Pixar continues its streak of
great quality animated features with The
Good Dinosaur, a film about a juvenile Apatosaurus named Arlo who gets
washed away many miles downriver and has to embark on a perilous,
life-changing journey back home to his family while being accompanied by a
newfound friend – a feral, orphaned boy named Spot.
The Good Dinosaur is far from equaling Pixar’s earlier offering
this year, Inside Out. However, it is nonetheless fantastic.
Its best attribute is the incredible
animation. The environment is gorgeously
rendered and seamlessly detailed that it looks very realistic. However, the cartoony depiction of the characters,
especially the dinosaurs, is somewhat out of place with the realistic
environment. But it’s easy to get over this
minor flaw. Overall, this movie is delicious
to watch.
The story is pretty good as well, but it’s
not quite original. There are some significant
plot details that reminded me of Lion
King and The Land Before Time. Still, it has a rewarding amount of charm,
depth, feels, and humor in its narrative. And
for a generally family-friendly movie (i.e. targeted for kids), it has some
surprising adult-oriented facets.
Also, I notably liked the themed
personalities of the dinosaurs. The movie features Apatosaurus
farmers, Tyrannosaurus cowboys, Velociraptor hillbilly-bandits, Pterodactyl
cultists, and a Styracosaurus guru. I
find this aspect very clever.
I had a great time with The Good Dinosaur. It’s a superb animated feature, though it does
not offer enough to bring itself among Pixar’s elite.
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