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Special Features
Full-length Making-of-Featurette shot in HD
Meet The Creatures Educational Section
Dinosaur Quiz
Meet The Creatures Educational Section
Dinosaur Quiz
Editorial Reviews
Uncover the mysteries buried beneath our feet!
Join the world's preeminent paleontologists in this eye-popping IMAX adventure as they uncover some of history's most astonishing dinosaur finds. Travel across the exotic dunes of the Gobi Desert and along the sandstone buttes of New Mexico as scientists make brand-new discoveries about dinosaur behavior, their environments and find what could be the oldest dinosaur ever unearthed in North America. With stunningly realistic and scientifically accurate CGI, you ll see these amazing creatures come alive ... in a big way!
Narrated by Michael Douglas.
Special Features:
Full-length Making-of-Featurette shot in HD
"Meet The Creatures" Educational Section
Dinosaur Quiz
Originally conceived, photographed and released in ultra high-resolution IMAX® 3D process. The 3D image is optimized for home viewing by scanning the original 15/70 image at a 5.6K resolution for the 3D Blu-rayTM release. This 3D Blu-ray will play on a standard Blu-ray player.
Join the world's preeminent paleontologists in this eye-popping IMAX adventure as they uncover some of history's most astonishing dinosaur finds. Travel across the exotic dunes of the Gobi Desert and along the sandstone buttes of New Mexico as scientists make brand-new discoveries about dinosaur behavior, their environments and find what could be the oldest dinosaur ever unearthed in North America. With stunningly realistic and scientifically accurate CGI, you ll see these amazing creatures come alive ... in a big way!
Narrated by Michael Douglas.
Special Features:
Full-length Making-of-Featurette shot in HD
"Meet The Creatures" Educational Section
Dinosaur Quiz
Originally conceived, photographed and released in ultra high-resolution IMAX® 3D process. The 3D image is optimized for home viewing by scanning the original 15/70 image at a 5.6K resolution for the 3D Blu-rayTM release. This 3D Blu-ray will play on a standard Blu-ray player.
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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
By J. Hanisco
Format:Blu-ray
First things first, make sure you're aware of what you are actually going to be viewing! I completely expected this to be along the lines of Walking With Dinosaurs, where the movie would be largely, if not entirely, composed of CGI dinosaurs and their history. But this is not what we get - sure, there are quite a few clips of different dinosaurs, including my son's favorite, the velociraptor, but this is largely a video following paleontologists, with CGI clips thrown in. This is an interesting viewing, with many pieces of information that I did not know. We have a 3 1/2 year old who is obsessed with dinosaurs, and I felt that he would never want to view this again because of the lack of dinosaurs, but I was wrong. It is now his most highly requested video to view - of course this is over the period of a week - you know how long that lasts!
That being said, if you walk into this knowing that you will see CGI dinosaur clips, as opposed to an entire video of dinos, you will be very happy with this title. I viewed the blu-ray version, and the video is clear and crisp - I like how older videos that would not be in HD are letterboxed into a small portion of the screen, with an HD background filling the rest of the screen. All in all, 3.5 stars is rounded up to 4 - interesting, recommended, but not a MUST own for our family.
That being said, if you walk into this knowing that you will see CGI dinosaur clips, as opposed to an entire video of dinos, you will be very happy with this title. I viewed the blu-ray version, and the video is clear and crisp - I like how older videos that would not be in HD are letterboxed into a small portion of the screen, with an HD background filling the rest of the screen. All in all, 3.5 stars is rounded up to 4 - interesting, recommended, but not a MUST own for our family.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A treat for dinosaur lovers everywhere and enthusiastically recommended for public library DVD collections
November 16, 2009
Format:DVD
Originally created for exhibition in IMAX theaters, Dinosaurs Alive! is a DVD documentary that uses computer animation to bring mankind's discoveries about dinosaurs to life - from the revelation that "Oviraptor" was in fact a good parent who brooded over its eggs rather than a rapacious egg thief, to the story of a real-life "Indiana Jones" archaeology pioneer who braved desert bandits to bring home amazing fossil finds, to the shocking recent discovery that (flightless) velociraptors had feathers! The astonishing and scientifically accurate CGI is sure to thrill dinosaur lovers of all ages and backgrounds. Special features include a widescreen version, a "Making of" documentary shot in HD, and a bonus quiz. Also available in a Blu-ray version, "Dinosaurs Alive" is a treat for dinosaur lovers everywhere and enthusiastically recommended for public library DVD collections. 40 minutes plus special features.
28 of 33 people found the following review helpful
By J. Jarnich
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
With so many incredible dinosaur dvd's like When Dinosaurs Roamed America and Walking With Dinosaurs, this dinosaur dvd just doesn't cut it. It is not exciting and is missing much key information. Maybe when it was in the IMAX and 3D it was amazing to view, but nothing special for home viewing.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
ok but not impressed
movie was ok, not really in the top of my WoW effect movies ; i would say educative for young children and school project
Published 2 months ago by Patrice M. busnel
2.0 out of 5 stars
3d not very good
Just got a 3d tv, player, glasses - not much difference between 3d or 2d - waste of money and time.
Published 2 months ago by Susan E. Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dinosaurs alive 3D
Good educational DVD, the kids really liked the information and great 3d effects. WE will be watching it again and again.
Published 3 months ago by Rosetta Belton
3.0 out of 5 stars
its ok
There are some pop out scenes, but not as good quality of some of my other 3d movies. If you can get it cheap, get it. If not, don't bother.
Published 3 months ago by Andrea R Kellim
4.0 out of 5 stars
3d fun
It is a nice 3d starter. It has some interesting facts. Feels like a discovery channel movie and I would buy it again.
Published 4 months ago by Ray
1.0 out of 5 stars
no me gusto
el 3d no es bueno, en muchas partes esta mal hecho el 3d y te marea, hasta te puede dar dolor de cabeza porque el efecto se ve doble
Published 4 months ago by sebastian
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dinosaurs Alive! [Blu-ray 3D
I have never seen this movie. I bought it as a gift. I don't know what you want me say. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS MOVIE. IT"S A GIFT.
Published 5 months ago by EV
2.0 out of 5 stars
Story is good
3D format is adapted from IMAX. Watching the movie has been giving us terrible headaches. We own dozens of 3d movies, and this is the only one doing this. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Eric M
4.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting
My son is dinophile and really enjoyed watching this. He also really likes the "Walking With... " series that is on Amazon
Published 5 months ago by phalgal
3.0 out of 5 stars
No action
This is more a documentary than anything, no real action to it. Nothing thats going to keep a young childs interest.
Published 6 months ago by Slick
