when i hear that the original screenplay o this film plan no dialogue at all for the character and i become even more disappointed at the end result . while a very good film dinosaur certainly be and it could have be incredible . the visual effect alone be a sight to behold and never more so than in the opening sequence . this be probably the best stretch in the whole film for me while it unsanitised by talk animal and genuinely feel like a prehistoric world ( ignore the multitude of historical inaccuracy like grass in the mesozoic era and particular dinosaur live side by side ) . once the animal start to talk the film be bogged down by the shortcoming of the script and which be idealistic and morally exposition heavy and for the sake of the target audience . it also detract from the illusion the film so effortlessly produce on the screen at the start while it all just becomes so standard an routine when it seem to be so much more . with a weak script and the visuals no longer arrest like they do before and would have do have nobody talk . without the amazing cgi and this could have almost be straight to video . i say almost because despite the shortcoming dinosaur be a good movie while it at time thrill and exhilarate and touch and surprisingly intense and for a movie with a such a routine story . have it have a good script it could have be great . have it have no dialogue at all it could have be a classic and perhaps one of disney finest . the era of risk taking and inventiveness for the company seem to be at an end and or at least under suppression . damn you eisner . they be onto something this time .