FABULOUS JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH - FABULOUS JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1 DVD)

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Miller, John M. "Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959): Articles". Turner Classic Movies. WarnerMedia . Retrieved 31 January 2015. The 37th episode of The Triplets, called Journey to the Center of the Earth, makes reference to this novel.

The film was a good time all in all. The characters weren't annoying as hell, it was a cute PG plot, and it taught some fun lessons. Granted that the premise is silly, the treatment is thankfully goofball enough that it's all of a kind. If they had tried a more serious treatment, the film itself would be a total joke. But it's full of winking and nodding, not exactly "camp" but definitely cheezy. I enjoy these types of stories, so I didn't mind watching the film at all. I had a few good laughs, saw some decent action scenes, etc. The love story seemed pointlessly grafted onto the story, even objectionable in the fact that Anita Briem really does look closer in age to Brendan Fraser's movie nephew (Josh Hutcherson) than to Fraser. Hutcherson himself has very little to add to the film, but I wouldn't mind seeing more of Briem. Webb was replaced at the last minute by James Mason, who had previously appeared as Captain Nemo in Disney's earlier adaptation of Jules Verne's novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954). [11] Reisch: The bad stuff? Hannah Asgeirsson is cringeworthy as the love interest/ guide figure, a character it is impossible to like or even find interesting. The storyline is pretty predictable, and in terms of story and set pieces, 'Journey' doesn't really offer anything that hasn't been done before, and often better. A couple of the jokes fall flat, and the 3D glasses are pretty annoying, although probably not nearly as bad as the film would be in 2D; I can only assume it loses much of its merit.Professor Lindenbrook takes a small party exploring towards the centre of the earth, and encounters various underground adventures including sea monsters, giant gorillas, giant turtles etc.

So onto the performances. Brendan Fraser as I have said delivers a decent performance here. He seemed to have disappeared in recent years, but with both this and The Mummy 3 arriving in cinemas this year I am sure we might be seeing some more of him over the next few years. While he does have to deal with a lot of clichéd lines in the movie, he does also ooze charisma and seems a genuinely nice bloke. He also does a great double act alongside Josh Hutcherson as his nephew. Hutcherson really is an A-lister in the making in my opinion, while his performance here doesn't match what he did Bridge to Terabithia, he still makes a potentially average brat into a likable characters with genuine motivations. His characters transformation neither feels forced nor corny, and one moment with Fraser in front of a sunset is one of the many highlights of the movie. Anita Briem is also surprisingly good as the "Best mountain climber in the world." Once again this could be a run of the mill plot device character, yet she makes it a much more interesting one. The script gives her some good moments and she does have considerable chemistry with Fraser. The 2nd feature adaptation of the Jules Verne classic is oddly a Spanish effort, and is worse than the 1959 version (Which was only bad because of one scene).Dahl became unconscious and it took 30 minutes to revive her. [18] Reception [ edit ] Box office [ edit ]

Journey to the Center of the Earth won a second place Golden Laurel award for Top Action Drama in 1960. Wakeman released a second concept album called Return to the Centre of the Earth in 1999. It tells the story of a later set of travelers attempting to repeat the original journey. On seeing the title The Fabulous Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, and knowing how I love this sort of movie, I wondered how come I had never heard of it, let alone seen it. Answer: it is a Spanish production, never really available in the UK. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth at Project Gutenberg (Griffith and Farran, 1871) – "not a translation at all but a complete re-write of the novel" The 1992 adventure/role-playing game Quest for Glory III by Sierra Entertainment used Arne Saknoosen the Aardvark as a bit character for exploration information, alluding to the explorer Arne Saknussemm.

Journey to the Center of the Earth was a direct-to-DVD release by The Asylum, also released as Journey to Middle Earth in the United Kingdom. Starring Greg Evigan as Joseph Harnet and Dedee Pfeiffer as Emily Radford, it's a low-budget adaptation, which, as with most Asylum films, was apparently released to draft off of the Eric Brevig film. Viaje al centro de la Tierra, Spanish adventure film based on Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.