

In the book, the narrative goes on to explain this and bogs it down with the misconception that the T.

It can't see you if you don't move," because circumstances demand it. Grant explains this to Lex in the simplest form possible by saying, "Don't move. Doctor Grant's advice to Lex in the movie stems from real advice when faced with a predator: predators chase moving objects because that's what they're hardwired to do. That said, some errors in both media come from standing public misconceptions about animal behavior. Unlike the movie, which takes pains to portray the dinosaurs as living animals, the book uses the dinosaurs as monsters to further drive in the message that humanity's hubris in playing God will be its downfall. Part of this can be attributed to the book's focus. Despite being written as hard science fiction, some issues slipped by and made it into the book and later the movie. Still, this isn't specifically the movie's fault but rather the fault of its source material - the book written by Michael Crichton. RELATED: Jurassic Park: Trespasser Was the Most Ambitious Movie-Based Video Game Ever However, that doesn't mean it's without its flaws. He succeeded, and Jurassic Park still remains an indelible image in the public perception of dinosaurs, even prompting an entire generation to look to paleontology as a career. Spielberg had hired several paleontologists for the express purpose of making the dinosaurs as accurate as possible, wanting to bring the public perception up to date with the scientific perception. In reality, Jurassic Park was the most accurate portrayal of dinosaurs at the time. Critiquing the Steven Spielberg movie for portraying inaccurate dinosaurs cannot be an argument when the portrayal they are compared to comes thirty years after the fact and from Michael Crichton's book. Granted, a large part of the issue with the original trilogy now is comparing the dinosaurs of then to the knowledge known today, with recent discoveries and clearer concepts. Released in 1993 to critical acclaim, Jurassic Park is not without its detractors.
