The Great Valley Adventure- The Land Before Time II

My children loved this movie. I loved this movie as a child and we only have it on VHS so it was nice to rent.

There are some things from my childhood that aged well into my adult years (Star Wars, Muppets, Tom & Jerry) and some that I’m a little embarrassed to admit I liked (Pokemon, Barney). For the life of me, I did not think The Land Before Time II would fall into the “aged well” category (yeah, I’m using Roman numeral; I’m classy :) ). I haven’t watched it since the 90s and I have given little thought to one of my favorite film franchises as a kid since (so why did I rent it this past weekend? Don’t rush me, I’ll get to it). Well, I was in for a pleasant surprise: I still enjoyed the film.Don’t get me wrong, this is no hidden masterpiece of film art. It’s a 90s direct-to-video film and it shows. The story’s not deep, the animation is a bit stiff at times, and the songs can be annoying depending on your taste in music.That said, not every film needs to be Schindler’s List. It’s still a cute adventure film that teaches kids not to hurry growing up that wasn’t too preachy. It’s bright and colorful but not exceedingly so and the songs are pretty catchy (I stand by “Peaceful Valley” being one of my favorite songs). The animation IS decent. There are some weird choices (even as a kid, I always thought Littlefoot was swallowing just before the last chorus of “We’re a Family and You’re One of Us Now”) and it can sometimes be stiff, but it’s certainly not the worst I’ve seen. It’s not Disney, Pixar, or even Don Bluth quality (that last one is important considering why there’s a II in this film’s title) but it’s a lot better than Hanna-Barbera or Filmation animation.I’ll use that to segue into WHY I decide to re-watch the film when my first paragraph made it clear I was otherwise uninterested. It was nostalgia mixed with curiosity about the film being available in HD on Amazon (which I found out just playing around the site one day). Let me say, it was very good looking, with clear and colorful video. The backgrounds were gorgeous and almost stole my attention for the dinos in front of them. That’s not to say the characters didn’t look great. The linework was solid, with even the paler colors looking great. It’s not a perfect picture, but any faults are because of the relative cheapness in making the film in the 1990s, not the remastering in the 2010s. To those who like watching films in HD, love the Land Before Time series, but loathe giving up physical media: I’m sorry to say this to you but digital streaming is currently the best option to watch The Land Before Time II and the other sequels unless a Blu-Ray set is coming (I haven’t watched the others but my guess is they’re about the same).Now to explain the 2nd half of my title: the trailer (actually just a 2-minute section of the film) is sourced from the 1994 master (there’s a 2012 copyright notice at the end of the trailer but I’m figuring that trailer’s video was a digitization of the 1994 tape master and the actual celluloid wasn’t rescanned before the HD remaster) and, while it’s still a good image, it doesn’t reflect the quality of the remastered feature film and shouldn’t be used to judge the video quality (I don’t how the SD copy looks; sorry).It’s not the greatest animated film and it certainly suffers with so many better kids’ films available, up to and including its own classic predecessor. However, there are far, FAR worse films you can show kids that are shallower than this (Minions and Angry Birds would, for me at least, lose to this film). The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure is a fun film and definitely worth at least one viewing, especially if you watched it as a kid, have a kid, or are a kid at heart who can appreciate a less-than-great film for its good points.

Loved watching this with my kiddo! Brought back so many memories!

I bought this movie because my son has become obsessed with Land before Time. I got tired of watching the same 2 over and over again so I ordered about 5 different ones. Since now I have about 7 and watch them VERY frequently I have noticed a pattern with these.First of all none of them have compared to the first which is by far my favorite for several reasons. The main reason being that it is one of the only ones where the kids get seperated from their families and they search to be with them. In EVERY other movie I own the kids run of on their on there own without their parents!!! This drives me crazy! There are great morals in most of these stories but the fact that nearly every movie they run off behind their parents back annoys me to no end. What kind of message does that send our kids??In this one Duckies egg/brother or sister gets egg napped. They end up finding a sharp teeth egg instead (but dont worry duckies sibling is okay too). And where did they chase these egg nappers to- you got it into the mysterious beyound, without their parents AGAIN!?!?! But anyways the movie is cute- mainly because Chomper is a cute addition to the movie. I know he is another one but I have not been able to find that one- they end up on an island with sharpteeth on it, anyone know that one? The egg nappers are more annoying then funny but oh well. The kids have another adventure and learn some lessons along the way.

Chomper should have ate them all except Little Foot. Cera is always the bully so she gets eaten, Ducky is annoying saying the same thing multiple times. Like when Petrie said "He need me whole bunch" putting Chompers face on his face. Then Ducky says "No Chomper you cannot eat Petrie. Nooo!" "I said no. Just like my parents. Oh no, no, no, no, no." With that annoying exchange Petrie and Ducky could be the appetizers". Cera will be the main course and Spike could be desert. Actually, I like Spike so he's safe along with Little Foot.

Purchased for my 3 year old granddaughter (actually bought twice, once on my sons account to watch downstairs and paid him cash and again from my account so we could continue to watch it in my room)...Actually bought 3 times, because my kids watched it when they were little. It’s wholesome and teaches kids many lessons of life and friendships. I enjoyed watching it myself!

My kid loves this movie and watches it at least once a week! If your little one is interested in dinosaurs, then this is it!

I actually choose this not knowing that my child like this. I mean I am in a rush and just clicking whatever is see it first. my kid so love this. she just sit and watch till the end. I tried to turn off because we need to leave but she cried, But since when i check it is only like almost 10 minutes left so i just waited till the end. their are times she was scared but then i heard her laughing and giggling while watching this. then after she is done watching she's telling me something about what she watch. I am recommending this to parents who has a child that loves cartoon movies.

Great product and well received....

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