Dinosaur
Tuesday, 15. December 2009. 03:41 by admin
Description
Join the action-packed adventure of a group of dinosaurs overcoming enormous challenges through courage, loyalty, and hope in Disney’s DINOSAUR, a special effects phenomenon! Set 65 million years ago, DINOSAUR tells the compelling story of an iguanodon named Aladar, who is separated from his own kind and raised by a clan of lemurs, including the wisecracking Zini and the compassionate Plio. When a devastating meteor shower plunges their world into chaos, Aladar and his family follow a herd of dinosaurs heading for the safety of the “nesting grounds.” Along the way, Aladar befriends Baylene, the dignified, elderly brachiosaur with a take-no-prisoners attitude; Eema, the unstoppable styrachosaur; and Neera, a feisty fell… More >>
December 15th, 2009 at 4:13 am
For decades, Disney Inc. propogated a sterile, anti-intellectual, gendered, racialist perspective on reality. Let us be honest: Walt Disney refused to hire Jews (cf. the history of his actions when he found out Kirk Douglas is a Jew), could not draw, and Disneyland is the summation. Those who would engage in semantic tap-dancing — “family values” does not equal valuing families — and insist Disney Inc. is, somehow, “entertainment”, fail to see the corporate mind-set. DINOSAUR (and I speak as a paleontologist) is typical of the [ethical] bankruptcy (I almost expected Uncle Remus to appear and lead the non-Mesozoic lemurs in a sing-along). Like the [underlying] nuances of MERMAID, DINOSAUR has excellent drawings (best appreciated with the volume off), but little else. For decades, we have endured the putrescence of Disney Inc., much like Spielberg’s merchandizing of everything to maximize profits. It is time for the company to dismantle itself.
Rating: 1 / 5
December 15th, 2009 at 4:16 am
Disappointing Disney release, wasn’t nearly as sharp as I would have liked to have seen it, especially when compared to say King Kong HD-DVD. Lots of blur and not much detail. If you have this on DVD already, don’t bother.
Rating: 3 / 5
December 15th, 2009 at 5:45 am
this was a pitiful movie, and the extras on the dvd look justas pitiful. it irritates me to no end that people look at a movie, and just because it’s DISNEY. face it, disney hasn’t done anything spectacular in nearly 10 years.
Rating: 1 / 5
December 15th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Thus spake Castro and I half expected the dinosaur equivalent of the man to show up with cigar and beard. A nasty fascist dinosaur named Kron is leading the dino’s to the promised land and he doesn’t believe in committees. Old and lame must fall behind and die, it’s the survival of the fittest that counts. But along comes a young idealist named Aladar (but they might as well have tied a red scarf around his neck and called him Che) who speaks of new ideas about cooperating with one another for the comman good. Everyone from Brontosaurus to Stegosaurus will be treated as equals and lo, all shall be bountiful in the garden of Eden. Inspired by this rhetoric, Kron’s sister rushes off to join the revolution, much to Kron’s horror. You see, Kron is like nowheresville, man. He ain’t hip. He’s a square. With a square head. He’s a bit of a dinosaur. Goodness, could Walt Disney productions be pushing (gasp) socialism? Nay, COMMUNISM? What would Uncle Walt have said? Anyway, we are left with Aladar and his comrades in paradise begetting new children. What happens next? Lo, some dinosaurs become more equal than others and decide to form a party. They get the share of the food and shelter. And lo, there was collectivization, another cultural revolution, famine and mass starvation. Then they were invaded by other dinosaurs (denounced as fascist) who were repelled and from then on everything went to a year zero. Dinosaurs were told not to question the way things were and any who did were slaughtered by the dreaded ‘Dino Rouge’. Dinosaurs informed on other dinosaurs. Whole families of eggs were wiped out. The green paradise became polluted and fell into disrepair. But Comrade Aladar told them everything was well and that there was no turning back and that the people must love him. No, actually the film ends with them all in paradise. Hey, this is Hollywood after all. Walt, you can rest easy. Sort of.
Rating: 2 / 5
December 15th, 2009 at 9:16 am
I haven’t even seen the movie, however my 6 and 4 year old went to see it with relatives. When I asked them what it was like the six year old said ” I’ve seen it before”. When I asked what he meant, he said ” It’s the same as Land before Time” .
If a six year old can suss this out, perhaps Disney might want to think about putting more original storyline into movies and not concentrate quite so much on the CGI.
Rating: 1 / 5