Eyewitness Interactive - Dinosaur DVD

Advantages: awe inspiring animation sequences, good storyline, great characters, some good bonus features
Disadvantages: bit scary for smaller or more sensitive children

...of an eyewitness account of what could have been, if animals thought and talked as we do instead of a cutesy adventure set in the time of the dinosaurs. It's a story more about courage, hope and loyalty during a gruelling Death March type trek towards hopeful salvation for the species rather than mere friendship on a slightly eventful jaunt, and as such, I have to say this film has the entire package that should rank this right up there as one of Disney's modern classics. The DVD is presented in a wide screen format and the version I have is the standard release with a single disc. It's Dolby 5:1 Digital, and the sound effect and soundtrack are good enough to utilise these features if you have the capability on your system. It's a R2 release in English, with options from the animated menu to select alternative spoken Greek or Hebrew as well... Read review

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Advantages: educational, adventerous
Disadvantages: a little violent for small children

...I have loved dinosaurs since I was a kid. They have always interested me. I have watched all the tv specials on dinosaurs, Godzilla, Jurassic Park movies, and others. So basically, I'm kind of picky on how people portray them. Walking With Dinosaurs shows how dinosaurs really lived back then. It shows how they would act and defend themselves. It is very educational and filled with interesting facts for kids and adults of all ages. It really expands our minds and our knowledge. We can walk with those dinosaurs as they hunt, lay eggs, bring up their young, how they feed, defensive manuevers and strategies, and much more. This is an adventerous series that explains the life of the dinosaurs and their extinction. It just brings the animals to life. It is wonderfully narrated and very accurate. It really portrays the life... Read review

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...Walking With Dinosaurs" is the kind of documentary that digital and other high tech methods of animation were made for! Granted, Spielberg used some similar methods to good effect in his dino-films "Jurassic Park" and "Lost World," but "Walking With Dinosaurs" is the current apex of animation technology for exctinct animals, and used for education, too! I sat in awe as I watched these six wonderful segments on the natural history of dinosaurs produced by the BBC. I was particularly impressed by the segment on marine reptiles -- a group that receives relatively little press, since they're not dinos, and since they don't interact with most peoples' favorites, like T. rex, Allosaurus, or Stegosaurus, etc. Never had I seen recreations of dinosaurs that were as life-like and convincing (except for the occasional animatronic effect... Read review

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