5. The Characters Traverse The Span Of The Island Far Too Quickly
The general impression of Jurassic World is that it takes place on a relatively huge island; vehicles are necessary for the visitors and staff to travel to different sections, and the first half of the picture does well to depict the distance between these sections, with characters having to make long and often inconvenient journeys. But during the second half of Jurassic World, this detail goes out of the window, and characters are seemingly moving between different parts of the island at an insane speed - one that doesn't hold up to close scrunity. Take the transitional period between the Pterodactyl cage and the centre of the park during the sequence where Owen, Claire and the kids escape from one to the other. What should have been at least an hour's walk - or a lengthy drive, going by the maps audiences have glimpsed throughout - is depicted as being a relatively short distance; they all just pop up at the centre of the park in time for the attack. Thus the timeframe of the movie is off, as characters are shown to be near-on "teleporting."
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
