Does anyone find the scene where they're landing in the helicopter just way over dramatic? like seriously they've just flown across the ocean to get here and yet the helicopter slowly lowering towards the landing pad is the bumpiest part of the trip? Does anyone else find this odd?
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shareNo and honestly you are the first person I've heard of who is upset by this.
shareWell not from a meteorological point of view since they were flying over the ocean on what seemed to be a fine clear day but were landing in an area surrounded by mountains causing wind shears, but from the point of view of the scene I'm not sure it served any major purpose except to show us that Alan is ingeniously cool!
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No, I actually found this scene to be very interesting and important in the context of the future events in the film.
When they are attempting to land the helicopter (during the wind sheer) notice how Grant struggles with his seatbelt while hammond is attempting to offer advice and tell Grant how to tie it? Grant however, just ignores this and connects/ties the two 'female' ends of the seatbelt together without the 'male' end being present.
This is actually a foreshadow of future events in the film.
Firstly, although all the dinosaurs are bred all female they are are infact still able to 'connect' i.e breed in a single sex environment without a bred male being present.
Secondly, it also shows how Grant (and others for that matter) don't ever agree or listen to Hammond on his view on the park. In this instance Grant ignores Hammonds advice about how to connect the belt together but still manages to tie the belt before they land, proving Hammond wrong like he later does in the film.
You can now see why the extended helicopter wind sheer scene was included in the film,to provide important additional characterisation and give Grant a reason to use the seatbelt to set up the foreshadowing in future events of the film.