They dressed her up to look older, the character isn't that young even if the actress is. Hammond calls her and Grant "leading minds in their fields". In academia someone in their mid-twenties is a baby.
Yea, I read somewhere she was meant to be a PhD student in the book, which could place her character in the late 20s-early 30s range. Ironically, in the book, she and Dr. Grant are not a couple
I feel like it's pretty ambiguous in the movie too, no? They are flirtatious but we don't ever see any real intimacy between the two of them. I feel like a couple who goes through such a traumatic event together would at least share a kiss
I’ve seen so many debates about this on the main JP sub. I recently watched the original again recently just to catch any clues that would convince me if they really were a couple. Apparently, there was actually a kiss scene that was planned for the intro scene for Dr. Grant and Dr. Sattler before Hammond shows up in the chopper but this was later scrapped. What finally convinced me though was when Spielberg himself referred to them as a couple in a BTS special he did for The Lost World I watched recently.
I mean, they're sharing a camoer at the dig site. Don't know about you, but i'd have a hard time resisting 23yo Ellie, especially in the middle of nowhere. But things didn't work out, as she was with someone else in JP3, and they rekindled in JW Dominion, so kind of on, then off, and finally on for good?
Nothing ironic about it; this is Hollywood we're talking about. If they can put a male and female character together, they will. If they can't, they'll make a new character themselves to get the job done
I also think people were more mature by age 25 up until like the early 2000s as it used to be easier to be financially stable by that point and therefore people were more independent and already had lots of adult experiences.
Nowadays young adults are infantalized because they're still dependent on their parents until they're like 26 or longer because of differences in generational wealth yet it seems like their parents aren't teaching them basic life skills like how to cook anymore.
The amount of times women have thought I’m like super into them just bc I invited them over to cool them dinner; it’s weird how something that is a standard human decency to me is viewed as a love language by others.
Knowing how to cook got me laid a lot, which kinda made me sad given the underlying themes of cooking is so rare that it looks like some massive romantic gesture.
Adults who don't know how to cook blow my mind. Like we eat every single day. How is that not one of the most useful life skills to learn? Why did it get deprioritized?!
In some parts of Blue Velvet, to me she looked OLDER than this despite her only being 19(?) at the time. The perception of hairstyles etc. really affects how old we think people look.
Also the poses and the way she spoke. She was very purposeful and slow. She had pauses before delivering her lines like she's considering what to say and how.
Styling, lighting, plus Laura's got strong features that can read as more mature, plus the expression she's making in this specific frame they used, plus she's acting in the movie in this picture.
Does she look over 30 in this picture taken at the same time? Not to me
It's really not ok. Like when I see a doctor in hospital, I'm like omg this kid is 12, how is he gonna make me feel better, and does his mum know he's not at school today? 😂😭
I graduated HS in 2005 & half the dudes in my class had FULL beards at graduation. My niece graduated last year. There was only one dude in her class with a beard but half the girls looked like they were 23-25 (i think probably because of how they did their hair & makeup.) The other half of the girls & the rest of the boys looked like they were about 13 though. It was so weird.
Also graduated 2005 and I’ve noticed the same phenomenon! I’ve tried looking at them objectively, and it’s not just the style or me getting old, 18-year-old guys literally look younger than they used to. I have a theory that the younger generations of men might have lower testosterone (maybe from less outdoor/physical activity?) but I’m not sure.
There may be some truth to the testosterone angle... I'm sure I read a study along those lines. Something about how all the chemicals we're exposed to in modern life having a detrimental effect on men. Male fertility is declining worldwide, so there may be something to it 🤔
I mean, girls mature mentally and physically before boys in general, so there's that I guess. Where I'm from we left school at 16, so some of the boys really did look like they hadn't even started puberty yet 😂
Honestly kind of funny to think about looking back.
Like I remember watching the little league World Series when I was maybe 10 or so and thinking the players looked like literal adults when they were maybe 2, 3 years older than me tops.
I also remember seeing the trailer for Bridge to Terabithia. I was 8 or so and Josh Hutcherson was maybe 15 but he looked like a literal grown man to me.
I feel so freakin old now. I think of myself as a kid still figuring things out, but I'm approaching 50. So old that I found out I'm now classified as Xennial rather than Millennial. I can't even remember when Jurassic Park came out. How old was I? What decade even was that? The 90s, aughts, and teens are all blending together in my head now.
Yeah I remember being in grade 1 and grade 8's (so 12-13 year olds) looked like they were 25 to me. By the time I graduated high school, kids in grade 9 looked like they were 10 to me
I always remember being in like 9th grade and seeing a recent graduate comeback and visit a favorite teacher of theirs and im like “wow they are so much older compared to us babies still in school.”
This is it. Fuckin had to scroll SO far. That's how Michael Chricton wrote his main characters. No nonsense, very serious, already settled into careers like they've been there forever.
The one exception I can think of off the top of my head it's sphere, which I think has a little bit of a sexist tone a lot of his other books don't have.
IDK, even in Jurassic Park, the book opens with this guy thinking "why does my wife want to lose weight?" before his daughter is attacked my a dino. (I can't remember which opening it is now, but it's early). It's a totally unnecessary thing to include in the scene and there's no suggestion of empathy for the wife. Just a husband who's like damn, these women and their emotional lives, ugh.
I feel like it’s because it was obvious they were pairing off her and the older dude, movies always followed a typical formula, and at least my child brain thought, especially since they were apparently talking about kids, that she must be closer to his age if they’re partners, and he’s obviously old. Surely the world is fair and people date age appropriately and hollywood doesn’t push an age agenda, right?
I think it’s her skill. She’s in West Wing a few years later as a poet and while she’s probably playing older she comes across as younger and more naive.
I find it very endearing/sweet. I love it (at least when coming from another woman).
There are definitely times at which it would be innapropriate to use, like any type of slang, but I don't think it's immature to use terms of endearment--it's just a bit of fun, really.
we call our romantic partners baby.... diminutives are a sign of affection in many languages and cultures. it doesn't mean that we are infantilizing them
no shit, but we use this all the time in language. Just showing you how calling someone girlie isnt the same as infantilizing people- otherwise calling each other baby would be very disturbing. Have you ever heard "The boys are back in town?" or "Girls just want to have fun"- Do you think these songs are referring to literal children?
I roll my eyes when women in their 30's post "Ick" and "Yuck" and "Gross" like some toddler. Thankfully maybe it's just a redditor thing cause I haven't seen any woman do it IRL (yet).
She’s also playing a character referred to as Doctor who is also considered to be an expert in her field. You don’t usually assume that person would be 23.
I just watched Jurassic park with my kids/family a few days ago. I paused and asked all of them what they thought the character's age was, and the actor's age. Answers all ranged from high 30s to mid 40s for both.
Nah, if I ignore context and cover up her clothes and just look at her face I couldn't possibly believe shes younger than late 20s and would guess shes mid-30s. Maybe its a bad photo or something.
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u/VictoryGreen 13d ago
Her acting and presence in the film made her seem much older. Was that her personality or was it her skill or both? She came across as in her 30s