Paleozoic Productions

I can rate 3 variations of this film, although my rating will be composed off of the latter two versions (fairly hard to find, but if you can watch it, then do it). Original Version: The original is as expected, you get the great CGI and such, but instead you get an unneeded overlayed horrendous voiceacting, it takes away from EVERYTHING the film has originally. Characters become so annoying that instead you want them to die rather than the Gorgosaurus, which are voiceless (luckily). Gorgon himself is legit the best character in this case. 2/5 (4/10) Cretaceous Cut (voiceless): Everything is the same but you have all of the voices removed and human sequences as well. It is pretty much a slightly personified Walking with Dinosaurs episode that's more PG13, you don't get a lot of blood (mainly offscreen and hidden) and some more characterized aspects, but otherwise it is good. CGI is great, etc. A good 8/10 Prehistoric Planet (Benedict Narrated): Pretty much Cretaceous Cut but with a documentary-style overlapping narration (by the amazing Benedict Cumberbatch!!!!). The whole thing is shortened to around 40 minutes from the 1 hour, but it feels like a genuine episode of WWD3D (just of course a bit more movie-ized). Entertaining and informational, with a good story. 9/10.

Non-Spoiler review: This movie is pretty cool, best movie I've seen. Dinosaur go roar, then the monkey neuron activation occurs. Cool character says cool line, monkey neuron activation occurs. There are many dinosaurs, and if you love dinosaurs (in any form at all), this is the film for you. Great action popcorn flick, and there are a lot of monkey neuron activation moments throughout this movie. If you seek that, then this is the film. Actual 10/10

Walking With Dinosaurs is a set near-masterpiece of a documentary. There's a fair bit of issues with it, obviously scientific accuracy hasn't held up since the 90's, some CGI is a little dated, etc. Despite all this, it still holds the test of time just because it has a well made narrative and writing. Obviously each episode have different levels of quality, the strongest writing is for the Time of Titans, Cruel Sea, Flight of the Giants, and Death of a Dynasty. The long stories, detailed narratives, etc all help it hold up to today. While it isn't exactly accurate (and so what), it's the stories that help it be remembered to this day. If it was supplied with short segments, I don't think it wouldn't helped a lot. A good 8-8.5/10 documentary, do recommend it highly (along with Prehistoric Planet and the like)

Overall an amazing documentary with a lot of positives. The CGI work is spectacular, the designs/reconstructions are great, the sequences themselves are great, etc. There hasn't been a such a high quality paleodoc in a long time, where this sets a new bar after so long (Walking With Series, Last Day of the Dinosaurs also included, etc). It is lovely to see these updated interpretations of the dinosaurs portrayed, especially in unique scenarios that break the common agreement of certain things (packhunting, parental/intraspecific care, etc). My only minor nitpick would be possibly expanding upon the stories presented. We get these great segments but seeing more would be even better. I would've loved to seen more detail and depth at least stemming from a longer runningtime to give more "characterization". A more prolonged story stands the tests of time when some aspects inevitably becomes outdated scientifically. Ignoring all the production time and such, more footage (50-65 minutes per episode) would've added a bit more with each story extended by at least 30 seconds, seeing more of the beloved animals and their unique behaviors. Although this doesn't take away much from the documentary itself. It really doesn't click with me the same way Walking With Dinosaurs did, it cuts to the next segment and you're wondering "was that it?". It feels too quick, and more focused episodes (maybe each on individual formations or continents) would be good. That way I feel like it'd fill in the desire for the long narratives, rather than quick bites. As a counterpoint though, the short story format was very enjoyable and gave a sense the documentary is like a modern documentary and as if all things were happening at once (like Planet Earth and related nature docs). I really can't dislike the style it has, just hope that there is eventually more to come, either of the same animals or new ones. Overall I highly recommend giving this documentary a watch and supporting it if you can, hopefully resulting in a Season 2 or potential "spinoffs" of extended singular stories. Time will tell. But this is for all people, regardless of possible preference of dinosaurs (or lack thereof) An actual 7.5-8.5/10 documentary

Overall an amazing show, from beginning to Season 6 Episode 7. A genuinely well crafted show, a show that ties into Breaking Bad amazingly