Lost Boy

Halloween is in the books and I have to say that even though it rained off and on during the day everyone still had a great time. The Cedarwood neighborhood parade went off without a hitch around three o'clock which was highlighted by young Maddie falling asleep in the wagon. There is a picture somewhere.

But later on the Davallis joined us for some Pat's pizza and then a solid haul of treats from the neighborhood. I never used to like Halloween all that much but I'm sure it will step up another notch once all three of the kids are running about the block.

Even though I do love letting the blog getting taken over by all things Halloween I am anxious to write about other things today.

So I'll begin with a movie that I'm actually ashamed that I liked. The Land of the Lost was a 70's TV show that most people my age would remember. It had cheesy effects, questionable acting, and wild plot lines. But most 8 year olds aren't Roger Ebert and all they care about is if it looks cool. It's about Dinosaurs and Lizard Men for God's sakes.

So when I heard that a comedy remake was slated with Will Ferrell I was intrigued but skeptical. Not taking the source material serious is definitely the way to go here.

So Ferrell is Dr. Rick Marshall which is sort of like making Carrot Top play the President. Ferrell has been playing the same character for years. Guys who love to scream but are essentially cowards. He even tries to mix it up with Matt Lauer and in the end Mr. Lauer's uppance does come. I can see the jokes coming a mile away and yet I still laugh for some reason. Marshall even though he is a blowhard is an accidental genius as he finds a way to go back to an alternate universe.

He's convinced by Holly, played by Anna Friel, a science groupie who thinks Marshall's theories have always been brilliant to actually test them out. Great move not making Holly Marshall his daughter as it would have made the plot line icky.

But my favorite has to be Danny McBride who once again is playing a Southern doofus but this time he owns a roadside oddity that Marshall and Holly use to jump into the past, I think.

He has some good lines and helps keep things from just being about watching Ferrell hurt and embarrass himself. Speaking of embarrassing, it takes a lot to take the worst character from the Tv show, Chaka and turn him into something you'd like to see skinned and used as a rug by the end of the show. This time around Chaka loves to quote show tunes and hump any part of your body that you let him.

So if you dare to watch this know what you are getting into to. This isn't high drama. It is what I thought it was and oddly enough I laughed and enjoyed it just the same. Guess I was just in one of those moods.

(7.0)