Review of Dinosaur (2000) by Doctor P — 15 Aug 2011

2nd of the Competition Era.

While it has aged, the film still has a beautiful look on the cg. The dinosaurs look pretty good against the realistic backgrounds. From a visual standpoint the movie is close to perfect even if the age is showing.

This film is not a musical, but it does provide a score that works well enough.

The characters in the film are okay and are not the worst, but they could've been so much better. Mainly if none of them had talked and they had been silent characters they would have been better. The dialogue is just so poorly written and unnecessary that it ruins a lot of what would would've made the characters fun to watch.

Not the most original in plot, the film follows what previous dinosaur films had for plots, having the characters look for a new paradise after destruction to their old homes occurs. It is done well enough but the dialogue just ruins it and makes the film less interesting then it should have been, it really slows it down.

"Dinosaur" has a great premise though unoriginal, problem is this success is ruined because of Michael Eisner convincing the people behind it to add dialogue.

Up Next: Kingdom of he Sun? This sounds like an emotional Disney film...

*Special Note.

This film was not a part of the Disney canon until 2008.