Loch Ness
By paranominal
Published: November 22, 2009
Tagged with: American Scientist, Beautiful Scotland, Cheers, Dr John, Feathers, Fellowship Of The Ring, Ian Holm, Innkeeper, Joely Richardson, John Dempsey, Laura Richardson, Loch Ness, Loch Ness Monster, Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship, Magical Adventure, Quot, Rings The Fellowship Of The Ring, S Young, Ted Danson, Zoologist
What you have here is a pretty typical feel good family picture. It has all of the necessary elements: A strong willed woman who doesn’t need a man to help her; A precocious child that sees right through the adult’s barriers; and a cynical scientist that learns an important lesson about love and life. All of this takes place around a picturesque Scottish village with the usual cast of loveable rouges and just the right splash of ineffectual villain.
Of course there is a Loch Ness monster, and of course the cynical scientist will learn to love and choose not to further his selfish career by revealing the pictures of the monster (really a lovable family of monsters, who, of course, respond to the unselfish innocence and purity of a child’s love).
At the end of the day, this is a mediocre children’s film, that never rises even a hint beyond the formula that drives it. If it wasn’t set in Scotland and stared Nessie, I would never have seen it. Still, I suppose there are worst ways to spend a couple of hours. It just seems like there are so many quality children’s films out there, that this one could be missed. (If you want a children’s film with a celtic flair, try “Darby O’Gill and the Little People.”)
Key line of the film (paraphrased): “You don’t look for Nessie with your mind, you look with your HEART.”
Rating: 2 / 5
It is one of my favourite movies of all time.Kirsty is my cousin and I am trying to find her. Can anyone help, without invading her privacy. I realize that is important.
Rating: 5 / 5
Funny. I find a lot of nice little films by just being my lazy self and watching TV. Awesome. So I ended up surfing around and came upon……LOCH NESS! Now I’m a fan of anything with monsters in it, big, small, fat, stupid, smart ect. I also think Danson is a great actor. So when I saw this I decided to watch it. It was actually pretty good. Now I came in about 10 minutes into the movie and had no idea who directed it. I was pretty surprised I was entertained. I liked the twist on it, they don’t portray Nessie as most movies would, i.e. a giant monster eating everything in sight.
The acting’s pretty good along with the direction. The effects are not bad either. One thing I deeply Disliked was the ending. I was in a bad mood which didn’t help, but I was kinda hoping for the government and Nessie to go blow to blow…….I know. I’m a horrid person. I felt it was a bit of a cop-out, but that doesn’t detract everything from this movie.
Overall if you want a good, family film that you and the kids can watch get this. It isn’t as good as some of the other family films out there, but its a heck of a lot better than most.
Rating: 3 / 5
i am more then pleased with the service,condition,and again the promptness of the order,and will again order from them.Loch Ness
Rating: 4 / 5
The fact that LOCH NESS has finally been released on DVD is really hampered by the fact that MGM has duped everyone (yet again)!
The film, shot in 1995, was to have been a theatrical release for 1996. The movie was shot in Panavision (2.35:1 scope). This merits understanding because the film was never released in domestic theaters–but instead dumped on ABC in an awful pan-and-scan version. Guess what you all own on DVD at this point?
That’s right… a cropped movie!
It would be nice for the distributors to one day release the film in its original widescreen aspect ratio so that we may enjoy the scenery of Loch Torridon and Loch Alsh better.
That’s right… most of the film was NOT shot at the real Loch Ness.
Once again, we were duped!
What should be shots of Urquhart Castle (Loch Ness) are really of the famed Eilean Donan Castle in Loch Alsh!
Well, at least the creatures were nicely-done. Enjoy the movie for its fluff entertainment. And Danson’s pompadour toupee!
Enjoy it, that is until the definitive Loch Ness film comes out (as soon as I finish writing the script and securing $80 million for the financing). I dupe you not!
Signed, a serious Nessie fanatic!
PS: More salt in the wound… Region 2 version of LOCH NESS was realeased in 2.35:1 widescreen. AAAAAAAARGHHHHHH!!!!
Rating: 1 / 5