Journey to the Center of the Earth

I’m all for a modern approach to this classic story but this isn’t it. Luckily it’s on Prime so I didn’t waste any money, just 87 minutes of my life. But, here are my thoughts on what I experienced (Warning: Spoilers)We’re sending a squad of soldiers on an experimental mission, oh, and since they’re women, make sure they only wear t-shirts. And since this is experimental and we don’t know what will happen, let’s make sure they not adequately armed and have no backup communications. Make sure they have canteens so they can keep their t-shirts wet.Let’s not aim our big guns at the head, we’re trained soldiers so lets just scream and shoot wildly in the general direction of the dinosaur.The soldier wearing the glasses is the smart one.Oh, the flower the size of my head is opening, let me put my face in it to see if it smells pretty (and this was the soldier wearing glasses).Let’s not walk around the giant spider web, let’s walk through it. (But in fairness, they wouldn’t have found their missing soldier if they didn’t, not that it mattered since she was just a spider nest by that time.)Oh no, there’s a void in the earths crust. My laser digger won’t work in a void. Who would have thought there might be an underground cave on our planet?Magma snakes?! I know this is science fiction, but really?!

The Asylum is synonymous with ‘done on the cheap.’ And done quickly too, by the look of it. The plot is a hodgepodge of other movies like Alien, The Core, and At the Earth’s Core. It begins as so many films do, starting at the height of some unknown danger then abruptly stopping, to pull back to “30 minutes earlier.” This false start does not help an already fragmented story that they had the audacity to blame on poor dead Jules Verne. Let’s be perfectly clear, Jules had absolutely nothing to do with this mess.As this plot would have it, a military research team is sent to Stuttgart by way of a shortcut, which strands them at the very center of the earth. Their teleportation device malfunctions. You know the military is involved because there’s one (1) general onsite, continuously flipping a lighter. There’s a metaphor in there somewhere.The cinematographer literally gets up everyone’s nose. The number of extreme closeups are frightening. This is done of course so you don’t pay attention to the cardboard boxes used as sets. I still believe half of the actors were really sock puppets.I think this film company should change its name to The Abysmal. It’s highly descriptive and ever so accurate.

Come on now I've seen worse movies in the theater. I don't recommend it at all but it is far from being a total waste of time. In some ways it was more like a Hallmark movie and you knew what was going to happen well before it did. However to me the worst part was that the XRay feature was for some other movie

This movie is split between the people stranded at the center of the earth and the people coming to rescue them. Neither story is compelling. The reasoning behind center of the earth is unexplained --- it just is. No significance is given to any plot point or character, so I was not drawn into the movie.A group of female soldiers is different, but the script lets the actors down. Similarly, Dedee Pfieffer does not have much of a script to read, so her talents are wasted. Even the monsters are cliched.The commentary is revealing and honest. If you have watched any Asylum films, then you know that these movies are filmed in a few weeks. This movie had a challenge or two to overcome, and the crew and actors did so. Unfortunately, the commentary more entertaining than the movie.

Well, I am going to against the norm here with a three-star rating. Sure the movie is corny but the eye-candy is rather appealing. While some viewers were focusing on the cardboard rocks and not so good CGI I was focused more on the character interaction and the hidden one-sided infatuation. It is there you just have to look for it.

The title is grossly misleading. This cheap, low budget film leaves a lot to be desired. Lousy choice for amazon prime

So, yeah, not the version i thought it was.even though the cast of the Brendan Fraser version is for some reason shown with this one. Whatevahs

Gives a whole new meaning to stinko.

This is the worst film I have seen of Journey To The Center Of The Earth. It is not as good as the 1959 version with Pat Boone and James Mason.The acting is bad as well as the dialogue and scenery, the creatures don't look real.The new release of Journey To The Middle Earth is the same film both released in 2008 so don't be fooled.

Certainly has nothing to do with Jules Verne. Had to force myself to watch it.