Dino King

The movie isn't bad, but not a kid movie. The cgi is decent, the lessons about dinosaurs interesting, I think too graphic for wee folks. But that voice-over of young Speckles.... Ugh. Made me cringe. A third person narrator would have been so much easier to bear. I love Dino movies, from The Land Before Time to the latest Jurassic Park installment. This was a bit of a disappointment. Beautiful background scenery, totally unnecessary narration. The movie was made in another language, not English, so I don't understand why they picked whoever they did for Speckles voice. It does get better, just don't go in thinking this is a Saturday afternoon kid movie.

Despite the animation of this film being some subpar, the story, characters, and scripting blows me away with its maturity and fulfillment. I adore this film's precense and its ability to impress me with such a limited budget. I have an upmost respect for this film and its crew.

My 5 year old daughter really like Dino Dana on Nickelodeon. She watched this movie and it touched a nerve for her. She cried because of sadness and happiness. I allowed her to continue watching this movie because of it's great story and the realistic approach that was lacked in Dino Dana. Now my daughter got a glimpse of what the dinosaur world could have been really like instead of the imagination of a Dino Dana girl. I respect both shows.

I stumbled across this movie on YouTube. I decided to watch it because there was nothing better to do. 128 minuets later, this is what i have to say about it: Not bad. The movie does, of course, have flaws. I counted about four obvious factual mistakes. But what this movie does well is the animation and story. To some, there's no story. But it tells the life of a Tarbosaurus named Speckles (Weird name choice). There are no events that are useless. They're all important to the story. What people seem to have the biggest issue with is the voice-over. It doesn't need to be there. The movie could have gone without Speckles talking. I didn't find it too annoying at the adult stage. But dear god, the baby stage! The first parts with the baby can be annoying. But if you get past that (and it's not that long), you'll find yourself enjoying the movie. The movie can be very serious. I feel that it takes inspiration from the movie Dinosaur (2000), and it shows. If you can stomach the kid, then it will be worth watching.