For the first half or so of this movie, we get the usual cartoon buisiness of some cute goofy dinosaurs befriending some annoying kids. OK, whatever. Then the kids get lost in the park and the movie wanders into new and very weird territory.
This is when we meet Dr. Screweyes. He's an evil magician. He runs a freak show. He collects nightmares and enjoys showing them to his guests. He is also the trippiest thing in a mainstream animated movie since Dumbo met the Pink Elephants.
I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when this movie was being conceived. "Gee, Steve, parents are thinking "Jurassic Park" is too scary (more on that in a sec)! Let's make a dinosaur cartoon with an evil circus and nightmare scenes!" Unbelievable.
So here comes the Gremlin's lil' rant on parents who think "J. P." was too scary for kids. The only "scary" parts they were worried about were of Dinosaurs Eating People and Smaller Dinosaurs. Come on! Kids LOVE that! If kids wrote all of the dinosaur movies ever made, the whole damn running time would be filled with Dinosaurs Eating Things! That's the whole selling point of a dinosaur movie! Sheesh!
This is when we meet Dr. Screweyes. He's an evil magician. He runs a freak show. He collects nightmares and enjoys showing them to his guests. He is also the trippiest thing in a mainstream animated movie since Dumbo met the Pink Elephants.
I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when this movie was being conceived. "Gee, Steve, parents are thinking "Jurassic Park" is too scary (more on that in a sec)! Let's make a dinosaur cartoon with an evil circus and nightmare scenes!" Unbelievable.
So here comes the Gremlin's lil' rant on parents who think "J. P." was too scary for kids. The only "scary" parts they were worried about were of Dinosaurs Eating People and Smaller Dinosaurs. Come on! Kids LOVE that! If kids wrote all of the dinosaur movies ever made, the whole damn running time would be filled with Dinosaurs Eating Things! That's the whole selling point of a dinosaur movie! Sheesh!