Dinotopia (TV Miniseries)

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wonderful, 2009-01-07
This product shipped and arrived in great condition and came in little to no time at all

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Too bad they faltered on their science, 2009-01-05
This is a good film for kids. For us adults, the relentlessly high-minded moralizing can get a bit thick - even when, as I did, we sympathize with the values. The acting also left much to be desired at times. At first I was thrilled at how good the science was - they used real dinosaur species and (again at first) called them by their right names. Then they got sloppy. An ancient temple was guarded by prehistoric crocodilians (not sure if they were accurately portrayed) that were misidentified as mosasaurs. Those were also water-going species, but much larger, with longer, more flexible, paddle-like tails - very different beasts. Then the rebellious brother got a saurian partner that was identified as a hadrosaur, but in fact was a ceratopsid. The hadrosaurs were the duck-billed dinosaurs who went sometimes on four legs, sometimes two, and who tended to have high, narrow crests on their heads and broad, blunt mouths. The best known ceratopsid was the triceratops - two long horns from the forehead, broad semi-circular crest behind the head, nose horn, beak-like mouth; decidedly quadripedal. The baby in the show was a real ceratopsian species, though I can't identify it off-hand. It certainly was no hadrosaur. The puzzling thing is that I'm sure there are thousands of 8 to 12 year olds out there who flocked to see this show and who picked up on the errors immediately. Heck, I would have at that age, and there is so much more information now. The producers should have been much more careful.

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Movie/Mini Series, 2008-12-22
This movie/mini series is Highly entertaining and believeable. The dinosaurs are very realistic. This is a story about two young men who search for their lost dad and come to this stange land where dinosaurs and people co-exist. One of the brothers must find courage too. The story remains strong and interesting throughout the entire time; the kids hated going to bed! I highly recommend this for anyone.

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dinatopia, 2008-12-12
I enjoyed this very much.It is a fairly long movie but well woth the ti br /me. Every minute is enJoyable.I did't find any boring pats

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Dinotopia, 2008-11-20
I saw a rating on this tv mini-series, and disagree with it - while Dinotopia is a Utopian society, there are some good moral lessons to be learned here. I found the plot enjoyable as well as interesting. The two brothers were so different, yet each found his place in the new society they found themselves in, while helping each to overcome some of their fears - as well as helping the society overcome some of their problems as well. I'm an older woman, but I still enjoy kids movies (good thing since my grandchildren enjoy watching them).