Mysterious Island
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Movie Reviews of Mysterious Island
Movie Review: Don't take this one seriously
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a really fun movie, though a bit long. While there are serious moments, the movie also leans heavily on satire... especially when it comes to the graphics. Some people knock the movie for that, but I think it ads realism... afterall this is a remake of a 50's(?) grade B scifi movie.
Good action, decent dialog... not scary at all.
Movie Review: Buy the first one...
Summary: 3 Stars
I loved the original version even if it was corny. I expected an updated version to have much better special effects. This one was even cornier than the original. However, it was entertaining so I gave it a 3.Movie Review: It's fairly interesting.
Summary: 3 Stars
The special effects are better than those of many tv shows. The acting is so so. The movie satisfies my curiosity.
It's worth watching once.
Movie Review: Barely Average...
Summary: 2 Stars
Mysterious Island was a quite a disappointment, considering the presence of Patrick Stewart and the fact that it is based on a classic by Jules Vern.
The movie brings to the screen the story of an unlikely group of people binding together and making their way to a South Pacific island on a balloon where they encounter a "Jurassic Park"-like situation only instead of dinosaurs it's giant bugs.
The acting and the plot are about average, the dialogues are way below average, while the setting is not bad at all.
On the positive side:
1) The Civil War was a nice setting.
2) The South Pacific isle and its Jurassic Park feel were very interesting.
3) Tying in Captain Nemo and learning about his past in India was cool.
4) Having the pirates be sailing on an Asian ship as opposed to a European or American one was both accurate and realistic, and so was having a predominantly Asian crew.
...and that's about it.
On the negative side:
1) Weak/Unrealistic escape from the prison camp.
2) Traveling from Virginia to the South Pacific on a balloon during the US Civil War, with next to no supplies was ridiculous to say the least.
3) The woman and her daughter from Richmond had no southern accents taking away from the realism.
4) The slave had too much of an attitude for that period in history.
5) Captain Smith was way too politically correct for that period in history, or any period for that matter.
6) The most likable character is killed almost the moment he sets foot on the island.
7) The terrible special effects throughout the movie.
8) Vinnie Jones carries out a terrible performance unlike in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo where he was great.
The film would be more suited to youngsters, as opposed to adults, who are not that difficult to please.
Though the potential for a great movie was definitely there it fails to take off. A shame really... No masterpiece here.
Movie Review: Not so Mysterious Island
Summary: 2 Stars
Many others have outlined the plot here. So I won't delve into that. As a fan of Patrick Stewart, I thought I'd give this a try. It was in the cheap DVD bin, so it wasn't a big expense. This movie is awful. I can't help but wonder if Stewart owed somebody a favor to appear in it. As pointed out, Nemo works best as a background character, but here he's front and center. He's set up nice (from a stranded on an island POV) digs. The characters seem to be just running around in the jungle, once Nemo abandons them to their fate. They encounter one cheesy special effect after another. Things are so bad that in the end, Nemo is scrambling on the deck of the Nautilus when he bumps one of the appendages on the sub, and it just topples over! Badly acted, downright monotonous at times, with lousy Grade-Z SPFX, this movie is for Jules Verne completists only.