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Evolution of the World

  • 1940
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Evolution of the World (1940)
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A glimpse of daily life during the age of dinosaurs is revealed. A Brontosaurus roams a dangerous remote island searching for food before a vicious Tyrannosaurus rex and a Triceratops battle... Read allA glimpse of daily life during the age of dinosaurs is revealed. A Brontosaurus roams a dangerous remote island searching for food before a vicious Tyrannosaurus rex and a Triceratops battle to the death during the Cretaceous period.A glimpse of daily life during the age of dinosaurs is revealed. A Brontosaurus roams a dangerous remote island searching for food before a vicious Tyrannosaurus rex and a Triceratops battle to the death during the Cretaceous period.

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    • Ray Harryhausen
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    Love it!!!!

    This is Ray Harryhausen's first work and it's really good for someone's first stop motion short.

    Stop motion is very smooth, and the short is surprisingly in color! The triceratops model looks perfect, and the miniatures and background paintings look astounding.

    But of course this film is not perfect, the camera movement when the Tyrannosaurus rex attacks the triceratops is very shaky and jerky, it might give some people a headache.

    I also think the Tyrannosaurus rex model looks to skinny and slim.

    Also the Brontosaurus model looks a little scratchy, not in a realistic way, but the paint is chipping off.

    But this was Ray Harryhausen's first work, of course he is not gonna get it perfect on the first try. I think he did better than most other people making their first stop motion short, it's pretty impressive.

    Another creative work by Harryhausen!

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