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Dinosaur (2023)
The CGI looks older than actual dinosaurs
Let me start by saying I love Stephen Fry, I love his years on QI and he is a great comedic actor and voice over. But in this documentary he seems totally out of place. Where he is trying to interact with the dinosaurs his eye-line is way off. Staring vaguely at CGI that looks like it was made for a computer game in 1996.
The science maybe 2023 but the visuals really don't live up to the standard that kids are making on Blender.
Low budget, low res models show segmented tails, awful cartoony texturing and very unconvincing compositing. The budget animations even have walk cycles that slide along the ground.
It is only worth watching for the new science but visually this is perhaps best suited for children it is certainly not in the same league as Apple TV's recent dinosaur documentary.
The Final Level: Escaping Rancala (2019)
Sold in Tesco as Jurassic Island
The cover shows a volcano (which is not in the movie) with Pteranodons (which are not in the movie) while the lead character hides from a T Rex. On the rear cover there are 2 t rexes ( only one of which is in the movie) and a velociraptor (which is not in the movie).
In fact the total dinosaurs in Jurassic Island is 1.
This lone T Rex appears for about 3 minutes on level 2.
What this is, is a badly written, excruciatingly badly acted and awfully paced Jumanji rip off. If it was still called The Final Level: Escaping Rancala rather than renamed as Jurassic Island I might have forgiven the blatant false advertising and misrepresentation of the cover but as it stands I feel that I have been utterly ripped off. No spoilers it's utter CRA......