MOVIE REVIEW - Land Of The Lost

Will Farrel is trying to be funny again, this time in his tribute to the 1970's Saturday morning kids show, Land Of The Lost. You may remember the live action Sid and Marty Kroft show where Rick Marshall and his group get lost in time, and battle large reptiles and the Sleestacks! It was campy then, and it's campy now.

That's pretty much the whole premise of this tribute/parody movie new in theaters this weekend. To be honest, there was a large crowd at the showing I attended and there was a lot of laughter throughout this flick. But I'm going to be frank here. I think that many of these people that were laughing at this movie, are huge Farrel fans, and they are going to laugh at anything he does, whether he actually funny or not. And here he is not.

The Kroft Brothers are the producers of this movie, and they're going to get the pay day of their dreams no doubt. So it should be no surprise here that the sell-out to recreational drug use, body noises, grabbing body parts of various characters especially the lead woman character, the voluptuous Holly, and watching Farrel in his underwear was approved. Funny, I don't remember that from the Saturday morning show. Making fun of the show is easy enough to do, and that's not the problem. The problem is, there takes no imagination needed to do what they do. It's just so easy to go the low road. But maybe that's all there is with Farrel. It's a formula, and it works for the bank account.

But that's Farrel. Every movie it's the same old joke, time after time. I understand that this is a parody of sorts, but to be square it's just not very funny. I have always thought that he is much funnier in smaller doses. I thought his small role in Wedding Crashers was great. Again, less is more with him. His time on Saturday Night Live, he was funny. Less is more.

I think Farrel has Mike Myers disease. They have a ton of money, and a fan base, and the pay days just keep coming. But I think it's time for both of them to grow up and at least think about making movies, or taking parts where they can be more than what they are. If in fact, there is more of them than just this, because this is getting old , stale and tired. But the dollar signs are just too big.

Land Of The Lost. The same old joke, just a new set and story.