier in the movie. When making the bumpy descent in the park's helicopter, Dr. Grant frantically fumbles around with his seatbelt only to be left holding the two "female" ends of the buckle. Thinking on his feet he simply ties them together, forming a makeshift belt.

It wasn't life itself on display here but, nonetheless, he found a way.

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