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That’s the point, Hammond kept saying “spared no expense!” When in reality he cheaped out on everything from the building contracts to Dennis’ IT contract. He went with the lowest bidder on everything and caused all that death while smiling and pretending to be faultless
He spared no expense on the public-facing parts of the park. The ice cream, transportation, ways to view the exhibits, etc. Behind the scenes, yeah…overconfidence and arrogance led to cheaping out on critical personnel and infrastructure.
Yep, it's more obvious in the book where he's pretty much a straight up villain.
The book handles him much better than the movie but I suppose in a blockbuster it’s harder to show the seemingly sweet old man’s monstrous hubris
Especially if you cast someone like Richard Attenborough. It's pretty obvious that Spielberg was more intent at showing Hammond as a dreamer that is being desillusioned by reality than a capitalist cutting corners and paying the prize.
I’m sure Attenborough could’ve handled the more monstrous reveal, but would we really want to see him being obviously evil?