“The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island”

Welcome to this review of The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (a.k.a. the mysterious piece of garbage). Let's not waste any more time – let's get right into it!

Background

This movie was released on December 9. 1997. This installment in the series had a new director, and his name is Charles Grosvener.

Plot

In this movie, a swarm of locusts eats up all the food in “The Great Valley”. This forces the herds to move into the “mysterious beyond” to search for food. They decide to split up, but, of course, the kids don't like it. But, they are trying to find food for everybody. While exploring, they come across an island. So, anyways, on the island, they meet up with Chomper, yes, you know, that baby sharp-tooth that they helped raise in the second movie (continuity? It's about time). And, then, of course, hijinks ensues.

Opinion:

Okay, let's start with the animation. You know how I said in my review of the forth movie back in April that the animation was getting worse and worse, with every single entry? Well, this movie definitely proves my point. The voice acting is terrible (probably one of the worst in the series thus far). There are also some major plot holes. When they meet up with Chomper, when he's in the second movie, he had just hatched. But in this movie, it seems to be roughly the same age as the kids...and the kids haven't aged between movies (so much for continuity). The songs are pretty bad. The purpose of songs in a musical are to move the story along. But in this movie, the story just stops for the song. But, if you like T-Rexes, the climax is definitely for you because is has a big t-rex battle (or, as they call it in the movie, a sharp-tooth battle). So, anyway, there is even a sharp-tooth that draws blood in this movie which is rare for a Land Before Time sequel. So, anyways, this movie is NOT as bad as the last one, so it doesn't QUITE warrant a “golden garbage can” award. But, it is still pretty bad. So this is why I'm giving it a 1-out-of-5 star rating. This movie is bad, don't waste your time or your money. Goodnight, and Bee Happy!™ 

BY Mr. Bee

                                                                               

 

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