When his nephew, Sean, comes to stay for a while Professor Trevor Anderson finds himself with the unfamiliar responsibility of keeping a teenager amused. Whilst going through a box of the boy's father's possessions, the pair discovers a copy of the Jules Verne novel, Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Notes and annotations in the book bring back painful memories of Trevor's brother, Max (also Sean's father) who disappeared several years earlier on a quest to prove that there really was an independent habitat beneath the planet's crust. Only Trevor ever really believed in his work and has spent his time ever since trying to discover what happened to Max. A computer ...  Read the complete review

This review is about the film and not the 3D version. The first time I watched this film I was watching it with my grandchildren and kept getting distracted. Hence I thought that it was really short and finished before it got started. I found ti on again yesterday on Sky Anytime so decided I would sit and watch it on my own to get a better feel for it. I loved the original story and the first film about the journey and I was thinking this was a remake of the original film, (I must have missed bits at the beginning explaining it) so kept waiting for things to happen that were in the first film. This film is more up to ...  Read the complete review

Take Brendan Fraser who isn't a very good actor, steal every good idea from the James Mason version of this movie, add in an annoying child (because every movie involving Dinosaurs needs an annoying child) add in a rather sassy female Icelandic Mountain Guide and when you throw 3D into the equation you have this rather poor excuse for a film. For an action movie its rather dull and uncompelling, if its a kids movie there aren't enough dinosaurs (but the annoying emo teen nephew does solve the Vernian puzzle in the book) & its rather predictable (especially if you've either read the book or seen the James Mason version) so it offers no surprises or scares ...  Read the complete review

Director: Eric Brevig Screenplay: Michael D. Weiss & Jennifer Flackett Novel: Jules Verne Genre: Action - Adventure - Family - Sci-Fi Country: USA Certification: 12+ Language: English Released: 3rd November, 2008 (DVD) MAIN CAST: Brendan Fraser (Pof. Trevor Anderson) Josh Hutcherson (Sean Anderson) Anita Briem (Hannah Ásgeirsson) As everyone already knows, this is a remake of a remake of a remake of a remake... all of them loosely based on Jules Verne's extraordinary novel. The original 1959 movie was probably the one that remained the most faithful to the novel, although it ...  Read the complete review

I requested that Dooyoo added this product on so that I could tell you my views on this, as they are really mixed, and I cant really make up my mind if I like it or not. -----The Story----- The film is based on the all time classic novel with the same name by Jules Verne. The story is about a scientist Trevor, who used to run experiments about volcanoes with his brother, who sadly disappeared a few years earlier. After the threat of his job hangs in the balance, his nephew Sean comes to stay for a holiday, and they discover some seismic activity on one of the 4 radars that are still working. They travel to Iceland to take readings, and find them ...  Read the complete review