Goofs for
Jurassic Park III (2001) More at IMDbPro »

• Incorrectly regarded as goofs: There are numerous inconsistencies between this movie and the others in the Jurassic Park series. However, since they do not compromise the movie's own internal structure they cannot, legitimately, be classed as goofs.
  
  
• Factual errors: There are numerous instances where dinosaurs are portrayed in a manner inconsistent with widely published dinosaur hypotheses. In mitigation, since much of the hypotheses are not yet theory, some artistic license must be allowed.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: As the plane is flying into Isla Sorna, the shadow of the helicopter filming the plane can be seen on the clouds.
  
  

• Continuity: Dr. Degler's coffee cup disappears during her dinner with Dr. Grant.
  
  
• Continuity: The computer-generated Spinosaurus does not correspond with the practical version in terms of size. Compare the shots practical version holding Nash (the black mercenary) in its jaws to the shot of the computer-generated version trapping him under its foot and delivering the final bite. The CG creature looks nearly twice as big as the practical one in that shot.
  
  
• Factual errors: The two D size batteries would not be able to supply either the correct voltage or the proper amount of current to power the camcorder.
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Grant asks Billy how he would classify the Spinosaurus, Billy says, "It's a super-predator," and immediately suggests Suchomimus. Grant says, "Think bigger," and Billy suggests Baryonyx. In reality, Baryonyx was only about 2/3 the size of Suchomimus, which in turn was only about 2/3 the size of Spinosaurus - not nearly big enough to be a super predator. Regardless of that fact, Billy still got his dinosaur sizes badly out of order.
  
  
• Continuity: While talking to the Kirbys in the bar, Grant puts his drinking glass down twice when Paul offers to fund his dig.
  
  
• Continuity: As Eric is in the water truck talking to Grant, his chocolate bar wrapper and size of the bar itself keeps changing.
  
  
• Continuity: Blood on the windshield of the plane.
  
  
• Continuity: Trees suddenly appear on a previously treeless beach as the helicopter takes off.
  
  
• Factual errors: When Dr. Grant's team is excavating in the Montana Badlands, a wood thrush is heard in the background. The wood thrush isn't found in Montana and would certainly not be live in a desert environment.
  
  
• Continuity: There is footage in the camcorder of the incident on the boat, even though the camcorder was put away before it happened.
  
  
• Continuity: On the boat as Dr. Grant & Eric are talking, the cage behind Eric is unlocked. As they move into sunlight, the door on the cage has a pin locking it.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: Wires visible on Paul while hanging off the crane.
  
  
• Continuity: When Grant and Eric see the herd of herbivores, they stand up. In the next shot when we see the dinosaurs, they stand up again.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: Lights reflected in the plane when it trying to leave Isla Sorna.
  
  
• Continuity: The blood on the T-Rex's mouth disappears when it approaches the Spinosaurus, yet it returns in the next shot.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: A crew boat is visible in the background of one shot just before the parasailing boat enters the fog.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When they are in the plane flying over a field, the field is empty. However the dinosaurs show up in the next shot. Also when the fields are empty, you can't see anything up ahead.
  
  
• Continuity: The direction of the shadows in the air strip when the group first lands on Isla Sorna changes between shots. The amount and intensity of the light changes as well throughout the scene.
  
  
• Factual errors: While inside the Site-B main buildings, Billy uses his flash to photograph the dinosaur incubation tanks. Any photographer with a modicum of expertise would never use a flash when photographing a reflective surface (i.e. glass or water).
  
  
• Continuity: In the beginning, when the two people are killed on the boat, Eric and Ben see a small rock ahead, that rock disappears between shots.
  
  
• Continuity: In one sequence, the Spinosaurus, whilst pursuing the main characters, smashes through a huge metal reinforced fence to get to them. Seconds later the main characters run in a small wooden hut and the Spinosaurus isn't able to break into it. How can it smash a steel fence open yet not be able to even slightly damage a wooden hut?
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: When the Spinosaurus is trying to attack the characters we see a white damaged airplane. When the Spinosaurus starts to crush the plane we see a brief green model of the plane being crushed with no window holes and a few cables inside visible. This might of been a second dummy airplane to prevent destructing the original.
  
  
• Continuity: When Kirby goes to the end of the tunnel in the birdcage his backpack is on, then when the camera returns to him the backpack is off.
  
  
• Factual errors: They spell the name of the Montana dig site as Chateau and pronounce it in the French manner. It is spelled Choteau and pronounced "Show-toe" by people in Montana.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: After escaping from the spinosaurus and deciding not to drop the raptor eggs, the main characters go down the spiral staircase. Right before the metal stairs they find below break under the weight of Dr. Grant, the camera pans down the stairs and the clean cut where the stairs are about to break can clearly be seen two stairs down. The camera pulls back, and clean cuts can also be seen on the railings of both sides of the staircase just where it breaks.
  
  
• Continuity: During the opening scene of the movie while Erik and his uncle (Ben) are para sailing, Ben starts to film with a video camera. While videoing the tugging begins, the next scene the camera is gone, but the next its back again. After this Ben slides the camera to his side and the camera disappears out of his hand.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: If you pay attention to the shadows when Dr. Grant is looking through the busted, dirty windows of the jeep before the group enters the compound, you can see the shadow of the tracking camera/crew briefly pass over the far interior of the vehicle just under the window and across the wheel well Grant is passing.
  
  
• Continuity: In the airplane, Amanda gets blood on her face. It changes throughout the next scenes.
  
  
• Continuity: Eric has been alone on the island for eight weeks, yet his hair has not grown and is still more neatly combed than it would be without a comb.
  
  
• Continuity: The Nestle candy bar in the scene where Dr. Grant and Erik are having a conversation changes constantly throughout the scene.
  
  
• Continuity: When Billy is about to jump off the bridge para-sailing his legs aren't secure with the straps, meanwhile Professor Grant is chasing him to stop him. But a second later when he is standing at the edge of the railing his legs are properly strapped. He couldn't secure himself with the straps in less than two seconds.
  
  
• Continuity: When Ellie is walking toward Alan with her toddler, her shirt gets pulled a little bit of the way up her belly and then it falls again. When she's by Alan, her belly is covered. But at that moment as the scene changes, Ellie's belly button is showing.
  
  
• Continuity: In the opening scene the man with the camera using the parachute with the kid, his shorts change color from tan to black several times between shots.
  
  

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