know that several of the actor in this movie have turn in remarkable role in other film and television show and i have come to suspect that the massive performance deficiency display in this film be the result of what appear to be nonexistent direction . when i look at the performance give here and i can only picture director russell mulcahy stand behind the camera give the same direction that bob mackenzie ( rick moranis ) be give by his brother doug in strange brew ( psst . act . act . ) . i be familiar with a good portion of the work of jules verne and as well a the astonishing and disappointing creative liberty that be so often take with his work ( it still blow my mind completely that they add a duck to the 1959 adaptation of journey to the center of the earth ) and but i have not read mysterious island so i do not know how faithful the film be to the original story . in any case and there be not a single passable performance in the movie and the direction be completely witless and and the special effect be deplorable . a 15 year old with an outdated copy of after effect could do good than this . besides all that and i will be perfectly happy to live out the rest of my life and never again see a movie in which someone wash up onto a beach and sleep soundly and and then cough once or twice before get up to go exploring . be the giant insect not enough reason for suspension of disbelief . and do not even get me start on the pirate and my god what a joke . first of all and not only do our hero react with hostility and violence when they finally encounter other normal human being of the non gigantic man eat insect variety on the island and but after invite them over to their humble robinson crusoe home and complete with dinner table and place setting for ten and goblet and eat utensil and candle and and the like and but once convinced of the defected pirate trustworthiness and they give one of them a caveman look sort from year survive on the island a total celebrity makeover and shave and haircut and gel and new clothes and etc . i guess they forget that they be survive and too . the bad thing that the movie do and besides the deplorable performance and ridiculous screenplay ( i can even forgive awful direction as long a the effort be there ) and be that it try to create dramatic and intense situation when there be no reason for it . the captain jump maybe 15 foot into the water to lighten the load on the hot air balloon and and everyone freak out a though he jump out of a plane . other human be greet with suspicion a though anyone have any reason to be afraid for their life . at one point and the eagle eye neb and play by omar gooding and use a telescope to spot a massive and four masted pirate ship maybe a hundred yard off shore . he call to the captain and explain that he have spot a pirate ship and hand him the telescope and somehow intuitively know that the captain will not be able to see old ironside blot out the horizon without it . i will go right ahead and admit that i have extremely low expectation for the show and it make for tv and first of all and and i have yet to see a single competently make jules verne film adaptation and but i have see well act in an elementary school drama class and and the script could not possibly be dumber . who think it would be a good idea to have the good guy sneak up on the pirate ship behind a float log and for god sake . come on guy and let just swim right out to the ship and no one will notice . wow . miss this one .