The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997)

Truly Dreadful Film

Excellent but underrated film

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

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

"The Land Before Time 2" was a good film. It slightly altered the tone of the original film (which remains a true classic and the best of the series) with it's use of songs. It still had a fine mix of action, character development and of course introduced "Chomper". For me, sequels 3 and 4 were not that appealing, with unnecessary secondary characters that "dumbed down" the films. Part 5 returns to the nice tone established in part 2. There is adventure, surprise developments both in story and with the characters. And best of all we learn what happened to Chomper. If you want a true "trilogy" with a story arc, I recommend watching the original, then part 2 and then part 5. What an epic!

Seriously. Whats the point of trying to insult a children's movie? Thats right, there is no point. Just because its not educational because your kid isn't watching some giant child-molesting purple dinosaur doesn't mean that it still isn't a good movie. And technically, they are educational movies. Just because they don't teach your kid math or who started WWI, but it teaches your child about friendship and being honest and all that other bullshit every child should know. Why don't you go bag on movies that actually deserve your stupidity? Such as Bad Boys II. Or Anal Sluts 9. Your a poopy face and I don't like you.

The fifth installment in the grand series of LBT. What a great way to follow up Journey Through The Mists, putting in another adventure outside the great valley! (SPOILER) When swarming leaf-gobblers(locusts)devastate the great valley, the dinos set off to find a different paradise. Day after day, they found nothing. Arguments arise, threatening to separate the herds. Littlefoot and co. venture off on their own. They stumble onto a sea and find a land path to an island. The island is perfect, but they see that the land path has been pulled underwater by the shifting tides. Cera uses a log to sail to the grown ups, but a shark attacks them, sending them back to the island. They find Chomper, but I won't spoil the rest for you. (END OF SPOILERS) Always There is so touching...

Ok, I am way behind on these.. I think I stopped at #6.. And yes, they're all terrible. But I actually thought this #5 was the least terrible of the ones I've seen. I guess because it does have a pretty touching song in it ("Always There") and at least it's *different*.. for one thing it gets those dang dinos OUT of the Great Valley and onto an island, and they meet Chomper and do some new, different stuff. Then again I do have a thing about movies where people get stuck on islands.. for some reason I just like them. Anyway maybe that bias invalidates this whole review, but I did think The Land Before Time part 5 wasn't too bad. I mean, if you *have* to watch one of them, you could do worse than selecting this one.