4 Dinos in New York (1993)

4 Dinos in New York: Directed by Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells, Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag. With John Goodman, Blaze Berdahl, Rhea Perlman, Jay Leno. A time traveling scientist goes back to prehistoric times and feeds dinosaurs a magic cereal that increases their intelligence – next they land in modern New York City for a series of comic adventures.

“When I was a kid, I loved dinosaurs. Jurrasic Park, The Land Before Time, (the original, not the crappy umpteen sequels), and Weu0026#39;re Back especially were my favorite movies.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNow when I look at it again, I see that the movieu0026#39;s plot made no sense, the characters were stereotypical, and that it was sappy at the end.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut as a kid, I didnu0026#39;t care. What could be cooler than a singing tyrannosaurus(with the exception of Barney)? I didnu0026#39;t care if the plot made no sense to an adult because it made perfect sense to me. I never wondered why Rex didnu0026#39;t know what lunch was but instantly knew the tune of u0026quot;Row your boatu0026quot;. I didnu0026#39;t see the average example of u0026quot;unhappyu0026quot; children and a villain that was one sided and overly symbolic. I saw some cool kids and a crazy scary guy with a screw for an eyeball that somehow had magical powers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBecause thatu0026#39;s what this movie was and is: a childrenu0026#39;s movie. And somehow in all the critic reviews and hype and over analyzation of movies in general, I forgot what it was like to watch a movie as a kid and to just enjoy it regardless of plot and characters.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI get the same feeling from watching old Saturday morning cartoons. They were stupid, and the plots were ridiculous, but I loved them. Bring on the genetic mutants who know kung-fu and fight crime! Throw in a few aliens and youu0026#39;ve got a good thing to eat sugary cereal to! Anyway, I guess the real reason I wrote this review was to perhaps remind people to simplify their lives from time to time, and quit over-analyzing. You enjoy more that way.”