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7 out of 8 people found the following review useful:
Short, but entertaining, 6 May 2004
Author:
Shawn Watson (gator_macready@yahoo.com) from The Underverse
From the bulk of reviews on this site I gather most people don't realize
that IMAX is about presentation and style rather than story and content.
Shot on vertical 70mm film the reels in the projection booth take up a
huge
amount of space, thus the running time of IMAX movies tends to be kept to
around 45-50 minutes. Thus the format lends itself more towards the
documentary/short movie genre. Most of the movies are factual but
sometimes
original stories come along. T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous is one of
them.
It came out in 1998 and when I was at the Trocadero IMAX-3D cinema in
London
I had to choose between this movie and another called Across the Sea of
Time. I chose the latter. Which is a shame coz the dinosaurs and huge
shots
of this movie would have looked better in 3D.
T-Rex begins with an impressive opening shot of the camera swooping over
the
Arizona desert, which still looks great even on a widescreen TV instead of
the huge IMAX screen. There's a hefty narration from the lead actress
conveying relevant information about dinosaurs. In this respect the film
feels a bit like a 10-year-old's educational program. But being familiar
with IMAX movies I was expecting this. I think too many people were
expecting a Jurassic Park variant.
Tho I would have expected a few more dinosaurs. In the 45 minute running
time there wasn't much dinosaur action. Though there was a good amount of
story that I did get into. Plus the movie has a great score by William
Ross.
He released a promo CD of this score but it's impossible to
find.
Hey, I was entertained and I thot the brief story was quite okay. The
horribly slanderous reviews on this site really baffle me. The IMAX format
does not work well on DVD, you have to see these movies in the cinema. But
if you have a good sound system then the DVD is still worth
it.
The DVD is in 1.33:1 full frame (they are shown theatrically at 1.44:1 so
there isn't much modification to the framing) with a Dolby 5.1 soundtrack
that is quite impressive. A slight featurette and an IMAX movies trailer
are
also included.
7 out of 8 people found the following review useful:
Lame, 7 July 2003
Author:
achays-1 from United States
I won't repeat what others have so correctly said about this movie. I only wish to respond to an assertion that this movie is one that might only be enjoyed by children under 6. I took my two boys (5 and 3) to see this movie so they could see dinosaurs roaming the large IMAX screen. Instead we saw a slack-jawed teenage girl and her father walking around a museum. I don't think many dinosaur-loving 6 and unders would even like this movie. BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!!!
7 out of 10 people found the following review useful:
An awful rip-off! Virtually NO dinosaurs! Don't go!, 2 November 1998
Author:
iago-6 (scott@cinemademerde.com) from NYC
This is the very worst of the IMAX 3-D movies, and most of them are
pretty awful.
When you go to this movie, what do you want to see? Dinosaurs in 3-D,
am I right? That's what you want to see, that's what the trailers
promise you, and that is the very thing you DON'T get. There is,
without exaggeration, MAYBE two minutes of dinosaurs in this 45-minute
film.
The IMAX movies are made for a huge audience of kids, so they're always
cramming them with wholesome stories of youngsters who are just trying
to find themselves. That's great, but I came here to see dinosaurs. No.
Instead we get some girl with a VERY BROAD acting style wandering
around the Natural History museum at night having PSYCHOTIC BREAKS in
which she thinks she's seeing dinosaurs. Which would be fine, if there
were more dinosaurs. But NO... let's meet PALENTOLOGISTS! Whooo! Big
excitement! PALENTOLOGISTS IN 3-D! Guess what? I could follow some
crazy girl around a museum for FREE, and that would be in 3-D, too.
Which is not even to mention having to sit through the wretched "story"
about how she feels neglected by her womanizing yuppie scumbag father,
played by Peter Horton (formerly of "Thirtysomething") with the same
smug arrogance he always has. Our protagonists mother is nowhere to be
seen, so what are we supposed to think about the out-of-place and
POINTLESS flirtation dad has with his pert young assistant while
neglected daughter is at home? We're supposed to think that it's a lot
cheaper to film bad ABC Afterschool Specials than it is to show
dinosaurs.
This film is a RIP-OFF SUPREME. I actually found the IMAX website and
wrote to them to complain about it (no free tickets yet). I can't even
imagine that a child would enjoy this. SAVE YOURSELVES! I'VE SACRIFICED
MYSELF! YOU DON'T HAVE TO! If you want to watch a rip-off of Jurassic
Park just rent Godzilla.
--- Check out website devoted to bad and cheesy movies:
www.cinemademerde.com
2 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
T-REX should have been buried..., 19 September 1999
Author:
Rob Deschenes from Toronto, Ont.
IMAX should have thought smarter for its first "IMAX-3D" film. The movie is extremely bland, boring, and hard to watch after the first fifteen minutes. Could anyone stand looking at the girl's huge "IMAX" face for more than ten seconds? Did anyone find the plot intriguing? Ally tries to win the affection of her father with a project detailing the similarities between birds and dinosaurs. The result is an extremely gut-wrenching movie: the kind that makes you want to leave but you don't anyway. As the saying goes, some reaction is far better than no reaction. So if you to yawn and groan at a movie that should have had a better story to match its 3-D effect, by all means enjoy.
2 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
amazing 3D, 8 October 1998
Author:
anonymous from Los Angeles
This being really the first full narrative IMAX film, I applaud the film-makers. The 3D aspect is taken advantage of. But unless it's viewed in 3D (which only certain theaters provide) a majority of the enjoyment will be lost.
3 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Funny, 4 September 2002
Author:
rosental
Maybe it's because I'm not 11 years old anymore, but I watched this movie with my 9 year old nephew, and neither one of us bothered to push the still button, when we went to the bathroom. Is this the way American kids are lured into learning science? A teenager stumbling through ridicoluos scenes with dinosaurs, only to get rescued by her father, who seemingly abandoned her?
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
not worth putting on a DVD!!, 16 January 2011
Author:
metroidphazon4 from Canada
bottom line, the movie is OK.BUT the movie is way too short.if it was longer i moght have been more forgiving.though at the length the movie sits at its certainly not worth putting on a DVD! I first watched this movie by renting it.I watched it 2 times at back to back because it was so short.this movie doesn't deserve the name of movie.instead it shouldov just premiered on as a TV program.if your looking for a dinosaur movie just watch jurassic park.when it comes to dinosaur movie you can not beat jurassic park!!plus the story line is lame.a girl walks through a musium and starts thinking the dinosaurs are real and they come after her.also the acting is bland and gay.just don't give this movie a chance unless you want only 30 minutes.
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
The worst movie experience ever, 28 August 2006
Author:
airwair75 from United States
This is the most boring, poorly conceived movie I have ever seen. It isn't even awesomely bad. Watching this movie is like being on "the machine" in the Princess Bride. Don't waste your money- your kids won't like it either. Instead of focusing on the dinosaurs, the movie focuses on the relationship between the father and daughter, but it is not even as good as a very bad after school special. To flesh it out a bit, there are some run-ins with people who studied dinosaurs in the past, but it is boring and totally contrived. About halfway through the movie, you will wish the dinosaurs would just eat the characters to get it over with. By the end, you're almost willing to let them eat you so you don't have to watch it any more.
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Horrible, Horrible, Horrible!!, 22 February 2001
Author:
darsox64 from Massachusettes, US
I saw this at a local omni-theater and expected to get some teenager learning a bunch of useless info about dinosaurs. Instead, I get something much worse. 2/3 of the movie is spent with scientists nobody's heard of or sappy daughter-father relationship stuff. OK, the effects were half decent, but that by no means makes it a good movie. Non-existent plot, no educational value, and no fun.
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Worst movie ever made, 11 June 2000
Author:
Zack Bennett (zpb52@yahoo.com) from Nashville, TN
Forget "Plan 9 From Outer Space." Forget "Battlefield Earth." Forget even
"Star Wars: Episode I." "T-Rex Back To The Cretaceous in 3-D" is hands down
the worst movie ever made. What a sorry excuse for an IMAX movie. I thought
The IMAX Experience was supposed to be a good one. Apparently, someone
wasn't thinking when they made this.
The plot, albeit very weak, is there. A teenage girl, obsessed with
dinosaurs, hallucinates that she goes back in time to different points in
history, including the dinosaur times. This movie practices the old illegal
tactic of BAIT & SWITCH. The T-Rex and other dinosaurs appear in the film
for less than 5 of its 45 minutes. The other time is filled with the girl
visiting her idols...bone-diggers and artists...as well as even more boring
scenes of the girl's dad searching for her in a museum.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR GOOD HARD-EARNED MONEY ON THIS! If you need to find a way
to waste your 10 bucks (or however much it costs), drive down the road and
just throw it out the window. That way, getting rid of your money doesn't
take 45 minutes, and it's a heck of a lot more entertaining.
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