Dinosaur wasn't such a disaster!
Nice review, Luke. I find myself agreeing that the beginning, meteor storm, and final battle are absolutely stunning, but the trek across the wasteland was pretty dull and mediocre. The "jerkosaurus" line in particular always makes me cringe. If it wasn't for Della Reese's character, I would probably skip that section of the movie entirely. I would hit mute during part of it, but the score and sound effects are too well done for that approach to work.
This is the weakest of the four two-disc collector's editions of 2000 in my mind. There is some great material here, but the dialogue should have been either suitable for the entire age spectrum (i.e., not geared primarily at young viewers) or left out entirely.
This is the weakest of the four two-disc collector's editions of 2000 in my mind. There is some great material here, but the dialogue should have been either suitable for the entire age spectrum (i.e., not geared primarily at young viewers) or left out entirely.
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No, that's not true, they are still counted. Here in the UK the DVDs have the number printed on the DVD cover, and Home on the Range has a 44 on it, so they must still be counting!Prince Eric wrote:Technically, I read Disney officially stopped numbering their classics after Mulan, and only Disney-philes keep counting.
Phew! Long, but great review.
I owned the Dinosaur 2-disc set at one time. This was during a DVD-buying phase of mine where I was on a quest to own every theatrical Disney movie. Fortunately, I didn't get too far, or I would have made more purchases like this one. I ultimately ended up selling it back.
The DVD special features are exhaustive, and I guess I'd appreciate them more if the film were better. I remember the film as being exciting for the first ten minutes, until the characters starting talking. It was all downhill from there. After about one-third through the film was just really boring and kept dragging on. The characters are hard to pay attention to because they're just so static.
Looking at the stills in Luke's review was kinda interesting. I remember thinking that one bright spot in the film was the excellent animation, but now it just looks almost cheesy. I'm not sure what to think there.
I owned the Dinosaur 2-disc set at one time. This was during a DVD-buying phase of mine where I was on a quest to own every theatrical Disney movie. Fortunately, I didn't get too far, or I would have made more purchases like this one. I ultimately ended up selling it back.
The DVD special features are exhaustive, and I guess I'd appreciate them more if the film were better. I remember the film as being exciting for the first ten minutes, until the characters starting talking. It was all downhill from there. After about one-third through the film was just really boring and kept dragging on. The characters are hard to pay attention to because they're just so static.
Looking at the stills in Luke's review was kinda interesting. I remember thinking that one bright spot in the film was the excellent animation, but now it just looks almost cheesy. I'm not sure what to think there.
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Thanks for the kind feedback! It is a long review, indeed, but the fits of awe and longer-lasting frustration the film causes inspired me to write and I had trouble stopping! It is a really loaded set, and contains perhaps the finest use of Easter Eggs on DVD!
I'm glad people are reading it and all that writing wasn't in vain!
If all goes well, we'll have four different reviews from four different reviewers of four different Februrary DVD releases posted before the end of today!
I'm glad people are reading it and all that writing wasn't in vain!
If all goes well, we'll have four different reviews from four different reviewers of four different Februrary DVD releases posted before the end of today!

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Prince Eric wrote:I personally think the story is very original...



Most any film will make money over time. The disaster is on the creative/artistic level. I can't believe they ripped off every other dinosaur movie in the book, including LBT. And I can't believe the LBT people did not sue!
I have serious problems with this story. When I was growing up, we had like 3 different options for dinosaur toys (or figures): one was the Bag O'Dinos with the 1.5 inch multi-colored dinosaurs, the other was a larger set with 3 prehistoric creatures, these were metallic blue in color and about 5-6" in size. And lastly there were the battery operated tricerators (and another dino, maybe a T-rex, I don't remember).
Dinosaurs were cool, because they were scary, not CUTE! There were no "Barneys".
This story would have us believe that dinos appeal lies in their "safeness". That is just bull.
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