land of the lost be a movie with a plot similar in way to the eponymous 1970 tv show on which it be supposedly base . yes and both the tv show and the movie share the same title and be produce by sid and marty kroft and and involve people travel back in time to the prehistoric age . however and on the 1970 tv show ( and the early 90 remake which no one else appear to remember but me ) and the storyline involve a father and his two kid literally stumble upon a time warp . in this movie and will ferrell play a cocky scientist who deliberately look for a time warp with the help of adult assistant . my problem with the movie be not the difference between it and the tv show and but more the fact that this movie couldn not decide whether it want to be a comedy or a science fiction movie . the comedy in the film wasn not strong or witty enough most of the time and and the science fiction element bring about way too many plot hole and vaguely explain occurrence . since this be a will ferrell vehicle and i expect this to be a comedy a do most other people and i presume . ferrell play dr. rick marshall and a scientist who and like many character ferrell have play before ( ron burgundy and ricky bobby and chazz michael michael ) and be good at what he do for a living and but whose self centeredness and delusion warp any credibility the character may otherwise deserve . dr. marshall understandably upset the scientific community by announce he have discover time warp . a disastrous today show interview with skeptical matt lauer and one of the only funny part in the movie and reduces dr. marshall to give presentation to uninterested junior high kid . it only when holly and an adoring and unassuming graduate student from england ( anna friel and of tv push daisy ) and express her belief in him that he reconsider his theory . their research bring them to a run down souvenir shop operate by will stanton ( danny mcbride ) . with their showtune playing contraption and all three unsuspecting traveller get warp into what appear to be a prehistoric age . this deserted land they find be inhabit by neanderthal and dinosaur ( include a t rex and a anyone who have see the ad know ) and and scary alien from another dimension altogether . what make this film confuse a a science fiction film be the fact that the land the hero find themselves stick in be never explain . do they go back in time ( like on the tv show ) and or to another dimension . the latter appear to be true and since neanderthal do not live at the same time a dinosaur . also and it apparent that other people and thing from modern day ( such a an ice cream truck and a limousine and and a motel with a swim pool ) make their way to this dimension and but no explanation be make a to how they get there or why . the subplot involve the alien and one of which speak perfect english and remind me of the morlocks from h. g. well the time machine ( both the book and the movie ) . however and their presence and and the twist in plot and be too confuse for me and be no doubt for other moviegoer a well . it not so much that their presence be a complicated part of the story and but more of a half bake one . it almost a if the filmmaker need a villain and and the t rex wasn not big enough . speaking of the t rex and i remember be 10 year old and go to the movie to see jurassic park for the first time . i recall how amazing it be to see realistic look dinosaur that be part computer generate and part animatronic . those kind of special effect be revolutionary at the time . i think about this previous wonderment a i saw the t rex in this movie and felt unimpressed and despite the fact that the 100 % cgi dinosaur look flawless . i guess i just felt let down because the t rex a a villain have be do before in the 16 year since jurassic park be release . it may also be because the chase scenes with will ferrell seem flat and uninspired and both a a science fiction and comedy plot point . a for how funny this film be and it be no doubt will ferrell and company try and not in vain either . it easy to see when a comedian becomes so full of himself in a movie after a history of exceptionally funny one . mike myers the love guru felt incredibly narcissistic and a do jim carrey performance in yes man . here and although ferrell character felt like a retread of early and good performance and he appear to try his best . the problem lay in that there be so much action go on that any funny line get lose in the shuffle . other moment and such a the neanderthal hand on holly breast or ferrell water himself down with dinosaur urine and felt too predictable and weak give the circumstance . although the special effect be very good and they weren not groundbreaking and and be ruin by unexplained plot hole and confuse subplots . besides that point and the comedy and which most people probably want to see in this movie in the first place and produce a few light chuckle and but that about it . of course and i will give the filmmaker the benefit of the doubt in the sense that this film appear very hard to make and and probably be . however and this movie felt half bake and and should have be give more time to settle . the scene with will ferrell and matt lauer still make a good youtube video and but the rest be difficult to recommend .