20 Things You Somehow Missed In Jurassic Park
14. The Storm's Narrative Importance
Jurassic Park's production was plagued by the arrival of Hurricane Iniki onto the movie's sets. This forced a number of changes to the schedule, as well as elements of the operation to be moved back to Los Angeles for the remainder of the shoot. Ironic, really, as the arrival of a major storm is also a plot point of the movie.
However what often passes viewers by is that the storm in the film is not merely there to fill in the narrative holes of the story, but to dramatically illustrate man's inability to effectively control nature.
As well as the creatures in the park running amok, InGen's state-of-the-art facility is entirely undone by, of all things, some weather.