Review of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Michael Caine as Captain Nemo. Michael Caine as an embittered Indian Prince. Since when were Indian Princes blond, blue-eyed, wide-boy cockneys? In the book, Arronax is somewhat like Watson to Nemo's Holmes. In this version he is a flouncing runt who not only sleeps with his Father's young wife but Nemo' daughter too. Where Nemo actually got a daughter from I'll never know. This production is utter excrement. Unwatchable. The production design is unattractive, the casting is wrong, the... I'm bored now. Usually when I encounter a bad film (The BBC Christmas Sherlock Holmes adaptations for example) I like to have a good rant and give everyone involved the ticking off the deserve but with this, I can't.I just can't. It's not that interesting. There isn't even a story, just endless padding. Brian Nelson is obviously an amateur hack who hammered out the screenplay the night before it was due in. We have to blame somebody, though there is nothing in this whole production that is right. OK; lets blame everybody.