This is not a movie for anyone, especially kids. Sure, the first few minutes, including a spectacular flight on the back of a pteradon, had me dazzled. I was glued. And then I was not. This is not just a bad movie.
Fault 1. This is a boring movie. Kids don't like to be bored, but they will with this one. Yes, the first few minutes are set in a beautiful tropical landscape overflowing with amazing creatures. Then the rest of the thing is set in a boring and utterly depressing desert. If the execs at Disney wanted to flaunt CGI, couldn't they have found a more interesting backdrop. A kid's movie should be anything but boring, right?
Fault 2. This is a violent movie. I like violence in films. It's often stimulating and always gets a reaction, but in a kids film, to see a cute little triceratops get pounced on by a giant monster and then watch as the innocent thing is torn to shreds is appalling in a film aimed at youngsters. And this incident is very soon in the film. Then you see the aftermath of this one poor dinosaur all ripped apart, blood all over, barely alive from his ordeal.
Fault 3. This is a film with bad ethics/morals (apologies to "Election"). As has been stated numerous times, all those who eat meat are considered pure evil. Vegetarians, that's mother nature's elect, I guess. What happened to Mufasah explaining the circle of life? And kids will no doubt be asking their parents to explain the mating ritual of the lemurs, which was supposed to be cute and mirror real life, but it explained nothing, just confused kids more about sex. And then there's much hypocrisy concerning the moral of the story, about standing together and yet beeing a rebel when the occasion called for it.
Fault 4. This is a stolen film. Not only was I constantly reminded of The Land Before Time, but I realized that I was just watching The Land Before Time, but gone were good characters and dazzling poetic backdrops. All the plot points are identical, it's just that here, we don't care, largely due to the fact that Dinosaur is supposed to be realistic, which it is not (they talk), but the previous had characters which were kids. The audience could relate.
Parents, please do not buy this film for your kids. Go buy Chicken Run, came out around the same time, was inspiring, intellectual, absolutely exciting, and I laughed throughout. Land Before Time was also great if kids want dinosaurs.
Fault 1. This is a boring movie. Kids don't like to be bored, but they will with this one. Yes, the first few minutes are set in a beautiful tropical landscape overflowing with amazing creatures. Then the rest of the thing is set in a boring and utterly depressing desert. If the execs at Disney wanted to flaunt CGI, couldn't they have found a more interesting backdrop. A kid's movie should be anything but boring, right?
Fault 2. This is a violent movie. I like violence in films. It's often stimulating and always gets a reaction, but in a kids film, to see a cute little triceratops get pounced on by a giant monster and then watch as the innocent thing is torn to shreds is appalling in a film aimed at youngsters. And this incident is very soon in the film. Then you see the aftermath of this one poor dinosaur all ripped apart, blood all over, barely alive from his ordeal.
Fault 3. This is a film with bad ethics/morals (apologies to "Election"). As has been stated numerous times, all those who eat meat are considered pure evil. Vegetarians, that's mother nature's elect, I guess. What happened to Mufasah explaining the circle of life? And kids will no doubt be asking their parents to explain the mating ritual of the lemurs, which was supposed to be cute and mirror real life, but it explained nothing, just confused kids more about sex. And then there's much hypocrisy concerning the moral of the story, about standing together and yet beeing a rebel when the occasion called for it.
Fault 4. This is a stolen film. Not only was I constantly reminded of The Land Before Time, but I realized that I was just watching The Land Before Time, but gone were good characters and dazzling poetic backdrops. All the plot points are identical, it's just that here, we don't care, largely due to the fact that Dinosaur is supposed to be realistic, which it is not (they talk), but the previous had characters which were kids. The audience could relate.
Parents, please do not buy this film for your kids. Go buy Chicken Run, came out around the same time, was inspiring, intellectual, absolutely exciting, and I laughed throughout. Land Before Time was also great if kids want dinosaurs.