Aloonda this movie.
Movies like this are not meant to be taken seriously, so please don't get caught up in the fact that dinosaurs & cavemen didn't coexist, blah blah blah.
Professional enough casting to pull off this little spoof without a lot of over-the- top or otherwise bad acting. Ringo Starr, Shelley Long, and even John Matuszak do a great job with their characters. Dennis Quaid is a good enough actor with good comic instincts, but I wouldn't say he is perfect for the part, though I can't think of anyone else who would have done better at the time. Evan C. Kim as Nook, the only character to speak English in the film, is probably the best cast part in the movie, with the possible exception of Richard Moll as the abominable snowman, but you really can't tell it's him through the makeup.
The stop-motion dinosaurs are fantastic. They add to the production value rather than detract from it, and I'm glad they didn't go for the digital technology available in 1981, which would have detracted by trying to be more realistic and failing. I get laughs every time I see the bits with that one howling, crowing & hooting dinosaur on the cliff edge.
There is conflict in the plot even though no one really comes off as a "bad guy," not even Tonda, who is somewhat of a beneficent tyrant.
The love story doesn't carry the movie as well as the idea of "Bo-Bo," or friendship & tolerance.
I've seen this movie for under $10, but even at $15 I'd say it was worth adding to your collection, because it is funny, inoffensive, and can be enjoyed by many different viewers. The only other movie of this ilk I can think of with such wide appeal is Support Your Local Sheriff.
Movies like this are not meant to be taken seriously, so please don't get caught up in the fact that dinosaurs & cavemen didn't coexist, blah blah blah.
Professional enough casting to pull off this little spoof without a lot of over-the- top or otherwise bad acting. Ringo Starr, Shelley Long, and even John Matuszak do a great job with their characters. Dennis Quaid is a good enough actor with good comic instincts, but I wouldn't say he is perfect for the part, though I can't think of anyone else who would have done better at the time. Evan C. Kim as Nook, the only character to speak English in the film, is probably the best cast part in the movie, with the possible exception of Richard Moll as the abominable snowman, but you really can't tell it's him through the makeup.
The stop-motion dinosaurs are fantastic. They add to the production value rather than detract from it, and I'm glad they didn't go for the digital technology available in 1981, which would have detracted by trying to be more realistic and failing. I get laughs every time I see the bits with that one howling, crowing & hooting dinosaur on the cliff edge.
There is conflict in the plot even though no one really comes off as a "bad guy," not even Tonda, who is somewhat of a beneficent tyrant.
The love story doesn't carry the movie as well as the idea of "Bo-Bo," or friendship & tolerance.
I've seen this movie for under $10, but even at $15 I'd say it was worth adding to your collection, because it is funny, inoffensive, and can be enjoyed by many different viewers. The only other movie of this ilk I can think of with such wide appeal is Support Your Local Sheriff.