Dinosaurs rule the earth in this big-budget* 3-D feature update* of the late ‘90s popular TV show.

    With a much bigger budget and state-of-the-art technology, the film brings a collection of the Cretaceous* creatures to life.

    But while the walking part is great, the talking part — not so much.

    The six-part series that inspired* the movie originally aired on the BBC in 1999 and was in the end seen by 700 million viewers around the world.

    Co-directors Barry Cook (“Mulan”) and Neil Nightingale, creative director of BBC Earth, were called in to graft* the series’ documentary* style onto a more traditional animated feature format.

    Apart from very brief modern-day live action scenes, the film wastes little time in going back some 70 million years to tell the coming-of-age* story of Patchi (voiced by Justin Long).

    Patchi is a young Pachyrhinosaurus* who is shown the ropes* by Alex (voiced by John Leguizamo), a colorful prehistoric parrot who tells the film’s story.

    Along his journey to become grown-up, Patchi meets various prehistoric predators*, including the terrible Gorgosauraus*. He also locks horns with* his older brother who later becomes the leader of the herd, Scowler (voiced by Skyler Stone). And he experiences love at first sight when he meets the beautiful Juniper (voiced by Tiya Sircar).

    Although the story written by screenwriter John Collee (“Happy Feet,” “Master and Commander”) follows a safely predictable* course, the visual* effects, employing the advanced 3D Fusion Camera System used by James Cameron for “Avatar,” make the film very vivid set against backdrops* in Alaska and New Zealand.

    Sadly, the unnecessary and unfunny dialogue will make the audience impatient*.(SD-Agencies)