Jurassic World Dominion: 22 WTF Moments

2. Alan & Ellie Kiss

Jurassic World Dominion Laura Dern Sam Neill Jeff Goldblum
Universal

As unearned fan service goes, it's tough to beat Ellie and Alan's romantic reconciliation at film's end.

Fans will remember of course that Ellie had broken up with Alan by the time of Jurassic Park III, where she's married and has kids, but Dominion predictably decides to pander to fans' basest instincts by getting the pair back together.

Ellie mentions early on that she and her husband are no longer together, and there are several jokes throughout the film about the sexual tension between them, with Maisie even assuming that they're a couple.

And at film's end Ellie invites Alan to join her on her next adventure, which Alan accepts, leading to Ellie planting a big smooch on him.

Perhaps in a better overall movie this wouldn't have felt like quite such a lame attempt to curry favour with the fanbase, but as it stands it places a lousy, moldy cherry on top of a rather over-egged cake.

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