Steineded
How sad is this?
Afouotos
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
PiraBit
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
rick-19130
Yep, I'm gonna be THAT mean Lol Seriously though, this whole film may indeed have been Shot in only 10 weeks, but surely the kids could have had more acting lessons in that time. It's painful to watch! Plus, being British myself, does the Girl really have to have such a strong, cliché British Accent? She sounds like a little Mary Poppins FFS!... and I mean the original Julie Andrews version.Anyway, now that I've had my Rant, it's actually quite a fun film to watch. The Special Effects are quite impressive for such a Low Budget Film. It's probably best that you don't take it too seriously - it's a great film to chill out in front of & suitable for all ages, especially other kids who won't be so judgemental of the Kid's Acting Skills as adults who know what to look for! Bearable Fun.
rangawhitearm
I found Dinosaur Island to be a very good movie. I liked the way that they used the premise of crystals for the time travel part of the story. The way that The myths of the Bermuda triangle was integrated with the idea of an island outside of time seemed to be a very cool idea. Especially since they included dinosaurs. I must admit that I actually enjoyed the way that the dinosaurs looked. It was an interesting take on how they looked and as we truly don't know how most dinosaurs actually looked it was good to see something different from the usual take. I thought that the two lead actors actually done a decent job. I found that the characters were well developed and that you actually cared about what happens to them. The scenery of the movie was absolutely beautiful and the emotions where well placed with the score. The pacing of the movie in my mind was well done and even though I am an adult I truly enjoyed this movie. The way that the movie ended was also a nice touch. I stumbled upon this movie in the children's section at the shops and bought it on a whim, and I am glad I did. Personally I think that this is a movie that the whole family can enjoy. I only wished that I could have seen this on the big screen. This is the kind of movie that proves that you don't need a massive budget to make a descent film. I hope Australia can make more of these types of movies as their definitely is a market for them. If you expect a Jurassic Park style movie then you'll probably be disappointed, however if you want a movie that isn't violent and isn't packed with vulgarity then like me you might just love this movie.
Prismark10
Journey To Dinosaur Island is an unpretentious kids film with colourful and feathered dinosaurs but a clunky script and under par acting.Its entertaining and undemanding if watched with an audience of kids as an Australian boy named Lucas who finds himself marooned in a mysterious island with very colourful dinosaurs and finds a girl called Kate who has been on the island seemingly since the 1950s. They try to find a means to escape the island.This production values are OK, the Australian setting makes the film more novel and at least it has an interesting beginning as Lucas goes one up on his school teacher at class.The CGI makes this look more like a B picture the special effects are still better than the low grade output from the SyFy channel but you do wonder if visual effects colourist was on acid at the time.
Palf Ninog
Words cannot describe how poor this film is. It's sort of staggering that it got made. The story is at best boring, at worst total nonsense; the dialogue is astonishingly bad and the acting off-the- charts terrible, even for child actors; and even the animation is lousy, with dinosaurs that look very unrealistic, even cartoonish at times (in a bad way). More seriously, there are also parts--I am thinking of some scenes featuring a tribe of black children, referred to as 'natives'--that strike me as in quite poor taste, even racist. Thankfully my six year old son got bored quickly-- not sure what I would have done if he'd wanted this one on repeat! Honestly, with so many great kids' movies available, I wouldn't recommend you bother with this one. There seem to be a number of 10/10 reviews on the site, which is mystifying. Either they weren't watching the same film as me, or they know the filmmaker personally. (I suspect it's the latter, since this is quite obviously a very low budget film, clearly made mostly on someone's home computer.) Do yourself a favour, guide your kids toward another film. This one's for the wastebasket.
