Land Of The Lost [DVD]

What can go wrong, apparently everything, but such a great movie.

As a massive Will Ferrell fan i couldn't wait for this film, the tralier i saw looked good, plus it also had Danny Mcbride in it. It is a good film but not what you might excpect from the wonderfull Ferrell. In this he is to much of a superhero, and his one liners are too often out of place, as funny as they are. But this is certinaly a film you can enjoy with friends or family.There are some brilliant one-liners from Ferrell which wouldn't be out of place in Anchorman (His best comedy) and will have you on the floor. Danny Mcbride to has his moments and delivers the kind of performance you expeect from him these days (Tropic Thunder, Hot Rod). There are some crazy moments in this film, some for which you may have to turn your brain of to enjoy fully. Such as the t-rex moments. The one thing though that really bugged me was Ferrell as a suprhero. It didn't work well and didn't seem believeable, but there isn't much in this film that is.Overall it is packed with laughs and some entertaining action scenes. I would advise turning your brain off and watching with your mates. You'll be talking about it and quoting it for a while. Possibly the comedy of the year, along with the Hangover.

This film is a real mixed bag. From the very opening 1970’s Universal logo you know this isn’t going to be a simple ride. The plot centres around Dr. Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell) who has a parallel world theory that might solve the energy crisis, but he is ridiculed and falls into obscurity. Jump 3 years into the future and enter cute Cambridge graduate Holly Cantrell (Anna Friel) who shows proof that his theory actually works. We then follow the pair who are joined by a failed theme park owner and a primitive ape man [chaka] as they try to get back to our ‘normal’ world and get Chaka home. The film is shot with a predominantly B-Movie feel and uses 70's style effects with strong bold colours, there are rubber suited lizard–men that would not be out of place in the late 50’s or 60’s and with the psychedelic background props [cars sticking vertically out of the ground like tombstones etc] it plays like a Salvador Dali painting in places. It’s weird and wacky which is the intent, but somehow it tries too hard and misses the mark. The un-necessary swearing raises the age bracket –which is a shame as it may have worked as a straight up kids film, but they’ve made the adult humour too obvious and so it tends to fail all around. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed watching it for the fun, tongue in cheek ‘it’s so bad it’s almost good’ approach, but it didn’t quite pull it off.The problem is that the film makes its pitch but doesn’t know who to aim it at. With swearing and obvious adult humour [mauling of female breasts etc] it excludes the young, but the trite acting and slapstick style with intentionally dated effects will also alienate others.The disc offers little else with only a scene selection, play, and the three deleted scenes are basically a waste of time. It’s not up to Ferrells other movies but it is watchable, but only if you’ve nothing better to do or just want some mindless popcorn for the brain.

Looking at the figures for Land of the Lost, it tells us that the film was a box office flop, recouping less than half its cost to make.I think that's a little unfair. Granted it's never going to win any Oscars, but if you're in the mood for something silly then you could certainly do worse.It tells the story of Will Ferrell, playing basically Will Ferrell (his acting isn't much different to most of what he does) as a scientist who - and it doesn't really matter how - slips into another time/dimension/world - whatever - with hotpant-wearing Anna Friel and some redneck guy. There, they come up against various monsters like ape men, dinosaurs, lizard men and a T-rex with a grudge.Yes, it's completely daft and stupid. But it's also quite amusing. Just sit back, put your brain on hold and enjoy.Did I mention Anna Friel wears hotpants a lot?

I have just watched 'Land of the Lost' and i was curious to find out what everyone else thought about it. As i was expecting to see a family, comedy film i was pleasantly surprised that it was not just your ordinary clichéd family movie but something aimed for a slightly older audience. This maybe why it was so poorly received. Looking at trailers and TV spots, this movie did really look like just another pointless summer blockbuster, which may have appealed to all you people looking for something family friendly. But for me i was so thrilled to be watching something that is just plain FUN! That's all it is! just fun, fun, fun! You people that have posted nothing but negative comments about this title don't know a great movie if it slapped you in the face. so relax a little, sit back again and realise that your watching another fantastic movie from will ferrell, and lets face it: when has will ferrell released a movie for families? (excluding ELF) Just stop your complaining and enjoy a non-stop, exciting, unpredictable movie that has everything you could ask for. and even more----what do you really expect from a movie based on a TV show created by someone who practically lived off acid? Three words to sum up this movie: trippy, adventurous and fun!

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Good cast. Was expecting good things ... but no.

I can't stand Will Farrell movies, and this isn't one of those, and if anyone went in expecting one they were probably grossly dissapointed.It's just so ridiculous, in the best way possible. Nobody else has the ability to make me die laughing by walking into a scene doing nothing more absurd than playing a banjo.And the walnut, fantastic.