Journey to the Center of the Earth
Includes both 2-D and 3-D! Side A includes the 2-D version in widescreen and full frame, while Side B includes the 3-D version in widescreen only. Please note that the 3-D version requires 3-D glasses which are not included with the disc.
Same planet. Different world.
During a scientific expedition in Iceland, visionary scientist Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser), his nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) and their beautiful local guide, Hannah (Anita Briem), are unexpectedly trapped in a cave from which their only escape is to go deeper and deeper into the depths of the Earth. Traveling through never-before-seen worlds, the trio comes face-to-face with surreal and unimaginable creatures including man-eating plants, giant flying piranha, glow birds and terrifying dinosaurs from days past. The adventurers soon realize that as volcanic activity increases around them, they must find a way back to the Earth's surface before it is too late.
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Surprisingly good!! - noamatancha
I enjoyed that movie very much. Good action sequences and very funny at the same time. Brendan Fraser is an great actor as usual. He can be both funny and intense at the same time. I would definately recommend this movie to anyone. Good fun fun for th whole family.what the? - movie_goer
"Branden Fraser stars in the worst film of 2008!"
Journey to the center of the earth is better off for the younger audience, because the laws of Physics makes it hard for me to follow this ridiculous off track movie.
The truth is even if i was a child i'd be questioning the logics of an ocean at the bottom of an active volcano and birds or any forms of life living in extreme heat. The movie is a disaster, and a complete failure. It was bad enough to say didn't even finish the movie.A Weak And Silly Adaptation Of Verne's Story - revsdd
When the adventure happens in this "adventure" movie, it's pretty good fun. The rail car ride through the old abandoned mine was a blast, the dinosaur chase scene was both exciting and well done and Sean's ride on the magnetic rocks was really quite disorienting. Unfortunately, there isn't enough adventure in this "adventure" movie. Instead, the movie goes more often for lame humour than exciting adventure. Both the opening and closing scenes have a feel of silliness about them, which is too bad, because if this had been treated more seriously as a modern-day version of the Jules Verne story it might have worked quite well. As it was, while this had a definite "Verne" feel to it once the group got underground, it lacks the excitement and mystery of Verne's story.
The basic idea is that Verne's novel was based on an account related to him by someone who actually made the journey. Now, set in the present day, the movie follows another group of explorers down into the earth, headed by Brendan Fraser as Trevor, a geologist whose brother went missing years ago and is presumed dead. He's joined by Anita Briem as Hannah, an Icelandic mountain guide, and Josh Hutcherson as his nephew Sean. They were all pretty good in this. There was at least one point to the story that made no sense to me. If this "air bubble" in which they found themselves heated up as much as they said (to up to 200F) then how did any of the creatures that were down there survive? And, how would a temperature of "up to" 200F (which means it could have been less and which itself is not the boiling point of water) cause all the water to evaporate? Some, perhaps, but there was a lot of water and I found it hard to believe that a temperature of less than 200F would cause it all to evaporate. That's a very technical point, of course, and the movie is clearly going for fun, so it may well be unfair. The real problem here is simply that the movie is a weak adaptation of Verne's story.
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Surprisingly good!! - noamatancha
I enjoyed that movie very much. Good action sequences and very funny at the same time. Brendan Fraser is an great actor as usual. He can be both funny and intense at the same time. I would definately recommend this movie to anyone. Good fun fun for th ...what the? - movie_goer
"Branden Fraser stars in the worst film of 2008!"
Journey to the center of the earth is better off for the younger audience, because the laws of Physics makes it hard for me to follow this ridiculous off track movie.
The truth is even if i was ...A Weak And Silly Adaptation Of Verne's Story - revsdd
When the adventure happens in this "adventure" movie, it's pretty good fun. The rail car ride through the old abandoned mine was a blast, the dinosaur chase scene was both exciting and well done and Sean's ride on the magnetic rocks was really quite disorienting. ...