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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Directed by Henry Levin
influenced Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Plot
The fabulist Jules Verne meets the era of Cinemascope in the sublimely silly big-screen adventure Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Duck lovers will be relieved to know that the 3-D adventure "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is not a remake of the 1959 picture starring Pat Boone and James Mason, in which Gertrude the duck meets an unfortunate end.
“Journey to the Center of the Earth” isn’t a straight-jacket adaptation of the Jules Verne classic, but a vague photocopy that eschews daring adventure for cheap, plastic thrills, tarted up with a sickly glaze of 3-D to help prop up the anemic screenplay.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
influenced Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Themes
It may end up being an inspirational movie for a ten year old like “Raiders of the Lost Ark” was for many of the adults out there.
House of Wax (1953)
Directed by André de Toth
influenced Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Visuals
But "Journey to the Center of the Earth" works because it's wholly in love with the nostalgic nature of its gimmick -- even though the technology it uses has come a long way since André de Toth (who, ironically, had only one eye) wowed audiences in 1953 with that infamous coming-right-at-ya paddle-ball effect in "House of Wax." Brevig, working from an admirably uncomplicated script (by Michael D. Weiss, Jennifer Flackett and Ed Levin), digs in and makes nifty use of the possibilities offered by modern 3-D.
Back in 1953 moviegoers willing to put on those awkward cardboard 3D glasses to watch the thriller House of Wax were treated to a wicked paddleball bouncing off the screen.
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Directed by Michael Anderson
influenced Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
With the exception of Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," movies have handed us a range of silly permutations on "A Trip to the Moon," "Around the World in Eighty Days," "Mysterious Island," etc., and almost a dozen variations on "Journey to the Center of the Earth," the most-famous previous film version starring Pat Boone, acting and singing.
Men in Black (1997)
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
influenced Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Oscar-nominated visual effects man Eric Brevig ( Men in Black , Pearl Harbor ) makes his directorial debut with this family friendly, 3-D adventure, but instead of collapsing under thunderous CGI and fart jokes, Brevig crafts a delightfully retro entertainment, light and funny and summery.
Brevig, who supervised effects on such Spielberg productions as Hook and Men in Black, crafts a mine-car roller-coaster ride that's a straight rip from the family-action maestro (as for the rampaging T-rex, Steve's been there and done that too).
But the movie, directed by visual-effects pro Eric Brevig (whose credits include pictures like "Men in Black" and "Pearl Harbor" ) does acknowledge where the idea came from in the first place: The story makes reference to "Vernians," obsessive types who believe that Verne's work is filled with secret codes and clues that can lead them to wondrous real-life discoveries.
But the movie, directed by visual-effects pro Eric Brevig (whose credits include pictures like "Men in Black" and "Pearl Harbor" ) does acknowledge where the idea came from in the first place: The story makes reference to "Vernians," obsessive types who believe that Verne's work is filled with secret codes and clues that can lead them to wondrous real-life discoveries.
Oscar-nominated visual effects man Eric Brevig ( Men in Black , Pearl Harbor ) makes his directorial debut with this family friendly, 3-D adventure, but instead of collapsing under thunderous CGI and fart jokes, Brevig crafts a delightfully retro entertainment, light and funny and summery.
In his feature directorial debut, veteran visual-effects supervisor Eric Brevig (an Oscar nominee for "Pearl Harbor" and "Hook") reveals a brisk sense of let's-get-on-with-it efficiency.
That sets the super-happy Poppy (voiced by Anna Kendrick), the atypically curmudgeonly Branch (voiced by Timberlake, who previously voiced Boo Boo in 2010’s Yogi Bear) and a band of other Trolls (voiced by Russell Brand, James Corden and others) off on a rescue mission.
Sanctum (2011)
Directed by Alister Grierson
influenced by Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Visuals
The 3-D movie " Journey to the Center of the Earth " (2008) did a much better job of placing its actors in its spaces.
Jurassic Park (1993)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
influenced Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Visuals
Scenes with a stampeding dinosaur are derivative, bringing to mind Jurassic Park, and a flurry of fluttery prehistoric birds is cute, but not dazzling.
…pecial effects have come a long way since Jurassic Park, but you wouldn't know it from Journey to the Center of the Earth, whose rampaging T-Rex looks only slightly more believable than the pitiful CG creatures found in your average Sci-Fi Channel movie.
Little kids brought up on “Shrek” and “The Incredibles” have nothing in their memory banks to compare to this movie’s air of resolute fustiness, although Disney used to churn out earnest live-action epics like this one as late as the late 1970s.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
influenced Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Plot
Think of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (complete with a runaway mine train) without a shred that film's wit or technical chops, and you'll come close to the Journey to the Center of the Earth experience.
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Directed by Ron Howard
influenced Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Characters
Fraser plays strong as Trevor, but he’s a blend of Indiana Jones and Dr. Robert Langdon from The Da Vinci Code.
As the title implies, the journey takes the trio into the Earth's core, where they find themselves in one cliffhanging situation after another, challenged by prehistoric monsters and intellectual puzzles right out of "National Secret" and "The Da Vinci Code."
The Goonies (1985)
Directed by Richard Donner
influenced Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Plot
Playing like "The Goonies" without the wit or resonance, the film skips from set-piece to set-piece as the characters vaguely react to the amazing sights they behold and hairy predicaments they must overcome.
Beowulf (2007)
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
influenced Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Visuals
Last year's Beowulf employed 3-D with a certain fairy-tale savvy, but Journey is just the new version of a 1950s comin'-at-ya roller coaster, with a tape measure, trilobite antennae, and giant snapping piranha thrust at the audience.
Last fall’s 3-D “Beowulf” was a rousing if campy spectacle, and more 3-D films are coming.
More recently, I saw Robert Zemeckis' computer-animated "Beowulf" at the Paradiso, also in the digital 3D process.
And it's not out to 3-D you to death, the way Robert Zemeckis ' "Beowulf" (a far more ambitious project) couldn't stop aiming all that stuff directly at your head every second of every scene.
Journey to the Center of the Earth, along with other recent movies such as Beowulf, is meant to sell us on this notion.
Seeking to build upon Beowulf's breakthrough, Journey to the Center of the Earth takes the 3-D ball and runs with it.
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
Directed by Brad Peyton
influenced by Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Plot
Its production design inspired by Yes album covers and Candy Land, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island continues the weak Jules Verne –inspired adventures of 2008's Journey to the Center of the Earth .
Fans of “Journey to the Center of the Earth” will recall it starred Josh Hutcherson and Brendan Fraser as a young adventurer and his uncle in a story loosely based on Jules Verne’s novel.
"Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" is kinda/sorta based on the writings of Jules Verne, in a similar vein as its predecessor, "Journey to the Center of the Earth."
Another one goes kablooey in “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,” a sequel to the 2008 film “Journey to the Center of the Earth” that again gives a Jules Verne tale 3-D treatment.
It’s an unlikely sequel (and I say “unlikely” because I didn’t realize the first film was a bona fide hit) to 2008’s “Journey to the Center of the Earth.”
Of the cast members, Brendan Fraser (2005's " Crash ") has the most experience, but his two major co-stars outact him.
This movie is sweet in all the ways garbage like "Yogi Bear" is obnoxious.
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
Directed by Stephen J. Anderson
influenced Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Visuals
2007's " Meet the Robinsons "), but "Journey to the Center of the Earth" proves that live-action efforts still have a ways to go to perfect the style.