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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1916 · Film · 99 min
Directed by Stuart Paton
AdventureDramaActionScience Fiction
Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and sailed away.
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If the plot is good, then dated effects don't matter. Both the 1916 and 1954 versions of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea hold up today.
I guess some people just can't cope with anything but the most cutting edge effects. If they notice something is fake the movie experience is ruined for them or something. I'm glad I'm not afflicted with this.
Well, there's a number of people plugging their ebook sites of some of them easier to get books.
As a slightly different plug, "20,000 Leagues under the Sea" from 1916 [0] is worth a glance.
It's a silent film, so some people might not be able to watch it today, but is has some curiosities to it.
It was the first feature filmed underwater, using a simple tube and mirror arrangement that most people here could come up with. It also had tons of extravagant sets, and so on, making it incredibly expensive for the era.
Literature wise, it combines "20,000 Leagues under the Sea" and "The Mysterious Island", in a fairly faithful way.
[0] https://sixteenmm.org/s/leaguesunderthesea_1916
Note: If it wasn't obvious from above, that's a link to something I run.