Hi again. Here's my review of The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island.
Littlefoot and his friends are all trying to get the last treestar on a tree. It ends up being eaten by Mr. Clubtail when they all chase it. Afterwards, Littlefoot complains about his friends ruining it. Grandpa Longneck shakes a whole tree of treestars for the kids to enjoy. Grandpa sees possible clouds in the distance, but it turns out to be a whole swarm of swarming leaf-gobblers, eating the valley to nothing. That night, the herds agree on leaving the Great Valley. The kids secretly hear the conversation, and are sad that they will have to all join their own kind. Grandpa says to the adults that they will leave TOGETHER. Then the kids are happier and NOW want to leave. Can't blame em'.
The next day the herds set out for a new paradise until The Great Valley grows green again. On their way, the gobblers seemed to eat the plants in the direction they went. Soon, they come across a Duck-bill corpse. Mr. Threehorn gets all idiotic again and argues with Grandpa which direction to go and also says: "Everyone knows how stupid Duck-bills are." He settles the argument by saying: "That settles it. We're splitting up." IDIOT. IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT! That last night together the friends agree to run away and find food so the herds don't split up.
Next morning, the herds can't find them. The kids are making sure to leave big foot-marks for them to follow though. They smell water, and run up a hill. They find the ocean/big water as the characters call it. They go for a drink, but it tastes gross. Well, what do you expect? They find no food, and sit down and give up. But Spike, of course, is staring right at an ISLAND that he just stares at. Ducky and the others see, and they decide to cross a path to the island. Now, I have a few names for this island. One is "Sharptooth Island." Another one I have is "Island of Caution."
On the way across the land-path, an earthshake happens, and a tsunami comes towards them. They climb up the cliff to the island, safely. They run for the food, but think it smells weird. Spike likes it though. They all take bites, and they like it too. Afterwards, they look off the island. The land path was destroyed in the earthshake. They suggest Petrie to fly or Ducky to swim to get help, but they are too scared to cross the "big water." They then sing "Big Water", one of my FAVORITE songs in the entire franchise. After the song, they decide to use a log to cross back to the mainland.
During the swim, a swimming shark sharptooth attacks! They swim to safety after nearly dying, and they end it crashing back on the Mysterious Island. Then they sing another song that I also really love that night, "Always There." The next morning...Cera wakes up to see a sharptooth shadow...hmmm...reference here. It chases them, until they get trapped by a rock wall. It turns it to be...you guessed it, CHOMPER! They greet him, and he says to follow him and see his parents. Gulp, yes, his parents. They talk about it not being a good idea, and then they arrive, and the kids hide in a bush. They tell Chomper to come get breakfast. Chomper says he'll be there in a minute. Oh, and did I say Papa Sharptooth almost sniffed out Littlefoot and his friends? No? Carry on. Nope. Not yet. A sharptooth appears after the six leave the scene, after Chomper says: "It's a good thing my folks are the only sharpteeth around here." Hmmm, really Chomper. The plated sharptooth viciously eats the bush they were hiding in, while also playing a highly nostalgic danger theme.
So, afterwards, Chomper tells them of a "stinky place" where his parents won't smell them. Ducky gets separated for a short time during the process. She almost gets eaten by a sharptooth flyer and her babies, before falling on top of the gang. Before then, Cera asks Chomper if he had a mid-morning snack. She apologizes, of course. When they arrive at a grove of tall, stinky flowers, or "The Stinky Place", Littlefoot and his friends ask for food. Chomper goes and gets a bunch of tree stars and fruits, and the gang sing "Friends For Dinner" while they wait, after Chomper says: "I love having friends for dinner!"
After that, Cera talks about Chomper again while they eat, saying "Littlefoot! Watch Out!" after Littlefoot puts his foot out and it looks like Chomper was about to bite it. He walks away, crying. Littlefoot goes to comfort him, but Cera says: "He doesn't have feelings! He's a sharptooth!" When Littlefoot apologizes about what happened, Mama Sharptooth roars at Littlefoot, and tells Chomper not to play with his food. Chomper tells that to him after she leaves, and Chomper walks home. Littlefoot runs back to the flowers quickly, to check if anyone ate his last treestar. Spike did earlier. They all look at him, scared. He says: "You better be scared, because if it's gone, I'm gonna-" and then ROAR!
The Plated Sharptooth shows up behind him. Now, personally, I LOVE this sharptooth. You'll see why soon enough. They run, and it eats the stinky flowers. A chase occurs. They cross a log, then it falls. They taunt the sharptooth, telling him he can't get to them now. And then WOAH! He jumps across the gap and over the gang, and then they take the taunts back and run under his legs. The chase continues. The gang squeezes under a large rock, which the sharptooth lifts over. Soon, at the end of the chase, the gang reach the cliff of the island. Chomper comes and bites the sharptooth's leg, and when Chomper falls, Cera rams the sharptooth's foot, and then it bites it's tail while trying to bite Chomper. Tears pour from it's eyes. He turns and roars loudly at Cera. Now he's pissed.
Chomper's parents arrive to help, first Papa attacks. Now this fight is AWESOME. The plated sharptooth rams his head twice, while Papa bites his chest. Then, with razor sharp claws, the plated sharptooth slashes Papa's head, making it BLEED. BLOOD. How unexpected! He then knocks Papa down. Then Mama enters. They circle eachother, until the plated sharptooth slashes her leg with his foot claws. MORE BLOOD. Then he tail whacks her to the ground. Papa gets up and tail whips the plated sharptooth off the cliff into the big water, taking Chomper with him. Littlefoot dives in to save Chomper, put the sharptooth won't give up that easily. He attempts to bite them, before washing out into the sea. The other two stay in the still water, and then a swimmer named Elsie shows up to help.
Chomper's parents gain the gang's trust for Littlefoot helping to save Chomper. They ride back to their families, saying they hope to see him again, which they will. Elsie heads to the herds, as she seen them earlier in a NEW paradise, so she brought them there. The movie ends with the herds coming back to the Great Valley when it regrew.
This is my favorite so far, this is actually my 2nd favorite movie of all (excluding JoTB, remember, never seen it yet!), and you'll see my 1st soon enough. I'm watching VI now, expect a review on it tomorrow. Cheers
