It's an odd combination of scary and likeable -- not for very young or easily frightened kids. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.
Some of the scenes may be too intense for younger children, but on a whole this is a very enjoyable and safe movie for the entire family. Lending voices to the animation are D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, Ossie Davis, Alfrie Woodard, Samuel E. Wright, Matt Adler and Della Reese.
Many scenes of peril/danger, as well as loss. (Spoiler alert!) Arlo's father dies in a flood, and, shortly after, the younger dinosaur is separated from the rest of his family and must fend for himself in the wilderness; later audiences learn that Spot lost his family, too.
The film grossed $349 million worldwide, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 2000. It became the fourth best-selling home video release of 2001, selling 10.6 million copies and garnering $198 million in sales.
“Dinosaur” gets a little violent at times, with the fire and destruction of the meteor shower and with dinosaurs fighting and sometimes eating each other. I think some of these scenes would be a little frightening for young children. This violence is the only reason for the PG rating that I could find.
Alternating with survival-of-the-fittest sequences are ones set in a world of beauty and accessibility featuring warmhearted dinosaur heroes and comic, loving lemurs. It's an odd combination of scary and likeable -- not for very young or easily frightened kids.
Aguiton wrote that ratings suffered from the show being moved to different time slots on the network. The animatronics made the show relatively expensive, with Stuart Pankin recalling that "I heard it was the most expensive half-hour TV show, at least at that point" and that this contributed to the cancellation.
While the characters in “Dinosaur” are computer-generated, most of the backgrounds are live-action and were filmed in a number of locations including Canaima National Park in Venezuela and Angel Falls. “Dinosaur” was nominated for five Annie Awards, given for excellence in animation in film and television.
Evidence suggests an asteroid impact was the main culprit. Volcanic eruptions that caused large-scale climate change may also have been involved, together with more gradual changes to Earth's climate that happened over millions of years.
These are just some of the features of a dinosaur that make them so intimidating. Their sheer size, sharp teeth and claws, intelligence, speed, and ferocity all contributed to their reputation as some of the scariest creatures to ever roam the Earth.
This large theropod hunted dinosaurs that only the most vicious beasts would have any chance of bringing down. Allosaurus loved the giant Diplodocus as well as Stegosaurus with its heavy bone plates protecting it from harm. Fossil evidence has even shown an Allosaurus in a battle with a Stegosaurus.
Several intense sequences involve a large angry bear that attacks the main characters -- which are even more so when seen in 3-D -- and (possible spoiler alert) a possibly disturbing but mostly comical transformation of a mother into a bear.
Kids will see people and animals being hunted and eaten by realistic-looking dinosaurs. While there's little blood and gore (although one scene gruesomely involves a severed arm), there's tons of suspense, many "jump-scare" scenes, and some chases/crashes.
Because of these complex ideas and the many scary scenes, this is not a movie for younger children. Values in this movie that you could reinforce with your children include courage and loyalty.
Jurassic Park III Was More of an Action Film Than a Horror Film. Unlike the other films in the franchise, Jurassic Park III was the least similar to what had come before or even after.
There are many other inconsistencies between the fictional representation of dinosaurs in the movie and accepted scientific knowledge at the time the movie was made. It should, perhaps, be remembered that it's family entertainment, not a documentary. Many scenes contain grass.
The Carnotaurus in Dinosaur was planned to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex at first, but they were forced to change it, so they took the Tyrannosaur design and modified it to be a Carnotaurus. The Disney Carnotaurus is also bigger and buffer then the actual dinosaur, as the actual carnotaurus was a sprinting predator.
A new species of ankylosaur was discovered in Mongolia in 2000 by a team led by University of Alberta researchers. A zoological journal published a paper this week by the same group naming the creature Zaraapelta nomadis. Zaraapelta is a combination of Mongolian and Greek works meaning "hedgehog" and "shield."
If you mean the DNA of non Avian dinosaurs, unfortunately, there your are out of luck. Those type have been extinct for 65 million years. None of their DNA is left.
The study says that early mammals evolved before a massive asteroid hit the planet 66 million years ago and therefore lived briefly with dinosaurs. A new study published in the journal Current Biology says that human ancestors did live with dinosaurs for a short time before the beasts went extinct.
The Land Before Time is sad, but it stays true to what all people must endure at some point, making this tragic dinosaur tale an unforgettable movie for adults and children alike.
Zootopia is an entertaining comedy that most of the family will enjoy. Zootopia is most suitable for children aged over eight years. Because of the movie's violence and scary scenes, we don't recommend it for children under seven years. We also recommend parental guidance for seven-year-olds.
Parents need to know that Up is the second Pixar movie (after The Incredibles) to receive a PG rating, mostly due to a few potentially frightening scenes involving a band of trained talking dogs trying to get rid of the protagonists, some moments where characters almost fall from a floating house, and some guns firing.
Many children develop a love of dinosaurs at an early age, but most of the time, they don't become world-renowned paleontologists. Instead, it wanes, said Dr. Arthur Lavin, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics committee on the Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health.
