Dreadfully Boring

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Lemuel Gulliver has been working in the mail room of a New York daily newspaper for the past ten years. Afraid to put himself out there, he considers himself a loser, as do all his peers. Darcy Silverman, the newspaper's travel editor and one of Gulliver's only friends sends him on an assignment to the Bermuda Triangle. There, Gulliver becomes shipwrecked and ends up on the island of Liliput, where he is twelve taller than the tallest man. Gulliver's Travels is not a film that needs to be taken completely serious but for what is worth and with such a talented cast it's way better than it gets credit for and alot of fun as well Jack Black fans will not be disappointed in my opinion. (10/10)

Chris O'Dowd and Jason Segal had the worst English accents I've ever heard. You honestly don't have to be Irish or Amercian to get the English accent right like why did they have to make a balls of the casting?! Whoever had the idea of creating a remake of "Gullivers Travels", needed their heads checked! It was just ridiculous in casting them in the first place, they should've got better actors besides them. I like Chris O'Dowd and Jason Segal but at the same time, they weren't just suited for their roles! Emily Blunt's character sounded like such a whiny spoiled b**** that needed a reality check. Emily Blunt is a good actress but she just didn't suit the role well or did a good job. She would've been better off if she wasn't involved! Omg we go onto Jack Black, he was poor enough as Gulliver. The scene where he peed on the burning castle was the lazy way to get the movie entertaining. That was just wrong and weak.Everything involved in the movie was awful!

(43%) This is a prime example of a movie that isn't really very good, yet is hard to hate or even dislike. Jack Black's character (largely playing himself), for me at least, is likable; his heart is always in the right place and he's only somewhat annoying in places. The plot is thin and runs out of steam really quickly, but at least it can be easily followed, and there is some fun to be had along the way. Beside the decent effects lie pantomime style performances from a star studded line-up of little people that could have worked better if the writing was a little tighter and a little funnier. This isn't terrible, far from it, but I can see why so few have anything good to say about it.

When I watched this movie I was expecting it to be very similar to the original story but modernised. However, it is a very odd adaptation of the classic tale (if it can be called that as there are practically no similarities at all from beginning to end). If you are planning on watching this film with the hope that it will resemble the classic even slightly, STAY AWAY. This film destroys the original story with it introducing all sorts of weird aspects to it that completely change the story line.Jack Black plays Lemuel Gulliver in this movie but it is as if he is still Dewey Finn from 'School of Rock'. A better cast could have been brought in and that might have made up slightly for this movie flop. However, it is obvious that this film was not made to win lots of Oscars but made for family entertainment so I suppose it achieves something from being made. Overall this movie was a waste of money to make but could have been great if it had been properly thought out and had actually resembled the original tale. The special effects were quite good, though so families and younger children may enjoy it.