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KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

live-hard-die-young I have never seen a more stupid movie in my entire life.

Wuchak Released in 2009 and directed by Brad Silberling, "Land of the Lost" stars Will Ferrell as a dubious paleontologist who is obsessed with experimenting with time warps. Inspired by a doctoral candidate student (Anna Friel), they try out his time-travel contraption in the desert and are flung to another realm where dinosaurs, half-ape men and reptilian people called Sleestaks reside. Danny McBride plays a tourist attraction owner who goes along for the wild ride; Jorma Taccone appears as Chaka.The movie was partially produced & written by Sid & Marty Krofft, the creators of the Land of the Lost TV series that ran from 1974-1977 on Saturday mornings, but also aired daily in syndication in the early 80s. Obviously with Ferrell as the star, the film version is more of a comedy than the original show, but this direction was approved by the Krofft brothers. It's reminiscent of 2008's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" but with an even more goofy vibe. I give that one the edge.The primitive world that the protagonists encounter is imaginative, but it's thoroughly CGI cartoony, which I suppose is fitting given the nature of the TV series. In any case, while this is a throwaway fantasy comedy, I regularly laughed throughout and therefore it accomplished its purpose, it entertained me. Speaking of laughing, the humor runs the gamut of stoo-pid, silly, bathroom and crude.The tyrannosaurus looks great and is even terrifying; he interestingly becomes a character of sorts. Anna Friel is likable and fits well, but she looks decidedly anorexic. If you prefer women with the non-curves of 12 year-old boys you'll likely appreciate her more than me. IMO the role called for someone like Carrie Keagan, Kelli Garner or Dominique Swain.The movie run 102 minutes and was shot at Universal Studios, California, with outside sequences done in Southern California (Dumont Dunes, La Brea Tar Pits, Lancaster & Trona).GRADE: B-

eric262003 Will Ferrell shows his comedic mastery here as Dr. Rick Marshall an arrogant scientist who has lost his bravado as his mission went at an unexpected turn of events as he and his crew, the intelligent assistant Holly (Anna Friel) and a redneck tracker Will (Danny McBride) landed in the mysterious Land of the Lost. With dinosaurs ruling the gambit and other grave dangers ahead, the trifecta are defenseless, weaponless and need to depend on their resourcefulness to survive in a comedy homage to the Sid and Marty Kroffts based on the 1970's TV series.With a formula that will make Ed Wood green with envy, the nostalgia factor truly speaks volumes. The campy nature looks like it was filmed someone's backyard, but it never looked better as it defied itself from any conventional expectations as our protagonists face up with Grumpy the T.Rex. "Land of the Lost" succeeds in breaking the barriers of any sort of conventional film-making by deliberately making it campy and showing no apologies about it. Plus it gives you that opportunity to relax our brains and not once should it be taken seriously.In spite of the vulgar language and the sexual references, Will Ferrell can still produce a compelling performance which will likely appeal to material aimed for a much younger audience. When Dr. Rick and Will go incognito dressed as members of an alien specie known as the Sleestaks, to look unconvincing as the creatures themselves, we see that they know what kind of film they've got themselves into and they're having while they're at it. And how they can still do things in scenes where very little is happening and make it feel like they're doing a service to its audience and that shows they truly care about their audience and want to do everything they can to make us care about them. Okay maybe they went overboard with the whole "All Along The Watchtower" montage as a Bigfoot like creature who they befriended named Cha-Ka (Jorma Taccone) as he and his give them some sort of hallucinogen. For a kids flick, "Land of the Lost" is one whacked out movie.They make no bones about it that this movie is an homage to the Sid and Marty Krofft TV special that ran from 1974-1976. I had a chance to peruse through the show on You Tube and unless you can understand 1970's humour or understand the satirical jokes it has to offer, this series would do no justice. Ferrell and McBride were amazingly hilarious here, and the scenes were truly fun and exciting it can be a bit overly done in terms of surrealism. And though it may not be everyone's cup of tea, from a child's perspective it's got everything a kid wants to see. It has crazy adults, dinosaurs, aliens and a Bigfoot creature who's like the archetypal character to our protagonists. I might be the minority here, but I think that if you fend off the naysayers and not get caught up in high expectations I think kids and adults could enjoy this film.

Skip B First off, unless you like the type of comedy that Will Farrell brings to the screen just move on to something else. He's childish and immature in (nearly) every film he's done which while it worked well in Elf really fails here.I was intrigued enough here only because I recall the old television show. Despite how poorly done and cheesy everything about it was, I was hopeful that the movie would be a creative adaptation. Unfortunately this was not the case.We are led to believe that Farrell plays the part of some kind of scientific genius who was made fun of by his peers. Of course, he turns out to be right and builds a device which is able to use tachyon particle to travel thru time. Mind you, the prop used in the film is beyond embarrassing - looking like little more than a computer board and a speaker. And it just gets worse from there.Farrell and two others randomly travel into the past where somehow his female counterpart (Anna Friel) understands the language of some of the natives even though her character's intelligence would be just as useful behind the Clinique counter.The film is all over the place, lacking in plot or direction, devoid of humor, and deserving of razzies and rotten tomatoes. I couldn't even get thru the first hour before I just turned it off.