Journey to the Center of the Earth

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.

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.

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.

we were watching on a 1080 p lcd tv, I don't know if that had any impact, but the 3d effects worked very well. Yes there is color distortion, but lots of rocks and dinosaurs and yoyos flying in our living room made the adventure worth the time it took to watch the movie. I don't know if we will watch this in 3d all of the time, but we don't need to. The 3d copy has a 2d version on the other side of the disc.

My kids are indiana jones fanatics and loved this movie too. Yes it is sophmoric and shallow but it is a good ride at the same time.

I'll give this 5 stars simply because it is exactly what we expected when we purchased it. Not perfect, but good fun.

I added the 3D version to my wish list on Amazon, but Amazon simply changed it to the 2D version when they ran out. Now I'm stuck with a 2D version (why would anyone want a 2D version of the movie?). Amazon disappoints with misleading business practices.