ShangLuda
Admirable film.
Hattie
I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
Candida
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
vesy90
I have seen other documentaries on dinosaurs, but none of them can hold a candle to this one. And I always cry when I watch the last episode that features their demise. Such amazing creatures. I appreciate the fact that their ending isn't presented too graphically. Thank you, BBC, for paying such respect to those majestic giants by creating this fantastic work.
afortiorama
I've just watched again this series in DVD, because I had a sudden need of dinosaurs and to my amazement 15 years later it's still the best documentary about them. Anything that came later is a pale copy. Not only it still looks good, even seen on a more modern TV, but the specific animals stories and their struggle to survives, the recreation of the environment with mentions to other animals and plants, the narration and the music all make this documentary still epic. When the Allosaurus faces the Stegosaurus when the Liopleurodon snatches the big scavenger from the beach, the community of little dinosaurs in the Arctic forest, the tyrannosaurus careful mother, the Ornithocheirus really sad story of last effort and death plus others are all great stories. Some of the science and hypothesis behind have changed in the meantime, but not that much and considering how long things linger in school books I think this is still educational on top of being awfully entertaining. If nothing else it makes you want to know more about those eras, for example I hadn't realised that modern fish was already there when the dinosaurs appeared and that there were other types of reptiles before them. Doesn't it make you want to know more?
dinolove453
Walking With Dinosaurs is an amazing Documentary, educational for both the Ignorant of Dinosaurs and Dinosaur-Lovers (like myself) alike. I admit, I was very young when I saw this on Discovery, but I was obsessed with it immediately. (Spoliers!!!!!) The series contains 6 episodes, going from the Late Triassic when dinosaurs were just first evolving to the Late Cretaceous, at the end of Reign of the dinosaurs. When I first saw this film, it was like I really had traveled back in time. The majesty of the Diplodocus, the adventures of Opthalmosaurus, and the caring mother version of T-Rex all astounded my family and me. It is an amazing film, and I believe that BBC managed to do just what they set out to do. Awesome job!
amio_ca
Today computer-generated special effects are used quite frequently. In my opinion, seeing 3D animation on screen has lost its novelty. Everything has been done. It is very hard to find something that is truly unique these days and I was very pleasantly surprised to come across a copy of Walking with Dinosaurs at the video store. The box describes this documentary special to be truly unique so I decided to give it a shot.
I was very happy with what I saw and I would strongly recommend this production to those film buffs out there that have lost all faith in the integration of 3D animation and live action.Walking With Dinosaurs magnificently captures the feel of the typical nature documentary shown on the Discovery Channel today. In fact I actually have forgotten numerous times that I'm watching a bunch of 3D polygons modeled and animated by a team of artists and animators! The dinosaurs have a very realistic feel about them and they were very well animated to look like they were really caught in the wild by wilderness videographers. Another thing I enjoy about this film is how it has a tendency to look very unscripted. It all seems like they have captured these dinosaurs living the way they would have lived millions of years ago not knowing what to expect next.This film does have its weaknesses however that one should take note of. The producers for some reason decided to film silicon models for the close up shots. I feel that they made a very poor decision here because these silicon models were, in my opinion, very unrealistic and using them actually takes away from the realism of the film. Also the opening sequences are very poorly made. They could have done a lot better here, but it only takes away 30 seconds of your life so I wouldn't let that ruffle your feathers too much! :-)Anyway, I encourage you to check this one out.I give this an overall score of 7/10.
