Friday, January 25, 2019

The Good Dinosaur (2015)


The Good Dinosaur is an animation by Disney Pixar and the animation is simply stunning with beautiful scenery.  It takes place in a world where the asteroid that had wiped out the dinosaur missed Earth.  It follows Arlo, the smallest and wimpiest out of his siblings and thus struggles to find his place in the family.  He has never been out from where they lived until he is swept away one day.  He meets a human boy, Spot, whom he was scared of at first but they soon work together and become friends as Arlo tries to find his way back home.  Liberties were taken with how the dinosaurs and world was depicted, such as them partaking in agriculture and being herders, and in a twist, Spot being the token animal companion with all the characters of a dog.  It is a moving story in how their bond forms although it felt like the plot never built towards anything.  There never felt like there was a proper main villain, sure we get the various "evil" dinosaurs who are carnivores but it didn't feel like there was one main threat to Arlo.  The plot is also very predictable in what would occur and what Arlo experience, however, The Good Dinosaur is still a good film.
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