OFFICE OF THE EVENING TELEGAPH, 108 SOUTH THIRD ST. WITH A MAP OF THE ISLAND AND A FULL GLOSSARYĪUTHOR OF THE TOUR OF THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH, TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, ETC.,ETC.ĪND REPRINTED FROM THE COLUMNS OF THAT JOURNAL. Along with Journey to the Center of the Earth, this movie would look incredible back on the big screen.The Mysterious Island: Illustrated Edition Jules Verne A grossly underrated movie overall that is clearly meant to manipulate at the end. The music is absolutely awesome and is one of my favorite musical scores of all time.
Herbert Lom is a little too snitty for me as Nemo but he's a cool guy and is great in other things so I accept him. When Nemo arrives, the movie gets so political that I feel that I'm back in college. The bees are worth the price of admission alone and the movements of the crab are top notch. The special effects are brilliant and (I hate to keep harping on it) blow away the "movie within a movie" digital nonsense of today. Beth Rogan is sexy as Elena and the Lady Mary Faichild character ( I can't remember the actresses' name) shoots the movie full of musky, female intensity. The strengthening of Michael Callan's character seems to be a major plot point but it gets lost along the way and is moot when Nemo shows up. Indeed, how the character's mix together for the good of all is a hallmark of the movie. Neb's character is treated like one of the gang, although I believe that Union regiments in the Civil War were either all white or all black so it is somewhat unrealistic. Smith from Lost in Space, and Percy Herbert is a gas as Pentcroft. Merrill's role reminds me a little of Dr. The supporting players, especially Gary Merrill and Percy Herbert, more then pull their weight.
Michael Craig is too good to be true as the lead, Captain Cyrus Harding, but he has a hard edge that gets respect. The magic is on hand, with wondrous shots and music to go along with the island's flora and fauna. While Journey to the Center of the Earth was absolutely magical, Mysterious Island is explosive and dynamic.
Mysterious Island is a very political movie as it progresses, which is a sign of the times as opposed to the very traditional Journey to the Center of the Earth which was released just two years earlier.
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