
One of our favourite natural history subjects, the good old dinosaur, gets a makeover and then some in this fantastically ambitious and groundbreaking documentary. Based on cutting-edge palaeontology and the latest fossil records, DINOTASIA presents a series of vignettes about dinosaurs - both familiar faces and some we have only found out about in the past ten years. The film uses CGI to bring the stories to life, but draws on animation's birth in silent film and early Disne... (Full plot summary below)
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One of our favourite natural history subjects, the good old dinosaur, gets a makeover and then some in this fantastically ambitious and groundbreaking documentary. Based on cutting-edge palaeontology and the latest fossil records, DINOTASIA presents a series of vignettes about dinosaurs - both familiar faces and some we have only found out about in the past ten years. The film uses CGI to bring the stories to life, but draws on animation's birth in silent film and early Disney to create proper, traditional visual storytelling. Werner Herzog narrates, reuniting with the team behind GRIZZLY MAN and CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS.
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| Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerThis decision to avoid treating the dinosaurs as surrogate people for easy identification is both the film's boldest move and the source of much of its problems. |
| Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlIf they're never fully convincing as photo-realistic figures, they're certainly as much good gory fun to watch as any old-school monster kids had to stick with dreary first acts to see. |
| FilmJerk.comEdward HavensPlays like a series of cut-scenes from a 1997 PlayStation game. |
| Total FilmSimon KinnearWerner Herzog's grandiose, unintentionally camp narration adds entertainment value, but there's zero educational sustenance in the film's servings of synthetic gore. |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDespite a welcome lack of Disneyfied sentimentality - no tears are solicited for banged-up young'uns - the film never acquires a rhythm. |
| User ReviewMax SAmazing amount of phlegm, fluids, excrement, blood and guts. Thrilling and disgusting with Werner Herzog as a gentle, yet confusing guide through the chaos. |
| User ReviewZach JThis movie was painful to watch. From the beginning they tugged at our heart strings. Throughout the movie you traveled with different dinos, become emotionally attached to each one. And as you watched them struggle, even die, you nearly cried. On another note, the ending was bad ass as hell. Live on little bird dude. I rate this move 1000000/10 |
| User ReviewHallie CNot sure why people rated it badly. It's a sad, moving movie. Has very good CGI, not perfect, but still good. Definitely NOT a kid's movie, however. I would watch it once before you show your kids. Great movie! Would watch again many times! |
| User ReviewEdith NVery entertaining.Idid not want it to end.Great colors ,cg,story and continuity. The movie had dark spacing which reminded me the movie was about the life of the long dead. |
| User Reviewjustin tOne of the greatest, underrated movies of all time. Herzog at his finest. |