Sunday, January 3, 2016

The Good Dinosaur (2015)

Rated: PG - Runtime: 93 min
tesg's Rating: Two stars (out of four)

Yeah, I'm late catching up on this.  I figured a Sunday matinee near the end of the movie's run would result in a quiet show.  Nope.  Nearly a sellout.  Loads of little kids.  And they seemed to like it.  Me, not so much.

The main character, Arlo, isn't very likable until the end of the movie, when everything is wrapped up in a warm and fuzzy.  But getting to that point isn't all that interesting and seriously lacks Pixar's usual cleverness.  The animation wasn't up to snuff either.  The scenery was well done, but the characters weren't.  The dinosaurs in Disney's "Dinosaur" from 2000 looked better.

Really felt like a phoned-in effort.