Jouney to the Center of the Earth
November 17, 2008
I call this a modern day journey compared to the orginal starring Pat Boone. There are times the sudden events made you jump. An enjoyable movie to watch with the family.
Can I Die Yet?
November 3, 2008
I guess I learned one valuable lesson from this version of JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH: just because the cover and back matter look pretty exciting, that doesn't mean the movie is going to be anything even close to note-worthy. Such is the case with this Peter Fonda / Ricky Schroder outing, which made me nearly squirm in the chair as I watched. The only thing that kept me going was the thought of being able to review it and warn away other potential buyers from what really is an utter atrocity of film-making.
That's not saying that 100% of this is awful. The one thing that this film has going for it is the cinematography. The settings are brilliant and wonderful. The costume pieces looked great, the props are amazingly detailed, all making me wonder if this would have been better as a documentary of sorts rather than an "action-adventure" film.
The acting is in the toilet. Really. Watching the characters made me feel like I was eating white rice without soy sauce -- blander than anything. Every few moments, the main character, Jonathan Brock, was yelling at his nephew to be careful. Literally as Abel (the nephew) is two feet behind them in the cave, the uncle yells out, "Abel! Stay with us!" about five times. And then there's the obligatory kiss between Martha Dennison, our heroine, and Mr. Brock at the end. Peter Fonda was a hack in this, and really, the only good actor was the Russian man, Sergei, who was highly underused.
All in all, stay away. Far away. This movie was an utter waste of an hour and a half of my life. Sigh. I'm such a sucker for shiny covers.
An utter disgrace
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October 16, 2008
I was mislead also as to the release of this tv movie with the big screen remake. This is a horrible disgrace to the book and original story.
Pathetic CGI on par with bad Sci Fi channel movies like Anaconda 3 or Kimodo vs Cobra. Inconstant story line,horrible acting and racial stereotypes. And the kid says uncle so many times, it makes you want to put a foot to his grill. Save your money in another 6 months youll find this movie free in a trash heap.
I expected more from Peter Fonda!
Boring Disjointed Storyline; Little Acting; Poor CGI
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September 28, 2008
A North American volcano remake that tries to copy the original Journey but ends up with an unrealistic cave, lake and unknown source of sunlight. If there was a suspenseful point to the story or something approaching acting - I missed it. The science behind this remake must have come out of an elementary school dropouts imagination. The cheap, unrealistic CGI of a couple of ancient reptiles was inserted to provide a moment of comic suspense. Then replaced with Native Americans that look like they've been living on the surface yet somehow are able to survive the crushing pressures and temperatures at some unknown depth. Sadly they are portrayed as stereotypic African villagers. And, hand held lasers can't be pointed 10 miles and be seen. People can't be carried in an underwater river and come out in the bottom of a large lake, then rise to the top as if they were in the bathtub - unless they're really marine mammals in disguise as humans.
Mislead really or not
September 20, 2008
actually, i was mislead with the title of this dvd. i was looking for the latest release of the same title but got this one though it says 2008 release but this was not what i was looking for...anyway the dvd was great and arrive on time...thanks anyway...
