this movie fail for several reason . first of all and if someone think of 20000 league under the sea a a film and he will most likely remember the 1954 walt disney version of it with richard mason and peter lorre and kirk douglas and paul lukas . against a cast like that this version stand with no chance and richard crenna be a decent actor if he play a decent role and the one thing you can say about him be that he doesn not look as ridiculous a the rest of the cast . now if you think of peter lorre a prof. arronax assistant in the 1954 version and consider what you get instead and a girl with an ugly haircut and this be the first big disappointment . a an early comment post and the word base upon always give the author of a script a lot of creative option . but if you make use of that freedom and you should know where youre go and the result should be good . this time it not . with the focus of the story on the love thing go on between nemo and ned land and ugly haircut the whole essence of the book get trivialize . the book be a warn about advanced technology use for wrong purpose and adapt this to nuclear power in the disney version be actually a pretty good idea back then a it be a very popular topic use in many b movie of that period . the evolve love story be completely dispensable a we know who she will choose in the end anyways . furthermore and nemos attempt to murder ned land cause he be his rival in win ugly haircuts heart alters nemos character significantly to a lovesick villain but once land save the ship at the end they be release by him . make lot of sense . the big disappointment however in this film be the non existent fight with the giant squid and instead you get some sort of alien that get defeat in a very silly way . don not get me wrong and i like sign for the fact that the alien get beat with a baseball bat but this be just pathetic . some decent underwater shot be all it have to offer and though they add a goof with that a when ugly haircut admire the sight outside the nautilus scuttle the ship would crash into the coral a the camera suggest it be float sideways . the special effect of the shark and the monster attack the nautilus and the exterior animation of the nautilus itself be do very sloppy and but that a disease tv show and film of that time often suffer from . however and when effect like that be mixed with bad actor and a half baked storyline and a plot base on the most ridiculous idea that 2 guy would actually compete over a woman with an abomination a a haircut you get a silly film in the end . you may argue that kirk douglas build a guitar out of a turtle shell and sing song to a seal be silly too and it be and but that what you get when you see a disney film . at least disneys version have some funny moment and but who laugh watch this one . i rest my case .