Eric D. Snider
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Movie Review
"Journey to the Center of the Earth"
Review by Eric D. Snider
Grade: B-
Rating: PG
Released: Friday, July 11, 2008
Directed by:
Cast:
If you thought the latest Indiana Jones adventure was implausible, wait till you see "Journey to the Center of the Earth"! It makes "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" look like a documentary. It's fun, though, and a perfectly good way for a family to spend a Saturday afternoon, particularly if that family has a lot of 8-to-12-year-old boys. I have friends with kids in that demographic, and watching the movie I thought, "Those guys will LOVE this."
It was shot in digital 3D and is being exhibited that way in select theaters. By all means, if you see it, see it in 3D. The filmmakers indulge in some shameless gimmickry every now and then, making characters point things directly at the audience for no good reason, but for the most part the effects look fantastic. It's a smart way to bring the story to life, even if the story in question is all spectacle and very little brain.
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Grade: B-
Rated PG, adventure and peril and stuff
1 hr., 32 min.
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This item has 8 comments
July 11, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Looks awful from the trailers, sounds awful from your review, must be awful.
Good action is fine, but you can't make a good movie from bad characters and plot, no matter how great the action is.
Very much aimed at a younger audience, I guess. It's no WALL-E though, acceptable for both little kids and older moviegoers.
Even if I hadn't seen the rest of the bad trailer, just from the "fall" spoilers in the trailer, I wouldn't go see this film. "We're still falling! Ahhh!" then "Oh, we landed in water, so it much be ok now." Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight......
July 12, 2008 at 10:53 am
Russ must be a twit or maybe drunk, or maybe both!
July 15, 2008 at 5:54 am
You enjoyed this movie?
July 17, 2008 at 2:48 am
Before Hellboy II, my wife and I saw a trailer for yet *another* Brendan Fraser movie...and it's yet another mummy movie too.
Why do they keep casting Brendan Fraser in movies?
Why?
Why??
WHY???
* sob *
July 17, 2008 at 3:36 pm
If only "Prince Caspian" would have taken your kissing advice too. Nothing like audience groaning in the closing scene . . .
August 1, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Okay, this may sound odd to the rest of ya'll reviews but I loved this movie!!!! 3D or not, I love it!! Josh did such a great job acting and it has a lot of adventure and funny little jokes. I am just one to fall in love with all Josh's movies because he is such a great young actor and there's not many of those. I loved it so much, plain and simple. :]
August 4, 2008 at 9:26 pm
It was a FUN movie!! I LOVED IT. Remember..it is fiction...so go along for the right. The special effects were tremendous!
Worth seeing for a good laugh.
August 12, 2008 at 5:55 pm
this is a great movie i will go see it agian i dont think it will be the same at home its amazing on the big screen