The Worst Film Ever

Thanks for the memories!

Fantastic!

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The reason I gave this 2 stars rather than just one is because of the laugh out aloud factor in its sheer badness.The acting is truly beyond horrendous; the dialogue unbelievable, the props are just astonishing (and not in the good way) and the attempts at CGI hilarious. I can only think that this was an early days of Hallmark production and they never expected there would be any spectators one day.A good one to poke fun at, for film and acting students to learn how not to do it, with the only redeeming feature the beauty of the location, which was sitting sadly in the background, weeping ...

I know this was pretty meh, yet I couldn't help but enjoy it. Part one is definitely the more enjoyable of the two, while part two is just bad.I hadn't read or seen Mysterious Island previous to this so I can't comment on how faithful it is. My guess would be: not very.The direction is lame, the editing is lacking and the acting is sub-par. At times, it was enjoyable. The props, set-design and location were a nice touch but the CGI - oh my God! Terrible! The over-sized-insects looking bad I could take...but the CGI-heavy ending is AWFUL! I want to tell you to avoid it but...it appealed to me because sometimes I like action to be cheesy, stupid and unintentionally funny. If you do too, watch it. If not, stay far away says I. 6/10 P.S. I didn't even recognise Vinnie Jones. I don't know what to say to that. I guess it's a compliment...

This is drek. Kyle McClanahan, Patrick Stewart in the Jules Verne story? How could it go wrong? Hallmark is not what it was. They used to do, at worst, a Cliff Notes version of stories that leaned toward the sappy, So I thought their version of "MI" would at least be fun here and there...The rewrite that began as one story got rewritten and raked over.I watched about 45 minutes of a 2 part movie?...and it was obvious that when they shot it the story was in flux. Vernes' story is completely hollowed out and subverted into the most shameful of cash-cows. I think that if the 3 well known stars in this new what a mess it would turn into they would not have been in it. It tries to make hay from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" popularity and add some bad pirates in worse costumes searching for treasure-where else but on the Mysterious Island. I just couldn't stand more than I saw when the "pirates of the pop-scene" came aboard so malevolently. Any resemblance to Vernes work is minimal and the writers of this junk should be marooned on an island somewhere! Fay-Wah! (Mandarin for "Nonsense!" I think)

My Take: Bad adaptation of a terrific Jules Verne novel. The video cover forced me to buy this "adaptation" of Jules Verne's continuation of his 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. This one didn't actually apply a Jules Verne-style fantasy adventure. Video covers are among the things that force you to buy a movie, so don't always fall for such tricks. But "Mysterious Island" isn't totally a horrible movie, but it is a bad one no doubt about it. The CG effects are lame and sloppily made. I prefer Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion monsters (who animated them on the original adaptation in the 1960's) any day. The acting lacks energy, which is an essential if you are making an adventure movie, made-for-TV or otherwise.Anyway, your better off reading the book again. TV movie rating: * out of 5.