"Black is the new big." What kind of tag line is that? Sorry for the immediate sarcasm, but how come with $112 million budget ends up something like this? Rob Letterman directed Gulliver's Travels which is loosely based on the novel of the same name back in the 18th century. And using Jack Black as the main magnet, they think that they could do something cool.
Lemuel Gulliver (Jack Black) is a mail room guy who spent almost his entire time in the same position, while having a crush to Darcy Silverman (Amanda Peet) for five years. Darcy is a writer in the office, and she seeks for a new travel-writer. Trying to impress her, Gulliver tries his luck to apply. On his first job, he was tasked to go to the Bermuda Triangle to prove the theory. While on his way, his boat is capsized by watersprout and he wake up in the middle of nowhere. He then realized that he is surrounded by tiny people called themselves, the Liliput kingdom. And so, his adventures in the tiny people island starts where he meets new friends and also enemies.
The plot itself follows a small portion in the novel. Sadly, nothing good on it. Jack Black is pushing himself too hard, doing those kind of slapstick act. Seriously, dancing around with your body for sometimes is not funny. At all. But I'm not gonna put all the blame to Jack Black, as the entire crew contributed to the awfulness of this movie.
I don't know who is the movie is targeted for. But I think it is not suitable for children, teenager, young-adult, adult, or even the elder. If you want to see Jack Black in action, go watch Kung Fu Panda. It is much more hillarious. And nothing beats The Hangover in the comedy section.
Final words, this is the worst movie in 2010 as far as I know. I see a lot of movie this year, but nothing worse than Gulliver's Travels.
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