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Dinosaur [Blu-ray]

Eric Leighton (Director), Ralph Zondag (Director) Rated:
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Contributor Pam Marsden, Ralph Zondag, Eric Leighton, Walt Disney Feature Animation
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 22 minutes
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A three-ton Iguanodon named Aladar, who is raised from the egg by a clan of lemurs and eventually reunited with his own kind, finds himself and the other dinosaurs in trouble when flaming meteors devastate the landscape and the water supply diminishes. In a race against time, the dinosaurs attempt to reach the safety of their nesting grounds. When Aladar comes to the aid of a group of misfits unable to keep up with the breakneck pace of the herd, he makes an enemy of Kron, the stone-hearted leader of the group. Faced with such perils as treacherous rock slides and attacking Carnotaurs, Aladar and his friends must overcome tremendous obstacles before they can settle into a new life in a beautiful valley.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.04 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ WD10647400BR
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Dubbed, Widescreen, Color, NTSC, AC-3, Animated, DTS Surround Sound, Blu-ray, Dolby
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 22 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ February 8, 2011
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, French
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Pam Marsden
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0049GYXEK
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 8,789 ratings

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Aladar is one of the kind
I love the movie so much in bottom of my heart because of Aladar was my Hero Dinosaur and Great fun Creature who does what do Stand Together as one of those dinosaur movies and good Dinosaur theses movies I wish it to be successful for Aladar was a Awesome Leader in this planet
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Morgan
5.0 out of 5 stars Dinosaur lover
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2024
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My kids hate that I bought this movie to rent, but I just love dinosaur movies. I'm a huge Jurassic Park fanatic, and I've obviously watched JP movies over and over. Dinosaur took us through a great adventure, super cute movie, it got scary and suspenseful. I'd recommend for younger kids who are still into Dino movies, ages 3 to 5, or adults like myself.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A movie to be added to you list to keep and looking at.
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
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A movie to be added to you list to keep and looking at.
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cathy wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest movie.
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2024
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I got this movie for my grandson when he was small. We loved this movie. I was on Amazon looking for something and I saw this movie, So I got it for me. I still enjoyed it. Now I have a great grandson coming and I will show it to him when he is big enough.
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5.0 out of 5 stars And I just love how all the dinosaur and lemur characters are anthropomorphized
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2016
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This is a brave, new groundbreaking milestone for Disney: a completely CGI-programmed story all about the very last dinosaurs struggling to survive AFTER the fateful night of asteriods hitting the Earth, thus bringing about the very mass extinction of all the species. Uh, is it COMPLETELY CGI-programmed? The sweeping ariel shots of the prehistoric world where a hungry pterodactyl carried a dinosaur egg high over the craggy cliffs, the frothing waterfalls, the raging sea, and all are so life-like I wonder if they are ACTUALLY shot as a live-action footage rather than animated. If not...then...well, the Disney animators are just one step from playing gods!
The story itself is hardly original because it is very apparently written in the recognizable vein of Land Before Time, Tarzan, and yes, even Elfquest. But it is at least told with many very new twists that are quite breath-taking nevertheless. And I just love how all the dinosaur and lemur characters are anthropomorphized, especially the grumpy poppa of the hero's love interest! His whole face moves just like that of a ear-boxing army sergeant, which I found terribly amusing! If there are some parents out there who are griping about how the very idea of dinosaurs actually talking ruined the movie, take it easy. This is a FANTASY done from a very realistic perception. What's more, how else can we learn the story if all the dinosaurs remained silent? And if you want a serious scientific study of dinosaurs, just take the kids to a nearby science museum.
Once again, this is a great experiment that Disney is trying out to give their animation a new face. So it will be a bit while for some viewers to get used to it. Like, for instance, there's very little humor in this movie. But - actually, as long as the story holds your attention fast, comedy isn't always necessary. Sheesh, do you REALLY miss all those Broadway-style songs, wisecracking sidekicks, and slapstick gags??? Oh, well...there's always a whole variety of animated movies, both present and past (and surely, in the future) to choose from. But it's about time for the animation to go even further and thus explore many different ways to tell a story, folks. Otherwise, this is quite a visually stunning odyssey into the unknown!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I ordered
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2023
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I love this movie. Delivery time was awsome.
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Michael Patrick Boyd
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice movie
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2008
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Dinosaur is one hour and twenty-two minutes long and was released on May 19, 2000. The movie focuses around Aladar who was taken from his nest when a carnotaur enters the nesting area where he is being hatched. The egg finally winds up on an island of lemurs. Plio finds the egg during the point of hatching and decides to keep the baby. Aladar grows up to be an adult Iguanodon. One evening a meteor shower attacks the planet and Aladar and his family flee the island and wind up on land. The group attaches itself to a herd of other dinosaur looking for the nesting grounds were there is plenty of water and green grass. Kron is the self appointed leader of the group and believes in survival of the fittest. Two older and heavier dinosaurs befriend Aladar and the group; they are Eema and Baylene. Eema is a Styracosaurus and Baylene is a Brachiosaurus. Also with Eema and Baylene is Url who is an Ankylosaurus. The eight of them form a friendship and lookout for each other. Along the way to the nesting place Aladar falls in love with Neera, Kron's sister. As Kron force marches the dinosaurs along the hot desert sun, Aladar, Eema, Baylene, Url, Plio, Yar, Zini, and Suri fall behind. This is due to Eema and Baylene being slow and old. The group finds Bruton, Kron former right hand dinosaur, who was left behind when a carnotaur attacks. Bruton was injured in a fight when the group finds him and befriends Bruton. All of them take shelter in cave when two carnortaurs attack. Bruton is killed while trying to get the rest of the group to safety. Bruton was able to kill one of the two carnotaurs during the cave in while the other emerges from the rocks and leaves the cave. The survivors find the end of the cave and are able to smash open the wall. On the other side they find the nesting grounds. Eema points out the way they would have come in are now a straight drop. Aladar returns to tell the other dinosaurs about the danger that lies ahead and that he has found a safer way to the nesting grounds. Kron does not want any part of this and fears that his leadership is being threaten. Kron attacks Aladar and a fight erupts. Neera intervenes and the rest of the dinosaurs follow Aladar to the nesting grounds. As they are about to head to the nesting grounds a carnotaur attacks the group. The dinosaurs stand together and scare him back to a wall. The carnotaur sees an opening and attacks Kron. Kron and the carnotaur fight it out but Kron is killed in the fight. Neera and Aladar try to come to the rescue but it is too late. Aladar in the end defeats and kills the Aladar. The movie ends with the herd of dinosaurs at the nesting grounds and Neera and Aladar watch the hatching of their first baby dinosaur. The main problem with the film (a small one) is that all the dinosaurs' features in this film are not from all the same time period and the same region also. [...]. Overall it is a very good movie and about a caring dinosaur. Dinosaur gets a B+.

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Chapter Selection
Bonus Material
A) Behind-The-Scenes
B) Theatrical Trailer
C) Aladar's Adventures
D) Dinopedia
E) Dino Search
F) DVD-ROM Features
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A) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
B) Disney's California Adventure
C) Atlantis
D) Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
E) 102 Dalmatians
F) The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
G) Disney's Interactive "Atlantis" Prequel
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Elena Lefler
5.0 out of 5 stars Dinosaurier
Reviewed in Germany on April 27, 2024
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ras
Reviewed in France on March 7, 2024
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Sympa pour les enfants.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Película infravalorada
Reviewed in Mexico on February 26, 2021
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Esta película es excelente y para toda la familia. La combinación de efectos prácticos, escenarios reales y dinosaurios digitales, hacen de esta cinta una de las mejores de Dinsey, pero que no obtuvo el reconocimiento que merece, y a más de 20 años de su estreno, se ve aun mejor que películas actuales. Esta edición tiene bluray y DVD, pero solo el primero tiene doblaje al español latino. El DVD por su parte tiene breves presentaciones especiales sobre la realización sin subtítulos.
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5.0 out of 5 stars DINOSAUR [2000 / 2013] [Blu-ray]
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2017
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DINOSAUR [2000 / 2013] [Blu-ray] The 39th Disney Animated Feature Film!

Travel 65 million years into the past and experience the age of the dinosaurs in mind-blowing Blu-ray high definition. ‘DINOSAUR,’ is Disney’s landmark special effects spectacular, makes an evolutionary leap through the revolutionary new Blu-ray technology.

For the first time ever, witness the film’s dazzling meteor storm and seeing Aladar [D.B. Sweeney] breath-taking battles in brilliant 1080p. Prepare for a stunning auditory experience with 5.1 48 kHz, 24-bit uncompressed sound – from the thundering footsteps of the deadly Carnotaurus, to the smallest leaf blowing in the breeze.

You’ve never experienced ‘DINOSAUR’ like this. Go beyond everyday entertainment with this Blu-ray High Definition.

FILM FACT: DINOSAUR Filming Locations: Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia; California; Death Valley, Eastern California; Dumont Dunes, Mojave Desert; Lone Pine, Inyo County, California; Los Angeles County Arboretum; Ridgecrest, Kern County, California; San Luis Obispo; San Simeon; Trona Pinnacles; Florida; Seminole Ranch; Hawaii; Maui Island; Kauai Island; Venezuela; Canaima (Angel Falls), Venezuela; Western Samoa and Malamute.

Awards and Nominations: 2000 Annie Awards: Nominated: Outstanding Individual Achievement for Effects Animation for Simon O'Connor. Nominated: Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production for Eric Leighton and Ralph Zondag. Nominated: Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production for James Newton Howard (music). Nominated: Outstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production for Thom Enriquez. Nominated: Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production for Della Reese (voice of Eema). 2001 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Nominated: Best Fantasy Film. Nominated: Best Music for James Newton Howard.

Voice Cast: D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere, Samuel E. Wright, Julianna Margulies, Peter Siragusa, Joan Plowright, Della Reese, Matt Adler, Sandina Bailo-Lape, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Zachary Bostrom, Cathy Cavadini, Holly Dorff, Greg Finley, Jeff Fischer, Barbara Harris, David Zyler, Susie Stevens-Logan, David McCharen, Tracy Metro, Daran Norris, Bobbi Page, Noreen Reardon, Chelsea Russo, Evan Sabara, Aaron Spann, Melanie Spore, Andrea Baker, John Walcutt, Camille Winbush, Billy West, Linda Harmon (uncredited), Gary Schwartz (uncredited) and Jeff Wolverton (uncredited)

Directors: Eric Leighton and Ralph Zondag

Producers: Baker Bloodworth, Enfys Dickinson, Jim Burton and Pam Marsden

Screenplay: John Harrison (screenplay), Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay), Shirley Pierce (screenplay), Walon Green (based on an earlier screenplay), John Harrison (story), Nelson Jacobs (story), Ralph Zondag (story), Robert Thom Enriquez (story), Tamara Lusher-Stocker (additional story), Jonathan Roberts (additional story material), Rhett Reese (additional story material) and Gregory Gunter (creative development)

Composer: James Newton Howard

Cinematography: David R. Hardberger and Steven Douglas Smith

Video Resolution: 1080p [Technicolor]

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Audio: English: 5.1 LPCM Uncompressed Surround Sound, English: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound, French: 5.1 DTS, French: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound, Spanish: 5.1 DTS, Spanish: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound, Dutch: 5.1 DTS and Dutch: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound

Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Dutch

Running Time: 82 minutes

Region: All Regions

Number of discs: 1

Studio: Buena Vista Pictures / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Andrew’s Blu-ray Review: ‘DINOSAUR’ [2000] is a terrific Disney style CGI computer generated animation, that brings prehistoric giants to life in Disney's mammoth adventure and was a respectable US box office success, and this computer animated adventure film has unfortunately not managed to eclipse the performance of other Disney recent greatest hits, nor surpass the hugely entertaining PIXAR produced computer animated films in terms of style and quality. At the time, ‘DINOSAUR’ was the costliest animated feature ever, but from the first frame to the final roar it was clearly worth every penny.

The ‘DINOSAUR’ film is set 65 million years ago during the late Cretaceous Period, and opens with a dinosaur egg that is about to hatch, and an Iguanodon mother forced to abandon her nest, with only one egg surviving a carnivorous Carnotaur [Frank Welker] attack, but a rampaging Tyrannosaurus Rex destroys all but one egg. The egg is taken by an Oviraptor, who drops it into a river while fighting another Oviraptor, and finally is taken by a Pteranodon to an island inhabited by lemurs and because the Pteranodon is attack in the air, has to drop the egg and of course lands into a forest, and a group of hesitant lemurs who sees the egg land, and eventually Aladar hatches who is now sadly an orphaned dinosaur and is raised by the family of lemurs, and they name the baby dinosaur Aladar [voiced by D.B. Sweeny], and raise him as their own. But what I liked about the scene leading up to when the dinosaur egg drops into the forest, is that what we get to see is the vast vistas of the prehistoric landscape, which is totally spectacular and the Disney people sure did a brilliant job of evoking of what it might have looked like 65 million years ago on planet Earth. Also on top of that, from the time the egg is picked up by the flying Pteranodon and eventually it is attack in the air and has to drop the egg and when it lands in the forest, well that whole scene last exactly 7 minutes and 30 seconds and you get to view a totally fantastic spectacular flying sequence and is like fantastic rollercoaster filmic ride and you really feel you are flying, and it is such a shame it was not filmed in 3D.

When Aladar [D.B. Sweeny] is an adult, we eventually witness a massive meteor shower upon the island and the lemurs home is totally destroyed, Aladar and his family must leave their homeland. With only Aladar, his grandfather Yar [Ossie Davis], his mother Plio [Alfre Woodard], his best friend Zini [Max Casella], and his sister Suri [Hayden Panettiere] surviving the destruction of the island by swimming to the mainland and eventually they end up following a heard of similarly displaced dinosaurs heading to the nesting grounds where it’s believed that water and protection awaits them. The journey is long, and predators are constantly hoping to attack stragglers. As Aladar struggles to keep his family safe, he butts heads with arrogant and belligerent Kron [voiced by Samuel E. Wright], the head of the herd who takes survival of the fittest to heart.

While the animated film maintains a strong moral centre, and they say that it never attempts to replicate the savage reality of such a real life situation; well to me that is totally utter rubbish, as to me it has a really strong morale stance on all aspect life’s ups and downs, especially how Aladar really grows up the long journey to the promised land. Disney's remarkable achievement is in catching up so much technical ground in four short years, establishing a computer animation studio and producing such a visually splendid animated film. To some people say the problem really lies in the story scenario, which some may find to be slightly non-Disney in style, but despite this I really enjoyed the whole experience of the Disney CGI animated film ‘DINOSAUR.’ Also what has really made me angry, again all the reviews I have read of this Blu-ray disc, is that everyone moans about how bad all the creatures look non-realistic and do not look as good as what the BBC produced of their dinosaurs, well I think all the creatures, especially the dinosaurs look totally fantastic and realistic and I felt I was there experiencing all what happens to the creatures, but what a shame it was not in 3D, the I think it would of looked even more spectacular, but despite this, it was a really enjoyable romp through prehistoric Earth.

‘DINOSAUR’ was Disney’s first attempt at entering the CGI computer generated imagery and cost a supersaurus-size $130 million failure to some critics, but the unofficial numbers put it closer to $200 million, and the most expensive CGI animated film ever made by Disney, but to me I feel Disney really delivered the goods 100%. Fearing comparisons to other animated films of the same genre that was out at the time, the budget for this became as gigantic as the dinosaurs depicted, but the saving grace was the background art which was the best part of this CGI animated film, and a massive total visual treat of great proportion, and especially for the younger generation audience. But most importantly, ‘DINOSAUR’ is for Disney aficionados and hearkens back to the animated films of the 1970s – 1980s. The real mystery is why this dinosaur film has taken Disney so long to realise their dino-mite potential, still as the say better late than never. But I hope grown-ups will goggle at the eye-boggling and mind blowing special effects, while young children will alternately cheer and cower behind the couch in the lounge with some of the more scary and dramatic scenes in the film, but remember children it is not real.

Blu-ray Video Quality – Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment brings you this Blu-ray disc in an exceptional high quality 1080p encoded image presentation and is also helped with the 1.85:1 aspect ratio. I have read some very negative reviews about the image quality, but I am happy to report that I found myself very impressed with the cleanliness of this image transfer presentation. You also get moments featuring large solid image areas, where I expected to see extensive colour noise, but I could not detect any throughout the animated film. This Blu-ray really has a very firm and stable picture quality, and again I did see loads of very negative reviewers berating the image quality, talk about over the top nick picking, where I saw just 100% pure quality image resolution. Also I have also seen several reviews saying that during the film, for example a late-night cave scene about midway through where they had trouble making out what was going on, well to me this is total rubbish, as I could see everything that was going on and now and again you got blue lightning flashes going off that bathed the inside of the cave really well, so as far as I am concerned they must have a cheap rubbish Blu-ray player. What was also good to see were the black levels that are excellant. What also impressed me were the views of the prehistoric landscapes, especially with all the totally realistic actual landscapes and so very cleverly incorporated into the CGI computer animated characters. But I especially liked film's organic, earthy visual aesthetic of the animated film and to me it is an all in all good effort on the part of the Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

Blu-ray Audio Quality – Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment brings you this Blu-ray disc with two main audio choices, which are 5.1 LPCM Uncompressed Surround Sound and 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound and I found there was not much difference, but both gave a perfectly fine sound mix experience to be sure. The sound design mix is a far more front-heavy for this big-budget animated film spectacular like this one, unfortunately even the depth and impact of the sound quality itself felt slightly muted. There was a slightly downgraded aspect with the dynamic range, such as distorted high end sounds or clipped low bass sounds for some unknown reason, and again unfortunately the surround sound use is also very restrained. Time after time throughout the animated film, especially such as the dinosaur attacks, or the night-time rainstorm of comets, the rear speaker channels hardly produced hardly any activity, and certainly nothing in this sound mix comes close to producing the "wall of sound" effect I was hoping to hear, but the sound experience that was at its best was when you got the very dramatic composed film score by James Newton Howard with certain scenes in the film, this is when all your speakers really get a good workout, but maybe Disney felt they did not want to spend a lot of money on the surround sound experience, because of the box office failure, still I would rather have this Blu-ray disc, than the previous inferior DVD release I had in my collection, but all in all the CGI computer animated film makes up for the slightly downgraded sound experience, oh well you cannot win them all.

Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:

Special Feature: BLU-SCAPE: ORIGINS [2000] [1080p] [1.78:1] [6:12] Here we get to view a short high definition film that has been produced exclusively for this Blu-ray disc by award-winning filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg and his stunning breath-taking time-lapse photography and you also get view is a National Geographic type like travelogue of the film's fictional locales, and looks absolutely stunning in 1080p video resolution. It also has specially composed music by Michael Whalen. This has no connection to the Disney animated film ‘DINOSAUR.’

Special Feature: Movie Showcase [2000] [1080p] [1.78:1] [4:00] With this special feature it allows Disney studio to give us three clips from the animated film ‘DINOSAUR’ to show off the most dramatic scenes in "the ultimate in high-definition picture and sound experience," and gives us the viewer three scenes that represent the best in Blu-ray audio and visuals of the animated film ‘DINOSAUR’ that has to offer.

Special Feature: The Monster Cloud [2000] [480i] [1.33:1] [4:10] With this special feature, the Filmmaker's explain in great detail how they created “The Monster Cloud” and go behind-the-scene to view the big explosion effects, where they go into great technical detail about one of the film's awesome visual highlights, especially with the help of creating the digital effects, they used every trick in the book, like miniatures and little pyro techniques, so as to give the effects life like experience as if you were there when it happens. Contributors include: Baker Bloodworth [Co-Producer], Neil Krepela [Visual Effects Supervisor Artist], Neil Eskuri [Digital Effects Supervisor], Jim Hulin [Effects Compositing Supervisor], Terry Moews [Visual Effects Supervisor], Pam Marsden [Producer], Gerard DiNardi [Production Manager for Live Action Unit], Evan Jacobs [Vison Crew Unlimited], Steven Douglas Smith [Director of Photography 1st Unit] and Thomas Schumacher [Former President of Walt Disney Feature Animation].

SNEAK PEEKS [1080p] [1.78:1 / 2.35:1] [1:12] ‘Haunted Mansion;’ ‘Sky High;’ ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pear;’ ‘Eight below;’ ‘Chicken Little’ and ‘BLU-SCAPE.’

Finally, ‘DINOSAUR’ [2000] finds Disney, who worked very hard to make sure that the faces of the dinosaurs were totally expressive. But what makes the story get into your heart is seeing the characters learn and grow and overcome massive challenges. The technological mastery of ‘DINOSAUR’ is totally dazzling to watch, though, especially the textures, especially of the fur, scales, eggshell, water, and goo are all so vivid you can almost touch them, shame it was not in 3D. To some critics felt the animated film had some shortcomings, but its visuals are nothing short of total incredible spectacular images. Parents with young children who frighten easily should carefully consider whether they are ready for this animated picture, but I know for a fact that children will love the computer generated animation and especially I know that their firm favourite characters will be Aladar and his lemur friends. For me personally, I really enjoyed the whole experience of this Disney CGI computer generated animated film. Highly Recommended!

Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film Aficionado
Le Cinema Paradiso
United Kingdom
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Chema Centeno
5.0 out of 5 stars ¡Por fin tengo mi película favorita en Blu-ray!
Reviewed in Mexico on July 29, 2023
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Esta película la vi en el cine y desde entonces ha sido mi favorita, fue la razón por la que me empezaron a encantar los dinosaurios con ganas. Por cuestiones económicas y el avance de la tecnología nunca me había animado a comprar esta película en Blu-ray (sólo la tenía en VHS y DVD), y por fin decidí comprarla. Hoy me llegó un reproductor Blu-ray+DVD que pedí también aquí mismo en Amazon, y por fin pude probar la película y se ve bien genial. :'D

Me hubiera gustado poder conseguir la versión que se vendió en México si es que llegó a venderse en ese formato, pero no la he visto en ningún lado, por lo que compré esta versión importada con DVD región 1 y Blu-ray zona A. Desafortunadamente el DVD no lo pude reproducir en el reproductor Blu-ray por el tema de la región, pero el formato blu-ray sí y se vio muy bien, y con eso no me siento tan insatisfecho. Ojalá saquen una edición de esta película más presentable, ya sea steelbook o algo por el estilo. :'D
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Chema Centeno
5.0 out of 5 stars ¡Por fin tengo mi película favorita en Blu-ray!
Reviewed in Mexico on July 29, 2023
Esta película la vi en el cine y desde entonces ha sido mi favorita, fue la razón por la que me empezaron a encantar los dinosaurios con ganas. Por cuestiones económicas y el avance de la tecnología nunca me había animado a comprar esta película en Blu-ray (sólo la tenía en VHS y DVD), y por fin decidí comprarla. Hoy me llegó un reproductor Blu-ray+DVD que pedí también aquí mismo en Amazon, y por fin pude probar la película y se ve bien genial. :'D

Me hubiera gustado poder conseguir la versión que se vendió en México si es que llegó a venderse en ese formato, pero no la he visto en ningún lado, por lo que compré esta versión importada con DVD región 1 y Blu-ray zona A. Desafortunadamente el DVD no lo pude reproducir en el reproductor Blu-ray por el tema de la región, pero el formato blu-ray sí y se vio muy bien, y con eso no me siento tan insatisfecho. Ojalá saquen una edición de esta película más presentable, ya sea steelbook o algo por el estilo. :'D
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