Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth is the kind of movie that on terms of acting and plot, normally it's so terrible and contrived one would never see it. In fact, I'd never see Journey to the Center of the Earth. No, but I would most definitely see Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D.

Brendan Fraser brings his normal charisma to his role as Professor Trevor Anderson, a professor whose studies on volcanic activity hold little interest to his boss. His brother vanishes 6 years ago, looking for the center of the Earth When his nephew arrives at his home for two weeks around the time he discovers an anomaly in Iceland, he travels to Iceland in the hopes of finding his brother.

He meets young, beautiful mountain guide Hannah there, and they travel up through a mountain and fall through a hole into - who guessed it, the center of the earth. It is a place populated by dinosaurs, carnivorous plants, anti-gravity craters, and actually, a mine-cart track. Can Trevor, his nephew, and Hannah get out alive before they literally burn up?

A silly plot, with silly acting and lame jokes, no doubt about any of those. But it's simply a rollicking, mindless good time, mind you assuming you have 3-D glasses on. It's actually the first full-length, narrative film ever to be fully shot in 3-D, which is really incredible.

The effects are the best and perhaps only good aspect of the film, but it's just too fun and hokey for it's own good. B-