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Dinosaur |  | Directors: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Actors: D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, Samuel E. Wright, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  281 reviews
Sales Rank: 3203
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 82 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: DISD19572D
ISBN: 0788821180
UPC: 717951008381
EAN: 9780788821189
ASIN: B000050MN3
Theatrical Release Date: May 19, 2000
Release Date: January 30, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
With DINOSAUR, Disney breaks a new stride in the technological revolution of computer animation: combining computer-animated characters with digitally enhanced live-action landscapes. The effect is literally unbelievable and the clarity, realness, and definition of the pictures easily make the once surprising effects of virtual reality seem like the dark ages. A dinosaur egg is stolen from its nest and passed along by various birds, animals and other predators each hoping to eat it. Fumbled into a community of kind and nurturing lemurs, it cracks open and Aladar, a baby dinosaur emerges. He lives happily and peacefully among the lemurs, who raise him into adolescence. However, when a natural disaster occurs, wiping out the beautiful rainforest that was their home, teenage Aladar joins a dinosaur pilgrimmage--and discovers his true ancestry--in order to bring his lemur family to safety. Far sweeter and much more realistic than recent dinosaur movies like JURASSIC PARK or even classics like THE LAND BEFORE TIME, these new digital dinosaurs are surprisingly human with emotional eyes and expressive voices that make the magic nearly tangible.
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Dinosaurs come alive like never before in this costly computer-animated film from Disney. After a breathtaking opening (a dino egg is kidnapped), the film changes style; realistic dinosaurs are given human characteristics and voices. The kidnapped egg grows into an iguanodon named Aladar (voiced by D.B. Sweeney), who is raised by lemurs (shades of Tarzan) on a lush island void of other dinosaurs. When a meteorite destroys their island home in a thrilling sequence, the lemur family and Aladar become part of a dinosaur troop roaming the mainland deserts looking for the lush nesting grounds (shades of the fourth installment of the Land Before Time series and Fantasia). Disney's usual mix of modern language (one lemur calls himself "a love monkey") is present, as is its typical capital punishment law: anyone against our forward-thinking hero (or even disagreeing with him) ends up dead. Curiously, the meanies, a pair of carnotaurs following the group, are nameless and voiceless. This more realistic approach might have been a bigger wow, as in the BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs, which looked extraordinary with only a fraction of the budget. The complexity and scope of Dinosaur's visual scale is impressive, and group shots and a point-of-view angle are stunning. Rated PG for general intensity, the film should be a favorite for the 6- to 11-year-old set. --Doug Thomas
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 281
 It had the opportunity to be a great film, and it was wasted May 12, 2010
Eric S. Kim (Southern California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Back in the year 2000, Disney released a CGI-animated film simply entitled Dinosaur. Costing over a hundred million dollars to make, it combined real-life settings (Venezuela) with computer-animated characters (dinosaurs). There were no cavemen involved, only the reptiles. The trailers for this film led us to believe that this would be a groundbreaking achievement in computer animation. Well, the CGI looks great, but the film itself is a bit of a disappointment.
But first, we've got to talk about the look and feel of this film. I have to admit that the CGI dinosaurs look fabulous. Every single character is extraordinarily detailed. The meteor sequence looks disturbingly beautiful. The special effects really do look amazing. Add in some fine cinematography and a mesmerizingly haunting music score, and you've got a great-looking film. So what's so disappointing about Dinosaur? If you've seen The Land Before Time, then you'll see some similarities. Several elements of the plot have been borrowed from Don Bluth's 2D-animated film, such as the search for a piece of land that has been untouched by a cataclysmic disaster. We've seen this sort of story before in many other movies. Then, there's the moral lesson of not giving up and cooperating with each other to avoid a more personal catastrophe. There is very little originality in this plot. Even a line of dialogue from The Lion King ("Lions eat guys like us!") has been borrowed. Next is the film's unsatisfactory screenplay. I don't think I have ever heard such preachy, and cutesy, dialogue before in a Disney film (whether animated or live-action). I know this is supposed to be a family film, but the characters all sound like they're either teachers or students. I mean, the themes this film focuses on are always analyzed, which ruins the overall movie experience. Lines such as "it's your choice, not your fate" can be easy evidence of this. And I also have to mention that the dialogue can also be juvenile at times? This isn't Sesame Street, and it shouldn't sound like it's from Sesame Street. Adults should be immersed in this, too. There are, unfortunately, other flaws: formulaic comedic sidekicks, clichéd antagonists, and the sentimental happy ending make the film it worse.
Disney could have done a much better job with Dinosaur. It could have had a solid story, solid writing, complex characters, and a much better tone. What we've got instead is a case of style-over-substance. Now, I will admit that I admire the look and feel of the film. The CGI animation, the music, and the cinematography are the things that keep me from grading this movie lower than a C-. Unfortunately, everything else keep me from grading this higher than an A-. Dinosaur deserves a C, and it could have been so much better.
Grade: C
 Disney's Dinosaur April 3, 2010
Holly S. Kohler
Great movie for the Diosaur lover in all of us...no matter what our age!Dinosaur
For My Dino Boy April 2, 2010
Red One (Washington, DC)
My 4-year old love dinosaurs. WHat is not to lvoe about this movie. Its got a good story adn the animation is truly great. it just never got the play some bigger DIsney flicks have. I've certainly gotten my money's worth
Fun with dinosaurs February 7, 2010
Mary L. Stanley (Hillsborough, NC USA)
This is one of my favorite Disney movies. It's one of those movies that can be enjoyed by adults as well as kids. My 4-year-old granddaughter loves it.
Kids 2 and 3 love it February 7, 2010
Ryan and Atziry (Houston Texas)
This dvd tells the story of a dinosaur that ends up living away from all other dinosaurs. He grows and soon realizes he is very lonely. My kids enjoy this dvd but its a story hard to follow, i like that it explains the big ban theory. However I think they could have come up with a better story line something entertaining for the everyone. The kids will watch it and like it.
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