jfgibson73 If I had seen this movie when I came out, or when I was young, I'm sure I would think of it fondly. Going in cold as an adult in the summer of 2009, I wasn't really entertained much.The arguments for this movie seem to be that 1) It is just an entertaining fantasy not to be taken seriously; 2) The creatures were done before CGI and are therefore more more soulful 3) Anyone who doesn't enjoy the visuals should appreciate this movie for its well-written characters and interesting plot that has so much more to offer than the trash coming out of Hollywood today. I could dispute each of these, but the bottom line is that I DID enjoy several moments in this movie, and it kept me mostly interested all the way through. I just didn't care much about it overall.I would describe the quality of the story as being on par with some of the weaker episodes of the original Star Trek series. My favorite part was the giant octopus, but it was a little underwhelming after having seen what Gore Verbinski was able to do with the Kraken in the second POTC movie. Sorry, but sometimes technical advancements can make a better film, in the right hands. I prefer a CGI creature that movies with economy over a puppet monster that just stands in one place and roars.But that isn't a reason not to watch this movie. I'm sure many fans of b-movie sci-fi and adventure would find this perfectly enjoyable. For me, it isn't any one specific thing, I just was unsatisfied with the movie as a whole.

dannydavies Well if i had money for fun i would produce and direct a remake of this film. I have such great ideas, for both this film and at the earth's core. Somebody remake these films or give me the money to do it. I loved these films with the superbly cool Doug Mcclure. I remember as a 10 year old (1987) writing a letter to Doug McClure asking what new monster films he would be starring in but sadly he never did and you also had to appreciate Kevin Connor was the guy behind them as Doug was the Main Actor. Yes my childhood was full of anything with Dinosaur type monsters in, The land that time forget, at the earth's core, the people that time forgot, Warlords or atlantis were my favourites. I also liked Harryhausens stop motion movies too and both have more character than cgi has today. I would however use CGI in the remakes if i could make them, but they would have to be mint and the creature would have to have character too.

bob the moo The scientific community in general (and his father specifically) think that Professor Charles Aitkin is crazy to waste time trying to find Atlantis but, with the help of engineer Greg Collinson and a metal bubble with a hole in it, that is just what he plans to do. Finding a gold marker deep on the ocean floor, the pair raise it to their ship and return for another look. While down, they are betrayed by their crew and dumped on the bottom of the ocean. Of course, on the boat things are hardly that peachy either, as a giant octopus comes to the surface looking for the marker – dragging some of the crew under at the same time. The men all wash up on a beach which, given their depth underwater, is a surprise to all of them and they find themselves in a mysterious underwater city. Most of the men are taken to prison after a scuffle breaks out in the town but Aitkin joins the intellectual elite. Can they escape the clutches of these people – and will Aitkin even want to? Although it is hard to look back now and think that this movie was made after the special effects revolution of Star Wars, this is just one of the always popular genre of cheesy monster movies – many of the time that used Atlantis, prehistoric settings, Captain Nemo and other devices to explain large numbers of creatures that had been hidden from view. The plot may not be up to much but isn't terrible – the usual genre clichés abound and this familiar feel helps it appeal to those of us that grew up watching this trash. However, nostalgia to one side, it is fairly poor with little to recommend it for. The effects are trashy, big rubbery monsters that move in such a way that one would hope to have calmly walked away from them, never mind run; suffice to say that it is unlikely you'll be excited or thrilled by them – although the flying fish attack is hilariously reminiscent of the Muppets.The cast are not as rubbery but seem to move with the same stiff, deliberate movements in terms of performances. McClure has been so well lampooned by the Simpsons that it is impossible to take him seriously (if it ever was); he is hammy in a Captain Kirk sort of way and his performance never changes no matter the circumstances. Gilmore is the usual English scientist (will they never learn) and doesn't do anything other than fulfil the cliché. The support cast are roundly poor, with the usual stiff alien stuff from Charisse, Gothard and Massey, and the only one that was interesting was a young looking Ratzenberger.Overall, a typically clichéd and rubbery monster movie with some equally unconvincing performances from the cast. The plot is the mix of the usual "forgotten community on brink of destruction", "monsters" and "join us earthman" nonsense and it is unlikely to provide any more than the most basic distraction to viewers. Although nostalgia does have a part to play I suppose, and it can be unintentionally funny at times, but even still, it ain't a great deal of fun.

natnce "Harrihausen stop-motion animation in all its choppy glory". Where? I didn't see any, it all looked like sock puppets, guys in rubber suits and wood and canvass models to me, standard Amicus/Rice-Boroughs effects. If they had have used stop-motion the effects would have been a lot better, take the Empire Strikes Back made three years later or the Golden Voyage of Sinbad made four years earlier. Please, please don't say the effects were good for the Seventies, because in all fairness King Kong which was made 45 years earlier has better effects and there currently appears to be a trend to excuse anything made before the advent of CGI as "Good effects for their day". As if Spielberg would have used guys in suits a la Godzilla to make Jurassic Park if CGI hadn't have been around in 1992! It's a fun film, however, and very enjoyable, I liked it as a kid and like all the Amicus/Rice-Boroughs films I try to see them when they're on.