| Actor: John Goodman Genres: Kids & Family, Television, Educational, Documentary Sub-Genres: 7-9 Years, 10-12 Years, Family Films, Television, Educational, History Studio: Family Home Ent Format: DVD - Color - Closed-captioned DVD Release Date: 08/15/2001 Original Release Date: 01/01/2001 Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2001 Release Year: 2001 Run Time: 1hr 30min Screens: Color Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages: English, English |
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  | When Dinosaurs Roamed America Actor: John Goodman Genres: Kids & Family, Television, Educational, Documentary NR 2001 1hr 30min Take a journey back to prehistoric America when mighty dinosaurs ruled the continent. From New York to New Mexico, these powerful animals lived, hunted and died in the very place you call home. Watch millions of years of ... more » |
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Movie ReviewsEnjoyable but not up to Walking with Dinosaurs Jim Mann | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 09/24/2001 (3 out of 5 stars) "Five years ago, I probably would have given When Dinosaurs Roamed America a rave review. It is a good dinosaur special, well done overall and with interesting effects. But in the post-Walking with Dinosaurs era, it's a bit of a letdown. The animation is not as good, nor is the writing as sharp. One other note: John Goodman is really not up the level of either Kenneth Branaugh (British version of Walking with Dinosaurs as well as the DVD version) or Avery Brooks (the version of Walking With Dinosaurs shown on the Discovery Channel). The latter two treat it as a serious nature special. Goodman's narration makes it sound like he's narrating a children's TV special, not a nature special." Lacks the care & attention shown in Walking With Dinosaurs Mark Sumner | Imperial, MO USA | 12/11/2001 (3 out of 5 stars) "I'd love to be writing a gushing review about this DVD. I was certainly looking forward to it. Unfortunately, it suffers on two fronts. First, the CGI is at least a generation behind that shown in Walking With Dinosaurs. The character models are stiffer, less detailed, and show none of the realistic motion of skin and muscle that made the WWD animation so lifelike.Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, this presentation has been considerably "dumbed down" -- even at the risk of making the science fuzzy and inaccurate. If you've seen the Discovery Channel presentation of Walking With Dinosaurs vs. the DVD, you'll know just how horrid a job was done in the editing room when moving the presentation to Discovery. This DVD shows the same dead hand at the switch. It displays no faith in the viewers to do more than watch the pretty pictures.Certainly better than anything we would have seen ten years ago, but not as good as what can be done today. It simply lacks the loving care and interest in the subject shown by the WWD specials." Good presentation, narration needed work Mark Sumner | 09/25/2001 (4 out of 5 stars) "A very interesting and fun American follow-up to the BBC's WALKING WITH DINOSAURS series, this presentation follows the practice of usnig CGI to present dinosaurs as they may have actually looked, moved, hunted, and reproduced. This series has certain advantages over the WWD series in that it tends to focus on dinosaurs that the average person will have heard of (triceratops) while WWD tended to focus on lesser-known dinosars (torosaurus). The only flaws in this design are the harshness of the CGI, occasionally glaringly not part of the landscape, and the narration of John Goodman. While Mr. Goodman has a great voice, he sounds bored to tears by the narration and it can occasionally distract from the visuals.Also, as with WWD, be aware that these visuals are all built on THEORIES and may contradict your assumptions and major theories in the effort to provide interesting dinosaurs on-screen." My 4 1/2 year old loves this video! Charlie & Evan's mom | Cedar Park, TX | 11/05/2003 (4 out of 5 stars) "I got this video for my son when he was 3 and started really getting into dinosaurs. He's probably watched it 50 times and is still engrossed every time. I like that it not only shows the computer animated dinosaurs with narratives, but features many of today's experts on this topic sharing their thoughts. It's also helped both of us learn the pronunciations of the longer dinosaur names. Though not perfect, I'd much rather my kids watch reality-based programming like this than that ridiculous Land Before Time series. (Believe me, you can tell which kids watch the fluff and which ones watch documentaries.)"
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