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| ACTORS: | When Dinosaurs Roamed America |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 2001 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Artisan Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned |
| TYPE: | Documentary |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 012236120292 |
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Customer Reviews of When Dinosaurs Roamed America
Enjoyable but not up to Walking with Dinosaurs Five years ago, I probably would have given When Dinosaurs Roamed America a rave review. It is a good dinosaur special, well done overall and with interesting effects. But in the post-Walking with Dinosaurs era, it's a bit of a letdown. The animation is not as good, nor is the writing as sharp.
One other note: John Goodman is really not up the level of either Kenneth Branaugh (British version of Walking with Dinosaurs as well as the DVD version) or Avery Brooks (the version of Walking With Dinosaurs shown on the Discovery Channel). The latter two treat it as a serious nature special. Goodman's narration makes it sound like he's narrating a children's TV special, not a nature special.
Entertaining but not especially noteable
It is difficult to grade this 90 minute film without mentioning Walking With Dinosaurs which was fantastic (5 star effort) and runs along a comparable story line. When Dinosaurs Roamed America was clearly done with a tight budget in mind -- the graphics are clearly (or rather unclearly) computer generated, often awkward and not persuasively "real". The raptors however are done well and the overall story lines seem reasonably thought out and logical for the viewer. I dislike the moderator John Goodman who brings a Roseann-type blue collar "image" to the viewer. Almost anyone else would have been much better. Overall, I think the product was not intended to be bought for a collector's shelf. It is akin quality wise to a made-for-tv movie, intended to be watched once, and only once. A bland, average product far inferior to the "Walking With" series.
Not Better Than WWD
When Dinosaurs Roamed America is a movie similar to "Walking with Dinosaurs", it shows dinosaurs made with computer animation in a documentary style (like nature shows). Since both movies are similar, a fair comparison can be made. The computer animation is excellent just as in WWD. The music is average classical stlye, but not as good as WWD. The narrator in this movie is, Mr. John Goodman, who did a pretty good job, but does not match the excellent narration of the one in WWD. A few other things kind falters in this movie, "When Dinosaurs Roamed America": it's very short, it has similar scenes to WWD, they even took similar narration lines. Overall it's a very good movie but lacks the poetic beauty of Walking with Dinosaurs DVD, but it's still a good purchase.