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A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The Land Before time is a personal favorite of mine. It has such a sad story, but still manages to put that spark of hope into our hearts even when times are rough. It is that kind of children's film which excels in teaching important life lessons without stating it by hammering it in. Like friendship is a matter of letting go of your pride once in a while. You can even read a subtle message about racism into Littlefoot and Cera's fights. And that is why I love it. It is simply a piece of art with a message and a story to tell. Dark and scary at times, yes, but it is alright to be afraid and sad, it is life. Yes, there are some real sadness and unnerving moments which you definitely feel deep inside, but that makes the reward of finding The Great Valley just the more rewarding. James Horner's musical score is just amazing, so atmospheric and haunting. Waaay better than those lighthearted song and dance musical numbers of the countless sequels to this masterpiece. Okay, I know most people hate all those unnecessary sequels and they are definitely sub-par to this work of art, but I honestly don't hate them, because most of them teach life lessons, too. I honestly did want to see Littlefoot and his friends' adventures in The great Valley, but maybe a TV-series would have sufficed. Honestly, I have seen more offensive sequels than the ones of The Land Before Time.

I know what people are going to say: you had to see it as a kid. And that's probably right because it found it too cutesy and mellifluent. The story is simple: little dino loses mother. Gets separated from grandparents. Must get to green valley trough desolate land with some sidekicks. Gets there. The end. After The Black Cauldron (my favorite Disney film as a kid, I loved the dark undertone) the director almost p*ssed his pants coz he thought this movie was going to be to dark for kids. They even got a psychologist to approve the death scene of the mother dino (I'm not kidding, look on Wikipedia). The landscape is a bit grim but the film isn't really. The Land Before Time spawned 13 (!) sequels which were allegedly so colorful and glee it made kids puke on their TV screens. So that means this one is probably the only one worth seeing...for your kids. They'll probably weep. Good for them. Get's them to learn the true meaning of death. That's what dino films are for innit

Littlefoot is the last baby born to a small herd of Longnecks with only his mother, grandmother and grandfather. The world is changing and they must walk to the paradise of the Great Valley. They are attacked by a Sharptooth and an earthquake separates Littlefoot from his family. Longnecks are not suppose to play with Threehorns like Cera. When Littlefoot's mother dies, he is left alone to walk to the Great Valley. Along the way, others join him including orphan Ducky, flyer Petrie, a spiketail and Cera who is also separated from her family.Producers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have created Bambi with dinosaurs. It has the same hand drawn style. It has some pretty dark edges to the story. The story may be trying to do too much. It's a bit angry and dark at times. It may not be for the smallest of the little ones.

This is one of the very few non-Disney animated films I grew up with - five little dinosaurs Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie and a non-speaking Stegosaur travel the ruins of their land while being separated from their families by an earthquake, attempting to reunite with their loved ones in the beautiful and lush Great Valley.It's a pretty exciting story as we see the little dinosaur friends travel together to beat the odds and strive for survival as they struggle to find food and fend off frightening carnivores like the unforgiving T-Rex (who the call as Sharptooth).The animation is good and the voice-acting was believable. I like the Littlefoot character, couldn't stand the bratty Cera, and thought the friendship and bonding between Ducky and Petrie was little too sweet and endearing.Again, this is an exciting and very nice dinosaur film, but grew up on me overtime. It's a good film to bring the family together, but it's best for the kids' ages.Grade B