Windgeisel A few castaways stumble through a supersaturated tropical landscape full of grotesque CGI-errors.From the beginning, the characters and their short and dumb dialogues are totally annoying.I caught myself wishing one or the other protagonists getting a final demise by digestion. But you even can't enjoy this without laughing heartily.No question, this Caprona-slating hardly has anything to do with the first movie, and even less with the novel.If you want to survive this film, I recommend not to take it seriously... right from the start. It has at least a few involuntary giggles, so it has something like entertainment value.Peace

Zach Klinefelter There are worse movies than this, including within the "lost world" genre it is a part of. I suppose that is the most praise I can give the 2009 film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "The Land That Time Forgot".While the previous 1975 film was by no means devoid of flaws, it has a charm that hasn't gone away despite recent prehistoric CGI-enhanced epics like the "Jurassic Park" films. Only the best films of the dinosaur/ lost world movie genre make you feel like you're a kid while watching them, and the '75 film is one of them. It does not possess the kind of technical wizardry of stop-motion classics like "One Million Years B.C." (1966) or "The Lost World" (1925), but it is a very fun movie that is a fairly faithful adaptation of the book (which I have read).The 2009 movie features shoddy CGI effects which make one miss the puppets and men in suits from the earlier film. The effects here are perhaps suitable as "previsualization" FX shots, but generally don't hold up to much scrutiny: the dinosaurs have extremely limited movement capability, and their skin and mouths look extremely fake. I think the best rendered-creatures were the giant dragonfly (cleverly filmed a good distance away from it) and carnivorous Pterodactyls, while generally the T-Rex was pretty hard on my eyes.The original film and book took place on a giant lost continent called Caprona; the interior was lush and tropical. The '75 film was shot at a variety of exotic locales including the Canary Islands, plus utilized Shepperton Studios to realize Caprona on the big screen. This film settles for dry Southern California, and takes significant detours from the original book and film- including no mention I can recall of "Caprona" itself.I don't feel anyone out of the cast particularly shined or slumped, but I do wish C. Thomas Howell had been able to anchor the movie more effectively. He makes a poor successor to Doug McClure, who was far more effective as a protagonist and was too macho to spend over half the movie looking worried or freaked out.There are certainly worse films out there, but this one is really only for fans of Z-grade cinema. Watch it with extremely low expectations and try to appreciate it in a "so bad it's good" kinda way, and you might have an OK time.

BigJohnPilgrim I want back the time I wasted on this movie. I want back the expectation that I was watching a remake of the older classic starring Doug McClure. This movie was so horribly done, I have to wonder why anyone would even bother. Who was pretending to be a director or producer here?I don't even know where to start. Maybe the 1990s Saturday morning cartoonish dinosaurs. Maybe the horrible play-acting and over-acting. Maybe the script and dialog that at times don't even make sense. Maybe the bizarre music that didn't even fit the plot most of the time (I felt like I was listening to an opera while watching a horror movie). Maybe the fake-gravelly-whisperish voice of the boat captain. Maybe the lack of character development. Maybe the insertion of subtle sexual hints at totally inappropriate moments. Maybe the fact that it's obviously the same ridiculous Sci-Fi Channel filler trash that we've come to expect from a channel that used to be a legitimate place to watch classic and new sci-fi and has instead turned into a cartoon factory.I guess what I'm saying is, don't even bother to watch this movie. It will be the most unpleasant lost two hours of your life. Don't even bother. I hate to be a hater, but this really is the biggest waste of remaking time and expense I've ever seen. But then since the expense was obviously minimal, I guess time was only thing really lost here.

alphafemale44 I'm a fan of cheesy creature features and this ranks right up there, I mean, come on, it IS a cheesy creature feature! I don't expect to be riveted to my seat or witness award winning acting when I rent or buy something along the line of "The Land that Time Forgot". We aren't talking Gone with the Wind here. This is a mindless romp of fantasy, and adventure, something to watch on a rainy afternoon, or late at night when you can't sleep. I enjoyed C. Thomas Howell and the others just fine. I don't know if they were taking themselves too seriously or not, it was entertaining, that's all I care about. I was actually surprised after it was over, it was better than I thought it was going to be.If you are truly a die-hard fan of the "B" cheese, I think you'll enjoy C. Thomas Howell's version of The Land that Time Forgot. I did.