The Valley of the T-Rex (2001) (TV)

Directors:

Reuben Aaronson
James McQuillan

Writers:

Steve Eder (writer)
Georgann Kane (story)

Release Date:

10 September 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Cast

Jack Horner	...	Himself
Stephen Kemble	...	Narrator

Runtime:

50 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Badlands, Montana, USA

Company:

Discovery Channel

Great Documentary

This was a very good documentary about the infamous T-Rex. The CGI looked very good and especially in the scenes with the T-Rex.

Valley of the T-Rex basically was challenging the theory that T-Rex was this awesome cold-blooded killer that always hunted its prey. Jack Horner explains his opinion about the fact that T-Rex was probably a scavenger like hyenas and vultures.

He backed up his theory with a lot of good evidence (T-Rex's arms being to small, good sense of smell for sniffing out carcasses etc.). Many digs in Montana's badlands were filmed and I learned a lot about T-Rex.

The problem with this documentary is that it doesn't ask anybody's (partically another palaeontologist's) opinion. It only focuses on Jack Horner and him going on and on how T-Rex wasn't a predator but a hunter. The evidence looked believable but there was probably evidence against that theory that was not shown.

I also wouldn't really recommend this to people who absolutely love T-Rex. This will account for any negative reviews or comments. Again this was a very good documentary, it will probably change your perspective on T-Rex.

My Rating 8.7/10