March of the Dinosaurs

TV Movie
2011
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

589

YOUR RATING

Computer Animation Nature Documentary Animation Documentary Drama

Set 70 million years ago in the Cretaceous period in North America, this animated documentation/drama follows the journey of a young Edmontosaurus named Scar and his herd as they migrate sou... Read allSet 70 million years ago in the Cretaceous period in North America, this animated documentation/drama follows the journey of a young Edmontosaurus named Scar and his herd as they migrate south for the winter. This film depicts recent findings about Dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurs... Read allSet 70 million years ago in the Cretaceous period in North America, this animated documentation/drama follows the journey of a young Edmontosaurus named Scar and his herd as they migrate south for the winter. This film depicts recent findings about Dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurs with feathers.

Director
- Matthew Thompson
Writers
- Jasper James
- Matthew Thompson
Stars
- Stephen Fry
- Simon Kerr

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

589

YOUR RATING

Director
- Matthew Thompson
Writers
- Jasper James
- Matthew Thompson
Stars
- Stephen Fry
- Simon Kerr

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

Trivia
One of the first and only productions to depict giant, advanced tyrannosaurids with feathers. Later on the discovery of the tyrannosaur Yutyrannus proved that these animals, or at least the ones living in colder regions, did in fact have feathers.

Goofs
The Albertosaurus is depicted as being a contemporary of Gorgosaurus. In actuality, this was not the case. Albertosaurus existed between 71 and 68 million years ago, and is a descendant of Gorgosaurus. Gorgosaurus was around between 76.6 and 71.1 million years ago, and was a contemporary of Daspletosaurus. Daspletosaurus was an ancestor of Tyrannosaurus which existed between 67 and 64 million years ago.

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Review

Featured review

5/10

Good & bad

We watched this last night & I found it to be a real mixed bag. First the good; the animation is terrific. The creatures, the settings, everything is done to a very high standard. Very impressive.

The bad? Pretty much the rest of it. Stephen Fry has a wonderful voice but I found his performance to be totally OTT; like a local am dram performance. Secondly, the pace of the show is s-l-o-w. They somehow even manage to make the chases and hunting scenes appear as if they're in slow motion. Thirdly, it's very anthropomorphic. Possibly, with the target audience in mind (14 and younger I'm guessing), that's the only way to do it, but giving a 3 ton dinosaur a brain tumour & making him forgetful?! Finally, there was no real tension at all. Having given names to 2 of the characters, it was clear from the second we heard their names that no harm would come to them, and it didn't.

So, for younger (or generally non-critical) viewers, this is a beautiful looking docudrama. For the older / more critical viewer, it's a lovely looking but slow, tension-free piece.