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Movie Reviews of Dinosaur
Movie Review: Flawless Animation
Summary: 5 Stars
Disney's movie, Dinosaur, combines real, exotic places with 300 million dollar animation in a seamless, truly beautiful film. It is jaw-droppingly gorgeous, and mixed with a soaring musical score, Dinosaur is a delight to the eyes and ears.
The story centers around Alladar, whose stolen egg ends up on an island through a series of breathtaking, rapid events. When he hatches, he is adopted by a family of lemurs (monkeys). The next time you meet him, he and his lemur "brother" have matured. That is when the island and much of the mainland are destroyed by a massive fireball from a fallen meteor. Only Alladar and his lemur family escape to the mainland where they find a devastated, hostile kind of world.
The story is a departure from normal Disney sing-song cartoons. The content is more serious and graphic, without gore. It is more earnest and realistic, but has some great humor. And the facial expressions of the characters are absolutely incredible. So lifelike! It is a journey of the heart.
The thing I appreciate most about the story is the compassion that Alladar and his family show to the mainland dinosaurs. They express the love and loyalty of family, while most of the mainlanders are fractured and wandering and care only for themselves. In the end, the vast and varied "herd" have a life and death choice between a leader who rules by strength and brutality, and a leader who has earned the right because he cares about them.
I recommend this film for all people 8 years old and up. Parents, little ones might be frightened by some of the more intense scenes, as there are deaths, so it would be wise to sit with them, or use discretion if they have tender sensibilities.
Turn your traditional Disney expectations off when you turn on Dinosaur, and enjoy it for what it is.
Movie Review: the best computer graphics ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
disney has always been the first for many things. they had the first full length animated movie with "snow white and the seven dwarfs". they had the first split screen camera with "the parent trap." they had the first computer animation ever used with "tron." they had the first computer animation/cell animation scene with "beauty and the beast". they had the first blend of live action and cell animation with "mary popins." they had the first full length computer animated movie with toy story." they had the first full length stop motion animation movie with "the nightmare before christmas." now, they have the first ever all computer generated charectors mixed with all live action backgrounds.this is the story of dinosaurs right before these creatures dissapear from the eart, leaving bones as our only clues. many critics say this is the same story as universals "land before time." i don't think so. the only reason it seems so is because they both take place at the time of the meteors that supposedly destroyed them. it's very educational in informing children of the most logical explanation of why they all died.
aladar gets stolen from the nest while just an egg by a dinosaur that plans to eat him. he ends up on an island of monkeys. he is raised there by the monkeys(sort of a tarzan story). a huge meteor shower comes, after aladar has grown up, and forces them off the island. all the dinosaurs must work together to get to liveable land and must out wit the carnatours which plan to eat them.
this story is sure to win your hearts and destined to become a disney classic. it teaches kids to work together. buy it today.
Movie Review: extraordinary opportunity for parents!!
Summary: 5 Stars
my five year old daughter loves this film and i think it is one of the very best films that she has seen. it includes a real story that is based on compelling characters. some of the themes are sophisticated, probably too sophisticated for a 3 or 4 year old. a five year old should be able to watch this film with a caring parent and love it and learn a lot from it. there is violence and some death but it is all part of a hugely positive presentation, and nothing in this film is gratuitous. i am very picky about what i let my daughters watch, and this one is excellent. most kid films these days are flashy but plotless, humorous but crude, and, really, altogether gratuitous considering the intended audience. for example, blockbuster CARS is not particularly violent, but it includes unnecessary sexual themes and has nearly no story whatsoever. all of that would be forgivable if it had any other redeeming qualities, but it does not. the kids love CARS because it is flashy and the cars are cool. passing time vacantly is not what watching movies is for in my house. there has to be some kind of positive return to make it worthwhile; otherwise they should be running around or drawing, etc. with dinosaur, there is really something good for kids to engage with and learn from. the lemur and dinosaur characters are marvelous. get this and you will not be sorry. watch it with your kid and just enjoy it, or explain the circle of life, the individual v. the collective, gender politics, global warming, the natural world, etc. you CAN go everywhere from here. and you CAN just watch it and let the characters do the talking too. highest ratings.
Movie Review: One Of The Best Computer-Animated Movies
Summary: 5 Stars
"Dinosaur" is a fantastic computer-animated film taking place at the twilight of the age of the great beasts, right when the asteroid that spells global catastrophe strikes. This is the story of a diverse group of animals - various dinosaurs and small, furry proto-mammals, who end up banding together to seek a safe haven where the green still grows plentiful. It's not the most realistic movie ever made (animals close enough to see the impact manage to survive and escape the chaos) and it's not meant to be. It's a great All Ages adventure movie with humor, danger, action, and tenderness. Many will probably hear about this movie - talking dinosaurs and little monkey-like critters team up to escape the killer asteroid - and think that it's a movie that everyone six or under will love, a pretty good amount of kids in the seven-to-twelve age bracket will love, but that few viewers older than that will find much enjoyment in other than watching the kids. Although I may not be the best judge of such things (there's quite a few 'kids movies' that most people over twelve don't like but I've enjoyed), I think "Dinosaur" is different than that. It's a true All Ages movie that a pair of forty year-olds can watch as easily as a pair of four year-olds. I would liken it to "E.T." or "Kiki's Delivery Service" as a movie whose appeal can cut through age lines. It's extremely well done, has universally engaging themes, and isn't as predictable as one might think.
Very highly recommended - without question among the top three or four non-Asian computer-animated movies, and compares very well with Asia's best animation while it's at it.
Movie Review: Give me a break about the script - this is for kids!
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this with my 4 and 6 year old daughters at the El Capitan in Hollywood, Disney's premier launch site. In the next building was an extravagant dinosaur exhibit, with large 3-d models, some robotic, and lots of other goodies. My kids were crazy about the whole experience and we have since seen this movie again at the local cineplex. To my surprise my daughters have become total dino-freaks and play with stuffed dino's instead of dolls. We have also seen most of the Land Before Time series and there was a lot in common with Dinosaur.(I don't want to say stolen). But realistically, how much plot do you expect involving large creatures with small brains, that don't actually speak, before the whole contrivance of talking dinosaurs becomes totally absurd as opposed to entertaining. My kids fully understand that the extinction of dinosaurs is the key story about dinosaurs and even understand that this could happen to our own species. For that insight alone, I am grateful to Disney and other sources. As regards violence, they also understand that dinosaurs ate each other, just as the creatures they see on the Discovery channel. Many Disney animated movies have scary parts. Bambi's mother dies, etc. As a five year old, I walked out of Snow White when the witch got nasty. This is part of Disney's formula and has been around for generations. As regards accuracy, my kids are also able to spot historical inaccuracies such as dino's that do not belong in the same period, (but don't ask me which ones, I'm not that into dino's myself.) This stuff is for kids and kids love it.