In 1993, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park was the cinematic embodiment of the dinosaur fascination that has actually always existed. On the screen you could see impressive creatures that you would otherwise only know from documentaries or books. But how realistic are the dinosaurs in the entire series?
How did the Jurassic Park series develop? In 1993, Jurassic Park, a film based on the book DinoPark, was released. The adventure film deals with the fascination of dinosaurs and a scenario in which dinosaurs can be revived.
The film was a huge success and became a franchise with a Jurassic Park and a Jurassic World trilogy. The first part probably created the greatest magic for most fans. In a YouTube video, an expert explained which of the 6 films is actually the most realistic.
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What does the expert say? In a YouTuber video from the Insider channel, paleontologist David Hone watched several scenes from all the films in the Jurassic Park series, rated them and then rated the entire film based on the depiction of the dinosaurs.
According to the expert, 1993’s Jurassic Park is the best when it comes to realism. He rates the first part a 7 out of 10. He thinks the first part is pretty good in terms of realism, considering what was known about the dinosaurs at the time.
He also rates the second Jurassic Park with a 7 out of 10. He likes the Stegosaurus and also the way the creatures move. The Stegosaurus is actually his favorite dinosaur representation of the entire film series.
The finale of the first film trilogy does a little worse in terms of realism than the previous ones. He gives the film a 6 out of 10. Many of the models are pretty good and realistic, but some poorer parts downgrade it.
The newer the Jurassic Park films are, the more unrealistic they become
The expert finds the Jurassic World trilogy significantly worse than the previous one. He gives the first one a 5/10. Some of the dinosaurs’ anatomical tools are misinterpreted, which means that realism suffers. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom also snows like this. Hone criticizes the models and the behavior shown.
Jurassic World: Dominion performs worst. Here the models are not realistic, and so are the behaviors. According to Hone, a lot of things in the film don’t make sense, which is why he punishes the last part with a 3 out of 10.
Interestingly, the films perform similarly in reviews, like realism. The old Jurassic Park series, especially parts 1 and 2, are much more popular with fans than the later Jurassic World trilogy with Chris Pratt. Of course, such films don’t always have to be realistic, but a mosquito also causes problems for realism: Why a little mosquito calls the entire logic of “Jurassic Park” into question