Journey to the Center of the Earth (Limited-Edition 2-D and 3-D with Glasses)

Journey to the Center of the Earth (Limited-Edition 2-D and 3-D with Glasses) | Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson | In deep shist

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	Journey to the Center of the Earth (Limited-Edition 2-D and 3-D with Glasses) Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson New Line Home Video, 2008 average customer review:based on 30 reviews view larger image
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Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D is full of whizz-bang demonstrations of how far 3D technology has come--trilobite antennae quivering towards the audience, a T-rex lunging out of the frame, even affable star Brendan Fraser spitting on us--as well as a half-dozen action sequences clearly destined to become videogames or theme park rides. The plot is incidental: When a seismic geologist (Fraser) discovers his lost brother's notes in a copy of the titular Jules Verne novel, he and his nephew (Josh Hutcherson, Bridge to Terabithia, Zathura) head to Iceland. There, joined by a fetching mountain guide (played by Icelandic actress Anita Briem), they get trapped in a cavern and go down, down, down, finally arriving in a primeval underworld full of prehistoric beasts and carnivorous plants. It would be pointless to complain about the empty-headedness of it all; Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D aspires to be a kinesthetic experience. It wants to engage your adrenal glands, not your brain or your heart (the dialogue and characters are so generic, the script may have been cut-and-pasted from previous versions of Verne's book). Fraser, with his goofy handsomeness and accessible presence, provides a reasonably human axis around which all the frantic flying and swooping CGI effects revolve. The movie is as hollow as the world it depicts, but as mindless action movies go, you could do a lot worse. --Bret Fetzer

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Action packed thrill ride!

Great movie. Tons of action. Great for kids and adults. If you are a fan of the old school version, you have got to see this one!

In deep shist

Trevor: Hey, look at all the shist.
Sean: What?
Trevor: It's a metamorphic rock. Green shist, white shist, micro-guarded shist-
Sean: Oh. Shist.

This adaptation of the Jules Verne classic novel features Trevor, a goofy volcanologist (Brendan Fraser), his nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) and Hannah, a canny Icelandic tour guide (Anita Briem).

While on a hastily arranged expedition to Iceland to retrieve data from a previously dormant volcanic sensor gadget, the trio emulates Alice by falling down a hole. Curiouser and curiouser, they end up not in Wonderland, but in a lost world, where long-extinct phosphorescent birds flutter by and the flying fish have a serious case of overbite.

Using the storyline of a missing brother and misunderstood Vernian volcanologists, the little group wanders around the treacherous terrain, overcoming insurmountable odds and horrible hardship (Eat your Trilobite, Sean) before reaching the grandly preposterous finale.

Short Attention Span Summary (SASS):

1. Three down the shist hole
2. Things start heating up
3. Underground ocean crossing brings separation anxiety
4. Tyrannosaurus wrecks
5. Geyser erupts with "flare"
6. Strong hint of "to be continued"

A little Goonies, a little Indiana Jones and a lot of tongue-in-cheek adventure, this movie is great as far as light entertainment goes, and can be viewed by the whole family.

[Warning: Beware of lame lines and ridiculous situations.]

Amanda Richards, September 29, 2008

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Kooky Family Fun

This was a great movie! As with all movies of this genre, there were some silly & tired lines, but on the whole very enjoyable. Kept you one the edge of your seat laughing.

Great flick to watch with the kids or by yourself.

Fun but fairly weak plot

The biggest disappointment was its length, merely 1.5 hrs. With all the thrill rides, free falls, dinosaur chases... the length should be 2.5-3 hrs. I mean, when using inspiration from a Jule Verne's novel, an epic is expected. The CG was good, but the plot was just unconvincing. I can name a few here:
- The big sea, the rain, the phone signal (I wish my coverage was that good!), the dinosaurs, the man-eating plants...
I don't expect any explaination, since the whole movie was about an accidental journey, but common-sense-wise, all the details were highly exxagerated. All three actors seem to be highly skilled adventurers.
Overall, a good ride to kill time with the family, but not a flick to keep. The highlights of this film is the presence of Brendan Frazer. I think he's a good actor, his movies I watched were pretty entertaining. Sadly, two of his movies this year (This and Mummy 3) were below my expectation. I guess I should blame on weak plots and directors. Another highlight of the Journey is Anita Briem. A fit, sweating lady in white tank --> (ggrrrr!) hot as magma...

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Not really worth the effort

I love a good 3-D movie. My first date with my wife was at a 3-D movie. I'm the author of Walt Disney World with Disabilities, and I've seen every 3-D movie at all the Disney parks more times than I can count (Now those movies have incredible 3-D effects!). Unfortunately the effects in this movie were very weak. The 3-D rarely seemed to pop out at the audience. If it did, it lacked impact. There was so much potential, but it just wasn't used.

Now combine that with a very weak script, plot and character development, and poor special effects even without the 3-D involved, and you have this movie. A good sci-fi movie takes you out of reality and creates another world. You believe it's real for just a couple of hours and you live the adventure. This movie never managed that. We were rather bored.

Brendan Fraser did a good job with what he had to work with, but it just wasn't much. I just can't recommend this movie as a purchase. Maybe just a rental if you have an unlimited rental deal.

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