THE GENERAL IDEA

The synopsis for Land of the Lost looks something like this: “On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall (Ferrell) is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant (Friel) and a redneck survivalist (McBride). In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka (Taccone), their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures. Can they all make it back to our world alive, and if so: Will Dr. Marshall can go from zero to hero with his discoveries?”

THE GOOD

You could have changed several of the characters around and no one would have blinked or cared. You could have even changed the name of the lead character and hardly anyone would have noticed. BUT… you HAD to get the Sleestak right if you’re going to do a Land of the Lost movie. And man they really did. In the movie they stayed completely faithful to the Sleestak of the TV show and made some improvements to them at the same time (they did some great CGI stuff with their mouths that looked pretty good).

In any Will Ferrell movie you can usually safely expect at least a few good one liners and laughs, and sure enough there are a couple of those scattered throughout the movie (not many mind you… but a couple). For me, one of the funnier moments of the film is one we see in the trailer with Ferrell getting sucked on by a giant mosquito… except that it was even funnier in the film.

That’s about it.