Will Ferrell’s newest movie isn’t a bromance! After Step Brothers, Blades of Glory, Talladega Nights and so many more, Will Ferrell’s newest summer movie is…
…based on a 70s Children’s TV Show. Further proof that Hollywood is increasingly terrified of taking a risk with new material.
The most effective part of this trailer is-excepting the green preview screen and the Universal logo–you don’t realize it’s a trailer at first. After the logo appears and you see Matt Lauer, it’s easy guess that an episode of the Today show accidentally been aired–until you see Will Ferrel’s serious and grizzled visage on the white couch next to Lauer.
The rejected handshake sets the pace of the trailer perfectly, and the best moment by far is when an enraged Rick Marshall lunges at Lauer who leaps not-quite-athletically over the back of his chair. The trailer is then a fairly standard series of gags with moments of rather mediocre CG and set pieces that display the various alien, ancient and familiar staples of the original show.
When I saw Coraline in 3D, they ran a trailer for Land of The Lost in 3D, but I can’t seem to find official confirmation that the entire movie will be 3D. I do remember the dinosaur lunge at the end of the trailer was particularly effective in 3D, which caused me to make the logical leap to The Journey to the Center of the Earth. (Which, to my shock, actually has 62% still on Rotten Tomatoes!)
Now, as this is a movie based on a children’s television series, the trailer remains on a G-rated level of humor and will likely scale back the number of borderline gay innuendos that typify Will Ferrell’s other movies, though his brand of humor remains intact in this movie. Perhaps this movie will be one with something for both children and adults. Or… it will just be filled with giant walnuts and Jorma Taccone (of SNL/The Lonely Island fame) in a monkey suit.
Land of the Lost releases June 5, 2009
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