The Good Dinosaur

The Good Dinosaur

Rating 4 out of 10

Normally a Pixar movie is an easy bullseye.  So many classic movies.  A new Pixar release and you automatically order the DVD.  The Good Dinosaur has an interesting premise.  What if the meteor that hit Earth many years ago that killed all the dinosaurs instead skirted by our atmosphere and years later humans and dino's are living together.  The voices are great.  I find it distracting when I recognize every voice in the movie.  Besides the always cool Sam Elliot I didn't know a single one.  With Pixar you know the animation is going to be first rate.

The main problem here is the story.  Our start dino that has battled everything in his life since being born the runt of the litter gets washed down the river in what appears to be weekly flash floods.  He is so far away and given up for dead by his family the only one that can help his is a little caveman (cave boy?).  The story is rather dull even with a trio of T-Rex's that have a heard of prehistoric buffalo.

I wouldn't say this cartoon is for little kids.  I went with three grandkids who often turned their heads when cute little gerbil looking animals are eaten alive by long sharp toothed flying beasts.  The animation is mostly nothing short of incredible.  The flowing fields, majestic mountains and rivers are so realistic you think they smuggled in film stock.  Then they made the main dinosaur stars of the movie look like Saturday morning cartoons.  I don't get that.

I was hoping for much more and three little ones under five were not impressed either.  I'd take their opinion over mine every time.