20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Top 25: Fantasy (25 movies items)

" Kirk Douglas! Capt. Nemo! The Kraken!!! This was one of the first classic fantasy tales that I saw as a child and I still love it!"

Dear Cinema Diary - Vol 3 E9a - etc 2012 (77 movies items)

"Oct 6nd - Re-Watch As a classic and given the time that this film was made it is an excellent film. James Mason makes a wonderful version of Captain Nemo. However, the film just dragged in too many places for me to not be overly aware of the flaws. The overly blonde Kirk Douglas took his shirt off far too many times and the numerous fist fights were dull. The 'three guests' of Nemo just don't work very well as an antithesis of humanity or at least they didn't force that enough in the film."

Top 10 Favourites of the 1950s (10 movies items)

"" There was Typhoon Tessie: met her on the coast of Java. When we kissed, I bubbled up like molten lava. Then she gave me the scare of my young life. Blow me down and pick me up, she was the captain's wife!" - Ned Land Kirk Douglas is one of the most delightfully cheerful and peppy heroic figures of the movies here, and James Mason's Captain Nemo is equally intriguing as a twisted idealist. A ripping good adventure yarn. Family friendly, but with a lot of substance."

My Top 15 Halloween Favorites: From The Depths (15 movies items)

" For me, Leagues is a movie that if it were just any sci-fi movie, would still be one the best sci-fi movies of it's time. But the fact that it was made by Disney, & comprising some of the typical "Disney conventions" (which I have to admit, I'm not a big fan of), makes it an even remarkable achievement for a classical sci-fi thriller. "

Run For Your Lives! My 30 Fave Giant Monster Films (30 movies items)

"For me, Leagues is a movie that if it were just any sci-fi movie, would still be one the best sci-fi movies of it's time. But the fact that it was made by Disney, & comprising some of the typical "Disney conventions" (which I have to admit, I'm not a big fan of), makes it an even remarkable achievement for a classical sci-fi thriller. "

Movie Diary 2012 (551 movies items)

"11.6. Tämä Verne-filmatisointi oli omaan makuuni jotenkin liian disneymäinen seikkailu, jossa hahmot jäävät miltei kokonaan erityispiirteidensä vangeiksi. Douglasin, Masonin ja Lorren suoritukset ovat melko maneerisia ja Paul Lukasin proffakin on aika tyypillisen herrasmiesmäinen tulkinta, tosin kyllähän tämäntasosten herrojen karisma riittää ylläpitämään keskinkertaistakin filmiä. Kyseessä on toki edelläkävijä merenalaisessa kuvaamisessa, joka ei kuitenkaan hyödynnä te"

Terry Gilliam's Favorite Films (51 movies items)

" I was a great fan of Walt Disney. Everything Disney did, I fell for: the live-action stuff - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Treasure Island; all the cartoons, Pinocchio. As far as other animation, Mr. Magoo was good. I never knew who the other great animators were, despite watching their cartoons. Even after I was in Python, I never knew who Chuck Jones was. Or Tex Avery. They represented a shift from Disney, but in all of them there is the creation of these amazing worlds. That's what Disney a"

100 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies by Digitaldreamdoor (100 movies items)

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Films watched - Katselut 2011 (246 movies items)

"Vernen alkuperäistä kirjaa en ole koskaan tullut lukeneeksi mutta stoori itsessään oli jokseenkin tuttu, ja lähtökohdiltaan ihan kiinnostavakin. Tämä on kuitenkin enimmäkseen sitä tuttua ja jäyhää patsastelua, etenkin James Masonin osalta. Kirk Douglas perseilee sen pari tuntia ja Peter Lorre on ihan hukassa tässä. Jättiläiskalmari oli kuitenkin ihan kiva ilmestys. Loppupeleissä tässä on juuri esimerkillisen keskinkertainen vanhan hollyn seikkailufilmi."