[Eric 951]

Am I the only one who thought this was utter crap?

Watched about 2 hours of it the other night and turned it off before the end. SOME of the special effects wer good, but other than that the characterizations, acting, writing(especially the dialouge(sp?)) were laughable.

Most ridiculous moments:
1. Jack Black refusing to drop the camera--even when being chased by a herd of dinosaurs.
2. The capt. of the steamer obviously wasn't very good--gets his boat stuck, risks his boat and crew for 1 woman, his crew allows the camera crew to lower a boat and row to the island without anyone stopping them,and then they go and chase them down, and he decides, hey let's get the woman back but I am going to risk my crew and it will be for 24 hours.
3. The cook(Gollum) was only missing a pegleg and parrot on his shoulder to encompass every 'I'm a salty seadog" cliche--he even had a popeye?!? and why would he wear his cooking apron when travelling into the jungle?
4. The brontosauras stampede--it definately makes more sense to keep running from the herd instead of hiding behind a rock and allowing them to pass by
5. The "dedicated" film crew--keep filming even though half of us are now dead.
6. The "sage black man" and "Jimmy" the idiot stowaway. These 2 characters and their dialogue were idiotic--sample
SBM:" Jimmy, the measure of a man is what he does in moments like this Jimmy. You got that Jimmy. Jimmy."
Jimmy: "Okay"
SBM: "Jimmy are you listening Jimmy. Jimmy"
7. The natives lived on an island with a giant ape and dinosaurs, but are scared of gunfire? Oh, and let's not shoot the natives-even though they bludgeoned members of our party and kidnapped another--just fire into the air and scare them.
8. And why wouldn't the captain have killed Jack Black for the multiple times he almost killed the crew/put them in danger?

Terrible, terrible movie....