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Dinosaur (2-Disc Collector's Edition)

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I know this movie didn't get the best reviews ever, but it is just that many people are beliving that the movie is copy-catting "The Land Before Time". THAT'S NOT TRUE! This movie was created to show kids that they should get along in tough times, and be a team. Most people arn't getting that message.

Although this movie does have major flaws, it still is worth buying. What flaws you ask? For instance, the star of the show, Aladar, is an Iguanodon. The main villain in the show, is a Carnotaurus. Unlike the movie, Carnotaurus was much smaller than any Iguanodon.

But I reccomend you still buy it! It's really worth more than it is advertised.

Dinosaur is just like Land Before Time, but the difference is that Dinosaur is fully CGI animated.
The music and the animation is great, and there are many memorable scenes and characters.
There is a lot of extras to explore on the 2 Disc edition, and it includes behind the scenes, deleted scenes, and the early versions of Dinosaurs.
I think that extras like commentary tracks are missing, and that the movie could had been a little longer.

Dinosaur (Eric Lighton and Ralph Zondag, 2000)

Why does Disney insist that every animated film have two directors? Just wondering.

In any case, when I first saw the previews for this, I had hopes it was going to be a full-length animated silent film. So I ended up initially disappointed, but at least they got some fun voices.

Newbie director Leighton and second-timer Zondag (whose earlier film was the painfully bad dinosaur flick We're Back!) have, basically, done an update of The Land Before Time with stunning animation and (to say the least) a better voice-acting cast. Where The Land Before Time used unknowns (though Helen Shaver has since gone on to relative fame), Dinosaur started with the works: D. B. Sweeney (Strange Luck), Ossie Davis (Do the Right Thing, Bubba Ho-Tep), Alfre Woodard (Holiday Heart, A Wrinkle in Time), Max Casella (Doogie Howser MD), Julianna Margulies (ER), Della Reese (Touched by an Angel)... you get the idea.

The story is your typical cutesy Disney pablum (if you're expecting Winged Migration after watching the incredible trailers for this flick, steel yourself for political correctness now) overlaid upon the Land Before Time storyline; best if we leave it at that. If you're going to rent this, rent it for the astounding animation and leave the sound off. ** 

"Dinosaur" is a fine film from the folks at Disney. Like "Hercules," the story isn't moving or too impressive, but the film is fun to watch and has some brilliant moments in it. Many people have bashed the film for being too violent, but the PG rating does seem fair. I agree that kids under the age of five shouldn't see this movie without some serious adult supervision, but at the same time, children do need to know about death...even if it's violent. The Carnotaur sequences involve quite a bit of violence, but these are dinosaurs! Dinosaurs ate each other in reality. Don't knock this movie for that reason. Here's a concept: Watch the movie with your kids(you won't be bored) and then explain to them that death and violence was a very real part of daily life for dinosaurs. It may take your children a little time to cope with this information, but sometimes the truth hurts. If your child is under the age of five, you may want to skip certain sequences in the movie because of the violence. My daughter watched this movie, but I always managed to skip through the violent parts for one reason: she's two years old. She loves this movie. When she gets old enough to understand that things die, I'll let her see the violent sequences in this film.

For adults, I found this movie very entertaining. As in other reviews, I agree that the visuals are stunning. The film is brilliantly animated and does use some real scenery to blend in with the CGI graphics. The differences in the two are almost seamless. The lemurs provide both comic relief and solid wisdom in this flick.

If for no other reason, buy this movie for it's artistic value, but the story is a good one and the characters are very believable. It's a good show, but I cannot help but reiterate the importance of watching this show with young kids in order to explain some of the things that occur in it.

The visuals for this movie are truely amazing, there were moments where the land and water and trees looked real. The story is fun, which im sure you can read through all the other reviews, although it's not up to Disney's classic films, it's defitnitley one not to forget. Amazing CGI

It was absolutely great. A work of art.GET THIS MOVIE!!!!!

If you've got kids, take them to see this movie! It's incredible -- sort of. BUT, personally, I wouldn't take kids under 7. It's kinda scary in places, and when the Carnosaurs eat the friendly dinosaurs -- or when the family of monkees gets killed -- the kids will ball their eyes out. They don't need to see whole families wiped out and eaten at that age. Call me conservative or something, but I just don't see how that helps kids.

The story is basically the same as THE LAND BEFORE TIME --dinosaurs looking for a safe haven. Here we have the a meteor shower which supposedly is going to lead to their extinction -- but the meteors fall like rain. It's nasty and all that... but hardly good science. Plus, the dinos act just like people, and that is sort of a put off -- especially because of the way the film begins -- very nature based and keen on painting a realistic visual.

The graphics are at times incredible and at other times blurry and indistinct. This animation was supposed to be the best ever -- I thought some of the shots were just that, and then most of it was bland and dark. I've noticed that most of these computer animation shots are dark -- perhaps because if they were lit up enough the eye'd be able to spot all their flaws. I dunno. But it was annoying and the effect was like watching a drive-in movie at dusk, before it's completely dark -- the color and detail is sort of washed away. I think that explains it well enough.

But the story did have a good message, and it was clear and strait-forward enough. And at least it was a family movie that adults could sit through without getting stomach cramps and wanting to vomit in the aisle -- I think I'll pass on the new Pokemon movie coming out this summer, I don't care how much my nephew begs!

I give it 2 stars all along... perhaps a bit more from a kid's perspective. But I'll say this much... my nephew (little JJ) was far more excited about the film BEFORE seeing it than he was afterwards (he even got us a couple dinosaur hand puppets and we sat in the theater attacking each other before the movie started! :). And at one point in the film he even said, "Uncle Johnny, this is a bad movie." He said that when the Carnosaur was eating the poor defenseless dinosaur.

Sure, that may well be the "real world" and all that... but too much for kids.

This movie has really good computer animation, the dinosaurs are very realistic, and a good script, unlike Star Wars.

The basic story is about an iguanadon that hatches in the trees and is brought up by lemurs. Comets fall from the sky and the whole island is going to be on fire. So Aladar the iguanadon swims away with the lemurs. On the land that Aladar swam to, they found a herd of other dinosaurs traveling to a new nesting ground. Aladar, the lemurs, and some friends from the herd get stuck in a cave with carnotaurs. Aladar and the others push on the other wall of the cave and the rocks break down. What will they see? Something wonderful... and something awful...

Some kids may not like the carnotaurs, but I thought they were cool. My favorite scene is at the beginning with the oviraptors and the egg. Recommended for 2-99.

Dinosaur has both things in common in both rare and not rare Disney movies. It is rare to find a Disney animated movie rated PG. And it is not rare to find violence or scary stuff in thier animated movies. This movie may be good for kids to watch if they are 8 and up, otherwise you will have to find either a rare Disney movie that contains no violence or scary scenes, or watch an animated movie that is not from Disney. As the movie opens, a couple of animals sees a baby dinosuar bron from an egg. The father of the group doesn't want the baby, but the mom and the kids do. The baby is named Aladar (D.B. Sweeney). But when a fire destorys the animals' home, the surving animals move on to find a new home. And join a herd that includes a dinosuar named Neera (Julianna Margulies) and her grumpy brother (Samuel E. Wright). It is very rare to find a Disney animated movie that is good for very young kids. In fact, I'm not sure if you would find a Disney animated movie good for very young kids. But at least the MPAA was smart enough to give this a PG rating instead of a G rating, like they usually give Disney's animated movies. Parents if youe kids want to see this movie, may I suggest to prewatch this first and then decide whether or not to let your kids watch this movie.

I would recommend this over Jurassic Park because it's not so scary. And, the dinosaurs don't eat people. And, hey! it's Disney. The animation is really good. The dinosaurs look real when they talk they have a character all their own. The story plot is good. It's about Aladar, an Iguanodon. As an egg is stolen from his nest is taken to an island isolated from other dinosaurs and raised by a family of lemurs. His childhood buddy and sidekick is Yar. After a meteor fall to earth the vegetation begins to die off. In order for them to survive they must go on a migration along with a group of dinosaurs lead by the tough Kron to find a new home with water and food. It's a test of between strong-wills and survival of the fittest to making it to the dino promised land. Aladar meets a wise-cracking female Iguanodon, Zini. She takes a permanent liking to Aladar. Following up the rear is two old lady dinos, Baylene and Eema who add a spark of charm. And, what story would be with the bad guys. Bad, nasty Carnosaurs! They don't talk their attitudes let you know they mean business. They follow the group and make their journey-one to tread lightly. The good guys always win in the end. The bad guys meet their demise and the merry group find their new paradise. And the rest is a happy ending! If you ever visit 'Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park' in Orlando, you can see these guys in the attraction called DINOSAUR!