Movie Reviews: "Land of the Lost" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

JamesG · 06-05-2009, 02:13 PM

Movie Reviews: Land Of The Lost
5 June 2009 2:37 AM, PDT

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times is standing up for Land of the Lost. "Amid Widespread disdain," he writes, "I raise my voice in a bleat of lonely, if moderate, admiration." He bestows three stars on it and suggests that all the cheesy stuff that other critics complain about in the movie really amounted to "a deliberate choice, and I say I enjoyed it."

It's hard to find another critic who did.

Manohla Dargis in the New York Times comments that "a lot of money has been spent on yet another cultural throwaway."

Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street Journal appropriately invokes a financial metaphor to describe it. "This dramatically, thematically and artistically bankrupt comic fantasy cost something in the neighborhood of $100 million to make and isn't worth the celluloid it's printed on."

"This Land exists at the bottom of the pop-cultural barrel," writes Joe Neumaier in the New York Daily News.

Many of the critics lay into Will Ferrell's performance. "It's summer and Will Ferrell is once more upon us, braying the laugh of the wealthy entertainer who plays idiots for a living," writes Ty Burr in the Boston Globe.

Peter Howell in the Toronto Star says that "there's a certain numbness to his dumbness," and adds: "He's not quite phoning it in, but he's maybe tweeting it in."

Indeed the only one getting good notices for the movie is NBC Today show host Matt Lauer, who plays himself.

-IMDB News

Jude The Obscure · 06-06-2009, 09:40 PM

so in effect, Will Farrell has destroyed another big screen TV adaptation!

Marvo301 · 06-06-2009, 09:48 PM

I think I'll get the DVD's of the original series instead.

JamesG · 06-06-2009, 10:10 PM

Roger Ebert seems to be the only one to give praise to films that pretty much everyone else blasts.

I remember when he gave high praise for Cage's Knowing when pretty much everyone else blasted it. I didn't see what he saw in that movie that he felt it deserved critical acclaim. In my view it did not, I thought it sucked.

Marvo301 · 06-17-2009, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

I think I'll get the DVD's of the original series instead.

Well I did it! Today I bought the entire original series on DVD!

Retro4Life · 06-17-2009, 09:18 PM

What kind of extras are there, Marv? I'm thinking of buying the set too.

Marvo301 · 06-17-2009, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Retro4Life

What kind of extras are there, Marv? I'm thinking of buying the set too.

Not many at all. (much to my disappointment!) Only a sneak peek featurette on the new Will Ferrell movie.

Retro4Life · 06-17-2009, 09:34 PM

Damn...I might as well watch the old eps on Hulu!

Marvo301 · 06-17-2009, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Retro4Life

Damn...I might as well watch the old eps on Hulu!

Yeah I kinda got fooled on this one. The packaging looks like 3 individual sets put together in a box. When the series first came out as individual season sets it included extras such as cast interviews etc. So I assumed that was what I was buying but when I got it home and unwrapped it I found they were bare bones season sets with only the episodes.

06-05-2009, 02:13 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,168	Movie Reviews: "Land of the Lost" Movie Reviews: Land Of The Lost 5 June 2009 2:37 AM, PDT Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times is standing up for Land of the Lost. "Amid Widespread disdain," he writes, "I raise my voice in a bleat of lonely, if moderate, admiration." He bestows three stars on it and suggests that all the cheesy stuff that other critics complain about in the movie really amounted to "a deliberate choice, and I say I enjoyed it." It's hard to find another critic who did. Manohla Dargis in the New York Times comments that "a lot of money has been spent on yet another cultural throwaway." Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street Journal appropriately invokes a financial metaphor to describe it. "This dramatically, thematically and artistically bankrupt comic fantasy cost something in the neighborhood of $100 million to make and isn't worth the celluloid it's printed on." "This Land exists at the bottom of the pop-cultural barrel," writes Joe Neumaier in the New York Daily News. Many of the critics lay into Will Ferrell's performance. "It's summer and Will Ferrell is once more upon us, braying the laugh of the wealthy entertainer who plays idiots for a living," writes Ty Burr in the Boston Globe. Peter Howell in the Toronto Star says that "there's a certain numbness to his dumbness," and adds: "He's not quite phoning it in, but he's maybe tweeting it in." Indeed the only one getting good notices for the movie is NBC Today show host Matt Lauer, who plays himself. -IMDB News

06-06-2009, 09:48 PM	#3
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06-17-2009, 09:18 PM	#6
Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,708	What kind of extras are there, Marv? I'm thinking of buying the set too.
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06-06-2009, 09:40 PM	#2
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	so in effect, Will Farrell has destroyed another big screen TV adaptation!

06-06-2009, 10:10 PM	#4
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,168	Roger Ebert seems to be the only one to give praise to films that pretty much everyone else blasts. I remember when he gave high praise for Cage's Knowing when pretty much everyone else blasted it. I didn't see what he saw in that movie that he felt it deserved critical acclaim. In my view it did not, I thought it sucked.

06-17-2009, 09:34 PM	#8
Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,708	Damn...I might as well watch the old eps on Hulu!