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Journey to the Center of the Earth: Review
The film is faithful to the 1864 iconic novel by Jules Verne up to the title only. The idea of the novel is taken to design a rollercoaster ride that aims the schoolgoing kids to the last final bit. The main character pays tribute to the book by taking it with him on the journey to the core and the final resurfacing in Sicily too is according to the book.
The director is a veteran in this kind of special effects filled films with “Men In Black, Pearl Harbor, and The Day after Tomorrow”. Knowing his strength, director Eric Brevig keeps the plot to the simplest minimum and designed the fun ride in minute detail. Brendan Fraser, who has become synonymous for these kinds of ventures after the “Mummy” series, stars as Trevor Anderson, a scientist. This time his escapade takes him deep inside the earth and not in to history and sorcery. Trevor’s brother, Max disappeared working on trying to find the entrance to the inside of earth. Trevor believes in his brother’s vision and starts on the journey himself with his nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) in tow. A beautiful and resourceful Icelandic guide Hannah (Anita Briem) joins them in the journey.
 Once they manage dropping down the volcanic hole, the film runs like a typical rollercoaster ride with adventure after adventure. The journey reveals strange creatures, prehistoric animals still alive and making merry deep inside the earth. Dangerous plants, self illuminating birds, tyrannosaurus rex, flying fish… the flora and fauna of deep earth are deeply enticing and shockingly dangerous. The freefalls through the holes, the jumps by the geysers, the tram ride that seems taken straight from “Indiana Jones”, the fun never stops.
It doesn’t matter the highly improbable journey runs just for laughs and edge of the seat moments. The child in every person, besides the children themselves will enjoy it wholly. Suspension of disbelief any ways is a precondition for this kind of cinema. Before you feel claustrophobic with long time in the dark zone, the narrative brings us right back to Sicily to conclude.
This is fun and entertainment at its best. Only complaint is that it took about a year to come to Indian screens.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 by Raghu
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