Better story, less laughs and seeming borrowed animation make this merely an okay film

Rating: 5/10 (19 July 2009)

No I did not see this in 3D. Frankly other than depth I didn't see the reason why they bothered other than to get some extra shekels. the plot has Ray Romano and Queen Latifah expecting a baby mammoth, Denis Leary going through a midlife crisis after losing a step in the hunt and John Leguizamo wanting to belong somewhere and feeling left out. Leguizamo happens upon 3 eggs which hatch into baby T-Rex's which he tries to raise until the mother comes and the quartet , babies and Leguizamo end up going back to a lost world of dinosaurs. Latifah , Romano and Leary give chase and end up hooking up with a crazed Simon Pegg. More sound plot wise the film is less funny than the earlier entries and in a world of diminishing returns I liked it even less than the earlier films which I really didn't like. Its a good looking film but at the same time the jungle seems strangely low rent and not up to the background design of the earlier films. I also was disappointed in that several characters design and animation seem to have been lifted from films like Open Season, The Wild and Madagascar to the point I'm wondering if animation department has raided other studios on a large level (worse the "borrowed animation" seems to be not as good as the rest of the film, which is why I noticed it) can you tell I have problems? Not my cup of tea. Since it does have moments I think it might be worth a shot if you wait for DVD or cable so lots of people can see it for a small amount of money.