The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave: Mr. Bee’s Review

 

We are finally here!!  After three long years, we have finally made it to the last Land Before Time movie (to date).  First off, I don’t want to waste too much time, but let us all remember the torment that I have put myself through these last three years.  To review, listed below are the first thirteen movies in the series

• Great
• Pretty bad
• Meh
• Awful
• A little better than the last one
• A Western
• Aliens!!!!
• Follow that Bird with Dinosaurs
• Fish Food
• He has a Dad?
• As an Added Bonus, Twenty Little Dinosaurs
• Poor Message for Children Mixed with a Bad Woody Allen Impression
• The Worst Ever

Now that we have those painful memories out of the way, let’s begin with number 14.  

Background:

In November of 2014, a mere three months after I embarked on what turned into the worst decision of my life, Yahoo news released an article of Universal’s upcoming movies.  On said list, was the fourteenth installment in this franchise.  I didn’t find out about it until the following February while perusing a list of Land Before Time films on wikipedia (now called The Land Before Time franchise).  When I saw Land Before Time XIV on the list, I was hoping that some idiot just posted on wiki as a  troll and it would soon be taken down.  Unfortunately, I was wrong.  The trailer was released a few months later and was called “The Land Before Time: The Journey of the Brave”

Plot:

The movie is about Littlefoot’s Dad coming to The Great Valley for a visit.  But his herd shows up without him.  Apparently he was trapped in a volcano eruption and the herd left him behind.  As per usual, it’s up to our five heroes to risk their lives to try to rescue Littlefoot’s dad.  

Opinion:

One thing of note is that Kiefer Sutherland must have got a better agent as he does not reprise his role as Littlefoot’s dad.  Reba McEntire, on the other hand, needs to fire her agent as she is a slightly annoying add-on dinosaur in this movie.  The animation is not horrible.  And get ready to hear me say this; the songs are not horrible.  The voice acting, however, is pretty dismal.  The story is painfully predictable.  This movie would fall into the “harmless” category because it may be good for small children.  Everything else though, unless they want to continue the series, would point to them being better off to skip it.  Overall, I give this movie 2-out-of-5 stars.  Meh.

The tv Series

In 2007 and early 2008, there was a tv series.  As I promised in my introductory blog in August of 2014 - boy, that seems like a lifetime ago - I said that I  would do a short review of the tv series in the review of the last movie.  I am a man of my word - even if it takes me three years to follow through.  It aired on Cartoon Network.  If you’re wondering what happens when the idiots running Universal combine with the idiots running Cartoon Network,well, the tv series is what you would expect - pretty dismal.  It has a theme song that is a little bit catchy.  It also has two new dinosaurs - Chomper and another new one called Ruby.  Ruby has no introduction and how Chomper got back into the Great Valley is never explained.  Both characters are in the last movie unintroduced as well.  They apparently want to cram at least two musical numbers into a 22-minute show.  Judging by the first episode, it’s pretty apparent why it only ran for one season.  

An Open Letter to Universal Executives:

Dear Universal Executives,

I hope that I’m not breaking the restraining order you have against me.  On behalf of film fans, dinosaur fans, and the very few die-hard Land Before Time fans, PLEASE, I beg of you to take your mind off of the money bin and, for once, pay attention to creativity and end the Land Before Time series.  You had a good run in studio executive terms.  But, it’s time to end the franchise.  If you can’t keep your eyes off the money bin, I do have one suggestion for your next movie.  SPOILER ALERT - it involves an asteroid!

Sincerely,

Mr. Bee

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