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MOVIE REVIEW ()             REVIEW BY JERM
FROM THE VERY FIRST SCENE THIS MOVIE GRABS YOU AND PULLS YOU INTO ITS WORLD.  IT TRANSPORTS YOU IN TIME TO A LAND WHERE DINOSAURS RULED THE PLANET.  DINOSAUR FOLLOWS THE STORY OF ALADAR, AN IGUANODON, FROM THE TIME HE WAS AN EGG ON UP TO HIS BIG ADVENTURE.  NOW HOW ALADAR ENDS UP BEING RAISED BY A GROUP OF LEMURS IS ALL EXPLAINED IN THE FIRST 5 MINUTES.  BUT TEENAGE ALADAR’S LIFE IS ONCE AGAIN THROWN INTO CHAOS WHEN A METEOR COMES CRASHING DOWN TO EARTH, FORCING HIM AND HIS FAMILY TO MOVE IN ORDER TO FIND A NEW HOME THAT HAS FOOD AND WATER.  ALONG THE WAY THEY RUN INTO A GROUP OF REFUGEE DINOSAURS WHO ARE ON THEIR WAY TO A NESTING GROUND WHERE THERE IS SUPPOSEDLY ABUNDANT FOOD AND WATER.  IT’S HERE WHERE ALADAR MEETS MANY FUNNY CHARACTERS AND HELPS THEM ALONG THE WAY.  BUT WAIT, THERE ARE SOME REALLY MEAN CARNOTAURS CHASING THE HERD AND A SHOWDOWN IS IMMINENT, CAN ALADAR HELP THESE PEOPLE REACH THE NESTING GROUNDS IN TIME, OR WILL THEY ALL BE CARNOTAUR LUNCH?  ALL THE CHARACTERS ARE FUN, PLAYED WITH DISNEY’S USUAL FLAMBOYANT STYLE.  VOICES ARE EASILY RECOGNIZABLE.  ADULT HUMOR ISN’T AS FUNNY AS TOY STORY 2, BUT THE AVERAGE PARENT WON’T BE BORED.  KIDS WILL LOVE THE MOVIE, GETTING SCARED AT ALL THE RIGHT MOMENTS AND LAUGHING AT ALL THE FUNNY MOMENTS.  AND THE SPECIAL EFFECTS GURU WILL LOVE HOW THE MOVIE BLENDS COMPUTER GENERATED CHARACTERS INTO LIVE BACKGROUNDS.  WHILE DISNEY’S USUAL SONG AND DANCE IS MISSING FROM THE MOVIE IT IS STILL A SURE-FIRE HIT FOR THE KIDS AND A GOOD MOVIE TO WATCH FOR THE KID AT HEART CROWD TOO

DVD REVIEW ()
FIRST OFF, REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NOT A REVIEW OF THE DINOSAUR: COLLECTORS EDITION, IT IS ONLY A REVIEW OF THE BASIC DVD AVAILABLE FROM YOUR LOCAL BLOCKBUSTER.  THE DVD HAS GREAT SOUND.  THE DTS 5.1 WAS ASTOUNDING, BLENDING ALL THE SPEAKERS INTO ONE HUGE SOUND.  EVERY SINGLE FOOTSTEP, EVERY SINGLE ROAR IS RENDERED AMAZINGLY.  IT ALSO OFFERS YOU A CHOICE OF WIDE SCREEN OR FULL SCREEN (DTS IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE WIDE SCREEN VERSION).  THE DVD ALSO HAS THE TRAILERS AND SOME BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE.  NOW THE KIDS WON’T CARE ABOUT THE BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE, SO FOR THEM THERE IS A GREAT HISTORY LESSON, AND A COUPLE OF INTERACTIVE GAMES.  AND OF COURSE, DISNEY INCLUDED A HUGE COLLECTION OF PREVIEWS FOR UPCOMING MOVIES, DVD AND GAME RELEASES.  THE KIDS WILL PROBABLY ENJOY THIS DVD MORE THEN THE PARENTS WILL.  BOTTOM LINE: BUY THE BASIC DVD FOR THE KIDS OR IF THE MOVIE IS FOR YOU, DROP THE EXTRA $10 AND GET THE 2-DISC COLLECTORS EDITION, YOU WON’T BE SORRY.

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