The Good Dinosaur

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dread going to these movies because the stories are garbage

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Pixar movies are usually pretty solid.

taking my 2.5 year old for the Sunday matinee this weekend

she is so excited...I'm kinda excited too

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I still haven't seen Inside Out but I hear Santa is bringing it.

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be ready to cry

Good to hear, this looks pretty fun.

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Enough adult humor and a good story without any singing.

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Pixar hasn't once made a musical.

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I usually dread going to these movies because the stories are garbage but I really enjoyed it.

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Yeah, Pixar makes complete garbage, which is why 10 out of their 16 films are above a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. The Good Dinosaur is not one of them. It looks fine for what it is, but no one is really saying it's brilliant. I will give it the benefit of the doubt that it had the misfortune of directly following Inside Out, which may be their most brilliant work yet and has a good shot of being nominated for Best Picture. But Pixar has followed up brilliant work after brilliant work in the past that would be hard to follow.

I think the problem is it is obviously a kid's movie. It looks like a good kid's movie, but a kid's movie nonetheless. Most the reviews I've read have confirmed this suspicion. Just Pixar has done such a damn good job dissecting the psyche throughout their years as a studio that there are very few of the films they make that don't directly try to appeal to the adult audience as much as the younger audience. Cars is really the only series they've made that I think is completely guilty of pandering to kids.

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I still haven't seen Inside Out but I hear Santa is bringing it.

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You will enjoy it more than your kid will.

I wasn't just comparing Pixar but more so all of Disney movies.

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Like Lion king with no songs and dinosaurs instead of lions

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so did the Good Dinosaurs dad get murdered by his brother?

Inside Out was a good movie for adults. Don't see how any kid enjoys watching that movie except for the Bing Bong parts. The entire story is over the head of any kid under age 8 or 9.

My 5 and 6 year old loved Bing Bong (my 5 year old cried when he sacrificed himself)

But they also like the idea of all the emotions being characterized. They loved anger, sadness, and joy. They got it for the most part.

Inside Out was a great movie.

Good Dinosaur is bottom-half on the list of Pixar movies, but it is by no means a bad movie. It might be the most beautiful Pixar film ever with the photorealistic landscapes. The story was just pretty standard stuff. Not really any risks taken. I think if they'd have taken a few chances, it could've been elevated from a good movie to a great one.