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Остров динозавров (2014) Online
Original Title :
Dinosaur Island
Genre :
Movie / Adventure / Family / Sci-Fi
Year :
2014
Directror :
Matt Drummond
Cast :
Darius Williams,Kate Rasmussen,Albert Allu
Writer :
Matt Drummond
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 22min
Rating :
3.5/10

A vacation becomes the adventure of a lifetime as a boy finds himself stranded in a world filled with ghost ships and prehistoric creatures. He embarks on a journey that will change his future forever.

Остров динозавров (2014) Online

The adventure begins when 13-year-old Lucas embarks on the vacation of a lifetime. When disaster strikes, Lucas finds himself stranded in a strange land littered with ghost ships and prehistoric creatures. While searching for other signs of life, Lucas hears a radio broadcast in the distance and is drawn into the jungle, where he encounters a beautiful young girl who claims to have come from the 1950s. Together they set out on a quest to get home, all the while uncovering secrets that will forever change the future.
Credited cast:
Darius Williams Darius Williams - Lucas Winton
Kate Rasmussen Kate Rasmussen - Kathryn Rose Thompson
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Albert Allu Albert Allu - Tribe Member
Helen Audsley Helen Audsley - Conference Attendee
Diana Babajanyan Diana Babajanyan - Student
Lin Ray Bambu Lin Ray Bambu - Tribe Member
William Bambu William Bambu - Tribe Member
Delta Tijo Bang Delta Tijo Bang - Tribe Member
Sophie Barroh Sophie Barroh - Student
Jenna Begly Jenna Begly - Airline Passenger
John Belmont John Belmont - Conference Attendee
Juno Bennett Juno Bennett - Student
Rohan Bertinat Rohan Bertinat - Student
Joe Bistaveous Joe Bistaveous - Ernest
Waisele Boekara Waisele Boekara - Tribe Member

When, Lucas first awakens in the island, a curious looking ship is seen beached nearby. She is the USS Cyclops, an American coal carrier vessel famous for vanishing, without a trace, near the Bermuda Triangle in 1918.

The visual of the giant crystals under the volcanoes is inspired by the Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) located in Chihuahua, Mexico. The cave was formed over millions of years by quartz minerals that grew into giant, 20 ft. long crystals inside a water pocket that was later drained by the operations of a salt mine. Temperatures inside can reach 45° Celsius and it is only accessible for a few minutes while wearing special equipment.

The prehistoric birds were presented to reflect their bird-like nature. The raptors in the film are fully feathered and intelligent and their motivation is to collect blue objects, as a bower bird might do.

The role of Kathryn is played by Kate Rasmussen from Melbourne. She was coached by Barbara Berkery in speaking with an English accent, "more grounded in a highly education person from Australia in the 1950's."

The film was shot in ten weeks.

Dinosaur Island was independently financed, shot in Vanuatu and Australia, and has sold to 50 countries.

The tribes people used in the film are native Vanuatan, and they were encouraged to ad lib in Pidgin English.


User reviews

Nalmezar

Nalmezar

Lucas, a young boy, finds a crystal among his dad's belongings in an old house that neither of his parents want to take care of any longer. When the boy gets on a plane, the crystal begins to interact with the aircraft, causing it to disappear. The boy awakens on a beach far back in pre-history and shortly thereafter finds himself pursued by three raptors. A young girl - Kate - saves Lucas and takes him to her makeshift house, where she tells him that she is 16, and her birth year is 1940. Lucas informs her that she would actually be closer to 70 since the year is 2014. Throughout the movie, the two find themselves going through a few adventures.

This movie was geared up primarily for kids, as the two leads are teenagers. Be forewarned that the dinosaurs look like they fell in an Easter egg coloring kit. The raptors were interesting to look at, but the tyrannosaurus rex looked ridiculous with all those colors. I'm not sure if there was a color in the rainbow they didn't put on that dinosaur. Speaking of the dinosaurs, I think they spent the vast majority of the budget on the special effects for the dinos. They were pretty good. Mind you, Jurassic Park has nothing to worry about. In JP, those dinos looked real. In Dinosaur Island, they looked very CGI, but they were much better than anything the TV series Terra Nova ever offered.

I won't watch this movie again. This movie didn't appeal to me, but as I said, it was geared up for kids, and I'm 42 years old. The story was...childlike, as was the dialogue. If you have kids, and they really like dinosaurs, this might be the movie that will keep them out of trouble for about 1.5 hours. However, if you're an adult, and you're looking for a movie that will appeal to your level of maturity, this probably won't be for you, but we all like different things. I've seen Jurassic Park at least 30 times, and I'll watch that many more times. I saw Dinosaur Island once, and that will do for me.
Sharpmane

Sharpmane

I'm reading a lot of reviews claiming that this is the "worst film ever". It's not. There are easily two or three worse films. The problem for this film is that it sells itself as a serious piece of dinosaur-themed sci-fi, as if going head-to-head with the JP franchise is something easily achieved. Unfortunately, we're now judging it against a tough set of criteria, and this film was never going to pull it off.

In short, the acting is poor, the story is dull and the daft sci-fi approach doesn't gel with the scientific approach. The CGI isn't utterly terrible, but they overstretch themselves. There has been some effort to update dinosaur and pterosaur portrayals, but overall, they're flippin' awful. The 'azhdarchid', or whatever it is, is unbelievably bad. Seriously. See if it's on Youtube so that you don't have to sit through the whole thing. The tyrannosaur stands around yelling at everything, and only when everything is already half a mile away does it give chase.

Your kids might like it, but just make sure you're not stuck watching it with them.
Atineda

Atineda

I live in Spain and bought this movie from Amazon UK for my eight year old. I'm really annoyed at the fake positive spin surrounding this movie. I watched about half of it with my daughter and had to turn it off because it was such rubbish. This is NOT Jurassic Park where the animation even some 20 years ago was brilliant! The dinosaurs looked like giant muppet canaries and floated along with no weight. The actors looked like they were in front of a blue screen staring un-focused at imagined objects - I've seen better acting in school plays. All of that aside, the director simply failed to get us to care about the characters, so I turned it off with simply no interest in how it ended. Don't waste your time and money on this film. (Is there a way to rate this movie less than 1?!)
Felolv

Felolv

I bought this on a whim from a local shop as my 4 year old son loves dinosaurs. The storyline in his film is abysmal and the acting is even worse. It's not remotely enjoyable, it feels like a chore. I'm aware this film is aimed at children, but there are plenty of kids films out there that can be enjoyed by adults too. This isn't one of them, and even my son gets bored during this film. The special effects are terrible too - the dinosaurs look more like brightly coloured fluffy chickens than anything else. I can only assume this film was a straight to did release as it's become very clear as to why I hadn't heard of it before!
Adokelv

Adokelv

This is officially one of the funniest movies i have seen in a long while. What makes it even funnier is the fact that they are not aware of the great joke they have created. This could best pass as a kids movie but never the less it could have been better constructed. The actors were extremely disappointing even for kids, there was no substance in their acting. The main boy was so bland and fake i actually had to make sure i wasn't watching a very HD animation and he had the worst reactions and facial expressions for almost everything that happened in the movie. The dinosaurs were far from scary more like 2D paintings slapped on screen. Then the native tribe? LMMMMMAAAAAAOOOOOO the language sounded hilarious, like they got a bunch of African American kids to mutter gibberish( e.g Fasil loose when their team mate got lost), couldn't stop laughing. Would certainly recommend to anyone in search of something to make them laugh their head off.
Vijora

Vijora

I'm guessing the two lead characters knew the director. Would have cost them less too. Disappointed to see these two in the job. It kinda feels like you're watching a school play. Sure they're fresh faced new kids on the block, but I'll have my $24 back thanks Hoyts.

The special effects were disappointing and lets be honest, it was clear the main part was Australian, so why was there an American flag at the end of the film? The blue-screen effects were too obvious & storyline parts (like the tribe) didn't seem to be explained well enough.

My 5 year old enjoyed it, and that's the main thing. I guess if it can be dubbed with American accents it may make it that much more bearable.
Juce

Juce

OK this is by far one of the worst movies ever. Everything about this movie was bad that at some points it made me laugh. I know this was meant to be a movie for children but every aspect of it was un- enjoyable so not even little kids can enjoy it.

The acting by the main guy was cringe-worthy. His pretending and facial expressions were so unreal and forced upon that even serious/dramatic scenes were laugh worthy. And the main girl, everything she said was straight of the script and it just made her very annoying. Overall the acting was terrible, there are many better child actors that can at least act to some degree!! The actors weren't probably even paid, at least a gift card for their local shopping mall could have given them more motivation to give an enjoyable performance.

Another horrible thing about this movie was the CGI and just basic knowledge of dinosaurs. Like come on, feathered T-Rex is meant to be scary. When I first saw the T-Rex runs towards the main characters I thought it was a chicken piñata. Even though the budget wasn't very high the CGI was kind of OK, but in some scenes the graphics looked like from a year 2000 PS1 game

Oh and not to forget the plot, it had one of the most ridiculous stories ever. None of that can be scientifically proved. I wonder where the script writers and directors came up with such ideas.

So overall if you have kids under the age of 4 and that don't really understand what is going on you can turn on the TV and play this for them while you take a nap. If you don't have kids and just want to laugh your head off then watch this ridiculous movie.
Xlisiahal

Xlisiahal

The only thing they got right in this movie is they timed it well to potentially cash in on the release of Jurassic World probably in a sad attempt to scrape some of the residual glory that someone might be in the mood for more Dino action.

Well they will be sorely disappointed , everything about this movie from the action, "story" to the acting should be extinct.

ALSO it is blatantly obvious the there are MULTIPLE bogus reviews about this movie which ALL mention KIDS or CHILDREN in the title and give it ten, they can't even be original in making up unique titles. they are a disgrace to film making ..
Na

Na

Journey To Dinosaur Island is an unpretentious kids film with colourful and feathered dinosaurs but a clunky script and under par acting.

Its entertaining and undemanding if watched with an audience of kids as an Australian boy named Lucas who finds himself marooned in a mysterious island with very colourful dinosaurs and finds a girl called Kate who has been on the island seemingly since the 1950s. They try to find a means to escape the island.

This production values are OK, the Australian setting makes the film more novel and at least it has an interesting beginning as Lucas goes one up on his school teacher at class.

The CGI makes this look more like a B picture the special effects are still better than the low grade output from the SyFy channel but you do wonder if visual effects colourist was on acid at the time.
Shomeshet

Shomeshet

Words cannot describe how poor this film is. It's sort of staggering that it got made. The story is at best boring, at worst total nonsense; the dialogue is astonishingly bad and the acting off-the- charts terrible, even for child actors; and even the animation is lousy, with dinosaurs that look very unrealistic, even cartoonish at times (in a bad way). More seriously, there are also parts--I am thinking of some scenes featuring a tribe of black children, referred to as 'natives'--that strike me as in quite poor taste, even racist. Thankfully my six year old son got bored quickly-- not sure what I would have done if he'd wanted this one on repeat! Honestly, with so many great kids' movies available, I wouldn't recommend you bother with this one. There seem to be a number of 10/10 reviews on the site, which is mystifying. Either they weren't watching the same film as me, or they know the filmmaker personally. (I suspect it's the latter, since this is quite obviously a very low budget film, clearly made mostly on someone's home computer.) Do yourself a favour, guide your kids toward another film. This one's for the wastebasket.
Phallozs Dwarfs

Phallozs Dwarfs

But I have to give it 10, since it doesn't deserve 3.5 either.

This is not an all bad movie, thought it would be god awful #%%^, but the production value is quite high, and though the story isn't anything special. It's quite entertaining.

Plus they have actually tried to make the dinosaurs as we think they look like now.

Would probably rate it as 5 or 6, a good hangover movie.

And yes it looks like the production company has tried to fiddle wit the score, but the horrible reviews, what do you expect from a children/sci-fi/family movie?

At least there are no talking dogs.
Rexfire

Rexfire

I'm not really sure what to say about this movie. On the one hand, it is squarely aimed at small kids, and not very sophisticated small kids at that, so any criticism might seem churlish. On the other hand, it has faults which make it a little painful for adults to watch. Cringe-inducing, mostly, rather than truly horrible. So I'm going to dive in and just say it like it is.

Horrible acting. Terrible dialogue.

The two main leads - both kids - are not very good. The girl is tolerable and has potential, but the little boy is just teeth-grittingly bad. It's an odd state of affairs that the two main characters weren't given better direction and coaching, since they occupy so much of the film's running time.

In addition, the dialogue has some truly awful moments that defy belief. Who wrote some of this stuff? Combined with the bad acting, it just makes for some truly cringe-inducing moments.

This is by far the worst element of the movie, which is otherwise quite well done. The production values, whilst not huge, are generally pretty good and the CGI, though not entirely convincing at all, at least has the benefit of being imaginative. Some very talented people came up with some very nice and original images, monsters and scenes. That the CGI isn't up to the task of convincingly delivering these ideas is not their fault and they should be commended for their efforts.

Again, it's a kid's film, so the budget probably wasn't there for anything more substantial. But, for what they did manage, it is pretty good.

The story is pretty imaginative too and, whilst it won't make you wonder what is going to happen next, neither will it make you go "Huh?" at any point.

As I say, the only thing which really let's the movie down is the acting, and the young leads can at least be forgiven for that. They are young, after all.

So is it worth watching? If you have kids, yes. But only young kids. Older ones will find it as badly acted as I did, I'm sure. If you don't have kids, then no, probably not. It is, however, a perfectly safe film to sit kids in front of at the weekend and drift off yourself.

SUMMARY: Poor acting in an otherwise imaginative film. Passable CGI and story. Really only for little kids, who won't mind the bad acting.
Hunaya

Hunaya

As regt said the only reviews you see that have a number bigger than 2 are basically users that participated in the making of this movie and then made an account specifically for this movie, which brings this movie even to a greater shame than it was already. I'm not even gonna bother to detail the whole thing, the movies is simply just bad, plot-wise, visually a literal piece of human waste, the characters are boring and the acting is just plain bad, special effects are as lamer than a 80's movie.

Don't believe me? Well just check the reviews...all you see from the idiots who created their accounts are 8's and 10's and yet the rating is a solid 3,8 and it keeps going down.

My advice, don't even illegally download this movie, you'll just waste bandwidth.
Dont_Wory

Dont_Wory

Decent Kids Movie! If you see this expecting a grown-up style movie, you'll be disappointed. It's clearly made for a very young audience, and I think they did a fantastic job in that regard. The animation was fantastic,it was quite educational, it had characters that the kids fall in love with, and it wasn't too long. It was nice to see the dinosaurs portrayed accurately with feathers even the tyrannosaur and the acting was pretty good. The story flow was well done and it had a nice little ending. The score is beautifully done and represents the characters and feel of the movie well. If you like watching your kid really enjoy something, take them to this film.
Faezahn

Faezahn

This film was very good for children 7-9 Should not be compared to Jurassic park. It's not a high budget film but not a bad effort and it entertains children so a success in that regard. Acting won't win any accolades but hey it's a children's film.
Winail

Winail

Bought this film for my kids and it was really great. Lovely film with nice characters, loved the fuzzy t-Rex and the simple story. This is not Jurassic Park as it is clearly a children's film which I really liked. It was funny, the animation was great and some of the scenery really beautiful. Both my children have watched it over and over again as kids tend to do. It had a nice little twist and no swearing or anything offensive that parents would have to worry about.

A worthwhile way to spend a Sunday afternoon with the kids. Nice to see it has come out of Australia too. I highly recommend this film to anyone with small children.
Cobyno

Cobyno

Looks like some of the reviewers here have an axe to grind. There is no way this movie deserves a 1 star rating. I saw this at a pre-screening event and it was a really enjoyable film. The CGI was really good. The Director is Emmy Award winning for Art Direction and Graphic Design. Check out the trailer, the Creature Animation is overall excellent. This is not a film for adults but is geared for young kids.

Great story with a nice ending. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I can see why it has sold out all international territories as there is nothing that would offend international sensors. The UK DVD release sat on the charts for 4 weeks and from what I know has done very well.

Overall, my recommendation is that it is a really lovely, well made film that children and adults will enjoy. It fits right in the family genre space and is well worth seeing.
Delaath

Delaath

This is a nice family movie. Just watched it with my 9 year old son and we both enjoyed it. Reminded me of the Journey to the center of the earth. Nicely done technically and the story line was enjoyable as well. The acting wasn't bad either in my opinion. It is not easy to come across a move that you can safely watch with your kid and is enjoyable for an adult as well. Therefore this movie should not be ignored in my opinion.

Here's my child's opinion: "it was very good and exciting and enjoyable for old and young children."

Definitely deserves more than "4". I'd give it 6.5, but in order to compensate for the way too low rating, I give it a 10! ;)
Malalanim

Malalanim

WARNING: SPOILERS Many have complained about the quality of the special effects and the acting. Others have defended these elements because the film is clearly for small children and clearly low budget. My problem is a belief that the movie could have been much better and more appropriate for a wider audience without adding much the the bill. This movie needed maybe 6 more 2 or 3 minute scenes. But none of these scenes would have required much if anything in the way of post production, because for the most part they would have been completely expository. First, whose house was that they visited at the beginning of the film, and why was there a crystal there? I think some questions could have been answered that would not have given away the ending, but could have made the ending a "Oh, I get it moment" instead of a "What the heck?" moment. Then a scene explaining the tribe. Have these people lived on the island forever? Or did there ship crash here? Why are they all children except the guy in the cage? Why the newspaper from the future? And would Lucas really show NO INTEREST in a newspaper from his future? It seems like Kate never tried to find a way off the island before. She should have been able to say to Lucas that she'd tried everything (in order to try and convince him to stay.) Why do these planes and ships not have people on them? Again, I don't necessarily need an answer, just some indication that somebody have GIVEN IT SOME THOUGHT! There are other little things that would have helped me too. Lucas was covered in man-eating-plant goo. Then suddenly he was clean and dry. How long had Kate been on the island? Yet her clothes were immaculate? And speaking of Kate, how did she even come to BE on the island? All this time she'd been studying flora and fauna but never once WONDERED about the island itself? I mean, it's an island UNTETHERED IN TIME. I would WONDER about that. Oh, I guess there is one place where I might have spent some money on CGI. Lucas had been on the island for one day. I think he would have been curious about the island. Yes, he would have wanted to get back home, but maybe the writer could have let him spend a couple of weeks there. If for no other reason than giving Kate and Lucas time to bond. To become friends instead of acquaintances. Then I would have put them in peril. Made it life or death that they get off this island. An earthquake could have destroyed their shelter? The natives could have found their shelter and threatened them? The volcano could have been about to explode? The exploding volcano could have probably helped with other problems too. I'm just saying this movie could have been SO MUCH BETTER without costing much more money. All it needed was another pass at the script. Even my eight year old niece was confused when it was over.
funike

funike

My family watched this movie together and enjoyed it a lot. For the budget they had I give the effort a solid 10. The special effects and CGI are actually pretty good (again for the budget level). The acting is kids TV show level, but hey what do you expect? The kids in the movie have fun with it and do a decent job. The dinosaurs were creatively modeled and decorated, a nice departure from the usual rendering of dinosaurs in most movies. There was always some interesting action going on and the story was actually quite creative. My wife and I discussed the movie after wards and agreed that there was more story and creativity here than top-tier movies like Jurassic World and Avatar. I was surprised by the number of 1 star reviews, but those people are obviously comparing it to big Hollywood films. If you can get past unrealistic expectations you'll actually have fun with this movie.
Kesalard

Kesalard

Just an imaginary island created for kids and aimed at kids ... The entire story is loosely written and poorly executed .... the animals weren't scary for most part including the supposedly Rex! It looked more funny than creepy!

However, kids might love the movie and enjoy it .... however, the acting should have been a LOT MORE better ... there are many kids who are longing for a chance to act in movies and would have done a much better job ... can't complain as the creatures are imaginary and could have been difficult to emote without seeing stuff ...

Even trained and established actors agree it is draining to act in horror and sci-fi since they have to imagine and emote accordingly .... kids can't be blamed much ... Looked funny and did not evoke attention for most part.
Xanna

Xanna

This was a nice fun filled family film. My kids love this so much and watched it sooooo many times that I'm becoming all too familiar with the dialog.

The depiction of the feathery dinosaurs has sparked my kids little imaginations and they have taken to sticking anything vaguely feathery to themselves and then run about roaring. The little blue bird that makes the funny noises is also a favorite. "That is correct" has become a household catch cry followed by giggles.

My only criticism of the film is that it could have maybe been a little longer which would mean that I only had to listen to it 5 times per day instead of 10. Definitely a winner for kids.
Runeshaper

Runeshaper

If you see this expecting a grown-up style movie like Jurassic Park, you'll be disappointed. It's clearly made for a very young audience, and I think they did a fantastic job in that regard.

The animation was fantastic, it had characters that the kids fall in love with, and it was a relatively short film so my son didn't lose interest. My son loves dinosaurs and was engrossed through the whole film. If you are wanting a grown up action-adventure film then wait for Jurassic Park but for kids this is great. I see the negative reviews, and I can't help but think that a lot of people just have the wrong expectations.
Marelyne

Marelyne

Most adults won't particularly enjoy this movie I guess. I'm 25 and I watched this late at night when I didn't want to be bothered with anything mind bending. I think it's fair to say that anyone who is looking for a movie to watch with his kids this is a good movie to go for. The animation was pretty well made for a B-movie, although it looked out of place from time to time (meaning that you could obviously see that the dinosaur wasn't really standing in that scene). The acting was mediocre but far from bad and no child will be bothered by this. I rated this from my sleepy point of view or a children's point of view as a 7.
Jeronashe

Jeronashe

I bought this for my kids to have over the Easter Holidays and they just love this film. We saw it at the cinema in the Blue Mountains where it was the number 1 film for weeks. The kids begged me to get them the DVD as soon as it came out. It really is a lovely film. The kids adore the bird character, "Mimos" and all the other creatures in the film. Its nice that everything is so colourful and the story although simple has some lovely themes consistent with a good family movie. Although it is targeted towards young audiences the adults in our home enjoyed the quick pace and great visual effects. We looove the fuzzy t-rex and the music is just beautiful. Lovely to hear the Aussie accents in a kids film for a change and I think the acting wasn't too bad. I have read the negative reviews on this site and they clearly are incorrect. This movie should be in every families DVD collection. Cute story and cute characters - it doesn't need to win an Acadamy Award, it just needs to entertain and it has certainly done that.