Individual Task 2

THE GOOD DINOSAUR’S REVIEW

 Title                                : The Good Dinosaur

Year                                 : 2015

Length                             : 01 hour 33 minutes 38 second

Company production   : Pixar Animation Studio

Film Director                 : Peter Sohn 

Actors                              : Raymond Ochoa          as Arlo

                                            Jack Bright                   as Spot

                                            Jeffrey Wright              as Poppa

                                            Frances McDormand   as Momma

                                            Steve Zahn                   as Thunderclap

                                             Sam Elliot                    as Butch

Synopsis                           :  This movie was about a good dinosaur, whose name was Arlo. He was the smallest, fearful and weak dinosaur from all his siblings, but his Poppa and Momma believe that someday he will be a strong and brave dinosaur, just like them. Henry, his father wanted him to be brave and face his fears. So Henry assigned Arlo to guard their silo from critters and helps him set up a trap. While Arlo was guarding, the trap captured a feral cave boy, but he was too reluctant to kill him and sets him free. Heavily disappointed, Henry accompanied Arlo to track the cave boy through a ravine where it began to rain. While running, Arlo injured himself and Henry decided to stop and go back instead, but flash flood occurs and a massive rapid of waters appeared. Henry only managed to save Arlo before he was swept  away and killed. In spite of what happened to his father, Arlo became braved and tries to stand strong for his family.

While he was harvesting crops, he spotted the cave boy inside the silo. He tried to chase the cave boy, but Arlo fell into a river that washed him away and he found himself far from home and tries to survive on his own with minimal success. Even though he was lost, that became the start of his adventure that made him strong and courageous in his travel back to his home. Arlo realized that the cave boy, Spot, was the one who was helping him in times of  trouble. As a result, they become closer to each other and became best friends. they experienced different kinds of dangers and troubles that almost killed them, but they faced it together on their way home.

Review                        :   Actually, I have never wrote a movie review before now, before my lecturer gave me a writing assignment to make a movie review. I watched The Good Dinosaur at several days ago. This is the second times I watched this Movie. This film is inspiring, especially for children. It is a simple film but the subtle message, such as overcoming your fears, teaching the importance of family. This is a good animated film, actually. But  I am a bit disappointed about this film because it is out of my expectation. Why? I’d love almost all of the film from Pixar and The Good Dinosaur is very Different between other Pixar’s Film like Finding Nemo, Inside Out, or Up. I’ve ever read many comments about this film. Many of them said  “ The Good Dinosaur” is the worst or the bad animated film released by Pixar. But, I think every film had its own characteristics and also different moral message in each scene that they wanted to show to public. There is one thing that caught my attention was the background of this movie that is in show very detailed that made it look more beautiful.

 __Nurindah Puspita Sari