An average movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. If I recall it correctly, I actually saw the damned thing in the movie theater when it was released. Anyway, in my opinion, even though it is nowadays pretty much forgotten, I think it was actually one of the most promising Disney animated features, even if it turned out to terribly frustrating after all. Indeed, the introduction was just amazing, the animation was really impressive and the movie itself was at first quite mesmerizing … until those freaking dinosaurs started to talk. Seriously, it is not very often that I felt so betrayed by a movie. I mean, sure, since it was a Disney feature, I should have expected them to make these characters talk since it is one of their trademarks but it was just so disappointing. Apparently, the whole thing was supposed to be much darker and violent, without any dialogue, which all did sound pretty awesome but, to make it more commercially attractive, they eventually added those dialogues. To make things worse, the whole plot was seriously generic and rather tedious. Basically, it was some kind of mix of ‘Tarzan’ with a more realistic looking version of ‘The Land Before Time’. Eventually, as result, they came up with something visually really impressive but everything else was actually pretty weak, I’m afraid. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I still think it is actually one of the more original features delivered by Disney and I think it is worth a look but there is no doubt that it could have been so much better.