A spaceman crash-lands on an alien planet ruled by dinosaurs. It’s Earth, but tens of millions of years in the past. That’s the premise of 65. The sci-fi film starring Adam Driver was only released in cinemas at the beginning of the year. This week he conquered Number 1 in the film charts on Netflix.
The film is more scientifically correct than one would expect from blockbusters of this kind. The biggest mistake he made was in the title.
The error in the title of 65 is (literally) epoch-making
When the film was released, the renowned Smithsonian Magazine examined 65 for inaccuracies in its depiction of the Cretaceous period. One thing that the author of the article immediately noticed: the year is not correct. The “65” in the title refers to the (supposedly) 65.5 million years since the end of the dinosaur era – that Cretaceous period.
According to new findings from 2012, this is The end of the Cretaceous period was more like 66 million years ago. A difference of 0.5 sounds small at first. But: We are talking about around 500,000 years ago. A lot can happen there. In this case: Dinosaurs would no longer exist after the impact of an asteroid and for ages. Instead, according to the report, Adam Driver would encounter mammals that are gradually taking over the rule on the planet.
Jurassic Park also makes mistakes: how scientifically correct is 65?
Director and screenwriter Scott Beck has of course created a minefield for himself with the Cretaceous premise. Mistakes can hardly be avoided in this area, even the king of dinosaur films, Jurassic Park, knows that. However, according to Smithsonian Magazine, 65 does a very good job of recreating the 65 (or 66) million year old Earth. The jungle-like landscape, for example, agrees with scientific assessments.
Another blunder But the author then discovered: A T. rex would probably not hunt humans because there is a poor relationship between effort and return. The problem: If you get really serious about dinosaur movies, they would be a lot less fun – and some of the best Jurassic Park scenes wouldn’t exist.
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