It's very much hinted at that the meteor was actually an extinction-level event because it didn't just wipe out the lemur's island, it affected everything and everyone, which is why an entire lake was dried up, Eema/Baylene are surprised/relieved to see that the nesting grounds are still intact, and why their regular way in is blocked off. Which makes Kron even more of an understandable douchebag, honestly. He was facing impossible odds.
Yup I'm pretty sure it indeed was supposed to be THE meteor. And like in real life, it didn't wipe out all dinosaurs at once, but changed the entire enviroment/atmosphere which eventually dinos could not survive through.
The fact that this film had more soul & character depth than the 2019 Lion King remake and the two most recent Jurassic World sequels I honestly find astounding.
I feel comparing this to Jurassic is an unfair comparison. The issue with the two Jurassic World sequels was that they were made for the fans much like Ghostbusters Afterlife so I understand why general audiences didn't like them
I do definitely think the meteor was THE meteor that caused the mass extinction, because the whole world didn't die off instantly. It was chain reactions of food webs collapsing and drastic weather changes that followed; that's why the lake was dried up and why rockslides blocked off the valley. It makes the ending bittersweet, that the herd and our protags made it to the nesting grounds, completely unaware that the world is in the process of ending.
One time after watching this movie, I asked my parents for a Dinosaur toy, and they got me Aladar's egg (that had some slime and an aladar figure inside), and I no joke, reenacted the entire opening scene of the movie constantly, trying to grab the egg with my mouth and run around the house fighting imaginary dinosaurs for it
What I find interesting is that the two carnotaurs were never seen apart, when one of them died in the cave-in the other one appearently tracked them down, possibly wanting revenge. Which helps support this is it's the only time the Carnotaur shows actual malice, instead of just wanting to eat them..
one of them was also bigger than the other and it was the small one that died, maybe it was a parent and a child? that's actually a kinda sad way to look at it
Something I also liked is that the surviving carnotaur left the cave to heal before going after them, its more realistic and akin to what an actual predator would do Unlike the sharptooth fron land before time. Motherfucker is in the middle of a volcanic earthquake about to fall to his death and he's still trying to chomp two baby dinosaurs that wont keep him fed for half an hour
Well. When you think about it: => Yeah, Bruton sacrificed himself to save the Aladar and Co. …but that’s also what *Kron said he should’ve done* so the Carnotaurs wouldn’t have found the Herd. Is that character development, or was he still holding true to his boss’ ideals? You know… Herd/Group > Individual/Himself Now, Kron is a bad guy because he’s a *hypocrite.* …like when he puts *himself* before the Herd in the water-drinking scene. He’s kind of a ‘having his cake and eating it too’ antagonist: => He’ll defend his beliefs, but only when it doesn’t affect *him* specifically.
Kron would have let Aladar die because it’s every individual for themselves if Aladar is caught it’s on him yes Kron believes in the larger group over individuals but it definitely contextual like being warned about Carnators is better for the entire group but Bruton should have died in his mind
He’s not a hypocrite. Nobody else knows the path like he does, so if he dies, so does everybody else. It’s very much an unflattering thing to witness and it was out of frustration as well, but I don’t think his ideals changed or were compromised. His survival meant the survival of the herd
@@ItsMe-cp8xc Oh yeah sure, because *no one else* (coughBrutoncough) could ever replace him as the leader who shares his same ideals… let alone be a leader *at all,* right? …and he DID die, and WHO saved the herd? *Aladar.* WHO was wrong? *Kron.* C’mon now.
Them being silent made them more creepy tbh, it’s like they don’t have the sentience of the others, they’re just giant beasts looking for meat that can’t be reasoned with
Honestly - this movie terrified me and made me so sad as a kid. When they’re unable to get water, the fight for survival, KNOWING they would all die… I definitely took things too seriously in second grade
MANNN dinosaur and spirit are my two favorite movies of all time i still watch them to this day so seeing him cover spirit after already covering dinosaur would be a dream come true!
Yo….this. 23 years old but that’s still gotta be one my favorite movies. For a lot of people it’s probably the Lion King in terms of animated animal movies, but for me it was Spirit.
This was the movie that really got me into dinosaurs when I was younger, it is some of the most powerful nostalgia for me. Also I remember being quite scared if the carnotaurs, but that first part where we first see the carnotaur is absolutely terrifying.
This movie was WAY too much for me as a kid. The meteors, the killing, the real life struggles. I told people for years that it was the saddest movie in the entire world lol. I loved it when I finally watched it again as a teenager. Really underrated
I remember seeing it in the theater at 5 and I think that meteor scene was the first time I experienced adrenaline though I didn’t know what it was yet LOL
I just gotta say I love the way the Iguanodons (the dinosaur Aladar is) are designed I dont think it's done on purpose but the snout bumps on Bruton and Krone's noses are similar to how Iguanodon used to be portrayed, with the thumb spike being thought to be a nose horn So you can say their nose bumps represent the past and the old brutal ways of theirs while Aladar has no nose bump because he paves way for the new way of things Which again I dont think is done on purpose but its a good insight to this film
@@doodlemunchkin2222 As a 30 year old who's *done* with trying to appease random people online in ways and for reasons that make no sense, it's fine to like animals or dinosaurs, but there still ought to be healthy limits to it.
Thisss together with Land before time was the start of my dino obsession. Such a nostalgia bomb this has been, I'm utterly grateful for bringing this back on the limelight.
I watched this movie so much as a kid. And definitely kept crying at the sad parts. Like wow today I'm surprised at the amount of violence and death in the movie, but I still love it all the same
This movie really hits one if the softest spots in my childhood because I have an Aladar action figure that I used to sleep with and it has a mechanism that makes it walk. I used to regret donating it to my school when I was on my first grade because of my ignorance but I’m happier now knowing that Aladar is in good hands…assuming some dumb kid did not break him.
Dinosaur is one of those movies that I absolutely love but forget it exists until someone brings it up. My favorite scene is when they were in the rock cave and Baylene gives a passionate speech about having a purpose before rearing up and slamming into the rock wall. Gets me teary eyed every time.
This movie always stuck with me as having incredible visuals, especially the older I got. Had no idea it was because they filmed ACTUAL locations to animate the dinosaurs onto. Still impressive. Not a masterpiece but it's a solid movie and I don't understand why it's been neglected. Also Shadow lowkey reppin' his ancestors.
I actually just watched this the other month and the mix of live action and CGI is great I thought it was all CGI for a bit but had to look it up because the egg scene specifically with the water looked too good to be fake
Ah, they’re too busy milking their big animation movies with their horrible live action remakes, why make something that gets us invested and actually care plus getting an original story
This movie feels very much like a nerd project, where there was so much effort and care and such attention to detail put into it... and all in aspects that your average person/mainstream audience won't notice or care about and so it goes unappreciated by everyone, except a select few of similar nerds
Same, my favorite disney movie and always has been! Always get shit for it because it's pure CGI in some people's minds despite the practical effects. I think it looks better than most modern movies!
Gotta correct you... Carnotaurus wasn't a close relative of T. Rex, they were both Theropods, but they were on completely opposite sides of the Theropod family tree. Carnotaurus was part of the more primitive clade Neotheropoda, whilst T. Rex was in the more advanced clade Coelurosauria, which are more closely related to birds 😉
@@SatanenPerkeleSame here. I just wish people would understand that it’s not that different from appreciating the wildlife that exists today. My dad thinks it’s just a “kid” thing.
@@SatanenPerkele I’m glad to hear such open-minded thoughts. And I haven’t let his thoughts stop me, I just used him as an example for the kind of mentality I wish there was less of in this world. Thank you for your support.
@@SatanenPerkele What’s crazy in my case is the parent that would have remained supportive, my mom, was the one who was tragically killed in 1995 (to a vehicle accident, and over a decade later I would ironically survive a vehicle accident, becoming “The Boy Who Lived” in the process). So there was a lot working against me from almost the entire beginning of my life. I’m often surprised I got out of the aftermath of her death through highschool period without being anywhere near as traumatized as I could have been. In some ways I feel more pain for your scenario because it’s two unsupportive parents instead of one. Good to see you endured it and moved forward, it can be tough.
Actually, I remember this movie so well because when I was a little kid and got my PC the guy who assembled and put the programs and some games in it also put some bunch of animated movies that I grew up watching them every day and this movie was one of them
This movie is underrated, and I will absolutely die on this hill. EDIT: I'm a bit sad that you overlooked Aladar's Nadir moment. He had actually given up after Bruton's sacrifice. After digging a path out after Zinni first allowed the light in, and the subsequent cave in, Aladar had actually lost hope in his worldview. That if not for his idea of no man left behind, Bruton wouldn't have died. That if not for keeping up with the others, they wouldn't be trapped inside the cave with no way out. It was Bayleen who, after feeling reinvigorated due to Aladar's influence and virtues, pushed down the wall along with the others. That's where I disagree with you here; I don't think Aladar is a lukewarm protagonist. He is the antithesis of the other side of the coin behind the motif of the Herd. Where Kruton focuses on the Order of the Herd and importance of leadership, Aladar is the idea of Unity and compassion. He may be naive, but it is his virtues that inspire Unity and teamwork which helps the entire group move forward. That's what allows Aladar to be a good leader to the herd without the experience that Kruton has. I do wish we had seen a little more justification for Kruton's methods and why he is so foolhardy and stubborn, but you can definitely infer that he had daddy issues of some kind, probably never being the same after having to be the leader to Neera and take care of her as the older brother.
I took my nephew to see this when it was in the theater and I loved it and still do to this day. Now I am in my 70's and still love it. No it's not a masterpiece but is highly entertaining with great character building messages, visually enjoyable with all the struggles and triumphs one loves to see in a simple story.
Perfect summary. I was 3 when this came out and was obsessed. I still love it. The story isn't groundbreaking, but it's told just right, and the characters are engaging.
A trained birb is a mesmerizing birb. I can't stop being fascinated by how well that birb chills on your shoulder like that as you talk. Also raises my anxiety as its within back crushing distance 😆
If you want to see an awesome review/essay of the movie you should definitely check this video out: ruclips.net/video/CCIZ_jROYh4/видео.html Would still love to hear Pig’s take on it as well though.
4:40 well funny thing The movie was going to be a t-rex, but they changed it during production, which is why, despite being a carnotaurus, it’s body shape and size is so bulky, large and just rex shaped.
Dinosaur is an underrated gem, I loved it when I was a child and my fondest memory is seeing it in cinemas with a girl from school and her mum and my mum let us both go in alone. When you're 8 that's fucking huge 😂 I feel old suddenly.
This movie is a childhood favourite and I still like it to this day. The soundtrack is stellar and the visuals haven’t aged as bad as I thought (except some of the dinosaurs are very inaccurate). The story is not to the same calibre as other Disney films but it’s a a decent narrative. Most dinosaur fans or palaeontology enthusiasts will say that this film is one of few films they grew up watching that got them into prehistoric life and inspired them to go into scientific fields that involved them. It’s right up there with the Jurassic Park movies and various documentaries like Walking with Dinosaurs. No idea why Disney of all companies only made two dinosaur themed films that came out in theatres. Probably bad timing because of other dinosaur related things that came out around that time that made people lose interest in a Disney film. Dinosaur came out right after the US version of Walking with Dinosaurs and the Good Dinosaur came out before Star Wars was coming back and also when Jurassic World made people want big scary dinosaurs instead of the ones in the Pixar film. Also the story behind this film is really interesting. It’s another tale of Disney not knowing what film they really wanted to make. Reminds me of Emperors new grove and how that was a different film entirely.
Was a great movie, really had me feeling a lot of emotions when it came out. First time I saw it was the year it released, at a drive-in theater. I'll never forget that.
Yooooo, I was OBSESSED with this movie as a kid. I had all the toys and clothes and watched it nonstop, along with the first few Land Before Time movies, lol.
Yeah, the main reason why Disney's Dinosaur has been forgotten is because people found the plot too similar to Universal's The Land Before Time - not just because of a prehistoric setting, but also because they both involve a quest to find a green valley in order to escape extinction.
this was one of my favourite movies that I watched soo many times as a child, wasn't even too long ago I watched it again for the sake of it. This movie was just the start of my dinosaur obsession😅
I am 23 years old. I’ve been obsessed with the movie Dinosaur since I was 3. I will watch this till the day I die, it’s one of my first memories, the movie will always be blessed. Thank you for bringing it back.
This movie holds a special place in my mind - it was one of the few movies my Dad had the time to take me to; you know - just me and him; when I was a child. If I remember correctly, I think he slept through the first half and then watched the rest of it after it became a bit more uh... busy. We went to Dominos after that for some Pizza and Garlic breadsticks. So yes, I remember it quite vividly.
I LOVE this movie! It was one of my favs as a kid! You should do a video on a very unpopular Disney movie, in fact it was one of their BIGGEST failures but one of my favorite movies: The Black Cauldron. I’m really curious about it, I don’t why it didn’t do well at the box office. that could be a fun video, just a suggestion :) thanks for your content, I love this channel!
THANK YOUUUU i loved this movie ever since i saw it as a kid!!! prolly the kid-goggles speakin', but i think its a really neato film. the music is so great, and i remember genuinely being scared by it (especially the opening scene, SOOO many nightmares from it lol!!) also Aladars name always sounded like a chocolate brand to me so i've always liked him as a main character!!!
so this movie is real, I thought it was just a fever dream, I have actually watched this, I didn't really remember that until I got to the rock wall part speaking of dinosaurs, you should watch The Land Before Time, it's a Dinosaur movie that I grew up with. it has terms for things that are easy for kids to remember, and it's just about a bunch of kids going on an adventure together to find their families
@@rosenrot234 It was made when the most popular theory for the mass extinction event was a chain reaction of worldwide erupting volcanos (which we now know actually caused the mass extinction before it). It has a scene of little foot riding a chunk of stone down a massive lava slide after his mom and dad get swallowed by a lava filled ravine
i loved this movie as a kid. we had to get a new copy because the tape on the first vhs we had of it eventually degraded to the point that the whole movie was static . goddamn i'm glad someone else has an appreciaton for it
*Slams desk* THANK YOU! I was and am still obsessed with this movie and hated how it has been treated. I am that person that will mention this movie, without fail, when someone brings up underappreciated films.
this movie was my favorite thing when it came out! i had the robotic baby aladar toy (super cute), the computer game (addicting), and the ps1 game (...yeah we can ignore it). it drove me wild how little it was positively talked about because i remembered it being pretty cool and innovative for the time it was released. dinosaur deserves its flowers
I will never ever forget this movie. Honestly, it’s one of my favorite childhood movies. I remember Mcdonalds put the Dino hand puppets in the happy meals.
“Do you remember Dinosaur?” Yes, in fact I remember watching that film the first time back in 2000, before some of my current coworkers were even born. I also recall getting the video game adaptation while on vacation in Florida. This film was and still is classic to me. Aladar’s a character I appreciate more with age, Kron I’ve come to understand better with age, and Bruton’s small arc is just awesome, he goes out in similar fashion to Dinobot in Beast Wars. Eema was always hilarious (to be expected since she was voiced by Della Reese, check out Harlem Nights to see one of her best roles to me), and the Carnotaurus depiction is both iconic and terrifying, in fact the Carnotaurs are one of the finest examples of how you don’t have to have a villian talk to be great, similar to Cretaceous and Maelstrom in Ice Age 2. The visuals still look great after all these years and soundtrack is awesome. The story isn’t groundbreaking, but simple and effective, ending without any need for a sequel. Sure, you could argue Zini can be annoying, but his humor is not in the film a lot, they seemed to know when to stop short of him becoming unbearable. I know some didn’t like Yar, but I did. I found him funny, especially the few times he bantered with Eema. I never really had any major issues with this film. If anything, there’s aspects I picked up on that make it better, such as noticing the shot of the one Carnotaur eating the scout that traveled with Bruton. It’s disturbing, but it adds to the horror of the Carnotaurs feeling like a constant threat that could appear at any moment, making their presence felt even when they aren’t on screen. I will say this though… that scene where Aladar hides from the Carnotaur on his way to find the herd to tell them about the new way to the Nesting Grounds is unnerving, but… It’s WAY SCARIER in the PS1 game, because in that version… you are CHASED by the Carnotaur, the goal being to outrun it and reach the herd before it does, and the thing is programmed to nonstop chase you, the only way to slow it down is to use narrow shortcuts that force it to take a longer route.
I love how back then the Carnotaurus was known for being Cretaceous hellspawn and now everybody knows it for the blue wiggly jazz hands mating dance from Prehistoric Planet
I don't think you know this binonicpig but DISNEY DIDN'T MAKE THIS MOVIE it was a different company and Disney did distribution but also the first real computer animated film Disney made ON THEIR OWN AND WITHOUT PIXAR OR ANY OTHER COMPANY was meet the Robinsons 😁👍 a actual underated Disney film it's so underrated that even Disney themselves confirmed that meet the Robinsons is the most underrated movie on Disney plus
I loved this movie when I was a kid. Was a huge Land Before Time and Jurassic Park fan and this movie coming out years later just kept me really liking dinosaurs as a child.
It honestly hurt seeing bruton getting help and encouragement to go on and not die in the cave just to die in the cave I think that's what broke aladar too seeing bruton unable to change his destiny
So it seems like just about every reactor/reviewer I'm subbed to has been going over this movie recently. I'm guessing it's because JW: Dominion has gotten everyone in the mood for dinosaurs now. Anyway, my thoughts on Disney's Dinosaur is it has an ok story and alright characters, but the pacing kinda tanks once they join the herd.
My mom said I was basically obsessed with this movie when I was around 5 or 6 😅 completely forgot it existed until I found it on Disney plus a few weeks ago, it brought back so many memories!
Thus far you've gone over every movie from my childhood and I'm all for it. I used to watch chicken run, iron giant, Dinosaur, el dorado, Atlantis, and treasure planet. Please keep my nostalgic childhood coming, could you do one on Titan A.E. next?
I just re-watched it last night. And this movie is still really good, and it's more memorable than anything in the Jurassic World trilogy and 65. It's a mistreated Disney classic.
am i the only one who suffered terrible recurring nightmares from watching this as a small child? it is a great movie tho, the animation was so ahead of its time
Doing a Dinosaur review while having a dinosaur on your shoulder is peak commitment
bird: "yes, my mammalian friend, speak more about my ancestors"
It's very much hinted at that the meteor was actually an extinction-level event because it didn't just wipe out the lemur's island, it affected everything and everyone, which is why an entire lake was dried up, Eema/Baylene are surprised/relieved to see that the nesting grounds are still intact, and why their regular way in is blocked off.
Which makes Kron even more of an understandable douchebag, honestly. He was facing impossible odds.
Holy crap. My last childhood movie is now ruined. 😂
Yup I'm pretty sure it indeed was supposed to be THE meteor. And like in real life, it didn't wipe out all dinosaurs at once, but changed the entire enviroment/atmosphere which eventually dinos could not survive through.
yeah people tend to forget that there was a lot more to the extinction than just a meteor
probably the green lands they inhabited would eventually run out of food. then they'll all die :D
Yeah but he was a douchebag before he even actually knew what odds he was facing.
The fact that this film had more soul & character depth than the 2019 Lion King remake and the two most recent Jurassic World sequels I honestly find astounding.
Had more soul than the newest Jurassic World film too
@@may3877 bruh
Because there was passion behind it not just money hunger
@@KingOfGaymes No there was real money hunger , Disney was falling off at that time.
I feel comparing this to Jurassic is an unfair comparison. The issue with the two Jurassic World sequels was that they were made for the fans much like Ghostbusters Afterlife so I understand why general audiences didn't like them
I do definitely think the meteor was THE meteor that caused the mass extinction, because the whole world didn't die off instantly. It was chain reactions of food webs collapsing and drastic weather changes that followed; that's why the lake was dried up and why rockslides blocked off the valley. It makes the ending bittersweet, that the herd and our protags made it to the nesting grounds, completely unaware that the world is in the process of ending.
I mean, the probably lived their life to the full in the end, and it's their kids who'll die with the world, so not as bad for the protags!
@@gustsword6588 yea becuase every parents likes the idea of their kids starving to death
@@Tysandifer That's the beauty of it! They don't know!
It wasn’t THE meteor - that one fell in what is now the Gulf of Mexico. Aladar and the lemurs are on Madagascar
Their life’s ended but their dna just adapted and evolved
The lemur island meteor scene is forever burned into my mind,
Crazy to find out how much of the movie was actually practical
Fun fact: this movie has the highest kill count of any Disney movie
@@kameron_guenther8387 noice
They had to drop an actual meteor on the earth. That's dedication
True
The extinction thing with him crying across the ocean always hit different
One time after watching this movie, I asked my parents for a Dinosaur toy, and they got me Aladar's egg (that had some slime and an aladar figure inside), and I no joke, reenacted the entire opening scene of the movie constantly, trying to grab the egg with my mouth and run around the house fighting imaginary dinosaurs for it
I love that
What I find interesting is that the two carnotaurs were never seen apart, when one of them died in the cave-in the other one appearently tracked them down, possibly wanting revenge. Which helps support this is it's the only time the Carnotaur shows actual malice, instead of just wanting to eat them..
one of them was also bigger than the other and it was the small one that died, maybe it was a parent and a child? that's actually a kinda sad way to look at it
@@dracodracarys2339 And it tried dragging Aladar down with it
@@dracodracarys2339 No the big one died, the small one was still alive.
Something I also liked is that the surviving carnotaur left the cave to heal before going after them, its more realistic and akin to what an actual predator would do
Unlike the sharptooth fron land before time. Motherfucker is in the middle of a volcanic earthquake about to fall to his death and he's still trying to chomp two baby dinosaurs that wont keep him fed for half an hour
@@kaijukingdom2686 rewatch the scene, the smaller carnotaurus dies during the cave-in
Well. When you think about it:
=> Yeah, Bruton sacrificed himself to save the Aladar and Co.
…but that’s also what *Kron said he should’ve done* so the Carnotaurs wouldn’t have found the Herd.
Is that character development, or was he still holding true to his boss’ ideals?
You know… Herd/Group > Individual/Himself
Now, Kron is a bad guy because he’s a *hypocrite.*
…like when he puts *himself* before the Herd in the water-drinking scene.
He’s kind of a ‘having his cake and eating it too’ antagonist:
=> He’ll defend his beliefs, but only when it doesn’t affect *him* specifically.
NERD
Kron would have let Aladar die because it’s every individual for themselves if Aladar is caught it’s on him yes Kron believes in the larger group over individuals but it definitely contextual like being warned about Carnators is better for the entire group but Bruton should have died in his mind
He’s not a hypocrite. Nobody else knows the path like he does, so if he dies, so does everybody else. It’s very much an unflattering thing to witness and it was out of frustration as well, but I don’t think his ideals changed or were compromised. His survival meant the survival of the herd
@@ItsMe-cp8xc
Oh yeah sure, because *no one else* (coughBrutoncough) could ever replace him as the leader who shares his same ideals… let alone be a leader *at all,* right?
…and he DID die, and WHO saved the herd?
*Aladar.*
WHO was wrong?
*Kron.*
C’mon now.
@@ItsMe-cp8xc he’s still a douche tho
Me and my homies hate Kron
Originally, they were going to make the carnos talk during the canyon scene but they cut it off because they thought it was too creepy/out of place.
I wish they did honestly, this is disney ofc and they have a reputation of making memorable villains
ngl i think depending on the lines it wouldve messed alot of kids up
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Including with the context of their role as predators. It would of been a bit scarier in some scenes
Them being silent made them more creepy tbh, it’s like they don’t have the sentience of the others, they’re just giant beasts looking for meat that can’t be reasoned with
@@merceusblack4717 Tbf, didn't the entire movie?
For so so many years, this movie had one of the most accurate depictions of carnataurs ever put to film. I just love it.
Welp… not anymore
@@JohnKing-il6dz Nope! Prehistoric Planet knocked it out of the park with their carnataurs, very beautifully done.
I mean they were a couple of times bigger than they would have been. But yeah…
@@Perceptionreflection exactly
@@Perceptionreflection It is rather cute they went from terrifying to their adorable possible blue arms
Honestly - this movie terrified me and made me so sad as a kid. When they’re unable to get water, the fight for survival, KNOWING they would all die… I definitely took things too seriously in second grade
Would love to see you go over Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron 🥰 it’s an absolute masterpiece in every way possible.
That's another certified Hood classic
yes.
MANNN dinosaur and spirit are my two favorite movies of all time i still watch them to this day so seeing him cover spirit after already covering dinosaur would be a dream come true!
Everything except the voiceover, lol. Matt Damon really phoned it in. But the rest of the movie is flawless.
Yo….this.
23 years old but that’s still gotta be one my favorite movies.
For a lot of people it’s probably the Lion King in terms of animated animal movies, but for me it was Spirit.
I loved this movie. The "villain" dinosaurs are one of my favorite types of dinos
Same, I loved this movie when I was a kid.
This was the movie that really got me into dinosaurs when I was younger, it is some of the most powerful nostalgia for me. Also I remember being quite scared if the carnotaurs, but that first part where we first see the carnotaur is absolutely terrifying.
This movie was WAY too much for me as a kid. The meteors, the killing, the real life struggles. I told people for years that it was the saddest movie in the entire world lol. I loved it when I finally watched it again as a teenager. Really underrated
I remember seeing it in the theater at 5 and I think that meteor scene was the first time I experienced adrenaline though I didn’t know what it was yet LOL
I just gotta say I love the way the Iguanodons (the dinosaur Aladar is) are designed
I dont think it's done on purpose but the snout bumps on Bruton and Krone's noses are similar to how Iguanodon used to be portrayed, with the thumb spike being thought to be a nose horn
So you can say their nose bumps represent the past and the old brutal ways of theirs while Aladar has no nose bump because he paves way for the new way of things
Which again I dont think is done on purpose but its a good insight to this film
I thought they were more reminiscent of Muttaburosaurs
@@riotbreaker3506 well they are both from the same group of dinosaur but they are Iguanodon
I always thought the "nose bumps" were a way of showing age on the male Iguanodons, since Kron and Bruton are presumably much older than Aladar.
I always assumed they were a different species and Neera was just Kron's adopted sister.
@@dracodracarys2339 probably but I havent seen many similar dinosaurs to Iguanodon that also have thumbspikes
I honestly don't see anything wrong with liking dinosaurs even as an adult, it's the same as liking the animals that are still living today.
Sadly…even then people will still think you’re childish. :\
Idk why, but liking animals that aren’t your pets is seen like that for some people.
@@doodlemunchkin2222 As a 30 year old who's *done* with trying to appease random people online in ways and for reasons that make no sense, it's fine to like animals or dinosaurs, but there still ought to be healthy limits to it.
Cue me ugly crying at the baby t rexes in Prehistoric Planet. They were so goshdang cute
Yeah why are dinosaurs seen as childish?? Like they’re cool, adults can like em too
Ive never heard of someone thinking liking dinosaurs is childish wtf do you mean 💀
Thisss together with Land before time was the start of my dino obsession. Such a nostalgia bomb this has been, I'm utterly grateful for bringing this back on the limelight.
I watched this movie so much as a kid. And definitely kept crying at the sad parts. Like wow today I'm surprised at the amount of violence and death in the movie, but I still love it all the same
This movie really hits one if the softest spots in my childhood because I have an Aladar action figure that I used to sleep with and it has a mechanism that makes it walk. I used to regret donating it to my school when I was on my first grade because of my ignorance but I’m happier now knowing that Aladar is in good hands…assuming some dumb kid did not break him.
The opening was always so mesmerizing to watch, that I don't remember anything after the meteor shower/ wipeout scene
That scene always stuck in my head, and gave me nightmares a lot about similar things for a long time when I was smol
Dinosaur is one of those movies that I absolutely love but forget it exists until someone brings it up. My favorite scene is when they were in the rock cave and Baylene gives a passionate speech about having a purpose before rearing up and slamming into the rock wall. Gets me teary eyed every time.
I still remember it to this day lol
"I, for one, am not going to die here!"
This movie always stuck with me as having incredible visuals, especially the older I got. Had no idea it was because they filmed ACTUAL locations to animate the dinosaurs onto. Still impressive. Not a masterpiece but it's a solid movie and I don't understand why it's been neglected.
Also Shadow lowkey reppin' his ancestors.
Omggg that makes sense!
Underrated, good animation and a pretty good story. I loved it as a kid, still love it. Glad you reviewed this great film.
I actually just watched this the other month and the mix of live action and CGI is great I thought it was all CGI for a bit but had to look it up because the egg scene specifically with the water looked too good to be fake
I freakin love this movie. I wish Disney would remaster or recreate it in 4K.
Ah, they’re too busy milking their big animation movies with their horrible live action remakes, why make something that gets us invested and actually care plus getting an original story
I got the blu ray at Walmart awhile back and it looks quite nice, FYI.
I can't believe how underrated this film is. Out of all the dinosaur movies I've watched, this one is my favorite.
This movie was definitely on repeat at my house.
@Don't Read My Profile Photo okay I won't
great observation. I always thought this movie was rad and I had a bunch of the toys. I love the dinosaur on tour shoulder too!
I was absolutely obsessed with this movie as a kid. By the time I got past age 4, I probably watched it 40+ times. This one's major nostalgia for me.
This movie feels very much like a nerd project, where there was so much effort and care and such attention to detail put into it... and all in aspects that your average person/mainstream audience won't notice or care about and so it goes unappreciated by everyone, except a select few of similar nerds
I loved this movie as a kid! Not forgotten by me!
Same, my favorite disney movie and always has been! Always get shit for it because it's pure CGI in some people's minds despite the practical effects. I think it looks better than most modern movies!
This movie applies the same "It's nature" logic that watership down does.
Gotta correct you... Carnotaurus wasn't a close relative of T. Rex, they were both Theropods, but they were on completely opposite sides of the Theropod family tree. Carnotaurus was part of the more primitive clade Neotheropoda, whilst T. Rex was in the more advanced clade Coelurosauria, which are more closely related to birds 😉
Dude I’m 18 and still am fascinated by dinosaurs. They’re gorgeous creatures. Love em
@@SatanenPerkeleSame here. I just wish people would understand that it’s not that different from appreciating the wildlife that exists today. My dad thinks it’s just a “kid” thing.
@@SatanenPerkele Indeed, and that is why I have argued it isn’t exclusively a kid interest.
@@SatanenPerkele I’m glad to hear such open-minded thoughts. And I haven’t let his thoughts stop me, I just used him as an example for the kind of mentality I wish there was less of in this world. Thank you for your support.
@@SatanenPerkele What’s crazy in my case is the parent that would have remained supportive, my mom, was the one who was tragically killed in 1995 (to a vehicle accident, and over a decade later I would ironically survive a vehicle accident, becoming “The Boy Who Lived” in the process). So there was a lot working against me from almost the entire beginning of my life. I’m often surprised I got out of the aftermath of her death through highschool period without being anywhere near as traumatized as I could have been. In some ways I feel more pain for your scenario because it’s two unsupportive parents instead of one. Good to see you endured it and moved forward, it can be tough.
Actually, I remember this movie so well because when I was a little kid and got my PC the guy who assembled and put the programs and some games in it also put some bunch of animated movies that I grew up watching them every day and this movie was one of them
Underrated movie
I love this film
Especially the old Dino’s
This movie is underrated, and I will absolutely die on this hill.
EDIT: I'm a bit sad that you overlooked Aladar's Nadir moment. He had actually given up after Bruton's sacrifice. After digging a path out after Zinni first allowed the light in, and the subsequent cave in, Aladar had actually lost hope in his worldview. That if not for his idea of no man left behind, Bruton wouldn't have died. That if not for keeping up with the others, they wouldn't be trapped inside the cave with no way out. It was Bayleen who, after feeling reinvigorated due to Aladar's influence and virtues, pushed down the wall along with the others.
That's where I disagree with you here; I don't think Aladar is a lukewarm protagonist. He is the antithesis of the other side of the coin behind the motif of the Herd. Where Kruton focuses on the Order of the Herd and importance of leadership, Aladar is the idea of Unity and compassion. He may be naive, but it is his virtues that inspire Unity and teamwork which helps the entire group move forward. That's what allows Aladar to be a good leader to the herd without the experience that Kruton has. I do wish we had seen a little more justification for Kruton's methods and why he is so foolhardy and stubborn, but you can definitely infer that he had daddy issues of some kind, probably never being the same after having to be the leader to Neera and take care of her as the older brother.
I took my nephew to see this when it was in the theater and I loved it and still do to this day. Now I am in my 70's and still love it. No it's not a masterpiece but is highly entertaining with great character building messages, visually enjoyable with all the struggles and triumphs one loves to see in a simple story.
Perfect summary. I was 3 when this came out and was obsessed. I still love it. The story isn't groundbreaking, but it's told just right, and the characters are engaging.
I watched it ALL the time as a kid and still have the dvd… I need to give it a rewatch now
First of all, I still have an obsession with Dinosaurs and loved this movie when I was younger. Still like it.
“I’VE GOT BLISTERS ON MY BLISTERS”
Such a memorable line, I quote it all the time
A trained birb is a mesmerizing birb. I can't stop being fascinated by how well that birb chills on your shoulder like that as you talk. Also raises my anxiety as its within back crushing distance 😆
How the heck have you never reviewed that Steven Spielberg Tintin movie? It's great and underrated, just like the majority of things on this channel.
Yeah Pig review Tintin it’s fun
If you want to see an awesome review/essay of the movie you should definitely check this video out:
ruclips.net/video/CCIZ_jROYh4/видео.html
Would still love to hear Pig’s take on it as well though.
I fucking love tintin
This movie has always been an forever be one of my top favorite childhood movies!!! It comes up right behind A Troll in Central Park!!
4:40 well funny thing
The movie was going to be a t-rex, but they changed it during production, which is why, despite being a carnotaurus, it’s body shape and size is so bulky, large and just rex shaped.
Dinosaur is an underrated gem, I loved it when I was a child and my fondest memory is seeing it in cinemas with a girl from school and her mum and my mum let us both go in alone. When you're 8 that's fucking huge 😂 I feel old suddenly.
As a kid i used to love this movie. I've forgotten about it until now
Truthfully I always cry during the meteor scene, I don’t know if it’s the score, the imagery, or both. It always gets me.
I haven’t really watched the entire video yet, but the bird dancing on your shoulders is a fun touch, I love it
That meteor scene gives me flashbacks, just the way the clouds grow in the background is fucking terrifying
This movie is a childhood favourite and I still like it to this day. The soundtrack is stellar and the visuals haven’t aged as bad as I thought (except some of the dinosaurs are very inaccurate). The story is not to the same calibre as other Disney films but it’s a a decent narrative. Most dinosaur fans or palaeontology enthusiasts will say that this film is one of few films they grew up watching that got them into prehistoric life and inspired them to go into scientific fields that involved them. It’s right up there with the Jurassic Park movies and various documentaries like Walking with Dinosaurs.
No idea why Disney of all companies only made two dinosaur themed films that came out in theatres. Probably bad timing because of other dinosaur related things that came out around that time that made people lose interest in a Disney film. Dinosaur came out right after the US version of Walking with Dinosaurs and the Good Dinosaur came out before Star Wars was coming back and also when Jurassic World made people want big scary dinosaurs instead of the ones in the Pixar film.
Also the story behind this film is really interesting. It’s another tale of Disney not knowing what film they really wanted to make. Reminds me of Emperors new grove and how that was a different film entirely.
Was a great movie, really had me feeling a lot of emotions when it came out. First time I saw it was the year it released, at a drive-in theater. I'll never forget that.
you cant expect me to focus when theres an adorable well loved happy birb in the frame
Yooooo, I was OBSESSED with this movie as a kid. I had all the toys and clothes and watched it nonstop, along with the first few Land Before Time movies, lol.
I loved this movie so much when I was younger. The dinosaur obsessed child at the time has ingrained scenes of this movie in my head ever since.
This was my favourite as a kid, must have watched it a thousand times
The intro scene with a egg will always be a core memory
Yeah, the main reason why Disney's Dinosaur has been forgotten is because people found the plot too similar to Universal's The Land Before Time - not just because of a prehistoric setting, but also because they both involve a quest to find a green valley in order to escape extinction.
Carnotarus in this film is very different compared to the one seen in Prehistoric Planet
this was one of my favourite movies that I watched soo many times as a child, wasn't even too long ago I watched it again for the sake of it. This movie was just the start of my dinosaur obsession😅
I am 23 years old. I’ve been obsessed with the movie Dinosaur since I was 3. I will watch this till the day I die, it’s one of my first memories, the movie will always be blessed. Thank you for bringing it back.
After reading the comments I was glad to see that I'm not the only one who was traumatized from this movie
This movie holds a special place in my mind - it was one of the few movies my Dad had the time to take me to; you know - just me and him; when I was a child. If I remember correctly, I think he slept through the first half and then watched the rest of it after it became a bit more uh... busy.
We went to Dominos after that for some Pizza and Garlic breadsticks. So yes, I remember it quite vividly.
I LOVE this movie! It was one of my favs as a kid! You should do a video on a very unpopular Disney movie, in fact it was one of their BIGGEST failures but one of my favorite movies: The Black Cauldron. I’m really curious about it, I don’t why it didn’t do well at the box office. that could be a fun video, just a suggestion :) thanks for your content, I love this channel!
I loved this movie as a kid, still love it now. I listen to movies while I work and this is one is a go to for me.
This movie and land before time is what made me love dinosaurs.
THANK YOUUUU i loved this movie ever since i saw it as a kid!!! prolly the kid-goggles speakin', but i think its a really neato film. the music is so great, and i remember genuinely being scared by it (especially the opening scene, SOOO many nightmares from it lol!!) also Aladars name always sounded like a chocolate brand to me so i've always liked him as a main character!!!
so this movie is real, I thought it was just a fever dream, I have actually watched this, I didn't really remember that until I got to the rock wall part
speaking of dinosaurs, you should watch The Land Before Time, it's a Dinosaur movie that I grew up with. it has terms for things that are easy for kids to remember, and it's just about a bunch of kids going on an adventure together to find their families
ah yes, another movie depicting *the* mass extinction event
@@BroKenYaKnow Pretty sure Land Before Time it was just a earth quake. Earthquakes existed before the mass extinction event.
@@rosenrot234 It was made when the most popular theory for the mass extinction event was a chain reaction of worldwide erupting volcanos (which we now know actually caused the mass extinction before it). It has a scene of little foot riding a chunk of stone down a massive lava slide after his mom and dad get swallowed by a lava filled ravine
i loved this movie as a kid. we had to get a new copy because the tape on the first vhs we had of it eventually degraded to the point that the whole movie was static . goddamn i'm glad someone else has an appreciaton for it
*Slams desk* THANK YOU! I was and am still obsessed with this movie and hated how it has been treated. I am that person that will mention this movie, without fail, when someone brings up underappreciated films.
this movie was my favorite thing when it came out! i had the robotic baby aladar toy (super cute), the computer game (addicting), and the ps1 game (...yeah we can ignore it). it drove me wild how little it was positively talked about because i remembered it being pretty cool and innovative for the time it was released. dinosaur deserves its flowers
I actually really like the sound design for this movie.
I had all the Dinosaur toys including the weird Aladar head you would put on you hand. Used to watch that movie on VHS all the time.
Every movie critic I've watched on RUclips said this movie was bad but I always secretly liked it, and I feel so validated right now
I will never ever forget this movie. Honestly, it’s one of my favorite childhood movies. I remember Mcdonalds put the Dino hand puppets in the happy meals.
Was not expecting another video this soon I’m happy tho
“Do you remember Dinosaur?”
Yes, in fact I remember watching that film the first time back in 2000, before some of my current coworkers were even born.
I also recall getting the video game adaptation while on vacation in Florida.
This film was and still is classic to me. Aladar’s a character I appreciate more with age, Kron I’ve come to understand better with age, and Bruton’s small arc is just awesome, he goes out in similar fashion to Dinobot in Beast Wars. Eema was always hilarious (to be expected since she was voiced by Della Reese, check out Harlem Nights to see one of her best roles to me), and the Carnotaurus depiction is both iconic and terrifying, in fact the Carnotaurs are one of the finest examples of how you don’t have to have a villian talk to be great, similar to Cretaceous and Maelstrom in Ice Age 2.
The visuals still look great after all these years and soundtrack is awesome. The story isn’t groundbreaking, but simple and effective, ending without any need for a sequel.
Sure, you could argue Zini can be annoying, but his humor is not in the film a lot, they seemed to know when to stop short of him becoming unbearable. I know some didn’t like Yar, but I did. I found him funny, especially the few times he bantered with Eema.
I never really had any major issues with this film. If anything, there’s aspects I picked up on that make it better, such as noticing the shot of the one Carnotaur eating the scout that traveled with Bruton. It’s disturbing, but it adds to the horror of the Carnotaurs feeling like a constant threat that could appear at any moment, making their presence felt even when they aren’t on screen.
I will say this though… that scene where Aladar hides from the Carnotaur on his way to find the herd to tell them about the new way to the Nesting Grounds is unnerving, but…
It’s WAY SCARIER in the PS1 game, because in that version… you are CHASED by the Carnotaur, the goal being to outrun it and reach the herd before it does, and the thing is programmed to nonstop chase you, the only way to slow it down is to use narrow shortcuts that force it to take a longer route.
I had zero idea how much of this was practical effects. I always liked this movie but wow, respect has gone up tenfold. Amazing.
One of my favorite movies as a kid I watched it so many times. I rewatched it a few years ago and while it isn’t the best, I still thought it was good
definitely remember this, since we have a two disc dvd of this movie lmaooo. i should watch this again when i can.
I love how back then the Carnotaurus was known for being Cretaceous hellspawn and now everybody knows it for the blue wiggly jazz hands mating dance from Prehistoric Planet
This one used to scare the living shit out of me as a kid. But for some reason I kept rewatching it. It was just so immersive.
I don't think you know this binonicpig but DISNEY DIDN'T MAKE THIS MOVIE it was a different company and Disney did distribution but also the first real computer animated film Disney made ON THEIR OWN AND WITHOUT PIXAR OR ANY OTHER COMPANY was meet the Robinsons 😁👍 a actual underated Disney film it's so underrated that even Disney themselves confirmed that meet the Robinsons is the most underrated movie on Disney plus
Yayy!!! New vid!!!
I loved this movie when I was a kid. Was a huge Land Before Time and Jurassic Park fan and this movie coming out years later just kept me really liking dinosaurs as a child.
It honestly hurt seeing bruton getting help and encouragement to go on and not die in the cave just to die in the cave I think that's what broke aladar too seeing bruton unable to change his destiny
I can't believe I still remember it. It's a decent film. Just not one of my favourites.
So it seems like just about every reactor/reviewer I'm subbed to has been going over this movie recently. I'm guessing it's because JW: Dominion has gotten everyone in the mood for dinosaurs now.
Anyway, my thoughts on Disney's Dinosaur is it has an ok story and alright characters, but the pacing kinda tanks once they join the herd.
I loved this movie as a kid. Used to borrow the DVD from the neighbour an unhealthy amount of times.
My mom said I was basically obsessed with this movie when I was around 5 or 6 😅 completely forgot it existed until I found it on Disney plus a few weeks ago, it brought back so many memories!
I got more obsessed with dinosaurs when I learned that many of them were basically just giant violent chickens. I love that for some reason
Thus far you've gone over every movie from my childhood and I'm all for it. I used to watch chicken run, iron giant, Dinosaur, el dorado, Atlantis, and treasure planet. Please keep my nostalgic childhood coming, could you do one on Titan A.E. next?
I just re-watched it last night. And this movie is still really good, and it's more memorable than anything in the Jurassic World trilogy and 65. It's a mistreated Disney classic.
love the that he included a tiny little dinosaur on his shoulders
OMG
When I saw this thumbnail I got so happy! No one ever talks about this movie and it's one of my favorite movies ever! So much nostalgia!
One of my favorite movies as a kid and now. Dinosaur movies were hard to come by that were actually good.
am i the only one who suffered terrible recurring nightmares from watching this as a small child?
it is a great movie tho, the animation was so ahead of its time
Me and my sisters use to watch this movie all the time. I am so glad you covered this movie!! This movie was so underrated.