Good story, Not enough for a whole film

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

------- spoiler alert ------- . . . . . . . . . . A sci-fi-trash filmed in the seventies ... some spaceship has a malfunction in the reactor and the crew evacuates to a nearby planet, and of course there are the same dinosaurs as on earth ;) In the whole film we have powerstruggles between the dumb men, see dumb women and of course dinosaurs, who decimate the survivors one at a time (and have more braincells) :)I like this film because of the creatures - they are motion-capturing-ones, and i am a big fan of Harryhausen. The story and the actors are very bad ... this is a trash-film, and you should treat it as one ;)) This film is not for fans of good plots/acting/special-effects ... but when you treat it as trash, you have so much to laugh and point out to each other, while munching on popcorn :)) Especially the plot holes in the story ... there are so many, it has more holes than a fishnet +.+The ending is so much of a cliché, it is laughable ... some hippie-commune of two women and three men in one house, and of course one baby. And all are happy, like each other (previous conflicts are totally forgotten) and build a new race ? xD Yes, this film is as cliché as it sounds ... but you can see clearly what the seventies thought would be in the future, and what they thought was a good movie (including drinking, "happymaking food", etc.). I liked the fun-factor ... and recommend it only (!) for trash-fans ;) bye, Blackie ^^...

Remember the first 40 minutes of the original "Planet of the Apes" in which the surviving team of a spacecraft explore the desert-like environment of the mysterious planet wherein they crash? (It was the best part of the movie, except for the very end). Okay, imagine that scenario for an entire 84 minute flick, albeit WITHOUT notable actors, great soundtrack and first-rate filmmaking; not to mention replace the apes with dinosaurs. If you can picture that, and it sounds like your cup of java, you might want to pick up "Planet of the Dinosaurs."This film is so amateurishly done on most levels that the average person would likely rate it pretty low. I grant it 5/10 Stars, however, for five reasons:The picture was filmed at Vasquez Rocks, Northeast of Los Angeles (I visited this park in July of 2003). If you're not in the know, this location is where many of the original Star Trek episodes where filmed, such as "Arena" wherein Captain Kirk fights the Lizardman. The stop-motion dinosaur animation is very good for the time period and, I hear, won some kind of an award when the film was released in the late '70s. It's pretty much on a par with "One Million Years B.C." There are four (count 'em, four) female survivors of the space wreck and two of them are babes (the other two aren't that bad either, that is, if you're stranded on a deserted planet). One beauty unfortunately gets eaten almost immediately, but the other survives for quite awhile. The latter, by the way, appears to be of Native American ancestry and her tight outfit shows off her midrift and bellybutton the entire stint she appears in the film. And, trust me, if you have any doubt that American Indian women can be truly beautiful, you need to see this fine piece of womanhood. After the first 20-30 minutes I was able to mentally adjust and accept the film's limitations; I strangely started to get into the story at this point and even care about the characters. Lastly, this is definitely not a kiddy flick, nor is it goofy, comedic or even campy. It's a serious sci-fi story.If "Planet of the Dinosaurs" had better actors, sound, music and worked out various other kinks in the story, direction, etc. I would give it a higher rating.BOTTOM LINE: It's worth picking up if (like me) you're a sucker for Sci-fi survival-on-deserted-planet type flicks. Just keep in mind it's strictly Grade Z and mental adjustments will have to be made to appreciate it."Planet of the Dinosaurs" has garnered a worthy "guilty pleasure" spot in the cult/independent film section of my video library.GRADE: C+

I gave this sci-fi outing a 5 because of the incredible special effects. A stranded space crew must fend for itself on a primitive planet full of dinosaurs and the like. The dinosaurs are classic stop motion creatures, most probably by Jim Danforth, a student of Ray Harryhausen's and best known for his work on "The Outer Limits" and "Jack the Giant Killer." Danforth, if it was indeed he who worked on this film, obviously learned well from the master, not just the quality of the stop motion work but the blending of live and animated footage, employing a technique invented by Harryhausen called Dynamation or Super Dynamation. The human actors in this flick are pretty awful, and the plot is from nowheresville. But the dinosaurs make up for a good deal. I understand Harryhausen visited the set during production, so I'm not surprised by the excellence of the animated sequences..

Planet of the Dinosaurs is a science fiction masterpiece.A group of space traveling humans are in their space ship when they realize that it is about to crash. So they land on a planet before their space ship crashes, landing it in the water but the ship sinks down before they can save it. They then begin to travel across the planet in hopes of making a signal that will allow them to be rescued. Along the way they find out that there are dinosaurs on the planet, in particular a bloodthirsty Tyrannosaurus. So the struggle for survival on this planet soon becomes more of an issue than trying to escape from the planet.This is a great plot for a science fiction film. Space travelers find themselves stranded on a planet that is inhabited by Dinosaurs. Brilliant!! Acting is good too, there is a good bond between the characters in this film. I always liked survival type films and this film is one of those.The dinosaurs look really good in this film. They really did a good job making the dinosaurs look real. The Tyrannosaurus is the main focus dinosaur in this film and is a great bad guy dinosaur. Other dinosaurs appearing include Stegosaurus, Brontosaurus, Strithiumimus, Styracosaurus, and a dinosaur that closely resembles the Rhedosaurus from "The Beast From 20000 Fathoms".The only complaint I have has to do with a few illogical parts, nothing too bad. There is one part where the Tyrannosaurus eats a Brontosaurus and then a few minutes later eats a Stegosaurus. I mean, there is no way that he could possibly be hungry. They just wanted to portray it as a terrifying monster and it is not entirely accurate. But it is a movie so it does not have to be realistic.There is a lot of great action in this film. Both between humans and dinosaurs as well as Dinosaurs against Dinosaurs. This movie will keep you entertained.Great dinosaur film, really underrated one. Highly recommend it.