Journey to the Center of the Earth [Blu-ray]

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Journey to the Center of the Earth [Blu-ray]

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem, Seth Meyers, Jean Michel Paré
Binding: Blu-ray
Published: 2008-10-28

$21.99

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Journey to the Center of the Earth [Blu-ray]

Editorial Review:

Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 10/28/2008 Rating: Pg
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

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

Good Movie:

This comes with the 3-d glasses but i liked to watch it normally for the 3-d color was off to me.

Stereoscopy for this movie not up to professional standards:

I saw this film in 3D in San Francisco. It was outstanding. There was excellent technical direction, as well as an interesting story. The film has the usual stereoscopic gags with things popping into your eyes which I object to. With 3D coming into increased use, perhaps Directors will get a clue it plays to the VFX, not the story. As a slight digression, the best stereoscopic movie out there is "The Nightmare Before Christmas" - this is a conversion of a formerly 2D movie; the 3D conversion enhanced the... more info

Good Movie, 3-D is just OK:

This remake of Journey to the Center of the Earth is a pretty good version. No stellar performances, special effects are good. The blu-ray is crisp and clean. The adaptation of 3-D for blu-ray has a few issues though. It uses an unusual combination of red and green lenses, and the green will often get too dark and you'll find yourself adjusting the glasses to try and get a better view. I'm not sure if the glasses are what cause the movie to become so devoid of color, but it almost appears to be a black and... more info

Overrated movie.:

You will like the movie, in my opinion, if you watch movies for the special effects and not the plot. Plot is severely lacking. It appears that the production company counted on the special effects in 3D to sell this movie when the approved the script for production.

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