Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 0794043123429 Format: Color Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2008-10-28 Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2008-07-11
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother a scientist his nephew & their mountain guide discover a fantastic & dangerous lost world in the center of the earth. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 10/28/2008 Starring: Brendan Fraser Anita Briem Rating: Pg
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: Hollywood: More movies like this please! Comment: Yay!! This movie proves that excitement, adventure and danger do not automatically equal violence, sex jokes and crude behavior. I keep having to say NO to all of the Superhero movies because of the PG-13 rating. So it was great to be able to say "Yes" to my 7-year-old twin boys for once. This is a "manly" movie. The emotional issues men and boys face in life are handled succinctly, giving this movie more depth than the non-stop action would seem to allow. The 3D effects truly add to the excitement. The few gratuitous/gross ones were just plain old fun & funny. The theater was packed and people actually clapped at the end. I hope Hollywood pays attention and puts out more PG movies of this caliber. Customer Rating: Summary: Once was enough Comment: Granted this is an adventure/action film. And granted that it was kept fairly clean for family viewing. Still, I had some problems with the movie. Without going into detail, it sort of mimics the original Jules Verne story. However, it is interesting in that it references the original story as some sort of secret code of a quasi-secret society and implies that it wasn't at all fictional when Verne wrote it.
Here's where it goes wrong. The characters are shallow. The plot is really unoriginal. The special effects are so obviously specially generated effects that they aren't particularly special at all. Even the sentimentalism is very thin.
There were many improbable scenes that require such a stretch of suspension of disbelief to make it work, that it didn't. Another movie I think of, in a similar genre, had no issue with suspension of disbelief. No, in fact, Raiders of the Lost Ark made you believe it was all quite possible. Easily so. Journey to the Center of the Earth did not.
As a side note: we switched from the 3D to the 2D after about 15 minutes into it. It just wasn't that visually appealing as a 3D movie.
This was worth seeing once, and only if you rent the DVD, in my opinion. Customer Rating: Summary: Fun entertainment- 4.5 stars Comment: This is a an enjoyable movie with a very good story, appealing characters, good special effects and good pacing. Some may say that it isn't very realistic (okay it's not) but it is a fantasy/sci fi adventure flick. Fraser is almost always good in his movies and the other 2 leads are good also. I thought it was great that they hired an Icelandic actress to play an Icelandic character rather than some Hollywood actress struggling along with a phony accent, too. Very well done and good entertainment for the whole family. Customer Rating: Summary: Satisfactory Rating Comment: Watched this with my husband and my 20yr old daughter (she loves Brendan Fraser). It was funny. One part did make me cry (i'm usually a sucker for being emotional). However, it was a little cheesy with the special effects. With today's technology I expect a little more out of sci-fi movies. Not enough action packed adventure for me. My husband didnt say much. Customer Rating: Summary: Action packed and a lot of "close calls"...! Comment: I watched this movie twice (once in the theater and once on DVD) and I enjoyed it each time. Although I think some of the "close calls" were quite unrealistic and would probably never happen in real life if someone actually fell to the center of the earth. Anyway here are a few of the close calls that I remember from the movie. I took notes on all of the close calls because they were so cool and had me at the edge of my seat the first time I saw the movie.
1) Trevor almost steps into a 200 ft deep cliff but Hannah the mountain guide pushes him out of the way at the last minute.
2) When all 3 of them were climbing down the rope wasn't long enough so Hannah cuts the rope and lets Trevor go or else the 3 of them will plunge down. He was actually already at the bottom and Hannah played a trick on him!
3) MY FAVORITE: Going over the broken tracks in the mine and where Hannah has to jump onto Trevor's car.
4) MOST UNREALISTIC- An actual smooth landing into the center of the earth after a 10 minute plunge when the muscovite breaks through (they end up swimming for a long time which is quite unrealistic since they don't have oxygen tanks).
5) Where both Trevor and Sean are chased by a big dinosaur, and the dinosaur falls through the muscovite. Trevor almost plunges down, but he catches the top of the cliffhanger. He is VERY LUCKY like he said in the movie.
6) Exiting the center of the enter (VERY COOL)!
These are the 6 out of the total of 11 close calls that really stuck out to me in the movie.
