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Summary: Wonderful production
Review: I didn't know what I was going to see when I sat down to watch this movie. I had read the book many years ago when I was in high school, and didn't remember a lot of it, but certain things had stuck in my mind, and I was curious to see how they would go about matching the things I had in my imagination on the screen.Well, I'm glad to say that what I saw was a very good adaptation of a novel into a splendidly made movie. From the acting, the scenery to the special effects, this was a well made production, especially considering that it was made as a television mini series when it was released. Ted Danson does an excellent job of portraying Gulliver, from his wonder at some of the sights he comes upon to his ultimate revulsion of his own kind as he nears the end of his journeys. A lot of time and commitment were spent on ensuring that we are swept along with Gulliver on his travels so that we can understand his feelings. I could go on naming the actors and actresses and how well they portrayed their parts, but I dont' want to get too redundant. If you want to see a well made movie that tells a good story without a ton of violence or a lot of swearing, then I highly recommend you pick up this movie. The price is right on it too.
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Summary: A true pleaser
Review: I didn't see this movie when it first ran on television, but recently bought the DVD and saw it for the first time. For a made for tv production, it was very well done, with an excellent and stellar cast. Ted Danson does a wonderful job as the title character, inflecting his character with the proper touch of wonder, disbelief, incredulity, and disgust at the different lands and things he sees during his travels. I have to admit I wasn't sure what I would think when I first started to watch. I had read the book many years ago, when I was in school, and didn't recall a lot of it. However, as the story progressed, I was happy to see that the more I saw, the more I remembered of what I had read, and that the movie seemed to follow the important parts of the book. The thing I had most remembered were the talking horses, and wondered how well they would do that, but it was done well, so I have no complaints on that score. As I said, the actors all did a remarkably good job, and the special effects were decent, making Gulliver appear to be both huge in the land of the little people, and then small himself in the land of the giants. First rate family entertainment, and well worth seeing. Do yourself a favor and get it for your collection.
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Summary: A Lot Better Than I Thought It Would Be
Review: I have to admit that when this version of "Gulliver's Travels" first appeared on TV I was reluctant to watch it. My main stumbling block was accepting Ted Danson in the lead role. Being a fan of Swift though I watched and was happily surprised at seeing Danson nicely carry off the part.
The production is nothing short of fantastic. Instead of digital technology being used to merely fill the screen with 1,000's of bodies it has been used to create the fantastic world of Swift's imagination. There are many a big budget movie that look like bargin basement production next to this. While one could never completely adapt Swift's book for the screen this production comes closer than most in giving us both the author's fantastic visions and social commentary. The cast has a wealth of fine actors both well know and some not so well known. Among them are Peter O'Toole, Sir John Gielgud, Geraldine Chaplin, Edward Woodward, Warwick Davies , James and Edward Fox and Omar Sharif. In director Charles Sturridge's skillful hands all of these fine elements come together for a very enjoyable and unforgettable film.
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Summary: A Lot Better Than I Thought It Would Be
Review: I have to admit that when this version of "Gulliver's Travels" first appeared on TV I was reluctant to watch it. My main stumbling block was accepting Ted Danson in the lead role. Being a fan of Swift though I watched and was happily surprised at seeing Danson nicely carry off the part.
The production is nothing short of fantastic. Instead of digital technology being used to merely fill the screen with 1,000's of bodies it has been used to create the fantastic world of Swift's imagination. There are many a big budget movie that look like bargin basement production next to this. While one could never completely adapt Swift's book for the screen this production comes closer than most in giving us both the author's fantastic visions and social commentary. The cast has a wealth of fine actors both well know and some not so well known. Among them are Peter O'Toole, Sir John Gielgud, Geraldine Chaplin, Edward Woodward, Warwick Davies , James and Edward Fox and Omar Sharif. In director Charles Sturridge's skillful hands all of these fine elements come together for a very enjoyable and unforgettable film.
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Summary: Gulliver Travles through the extreems of cultures
Review: I missed the TV premier of this movie, and finally checked it out at the library. This is a wonderfull tale of a journey through lands that are satires of the extremes of different cultural ideals. The interresting part is how Gulliver is changed as he travels through these different lands. He finds himself washed up on a beach, and surrounded by little people. He gets to know them, and finds them to be horribly warlike, corrupt, and so rediculous in thier methods of decision making it's laughable. Since he is too large to feel threatened he finds his situation amusing, when we know that these same policies would be disastrous and scary in real life. Next, he is in a land of Giants, and is at first paraded as a momey-making scam by some pesants before he makes it to the palace of the queen of the land to be a jester. This land is a suposed utopia of freedom and equality in which people all bring thier crops to a central trading area, where the food and wealth is distributed with equality. Gulliver holds a series of lectures about his own society and why they do things the way they do. Of course, these enlightened people who know nothing of war find his stories to be a terrible thing. However, this liberal utopia also has it's faults. Not everyone is really happy with thier place in society, espically the person who Gulliver replaced in the castle. The rich royalty are content to talk about equality and pat themselves on the back for thier tolerance and good treatment of the poor, while giving everyone else the jobs of feeding the pigs and working in the fields. Next, he finds his way to a great floating island populated by intilictuals who contemplate the sun, moon, stars. At first he is impressed by thier intelect and great powers, but soon enough discovers these geniouses are so full of themselves for thier genious that they cannot see the world for what it is or even communicate with others without being beaten with a baloon to keep them from 'drifting off' while in conversation. He also finds his way to the home of a sorcerer who keeps him drugged and captive. After finding a creative way to escape this place he is at sea once again and is washed up onto a land of savages and of horses. The cavemen are the opitomy of every vise of people. The horses on the other hand exist in balance and harmony with nature. Gulliver finds a home with these creatures, until some incidences lead the horses to judge him as a 'yahoo' savage, and he is banished once again. With this final tale, he is also in a trial to judge his sanity. Throughoud the whole movie the memories of his journey are like halucinations, and Gulliver himself a madman. He is finally able to use the final experience as a story to plead his sanity, and the rediclousness of some socital vices. A good family movie, I enjoy it very much.
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Summary: Gulliver Travles through the extreems of cultures
Review: I missed the TV premier of this movie, and finally checked it out at the library. This is a wonderfull tale of a journey through lands that are satires of the extremes of different cultural ideals. The interresting part is how Gulliver is changed as he travels through these different lands. He finds himself washed up on a beach, and surrounded by little people. He gets to know them, and finds them to be horribly warlike, corrupt, and so rediculous in thier methods of decision making it's laughable. Since he is too large to feel threatened he finds his situation amusing, when we know that these same policies would be disastrous and scary in real life. Next, he is in a land of Giants, and is at first paraded as a momey-making scam by some pesants before he makes it to the palace of the queen of the land to be a jester. This land is a suposed utopia of freedom and equality in which people all bring thier crops to a central trading area, where the food and wealth is distributed with equality. Gulliver holds a series of lectures about his own society and why they do things the way they do. Of course, these enlightened people who know nothing of war find his stories to be a terrible thing. However, this liberal utopia also has it's faults. Not everyone is really happy with thier place in society, espically the person who Gulliver replaced in the castle. The rich royalty are content to talk about equality and pat themselves on the back for thier tolerance and good treatment of the poor, while giving everyone else the jobs of feeding the pigs and working in the fields. Next, he finds his way to a great floating island populated by intilictuals who contemplate the sun, moon, stars. At first he is impressed by thier intelect and great powers, but soon enough discovers these geniouses are so full of themselves for thier genious that they cannot see the world for what it is or even communicate with others without being beaten with a baloon to keep them from 'drifting off' while in conversation. He also finds his way to the home of a sorcerer who keeps him drugged and captive. After finding a creative way to escape this place he is at sea once again and is washed up onto a land of savages and of horses. The cavemen are the opitomy of every vise of people. The horses on the other hand exist in balance and harmony with nature. Gulliver finds a home with these creatures, until some incidences lead the horses to judge him as a 'yahoo' savage, and he is banished once again. With this final tale, he is also in a trial to judge his sanity. Throughoud the whole movie the memories of his journey are like halucinations, and Gulliver himself a madman. He is finally able to use the final experience as a story to plead his sanity, and the rediclousness of some socital vices. A good family movie, I enjoy it very much.
Rating: 
Summary: Poorly Done DVD
Review: I would have rated this 5 stars, but it was made unnecessarily long by the introduction of an "insanity" plot which detracted from the story and was never part of the book. Good special effects, though.
Rating: 
Summary: Unnecessarily Long
Review: I would have rated this 5 stars, but it was made unnecessarily long by the introduction of an "insanity" plot which detracted from the story and was never part of the book. Good special effects, though.
Rating:
Summary: fantastic movie
Review: it is really a fantastic movie... why? because i saw this movie more than 5 times,when i saw it the last time i went out of my house and i started looking at the moon and i staired at the sky for a long time waiting for the flying island of laputa to pass next to the moon in that cool night... any way, it is a 5 star movie and it is full of imagination...may be that why i like it
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Summary: Honest View of Mankind
Review: One of the great misfortunes of literature is that this book somehow got listed as a children's fable. Jonathan Swift takes a critical look at mankind in general and his observations still hold true today. Great viewing for the story line itself.
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