20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)

Considering it was made in the 1950's, I would say it was good. I think if they modernized it and casted a few famous actors it would be very good. I think they should change the warships into pirates and take out the squid. I would watch it again but at a few points (especially at the beginning) it did not make sense or it was just repeated. At about three quarters through the film I was thinking 'All they do is sink then panic then fix the problem over and over again" I liked how they had a secret weapon and only brought it out half way through the film, maybe if we did modernize the film we could have an even stronger and powerful weapon. I only rated the film three star because it was not terrible and it was not brilliant either. But I have to take in consideration as it was made in 1954. If I were born and still doing film club in the 1950's I would definite rate this film five star because if you think about it then to film underwater and to make the giant squid must be hard then because they had only just created the technology to do that. I think that they should have made the film slightly shorter and take out some of the less dramatic sinks. But saying that, I think they should have came up with a 20,000 leagues under the sea 2 or carried it on a bit longer. Most of the actors in it were brilliant like captain Nemo who was excellent he just remained calm all the time and even if there was four gallons of water rushing in on his head or his submarine was 20,000 leagues under the sea he still remained calm and took control. I thought Esmereld the seal was funny and well trained. I thought the professor was the main character in the first half and then he kind of went into hiding during Ned Land and co went to shore and met the cannibals. But then he kind of disappeared and I thought that was quite strange. I would also make him an english professor with a strong british accent because then you understand what he is saying. I think if we make a moderner version of the story we should make them go to the Arctic at the end when they are in the small lifeboat/dingo thing and that is where the movie ends and then the same cast and director create another movie to follow on about there adventures in the Arctic.