Lost Cause

People who hate Will Ferrell now have all the ammunition they'll ever need in the unfortunate big screen adaptation of the old TV show "Land Of The Lost."

Ferrell is an overeating crackpot of a scientist whose obsession with time warps has gotten him laughed out of the mainstream. But a pretty young English scientist restores his confidence, and with the help of a redneck guide slash fireworks salesman they unlock a portal to a parallel dimension populated by dinosaurs, lizard people, and a tribe of missing links.

All the Ferrell hallmarks are here- the shirtless exploits, the comically worded pop culture referencing exclamations, and his infatuation with warbling through ballads and show tunes. But there's nothing fresh about any of it, and his brand of comedy doesn't gel well with the rest of the pseudo sci-fi plot.

And it seems to go on forever. Imagine my pain and heartbreak when I looked down at my watch and realized only 1 hour had gone by.

It's a boring uninspired mess that stinks like a big pile of dino poo. In fact dino poo and other bodily fluids are the basis for most of the jokes.
Maybe Ferrell should just avoid TV adaptations altogether because he hasn't had much luck so far. You'll get a sense of how bad this one is when I say that even his unloved Nora Ephron disaster "Bewitched" starts to look good in comparison.


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