Director: Matt Drummond
Writer: Matt Drummond (Screenplay)
Starring: Darius Williams, Kate Rasmussen
Plot: A vacation becomes the adventure of a lifetime as a boy finds himself stranded in a world filled with ghost ships and prehistoric creatures. He embarks on a journey that will change his future forever.
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Nice Little Educational Dinosaur Movie
Story: The Journey to Dinosaur Island starts as son of a palaeontologist Lucas (Williams) is on a holiday of a lifetime when his plane has complication leaving him to awaken on a mysterious island with Kathryn (Thompson) the only human on the island that is inhabited by dinosaurs.
As Lucas learns about the island from Kathryn the two must figure out what is causing the strange time events which seems to bring people from different time eras, objects to the island that time seemed to have forgotten.
Thoughts on The Journey to Dinosaur Island
Characters – Lucas is the son of a palaeontologist that lives in the present day but finds himself living in the era he likes to study and must work with another trapped person to survive, I do question a lot about this character because on minute he is designed to be the clumsy idiot the next he is the smartest one of the two. Kathryn is from the 1950s, she has been on the island for years and studying it in this time, her character arc starts smart before slowly becoming the damsel in distress.
Performance – It would be hard to say anything bad about the young actors, they both seem to be enjoying the film and doing the best they can with what they are given.
Story – The story is another attempt at The Lost World theory where dinosaurs could still be living somewhere in the world with a twist on the time being everlasting. This does work for a family because the kids can enjoy the story unfolding, it doesn’t become complicated and is happy to leave educational material in the film even if everything is by the books.
Adventure/Family/Sci-Fi – If you are a fan of dinosaurs this is in fact a fun adventure movie that the whole family could enjoy the film. the sci-fi twist comes from a world that time never forgot where science fiction is steeped in trying to focus on the fact.
Settings – The island looks beautiful even if it is mostly CGI and this makes for a wonderful setting for the adventure to take place on.
Special Effects – The special effects are clearly all low budget but are constant through the film and do seem to fit the ideas behind the film.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – It is targeted only for kids.
Final Thoughts – This is a good kids film, it is simple storytelling and dinosaur fans are going to enjoy themselves.
Overall: Dinosaur adventure, need I say more?
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