Land of the Lost - Just misses the mark

Land of the Lost stars Will Ferrell and Danny McBride (Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder, East Bound and Down) so you know its going to be totally stupid humor. I mean I love both those actors, and I think the majority of their movies are hilarious, but it doesn't change the fact that it is stupid humor.

Land of the Lost is a "remake" of a 1970s TV show by the same name. I say "remake" because the really only things it shares in common are the name and the general outline of the story. I.e. going to the alternate world of the "land of the lost." The movie involves a disgraced scientist (Ferrell) who believes that time travel, or parallel universe travel is possible. He is working a meaningless job, when a beautiful young science student played by Anna Friel who adds the requisite "sex factor" convinces him that his theories are possible. Well the duo go to an area that is believed to be a portal to this alternate universe. This place is a third rate tourist stop run by Danny McBride's character. Well as it happens, all three get transported to this other world and the adventures begin. The characters befriend a bizarre monkey-like person named Chaka, get chased by a T-Rex and battle lizard like people named the Sleesack.

This movie misses the mark because the story and events that take place are more suited for a family, kid friendly movie. The special effects are kind of bad, but its like the movie tried to make them bad on purpose, kind of like the bad special effects on many kids TV shows. However, the movie is rated PG-13 mainly because some of the jokes and a couple of the scenes are more geared toward adults. However, not many adults I know would actually enjoy the movie as a whole. Yes, there are some jokes that were pretty funny, and a couple that would have probably been funnier if they weren't in this failure to make a kids movie.

Will Ferrell is his usually crazy, idiot self. Danny McBride has mastered the inappropriately confident, "I'm pretending to be too cool" redneck that he plays in every movie. And while it still hasn't gotten old to me and it's still pretty funny, I think that is the only character he knows how to play. Like I said before Anna Friel, plays requisite pretty girl. And while she not hit-you-in-the-face hot, she is definitely good looking and grows on you through the course of the movie.

This movie is just so-so. It wasn't terrible and I wasn't pissed that I'd just wasted 2 hours watching it, but if I never saw it, I wouldn't be missing out. I'm not going to tell you not to watch it, but I am going to say that you should probably exhaust all other options first. This isn't a terrible movie, but it isn't very good either.