Product Details

• Actors: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem, Seth Meyers, Jean Michel Paré
• Format: Color, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• DVD Release Date: October 28, 2008
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001GAOY5U
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,689 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Journey to the Center of the Earth [Blu-ray]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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When a seismic geologist (Brendan Fraser) discovers his lost brother's notes in a copy of the titular Jules Verne novel, he and his nephew (Josh Hutcherson, Bridge to Terabithia, Zathura) head to Iceland. There, joined by a fetching mountain guide (played by Icelandic actress Anita Briem), they get trapped in a cavern and go down, down, down, finally arriving in a primeval underworld full of prehistoric beasts and carnivorous plants. It would be pointless to complain about the empty-headedness of it all; Journey to the Center of the Earth aspires to be a kinesthetic experience. It wants to engage your adrenal glands, not your brain or your heart (the dialogue and characters are so generic, the script may have been cut-and-pasted from previous versions of Verne's book). Fraser, with his goofy handsomeness and accessible presence, provides a reasonably human axis around which all the frantic flying and swooping CGI effects revolve. The movie is as hollow as the world it depicts, but as mindless action movies go, you could do a lot worse. (Note: Journey to the Center of the Earth was released in theaters in 3-D, full of whizz-bang demonstrations of how far 3-D technology had come--trilobite antennae quivering towards the audience, a T-rex lunging out of the frame, even affable star Brendan Fraser spitting on us--as well as a half-dozen action sequences clearly destined to become video games or theme park rides.) --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 10/28/2008 Rating: Pg

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best 3-D Blu-ray movie!!!, October 29, 2008

By	customer (USA) - See all my reviews

When I saw this at the theater, I thought it was the best 3-D movie that I have ever seen. If you like amusement parks, this is the movie for you. It's good clean family fun! I was expecting it to be at least as good as Hannah Montana-Best of both worlds 3-D DVD but it blows that movie away. You use Red/Blue Anaglyph glasses for Hannah Montana but for Journey to the Center of the Earth you use Magenta/Green. WOW!!! What a difference on this movie. I tried using the red/blue glasses but they didn't work. I would say the 3-D effects (not talking about color) is as good as it can get without the huge screen. The things that are suppose to pop out at you really do. You can't expect the colors to be great because you are only using two color glasses so the colors won't be as good as the theater...but you don't notice it as much during darker scenes (when they are inside the earth) which is most of the movie. The surround sound was very good even though it does not have the TrueHD audio format...the rear speakers were very engaging. I will say that not everyone does well with 3-D some people get headaches but do those same people get headaches on amusement parks rides...if so this might not be good for you. For me, I love rides if it doesn't spin me around so for this DVD I highly recommend it on blu-ray.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, considering the current limits of 3d., February 13, 2009

By	Michael Sage (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I really thought it would be awesome to watch a movie in 3d AND HD...but unfortunately they havent come up with a way to provide a 3d experience at home without discoloration of the characters. Due to the glasses everything in the picture has a green tint. it kind of defeats the purpose of HD. all that aside, the movie is pretty good! I havent yet watched the 2d version, so i really cant review that aspect of the disc, but there are some neat 3d effects despite the green people.

19 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what you should expect, October 28, 2008

By	L. Blevins "Astronomical Fan" (Marion, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I see a review complaining about it being just the basic red/blue 3D that has been around since way back when. This movie does not deserve a bad rating based on that. It is a great flick and you can NOT expect the same 3D you got in the HD 3D theater. The 3D theaters use Stereo Optic 3D which is still IMPOSSIBLE for home use. It would require you to have two projectors and the whole deal like the movie theaters which isn't cheap. It is a GREAT movie with a great little 3D overlay added. It is not as good as the new Stereo Optic 3D theaters but unless you have about 20000 dollars to hook one up for yourself I think you should be pleased.