I said recently that I considered the 2005 Patrick Stewart adaptation of Mysterious Island to be the worst Jules Verne adaptation and I'd like to firmly retract that statement.
This version starring Lochlyn Munro and Gina Holden is an absolute abomination for a couple of reasons. For a start it's because it's simply bad, it's ugly, it's unoriginal, for the most part it's laughably written and acted and a film you'll have forgotten within mere moments of the credits rolling.
The second reason is the worst, this is supposed to be an adaptation of Jules Verne's classic! Now other adaptations have gone on tangents, featured characters and oversized monsters that weren't in the original novel but this version takes that to a whole new level. In no way shape or form is this Mysterious Island! Here we have portals, we have time travel, we have an entirely new background story for Nemo and instead of giant monsters we have Morlock looking antagonists! I don't know what they were thinking here but it's 5% Verne's work and 95% original and moronic.
It's films like this that underline my issue with senseless remakes, if you aren't going to respect the source material then why even call it an adaptation?
A regular on the Scyfy channel this is one to not only not watch but actively avoid especially if you enjoy Verne's works.
The Good:
Gina Holden
The Bad:
Some of the alterations from the source material are beyond moronic
Stock sound effects
Cringe inducing script
Mark Sheppard is wasted
This version starring Lochlyn Munro and Gina Holden is an absolute abomination for a couple of reasons. For a start it's because it's simply bad, it's ugly, it's unoriginal, for the most part it's laughably written and acted and a film you'll have forgotten within mere moments of the credits rolling.
The second reason is the worst, this is supposed to be an adaptation of Jules Verne's classic! Now other adaptations have gone on tangents, featured characters and oversized monsters that weren't in the original novel but this version takes that to a whole new level. In no way shape or form is this Mysterious Island! Here we have portals, we have time travel, we have an entirely new background story for Nemo and instead of giant monsters we have Morlock looking antagonists! I don't know what they were thinking here but it's 5% Verne's work and 95% original and moronic.
It's films like this that underline my issue with senseless remakes, if you aren't going to respect the source material then why even call it an adaptation?
A regular on the Scyfy channel this is one to not only not watch but actively avoid especially if you enjoy Verne's works.
The Good:
Gina Holden
The Bad:
Some of the alterations from the source material are beyond moronic
Stock sound effects
Cringe inducing script
Mark Sheppard is wasted