- The scene where Paul and Amanda reunite with their lost son, Eric. Really, the plot of them desperately trying to find their son and protect him until they get off the island.
- How willing the Velociraptors were in getting their eggs back, especially when compared to the other two movies' portrayal of them.
- Don't forget the book's rendition of them, which devoured a chirping infant raptor whole. The raptor family in III in a lot of ways represents the naturally bred raptors found in the closing chapters of the novel, which were much more docile and withdrawn compared to the eight cloned that were kept in a pen their entire lives. While actively hostile in this movie, they are only so because of the theft of their eggs, only killing Udesky to draw them out. The lack of any laid eggs is also something that's mentioned as a reason why they are not attacked in the book when they end up in a VERY active Velociraptor nest. After getting their eggs back, they could have easily killed the humans, but do not and quickly retreat into the jungle back to their nest while the humans are quickly saved. A happy neutral ending for everyone with both families being reunited.
- When Alan makes his "Raptor" noises at them, the other Raptors think he's just insulted them and intend to attack the human, but the Big Female stops them. In mere seconds, she worked out that the odd human was trying to speak with them peacefully, garbled as he was trying it. Really goes to show that Raptors were smart as he described it.
- While many forget about him and the plot does involve First Father Wins, Amanda's boyfriend Ben was most decidedly not an Asshole Victim. He and Amanda were happy with each other and he was nice enough to not only invite Eric along with them on the vacation to Costa Rica, but also went through with the parasailing specifically on the chance to allow Eric to see some dinosaurs.
- When Amanda breaks down after discovering Ben's body, Paul tries to comfort her, not showing the slightest bit of annoyance or reluctance about it despite Ben being his rival. Then Amanda says that the reason she's crying isn't that Ben is dead; it's that it means Eric is completely on his own in the savage world of Isla Sorna.
- Grant conversing with Ellie's young son in the beginning, which is adorable once you remember that he used to hate kids before the events of the first movie.
- The kid calling Grant, The Dinosaur Man showing that he has a bit of respect for Grant.
- Let this sink in: After the garbled phone call got cut out, Ellie is unclear what just happened, but little Charlie imitates an aggressive dinosaur with roars and all, and Ellie worked it out immediately. Charlie saved Alan's life, even though he didn't know. Young man's earned his ice-cream.
- A missed moment is the minor tweak to Grant's character in the original that changed his platonic relationship with Ellie as a student into an actual relationship which is implied to have ended some time ago in this movie. Grant is introduced talking with Ellie's kid and is introduced to her husband, there is no bad blood between them and they have a nice quick chat before the scene changes and they say their goodbyes after a nostalgic geek out with Ellie over his recent work on dinosaur research. Typically in disaster movies involving exes and the new guy this kind of scenario isn't so peaceful.
- Ellie called in the Marines, after nothing but a garbled call for help from Alan. Alan's response when he discovers it is, simply, a "God Bless You, Ellie."
- Grant's scene with Billy at the end of the film. Earlier, Grant had chewed him out severely after his curiosity provoked him to take a few raptor eggs. Afterwards, it looked like Billy had died saving Eric from the Pteranodons, and Grant couldn't help remembering the harsh last words he said to him. Against expectations, he gets a chance to make up.Billy: I rescued your hat.
- When the first pteranodon grabs Billy, Alan comes splashing over to try and help him. Mr Kirkby, not even hesitating, comes to help too and then grabs Grant's arm to stop him when he sees that there's nothing they can do without being killed themselves.
- Grant's Parting-Words Regret concerning Billy leads into a heartfelt and memorable conversation with Eric, about the desire to see the things we devote our lives to studying, for real and up close. It really conveys how, for all the insanity Grant's been through in both this movie and the original, in his heart, he feels it's all been worth it. Cue the boat passing by a herd of Brachiosaurus, as John Williams's stirring theme plays. Just try watching that scene without your eyes moistening a little.Eric: You know something, Dr. Grant? Billy was right.[Grant just smiles]
- The entire "astronauts and astronomers" speech Grant has about people, and that the sad truth about paleontology is that it only allows scientists to study dinosaurs from a distance, but to never actually see one (making them astronomers). He laments that Billy wasn't wrong for being an astronaut at heart, and that this dream of seeing a dinosaur is what inspires paleontology in the first place. It's a complete 180 from the Science Is Bad aesop of the first two films.
- Despite having just met him, and the man having knocked him unconscious without much need to a few moments ago, Alan shows concern, as does Billy, for Cooper when they try to leave him behind on the island. Considering his fellow teammates barely acknowledge it, it's nice to see that they show concern, considering what happens to the poor guy...
