The film starts off with a present-day scene, where Paleontologist Zack (Karl Urban) tugs along his niece Jade (Angourie Rice) and disinterested nephew Ricky (Charlie Rowe) to the Alaskan hinterland to excavate and study a dinosaur tooth in his custody.
On the outskirts of the forested land, Ricky encounters Alex (John Leguizamo), a talking crow who tells him, "Every fossil tells a story. It opens a window to the ancient past."
With this, Alex morphs into an Alexornis, or a sort of prehistoric parrot and zooms into the sky teleporting the audience to the prehistoric period.
The film shows the rugged and harsh realities of nature's survival dispositions. To make the film palpable, the plot involves family bonding, romance between Patchi and Juniper (Tiya Sircar), a Pachyrhinosaurus from another tribe, and team spirit.
The images provided by director of photography, John Brooks are life-like and real. The animated, computer generated images seem so authentic that it makes you believe you are in that era. The wide-angled images capturing the migrating herds look amazingly naturalistic.
and the 3d effects are very effective especially in the scene.
walking with the dinosaurs
