Journey to the Center of the Earth

Same Planet. Different World: Sunday at the movies for a group of 5 aged: 83, 79, 60, 50 & 43.We went to see the newest adaption of Verne's novel.

+:

• Good use of the 3D "widget": Used in this film for surprise, laughter and putting the spectator in the action.
• Brendan Fraser, the more I see him, the more I like him. He just has this casual, accessible personae and in this film he's the glue.
• The young actress (Anita Briem) I mistaken for Kirsitin Dunst, she has quite an attitude in this film and it suits her well, does not seem like she is acting.
• The TEENAGER (alias: Josh Hutcherson ) just doing what comes naturally throughout the movie, hopefully we will see him again (he reminds me of Edward Furlong, in the Terminator movies).
• Special FX: the compositing very nicely done and it blends in the movie, you can hardly tell what is real & what is computer generated.
• Specail mention: cinemtography & lighting. The use of colors warm/cold was impressive.

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• Some action scenes. I know this is not Indiana Jones... but the coal mine roller coaster ride, the dinosaur jaw sliding down a mountain... Seen it before.
• The fantasy. Maybe it is just me, (okay I take from James Bond & Indiana) but when "stunts" are humanly impossible, I kind of loose it here.

overall:
Our group laughed. I was not bored throughout the movie. The 3 rows in front of me had parents & kids aged from 6 to 12, I heard them laugh & actually saw one kid get up to try to catch the 3D fish! Very cute.

It is not a movie I had planned to see but am am glad I got to see it because I did enjoy it.

trailer:

websites:
http://www.journey3dmovie.com/
must do's:

• leave your cursor on one of the gigantesque Venus flytraps...it actually eats it!
• Flip side widget cool (does not work with canadian postal codes, one day we'll getdigits too....hoping)
  

http://www.progressivevolcanology.com/

• Yes it's "Vernian" & you'll understand after the movie.