Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Jesper Brun This long chain of DTV sequels to the beautiful The Land Before Time has its ups and downs and this is one of the downs. While not being awful it just disappointed badly. I had expected a lot more of the under water experiences which was promised in its title, but was only briefly shown at the very end. And thinking about how well the movie was animated in general the lack of contact with the under water world just made me sad. Most of the time nothing really happens on dry land, not even much of real threat or the life lessons these sequels normally did. It's just boring most of the time.The new characters are all underdeveloped and that only added to the tediousness of it. Mo could have been so much more of an insight to the under water world and have more personality. He surely is the most memorable of this movie, but that does not make him a good character, because he was mostly just smiling and jumping around. The "Sharptooth Swimmer" could have been used a lot more, but wasn't.The songs in general were forgettable and seemed to come out of nowhere. I am not a fan of TLBT take on musical numbers in general and this one proves it.I have seen much more offensive attempts of sequels to great movies and I think many TLBT sequels have something to offer, but this one dumped its potential into the deep.

Ammonites I'm a fan of the series, I've seen most of the movies by now. But "Journey to Big Water" has to be one of my favorites. Mo is a great new character and gives a fresh new personality to the series. *SPOILER* Our friends find that flooding brings a new face to the Great Valley, Mo the Icthyosaurus. Forced to find a new way from the floods to the main valley, they divert and follow the river leading back to the ocean (aka Big Water). A few new discoveries on the way, of course, but an excellent tale of friendship. A new breed of Sharptooth is introduced, a Kronosaurus. Though only in a couple of scenes, they are quite memorable. What impressed me was the view Littlefoot has of the watery world Mo lives in, giving a new view that we normally would never see in the series.*END SPOILER*For those of you disappointed with so many sequels (I must admit, some are quite disappointing), I would highly recommend giving this movie at least one look.From a technical standpoint, the colors and the animations are impressive and run smoothly. Mo has to be the most colorful character of all time, both in physical appearance and in attitude.

Akbar Shahzad (rapt0r_claw-1) The Land Before Time series keeps going on, and I see no end to it. 16 years ago, the first installment remains timeless, and that could be expected from Don Bluth. But to go as far as the eighth sequel ... the series should be wrapped up after X, but I hear XI is brewing. After lots of rainfall, the well-known band of adventurers Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie and Spike set off to the Big Water for a second time, to help a new friend, Mo (probably an icthyosaur), who has been carried inland by the floodwaters. Needless to mention the swimming sharptooth that dogs them every step of the way. Last year's The Big Freeze was a change for the better for the series, and the Journey to the Big Water continues the same way. Sadly, it once again is spoiled by horrible songs, with lyrics that embarrass me when I realize I'm listening to them, especially with someone else in the room. The first had no such problem to hold it back, so the addition of songs to every sequel seems utterly pointless. The story is simple, and not too ambitious. It rarely deviates from the main plot, which is a good thing. I was quite astonished to find out that the film had covered 75 minutes. One of the major failures was dialogue: it just sounded unnatural and the acting wasn't confident enough. There was no depth to the voices or the material they had to work with. It may be a cartoon, but such a lack of realism as the film has must be avoided. During the journey, Mo must leap over a tall rocky outcrop at a waterfall. There are small rocks at the side, which are easy to jump over, and big gaps between them. Why Mo could not have taken the simpler course is a mystery. The writers clashed with the layout artists and won, just for the sake of another obstacle in the way. But to the film's credit, it has some better dramatic scenes than some of the other video releases. The storm and the violent water of the lake in the final monster sequence was refreshingly beyond all other such scenes in the sequels. Also, the scene is a good example of the special effects in the film, not to be found in the predecessors. Although no substitute for the exquisite artistry of the first film, the computer effects are a step forward. But the use of it isn't consistent. Some of the trees look like plastic models, not computerized props. This is most obvious early on, when Cera and her father are rolling the treetrunk out of the way, and the first shot of the sequence is the log rolling towards the screen. But for the remainder, the computer work is a step in the right direction. May it be even better in the next installments. Layouts, painted or computerized, are very good. It is at its best early on, with landscape shots of the Great Valley. Although the sequels to The Land Before Time are forgettable, they do provide a decent viewing for over an hour. The Journey to the Big Water is better than most of them, but still not more than 75 minutes of time lost to light entertainment. May the series fold soon, and the greatness of The Land Before Time that broke new ground in 1988 be what is remembered through the years to come.

afamouspetty Now there is going to be a number 10 coming out in December!! Enough already! I am so burnt out on these! The characters were cute a few times but not 10 times now. The adventures are old as you can see from the ratings on this movie (LOW). Enough with the land before time, these are getting really old and the quality is steadily declining each time they make another. A new idea would be so much nicer!