jcaraway3 Review of Rescue from Gilligan's Island

Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978 TV Movie)

If this movie has one thing, it's overlong scenes...

[3/10 · 4 October 2010]

This movie must have disappointed legions of fans upon it's 1978 television premiere, over a decade after the original show had been taken off the air. And why? Well, let's have a look. It starts off decent enough, but the scene where Gilligan and his pals escape from the island was overlong and dull. It is immediately followed by another overlong and unfunny scene where the castaways are at their welcome home party. The castaways then go separate ways, which is all well and good, but we don't get too in depth about any of their personal lives. The Professor, Mary-Ann, Ginger, and the Howells only get one scene each of their lives in civilization. The rest of the movie is Gilligan and the Skipper bumbling around trying to prove that they didn't cause the accident that landed them on the island in the first place. This doesn't constitute much of a story. Oh, and there'as some stereotypical Russians who try to get some disk back from Gilligan. In the end (Spoilers) they crash again and end up back on the island, making this movie completely pointless. And then, before I knew it, it was over. I know it's just a stupid sit com, and plots really don't matter, but the worst part is, it was not funny! Not in the slightest.