LAND OF THE LOST
RYAN: I’m totally bummed that I missed the “Land of the Lost” screening because even though Will Ferrell annoys me, I had high hopes that this would be a fun dinosaur movie.
CAROLINE: Well, I’m here to tell you that you missed nothing. This movie sucked. It was a total waste of time. I’m now fully convinced that Will Ferrell has lost it completely and is officially in Ben Stiller land – especially if he continues to make movies like this.
RYAN: I hear you; he’s become such a one-trick pony like Ben. How was Anna Friel though? I love her so on “Pushing Daisies.”
CAROLINE: She’s fine. Very skinny. Her cheekbones were jutting out so much I wondered if she has cheek implants. I thought it would be fun to hear her with her real British accent, but it actually kind of annoyed me. I liked her much better on “Pushing Daisies.”
RYAN: Oh well.
CAROLINE: Basically it’s just a really dumb movie. It’s kind of kids’ movie because the TV version of “Land of the Lost” was a kids’ show; but the jokes are a little bit dirty and poop and sex-related, which isn’t very kid friendly. It totally doesn’t work.
RYAN: What about the special effects and the action?
CAROLINE: There’s a very cool T. Rex that looks great, but not much else. I guess I thought it was going to be either a cute comedy or a cool action movie with comedic elements, but it’s neither. It’s just an inappropriate kids’ movie.
RYAN: That’s the worst case scenario.
CAROLINE: Will Ferrell, of course, had to be shirtless again.
RYAN: Oh. My. God. Will it never stop?
CAROLINE: You have to look at his fat gut and gangly legs more times in this movie than I care to count. There’s a running gag with a song from “A Chorus Line” that totally made me laugh the first couple times and made me think of you, but then the payoff wasn’t even good.
RYAN: What a disappointment. Do you think the kids will love it though? Will it be another “Night at the Museum”?
CAROLINE: I dunno, does “Night at the Museum” have a lot of poop and fart jokes in it? This movie is a little too dirty for kids. It’s a really bad combo of too raunchy for little kids and too lame for adults. I would have thought our age group was the target audience since we all watched the show in the ’70s, but evidently not.
RYAN: What about all the characters we remember so fondly like Chaka and the Sleestaks?
CAROLINE: They’re there, but they’re nothing like my memory of the TV show. Granted, I watched it a long time ago. Overall, there were one or two cool scenes and I chortled a few times, but the rest was bad. Just bad. I even dozed a little.
RYAN: I’m saddened to hear that.
— BOTTOM LINE —
CAROLINE: It’s a dumb movie. I wouldn’t recommend it at all, even for young people. They should go see “Up” instead. Will Ferrell needs to switch gears pronto. This crap isn’t working anymore.
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