Plot
See and feel what it was like when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, in a story where an underdog dino triumphs to become a hero for the ages.
Release Year: 2013
Rating: 4.9/10 (322 voted)
Director:Barry Cook
Storyline
For the first time in movie history, audiences will truly see and feel what it was like when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. "Walking with Dinosaurs" is the ultimate immersive experience, utilizing state of the art 3D to put audiences in the middle of a thrilling and epic prehistoric world, where an underdog dino triumphs to become a hero for the ages.
Trivia:
Character designer David Krentz is a big name in dinosaur modeling. He has also worked as the lead character designer and dino-sculptor in Disney's Dinosaur (2000) and the Discovery Channel's Dinosaur Revolution (2011). See more »
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User Review
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Rating: 1/10
(Warning: This review contains spoilers. If you don't want your movie
ruined, leave. NOW...)
In 1999, we were introduced to a documentary which would later become
the of the greatest dinosaur documentary ever made. "Walking with
Dinosaurs" provided us that we could be able to enjoy a
dinosaur-related program without the need to put in talking dinosaurs.
While the effects weren't fully "CGI", we were presented with
completely realistic behaviour, environments and surprisingly, A really
good story detailing about a certain dinosaur in one episode. From a
female Coelophysis trying survive a Triassic drought with her pack
members to a female Tyrannosaurus struggling to care for her young near
the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, these stories were proved to be
realistic, emotional and provided a sense of immersion. In a sense, we
felt connected to the dinosaur, whether it was a bloodthirsty predator
or not. Also, the music in the background helped to create a brilliant
atmosphere to the viewers, which every future "DinoMentary started to
take. The show was so good, it is actually 72nd place in the 100
Greatest British Television Programs by the British institute in 1999.
It also led to the success of the "Walking With..." series, claiming
numerous awards, mostly for it's effects.
Years have passed and now, we are presented with a new dinosaur film
which is based on the 1999 documentary, which is to be distributed by
20th Century Fox. As a dinosaur fan, I was very anticipated to watch
this film. While it isn't a documentary movie, we still waited for it,
due to it's gorgeous looking visuals and dinosaurs. I was a little
nervous as Fox is infamous for sometimes screwing up one of media's
greatest, such as Dragonball Evolution and Percy Jackson. Everyone was
excited, until November. What followed was arguably the stupidest
decision the filmmakers could ever think of.
The idea to put in voice acting was just too much. What would have been
a movie that could have been watchable and possibly set a new standard
in dinosaur movies was completely destroyed in a blink of an eye. To
top everything off, the voices are worse and I mean it, WORSE than what
it was in Speckles the Tarbosaurus (Yes, the narration was terrible,
but at least it improved at the climax). The movie is also trying to be
funny with it's voice acting, but the only thing that makes us laugh is
the acting itself. None of the jokes presented in this film provide
humour. And worst of all, they put songs in! I mean why? Why are you
turning something that is already bad into something much worse?! The
songs were also very much scrambled all over. The only thing the song
really do is to make the film more idiotic for us fans.
Steven Spielberg could just sit down on his couch and relax with
Jurassic Park. This film looked as it it could be better than what
Spielberg did, until the voices had to pop. The main character's family
does die early on, but however, it isn't as comparable as Speckles's.
While Patchi at least had his brother and an Alexornis, Speckles's was
somewhat engaging by the fact that he was alone and that there was no
one to help him. The only ally he had during his whole life was his
future mate who also died near the climax. Heck, even some of his kids
are killed as well. Also, Speckles never did have to keep moving his
mouth over and over, though the narration ruined it a little. Also, the
story was more effective and presented as a more serous and darker one,
compared to other dinosaur films. It was more emotional, made you
immersed into the prehistoric world and at least made you think about
how dangerous the world is and how much you would suffer if you lost
your family or loved ones. This is why I love Speckles the Tarbosaurus.
But in this, well, keep talking, keep making comedy, and try to rip-off
Disney as much as you want.
This is one of those films that, while very promising at first is
immediately killed off later on. The actors (Even John Leguizamo) do
such a poor job in voicing the dinosaurs and the dinosaurs do more
stupider things than in the previous ones (Patchi trying to act like a
"ninja"). The main reason why this is a 1/10 is because 20th Century
Fox had the guts to take one of the best documentaries BBC ever made
and completely obliterate every source material that made the original
so brilliant and innovative. And before you go "It's a kids movie!",
that's fine for me, but for someone who waited for the movie for a very
long time,, let me just say this:
For any, and I mean EVERYONE who loves dinosaurs and who wants to
become a paleontologist, kick this movie out of the list and watch
Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park instead. Congratulations for everyone
affiliated with the move (Yes, even Scott D. Sampson, a paleontologist
that I highly admire) and completely butchering it. If you want to
watch a good animated dinosaur film, just stick up to The Land Before
Time, Disney's Dinosaur and Speckles the Tarbosaurus...
Final Rating: An abysmal 1/10 (My first negative review).
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