Better Late Then Never

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Walking with Dinosaurs is one of the most known and loved documentary series of all time and not without good reason for that. To start, even almost two decades after its first release ,its cgi and special effects still hold up really good and the science in the show, apart from same minor inaccuracies, has been proved correct. Also these series made the dinosaurs from the monsters that Hollywood usually show us to real creatures ,that hunt, raise their chicks and try to stay alive in these brutal world ,which earth was back then and still is. All in all ,this documentary is a must see and if you ever loved dinosaurs ,like me, then take about 3 hours and watch it, even with the whole family ,in case you wish to introduce ,these amazing creators to your kinds.

"Walking with Dinosaurs" is absolutely brilliant in every regard. Kenneth Branagh narrates in a way that really makes you want to listen. The script for the documentary really sounds as though the researchers and writers had done their homework, it is so insightful and it does get you hooked and never lets go. The music is also brilliant, very dramatic when it needs to be. But the visual effects and scenery are what makes this documentary work so well. The scenery is breathtaking, and the dinosaurs look so real, thanks to the simply astounding effects. This is so informative with such a good concept and attracts not only adults but kids too.In conclusion, this is a must watch. Not only did I love this, but this is quite possibly the best documentary I have ever seen. If anything, it could have done with being longer, other than that this is perfect. 10/10 Bethany Cox

For some time there has been this new word: "edutainment". The basic idea is to combine entertainment with making the people learn something. It has changed the way documentations are made and presented completely. The problem is what sort of trade-off you want to make. Something with pure information isn't usually that entertaining anymore ('Life on Earth' probably wouldn't sell too well today), but some information SHOULD still be included.The BBC have found an acceptable balance here. The series is a lot of fun to watch and you do get some insights into the world of the dinosaurs. The special effects and animations are very good. Too bad the scenes with puppets (especially when the dinosaurs are eating) look very unreal. Some of the scenes are also repeated frequently which doesn't matter much when you see the documentation for the first time but tends to annoy later on.The biggest problem with "Walking with Dinosaurs" is the fact that it is built upon speculation. No one knows how the Dinosaurs lived for sure, if they traveled in herds or hunted in packs or not. We can only guess if a diplodocus wagged its tail to help others in the herd see it - not that the pure bulk of more that 10t in an adult would probably do that more effectively than a wagging tail."Walking with Dinosaurs" leaves this fact nearly completely in the dark. The viewer never really gets to know that this interpretation of the fossil clues is just one of many. To make matters worse, in many cases the story-telling style of the series (like the life of a diplodocus in "Time of the Titans") drops some of the facts we really DO know. Only in the special with "Big Al" some of the facts are even mentioned.In the end we have to admit that information doesn't sell that well and this product fits just fine into modern times.

This is about the most convincing animation possible. One thinks that one has somehow been transported to a world that Man could never have evolved into. One is among nasty beasts, amimals even more ferocious than those that we humans warm up to -- dogs, dolphins, whales, and cats. One may never know exactly what dinosaurs were like, but this is the most convincing description yet of them and their world. Sure, the behavior of other animals, typically birds, is imputed to the most menacing of the carnivores. Then again, who would want to meet an oversized, flightless eagle? This treatment of dinosaurs is very different from the anthropomorphism that one associates with Disney fare. This is Nature red in tooth and claw, which their world was to the extreme. (Then again, it is unlikely that some series that reconstructs our world by some intelligence creatures 80 million years after our human demise will see much cute or cuddly in dogs, cats, dolphins, or whales -- let alone us.This documentary is gory -- as gory as a typical war movie or western at times. Do not show this to small children; show them instead the animated "Land Before Time" series of Disney-style anthropomorphism. Better yet, show them "Dumbo", the most successful anthropomorphism of an animal in the Disney pattern (elephants approach human intelligence, have a human life span and social structure, and have human-like emotions -- and they are almost dinosaurian in size). When the great rock fell into the Yucatan Peninsula, the remarkable era of the dinosaurs came to an end -- and ours became possible. Tragic as that collision was for the dinosaurs, that catastrophe made our world possible.