The Art of the Good Dinosaur by John Lasseter

The Art of the Good Dinosaur Reviews

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  Indah Threez Lestari

  592 - 2020
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  Nathan Albright

  My feelings about this book are a bit torn.  I must admit that I haven't seen the movie it was based on, but the book does provide a description of the film and what it was going for and I definitely am ambivalent about it.  Like many people, I grew up liking and appreciating dinosaurs.  That said, dinosaurs in general aren't the smartest of animals, and this book portraying human beings as being like dogs is not something that I happen to personally appreciate.  I take that sort of thing rather personally, especially because I don't see how one would have sentient human beings able to communicate with sentient dinosaurs without being on a niche that provided for a high degree of respect, which this film doesn't really go for, since the human child in the film appears to be a mere pet who stands on four legs and is rather defenseless in the sort of world that appears here with huge dinosaurs, many of which appear to be very deadly.  It is as if the filmmakers wanted to create a world where time stopped and where nothing else aside from the meteor that destroyed the dinosaurs would have destroyed them for sixty-five million more years.
  
  In terms of its structure, this book begins as the rest of the series does with a foreword and introduction and then contains a lot of art.  The art is varied, including storyboards and lighting studies, layouts and graphics as the film appears to have begun with the characters and then moved on from there.  This is a pretty daring approach, and sometimes it appears to pay off, as when there is a dramatic scene when the dinosaur and boy pair off and defend themselves against a lot of pteradactyls, or when there is an amusing encounter with some cattle-rustling T-rexes.  I suppose if the general odd buddy setup of the film didn't bother me, there would be a lot to find amusing about this movie.  I must admit that this movie is one that hasn't had a great deal of resonance among the young people I'm around, in contrast to the majority of Disney Films, so I'm not sure just how many people are fans of this movie, but although the art here is gorgeous, I don't know whether I'd actually enjoy the film or not.
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  Julie

  Mis à part la préface de John Lasseter et l’introduction de Peter Sohn, le livre est uniquement composé d’éléments visuels, ce qui m’a sincèrement déçue. J’en attendais plus mais découvrir l’art des studios ne vaut pas moins de trois étoiles 🌟 à mes yeux et comme toujours après la « lecture » d’un art of des studios Disney•Pixar, je souhaite revoir le long métrage dont il est question.
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  Nadhine

  The art in this book is absolutely stunning. Would’ve been a five star for me if there were text that narrates the process of making this film, their challenges, and their thought process throughout the making of this film. But I still love the amount of artwork they managed to fit in.
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  william loyd tooher iv

  It's more of a silent exhibition than anything informative but it's still chock-full of cute and colorful artwork that shows Pixar wanted to make something emotional and timeless. The effort absolutely shows and there's creative touches in this film that don't get enough credit.
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  Huyen Mai

  Great inspiration for my project.
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  Melissa

  This is a beautiful book. The concept art is STUNNING. You should totally buy this book and see the movie.
  
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  -I'm so excited that the velociraptors have feathers! In Jurassic World, they didn't, so it's exciting to see Pixar use new research.
  -The art is so gorgeous ♥
  I don't know why, but the whole concept of this movie reaches in and touches my heart. Maybe because it's so cool to be 28 and feel like a kid again because I'll get to see the movie on the big screen. Maybe it's because A LOT of this movie reminds me of The Land Before Time (there has DEFINITELY been inspiration drawn from the Don Bluth film). Maybe it's because this movie is going to have tremendous heart, just like Inside Out did, but of course this will be different, and Pixar makes me just asdfkasdlfjaksdfjaksdjfalsdf;k
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  Kelly K

  I was expecting more out of this since the animation in the film is absolutely stunning, especially the scenery and water. Besides the introduction there was no information given on the animation process of this film which is what I mainly read these books for.
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  Ian

  I had kinda hoped there'd be text and art explaining the original version of the movie, but instead, it skipped the text in favor of majestic, tranquil concept art devoid. I much prefer reading this to watching the movie.
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  Sarah

  
  I didn't even know they made an art book for this movie. I really liked seeing all the concept art and lighting studies, etc. This book is filled with some pretty amazing art, but I would've liked to see a bit more text.
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  Jennifer (JenIsNotaBookSnob)

  Fun look through, please note, only a couple paragraphs of reading throughout book. Full of nice concept art and storyboards.