Anybody else dislike this film?

Haha, I've seen your name quite a bit now, and now I tend to associate it with Ray Harryhausen.

Heh, yeah this movie is rather silly, and maybe one of the reasons I didn't take to well to the acting (particuarly the girl I forget the character name) is it's no wooden, as they stare blankly in places. The croc scene was the only fun part though.

Anyway I feel completely indifferent to this film, I was never expecting to like it before watching it, and I don't detest it either, like my memories of "Van Helsing" or "I Robot":

"Oh right, er.. was that a film that just rushed past me"

I can't say I disliked it exactly....but a much better version (IMO) is the Ted Danson 1996 version, which is very much like the book.

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If you don't like this film, you're insane. It's cute, charming, Gulliver is handsome and kind, the ideal father and husband, and the characters are interesting too. And the effect of him being a giant and a little guy are incredible. This movie is a masterpiece, one of my all time favorites. You gotta be insane to not like one of the most likable movies in the world.

I saw it when I was 5 at my daycare school when they showed it on the projector and have loved it since.

You are crazy. Seriously.


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This film is a charming adventure.I dont see any reason to be critical of the acting in any film belonging to this genre. Watching it made me feel great.

It's a fantastic film, although I havne't seen it in nearly 30 years.

My wife gave me the DVD for Valentine's Day, and I watched it last night. I didn't care for the storyline. While I haven't read the source material, it's pretty well-known that it's social and political satire. Thus, turning it into a "family film" and introducing a love interest waters down Swift's original intent, and turns it into a mere adventure story with special effects.

Given the time it was made, can it be said that some Cold War references might have been inserted? Perhaps, especially with the conflict over the eggs, but it sort of falls flat, I think. The script is pretty weak, and I think they were trying to walk a fine line between the source material's intent and making it kid-friendly but still sophisticated enough for adults. I think they missed both marks, though. Still, it's not as insipid as a lot of stuff out there.

One thing I did like was the look of the disproportionate people in contrast to each other. It's not seamless, but for its time, I thought it was pretty good; certainly better than a lot of rear-screen projection stuff that persisted even into the 70s and 80s.

It doesn't rise to the level of Jason and the Argonauts, IMO. And I haven't seen Sinbad, but I'd very much like to.

Still, it's sort of fun to watch.

I didn't particularly like it either. I thought it was trying to hard to be preachy but I found it unbelievably ridiculous.

At one point Gulliver helps the first guy he met cheat to win because he told him his rival was going to cheat to win; such stupidity.

Then there's the time he proclaims Liliput is free from envy, hate, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I also couldn't stand how he and his girlfriend decide it's perfectly great to have nothing to do and just live off others; early liberals.

I was also annoyed when Gulliver had to wake the girl up so they could hurry and get married so he could start sleeping with his girlfriend. What? Like I said, this was an absurd movie.


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