Walking with Dinosaurs

1999

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8.5| 0h30m| TV-14| en
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Combining fact and informed speculation with cutting-edge computer graphics and animatronics effects, the series set out to create the most accurate portrayal of prehistoric animals ever seen on the screen.

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NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!
Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
ann-sophie-76672 I can't recall how often I watched this as a child. On rewatch last year (over a decade later) I still remembered about 90 percent of it - even the narration!Childhood memories aside, this "documentary" still looks amazing thanks to the practical effects and models in closer shots.
tankace Walking with Dinosaurs is one of the most known and loved documentary series of all time and not without good reason for that. To start, even almost two decades after its first release ,its cgi and special effects still hold up really good and the science in the show, apart from same minor inaccuracies, has been proved correct. Also these series made the dinosaurs from the monsters that Hollywood usually show us to real creatures ,that hunt, raise their chicks and try to stay alive in these brutal world ,which earth was back then and still is. All in all ,this documentary is a must see and if you ever loved dinosaurs ,like me, then take about 3 hours and watch it, even with the whole family ,in case you wish to introduce ,these amazing creators to your kinds.
Blueghost That's my only beef with this program. And my info could be out of date, but last I read the Smithsonian, in the late 80s (circa 1988 or thereabouts) ran an international symposium where the super-majority of scientists agreed with the new model of the dinosaur was that they were warm blooded (mostly anyway), and had all of the range of motion and features of a lot of modern animals.Beyond that, the first installment of this series has me hooked. Great CGI animation brings to life creatures of millions of years long gone, and like any good wildlife documentary, this program shows the brutal kill or be killed environment that creatures of millenia long gone contended to survive in, including eating their own young to preserve themselves. These are animals with pure basic instincts of survival and territorial domination alone. They know little else. Water comes, they drink, food is either hunted or scavenged if you're a meat eater, otherwise they tear at the primitive ferns and primitive palms that are the forerunners of today's flora.It is as honest a look as you can get. I think of all of the great wild life special s and programs that I have seen throughout the years, and this magic behind this piece is that it attempts to imitate those programs to really give us a sense of the liveliness of these creatures that dominated the Earth long before we came along.But it's not just the animals and insects that are showcased here, but the natural environment. We are shown a bare-bones earth. One where grass has yet to evolve. One where primitive seedlings give rise to a limited number of plants. One where the Earth itself is a tropical over much of its surface; where there are no polar ice caps. This is Earth in the raw, as it perhaps was meant to be and is headed towards now regardless of man's activities. This is more than just prehistoric Earth, this is primordial Earth, when it was young, and life was just beginning to take root and feel its way around.Gone are charts showing what creatures developed where and from what other creatures. We're not given other graphics describing postulated bone structures from fragments of fossils, nor are we given the long winded and sometimes boring video lecture on geophysics and how it impacted species development on a young Earth. No, we are merely given how it was like back then to our best approximation and understanding based on the natural forensics that scientists the world over have studied for over a century.And the effort pays off with some very nice animation of creatures that we may never see again on the face of this planet.If you're into natural history, or just have a mild curiosity about what life and the environment were like ages ago, then give this show a chance.Enjoy.
TheLittleSongbird "Walking with Dinosaurs" is absolutely brilliant in every regard. Kenneth Branagh narrates in a way that really makes you want to listen. The script for the documentary really sounds as though the researchers and writers had done their homework, it is so insightful and it does get you hooked and never lets go. The music is also brilliant, very dramatic when it needs to be. But the visual effects and scenery are what makes this documentary work so well. The scenery is breathtaking, and the dinosaurs look so real, thanks to the simply astounding effects. This is so informative with such a good concept and attracts not only adults but kids too.In conclusion, this is a must watch. Not only did I love this, but this is quite possibly the best documentary I have ever seen. If anything, it could have done with being longer, other than that this is perfect. 10/10 Bethany Cox