Land of the Lost is too bad even to be “so bad it’s good”
Land of the Lost
Really really really not a good movie. Personally, I think the problem rose from deciding to make it PG-13 instead of PG and casting Ferrell as a prideful doofus scientist rather than a dad. You may know very little about the original show - but if you know anything, you likely know that it is about a dad and his two kids in a sort of Dino Land. Most of the gags are unbelievably inapporopriate for the only audience young enough to follow the story with any interest. And wouldn’t you rather see Ferrell as a Dad instead of his usual jackass character? Wouldn’t that have been fun? But I love Ferrell and Danny McBride - and they do what they can here. Plus I geek out over sci-fi/fantasy settings - however cheesy. I was about to say I still like this movie a tiny little bit…and then I listened to jag-bag Brad Silberling’s director commentary. What a jag.