20 Things You Somehow Missed In Jurassic Park

17. The Dinosaurs Are Barely In It

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As well as being the entire premise of the movie, it's hard to argue that dinosaurs aren't also the stars of Jurassic Park. Virtually all of the film's most memorable or iconic moments involve them, and it's hard to recall any major scenes where they don't feature in some capacity.

However, when totted up across the 2 hour, 7 minute runtime, dinosaurs are actually only on screen for a grand total of... 15 minutes. Even more extraordinary, is that for all of the praise over the films digital effects work, CG dinosaurs only make up 6 of those 15 minutes.

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