Monster Island (2004)

Wonderful character development!

Beautiful, moving film.

The acting in this movie is really good.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

If you are going to homage cheesie monster movies, how better to do so than by way of a cheesie monster movie.Having said that, this film has a decent cast, with Adam West's rogue scientist Professir Harryhausen (and that name alone should give you a clue as to what you are watching) bringing the same sort of straight-faced spoofery to the matters at hand that he did as Batman, and a fistful of youngsters (led by the always watchable Mary Elizabeth Winstead) giving it all they've got.We also have some decent effects, costumes and locations, all of which are made to look rather lower budget than they are.I am amazed, however, that there are those who cannot tell that this rather entertaining offering is tongue in cheek.

I noticed one reviewer said people didn't want to see movies like Monster Island, they wanted Lord of The Rings. Speak for yourself man, I loved this film and much prefer it over anything like Lord Of The Rings. I will watch anything with sexy Carmen Electra and this movie was entertaining and funny at the same time. The effects are cheesy, but that is part of the charm of this movie and it did remind me of the old Land of the Lost TV show, of which I am also a fan. If you get the chance watch this film and I bet if you have an open mind you'll enjoy it for what it is, simply entertainment that does it's job well. I bought the DVD and have watched this many times. Some people are just too picky about what they watch.

well people.. what can i say.. this is the worst film ever made... ever. This must be a joke right. Why make a movie that looks like it was made in the 30's. 4 year old school children could of done a better job. is this what the film industry has been reduced to ? to make us watch crap like this. there are no special cgi effects what so ever ... all the so called monsters which are in fact just giant insects are made out of plastic or rubber or another type of cheap material. all the backgrounds look totally fake and what was nick carter and Carmen Electra doing in this film. who made this film ??? i cant believe i wasted my time watching it ... its not good.. its not clever... its not funny and most definitely not scary !!! please people do something worthy with your time.. even if its just watching paint dry.

Well, the movie is intentionally bad done. Very campy. Anyways, this movie is so bad that... it's fairly good. Adam West seems to haven't got rusty, and the other lads and lasses, even they don't act bad, they don't do it OK, but their acting gives it the campy feeling. The badly done monsters (done like those from the 50's, at least of low standards for these special effects ridden movies), bad special effects, cheesy storyline, and "terrible" acting makes the movie what it is, and so, it's funny. This is one of the few TV movies that despite the appearance, it's funny. Take the worst movie you have ever seen, multiply it by 10, then divide it by a very funny but fairly lame movie, and you have this movie. Seriously, this movie is good rubbish. Really good rubbish.