Movie Review “The Good Dinosaur”: The world of Dinosaur.

Title                             : The Good Dinosaur

Release Year                : 25 November 2015

Duration                       : 100 minutes

Production Company   : Disney Pixar

Film Director               : Peter Shon

Casts: Raymond Ochoa as Arlo,  Jeffrey Wright as Poppa / Henry, Jack Bright as Spot, Frances Mc Dormand as Momma / Ida,  Marcus Scribner as Buck.

Pixar is not just an animation studio, it's a brand. Interesting concept, entertaining execution, and depth of story, almost always be presented by the films from the studio under the auspices of this Disney. Just half a year ago, Pixar released the Inside Out movie that presents a complex concept of human psychology with colorful visuals. Now, again present the movie The Good Dinosaur, which is practically somewhat the opposite of Inside Out. You see, the film directed Peter Sohn is actually presenting a very simple story.

Storylines:

The Good Dinosaur begins with a supposition, what if dinosaurs did not become extinct and remained inhabiting the earth for millions of years, until it could live a single age with the human species. The film also continues the supposition with quite interesting and funny. That the dinosaurs evolved to produce their own food, whether in farming-including plowing the land in a straight line, raising, and making their own homes, without having to change its anatomy as a dinosaur.

The Good Dinosaur itself focuses on a family of apatosaurus-type herbivorous dinosaurs. The family consists of Henry the father (Jeffrey Wright's voice), Ida the mother (Frances McDormand), Libby's eldest son (Maleah Padilla), Buck's middle child (Marcus Scribner), and youngest Arlo (Raymond Ochoa). Not only from the birth order, Arlo is also the smallest in terms of body size and guts in his family. As a result, he is the only one who has not been allowed to brand his legs in the family barn. One time Arlo tried to test his courage in keeping the food supply in the family barn, which is often stolen by wild creatures. Cowardly base, Arlo panic when faced directly with a small man who stole his food. Due to his carelessness, Arlo was dragged in a swift river, far from his home. Arlo then had to find a way to get home, which meant he started to be even bolder in the face of everything in the wild. He was not alone, because slowly he actually made a friendship with the little man he met, which was then named Spot (Jack Bright).

Review:

Can be seen alone, The Good Dinosaur story is very simple, when compared with all the complexity ever displayed on Inside Out, for example. From here it is like the impression that this time Pixar is 'playing safe' with the preparation of the story of maturity and self-discovery that has often been raised in Disney movies, even including Pixar own movie, let's call Finding Nemo. No surprises from his story, because it is only about Arlo's journey to return home, the growth of friendship.

 Deficiency:

Among all the animations from Pixar I've ever watched, this animation is one of the simplest animations compared to other animations released by Pixar. Just sample the "Inside Out" animated movie just released before "The Good Dinosaur". "Inside Out, which takes a fairly complex storyline so we can not guess the end of the story, is inversely related to the animated film" The Good Dinosaur "which is quite monotonous and boring for the size of an adult audience.

Advantages:

However, on the other hand, The Good Dinosaur just so the film is very easy to enjoy and be understood. The simplicity of the story makes the audience unnecessary busy interpreting the contemplation or meaning of philosophical tone that is often inserted in Pixar films. Just sit, watch, and feel the values of adventure, friendship, and family of the story of this film. The story is quite melancholy and not splendid, but still can attract attention through its bright characterization and some humor here and there.But still, this animation stole a lot of public attention, especially this animation is good to be shown on children. Animation is great for motivating someone to become a man who dared to face fear in order to achieve success. (Al Amini Indah Sari)