Official Site: JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth
Director: Eric Brevig
Writer: Michael Weiss
Producer: Beau Flynn, Cary Granat, and Charlotte Huggins
Starring: Brendan Fraser as Trevor Anderson, Josh Hutcherson as Sean Anderson, and Anita Briem as Hannah Asgeirsson(IMDb). Rated PG, 92 min.
Trevor Anderson is a scientist who has been studying the works of his brother who has mysteriously gone missing, and one week when his nephew, Sean, came to visit, Anderson stumbled upon some notes his brother made in a copy of Journey To The Center Of The Earth. While at the lab, Anderson and Sean noticed seismic activity in areas that corresponded with certain areas also found in the notes. Their investigation led them to Iceland, where they met Hannah, a mountain guide, who took them to the location of the seismic activity, but a lightning storm prompted them to hide in a cave. When lightning struck the entrance of the cave, they were trapped, and they had to find another way out, and that is where the adventure began.
Surprisingly this film was very suspenseful. The characters were constantly in situations that left movie-goers on the edge of their seat. The anticipation of danger in every discovery was key in crafting the intense levels of suspense that made this film engaging. One scene that had me on edge was the magnetic rock scene.
The pace of the film was excellent, there did not seem to be a dull moment, and certainly that made for a fun film. From the visual value of the film, to the mysterious underpinnings of the hollow earth concept, this film delivered. It was adventurous, and fun, fun, fun. Metacritic.com indicated this film received mixed reviews. Rottentomatoes.com indicated the film received 69 fresh tomatoes to 43 rotten ones thus far. I thought it was great, B+. Stay tuned, Movieporium.blogspot.com.
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