An Exercise In Nonsense

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Blistering performances.

This is greatly appreciated by me! I love this movie! The animation is awesome! The voice actors are great! I love it!

The Land Before time is a personal favorite of mine. It has such a sad story, but still manages to put that spark of hope into our hearts even when times are rough. It is that kind of children's film which excels in teaching important life lessons without stating it by hammering it in. Like friendship is a matter of letting go of your pride once in a while. You can even read a subtle message about racism into Littlefoot and Cera's fights. And that is why I love it. It is simply a piece of art with a message and a story to tell. Dark and scary at times, yes, but it is alright to be afraid and sad, it is life. Yes, there are some real sadness and unnerving moments which you definitely feel deep inside, but that makes the reward of finding The Great Valley just the more rewarding. James Horner's musical score is just amazing, so atmospheric and haunting. Waaay better than those lighthearted song and dance musical numbers of the countless sequels to this masterpiece. Okay, I know most people hate all those unnecessary sequels and they are definitely sub-par to this work of art, but I honestly don't hate them, because most of them teach life lessons, too. I honestly did want to see Littlefoot and his friends' adventures in The great Valley, but maybe a TV-series would have sufficed. Honestly, I have seen more offensive sequels than the ones of The Land Before Time.

This movie is certainly one of Don Bluth's finest animations to be sure. The animation in this movie is gorgeous like all of Don Bluth's movies and while the story is very simple, it's also very heartfelt and action- packed. The real drive of this story is the characters. The connection between the characters is very strong and believable. The scene where they all cuddle together is adorable. I know a lot of people think of this movie for the mom's death and I'll admit that it is really sad (at least it's a step up from the death of Bambi's mom) but I don't think it's a huge tear tricker scene; The scene that follows is. I also really loved the amazing score for this movie from James Horner. It can get really intense during those action scenes. I'm not surprised that most of the sequels reused the score. Overall, it's a great movie and a great family movie.

Let's travel back in time together back to more simpler Times, back when I still walked the earth of the State of Georgia. when an entire millennium turned and changed right before our very eyes, when Earth's History changed forever, when we were discovering Brand New Dinosaurs we never saw before and did not even know existed, and learning brand new things about the Dinosaurs we thought we already knew all about, when I was in a Grade called Kindergarten, and back when I was just an aspiring Future Paleontologist. These simpler Times were none other than the Prehistoric Early 2000's. Somewhere in the Prehistoric Early 2000's Long Ago, I still lived in Georgia but I was in Kindergarten, I wanted to be a Paleontologist in the Future due to my most Xtreme Love for the Dinosaurs that ruled our Planet for 220 Million Years, and I never seen any Film before in my entire Life. But then both of those would change forever, when I first saw Don Bluth's very own Masterpiece in all Film Making ever, Don Bluth's The Land Before Time. I will start by talking about the Story which is about a Young Male Alamosaurus named Littlefoot who has to migrate all the way to the Great Valley in Late Cretaceous Period California with his Mother and Grandparents due to their Food Sources being depleted and their original home becoming drier and more dangerous but Herds of every other Herbivorous Dinosaur that coexist with those Sauropods are also migrating to the Great Valley as well, but when Littlefoot's Mother gets killed after battling against a Tyrannosaurus Rex named Sharptooth, it is up to Littlefoot to make it to the Great Valley and reunite with his Grandparents on his own, but after meeting a Yong Female Saurolophus named Ducky, a Young Male Dravidosaurus named Spike, a Young Female Triceratops named Cera, and finally a Young Male Pteranodon Longiceps named Petrie he forms a Herd of his very own to migrate to the Great Valley with, but will they put their differences aside to work towards a common Goal while Sharptooth the Tyrannosaurus Rex hunts them down, and finally make it there? Will they finally kill Sharptooth the Tyrannosaurus Rex once and for all to avenge Littlefoot's Mother in an Epic Final Battle? I now have to talk about the Animation and Art, which I will never forget, this might sound old fashioned of me but I have to say that I love the traditional hand drawn animation of this Masterpiece because it is it realistic, detailed, beautiful to look at, intense, epic, and even majestic especially by 1988 standards, the Art in this Masterpiece is well done and well drawn, and even immerses you in this Late Cretaceous Period Dinosaur World Don Bluth himself has created. All I ever have to say about the Characters is that I loved them so much I named all Five of my own Pet Ducklings after them. Because Don Bluth's The Land Before Time is a Dinosaur Film not to mention the ONLY Dinosaur Film Don Bluth ever made, I of course have to talk about the Dinosaurs and my Paleontological Opinions about them, for 1988 all of the Dinosaurs, and Prehistoric Animals in this, except for Rooter the Scolosaurus are surprisingly all Paleontologically Accurate and still hold up in terms of Paleontological Accuracy even to this day, including Sharptooth the Tyrannosaurus Rex who is not only the right size, and undeniably looks like a Tyrannosaurus Rex but also accurately has two Fingers and not three (unlike two other certain Tyrannosaurus Rexes!) the only complaints I have about the Dinosaurs and/or the other Prehistoric Animals are. Spike lacks his Plates, both Cera and the Baby Triceratops only have one Horn making them look like Baby Monoclonius, and making Cera look like a Young Female Monoclonius, Rooter does not have his Tail Club making him look like less like a Scolosaurus, and more like a Panoplosaurus, and the Pteranodon Longiceps are too small, but hey Don Bluth's The Land Before Time did come out in 1988 so I cannot complain about, nor get mad at its Scientific Inaccuracies too much, and hey I could show Mercy too, and forgive them, and let them slide. And finally I talk about the Impact Don Bluth's The Land Before Time made and left on me and my Childhood ever since seeing it, well first of all it inspired by to become the Independent Film Going Film Maker Film Animator Film Critic that I am right now and still am to this day, Don Bluth's The Land Before Time inspired me to go see other Films animated or not where and whenever I could, it inspired me to make my very own Films, and it still does even to this day, it inspired me to make my very own Dinosaur Films, which I still make even to this day heck I am even making a Dinosaur Film right now that is inspired by Don Bluth's The Land Before Time, and Don Bluth's The Land Before Time made me respect, admire, and love both Don Bluth and all of his Work he does, but best of all Don Bluth's The Land Before Time inspired me to have a reason to even make my very own Films, to bring the Dinosaurs back from Extinction, and back to Life on Film and resurrect the Non Avian Dinosaurs that I love so much that have been long extinct through the Film Making Art Form that is Film Animation, and Don Bluth's The Land Before Time is, and will always be an Inspiration for every Non Avian Reptilian Dinosaur Film that I have made and will always continue to make, and for every Realistic Scientifically Accurate Scientifically Correct Scientifically Sound Palaeontological Dinosaur Film that I have made and will still always be making these Days, in this Day and Age, and this Year in 2016 for all Eternity!!!!!!!!