As you may or may not know, there's another "Journey..." movie coming July 11.
According to IMDb, was filmed in Iceland and Quebec. > Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008
09:35:41 -0500> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Subject:
[ot_caving] DVD review - cave related> > "Journey to the Center of the Earth">
> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G9PWES3QL._SS500_.jpg> > this is a
review of a DVD from 2004 of a movie> filmed in 1999 and made for cable TV.> >
There are several real cave scenes in this movie. One of them appears> to be 3
people rappelling simultaneously ( as silhouettes ) into a large deep> tag-like
pit.> > Most of the cave scenes appear to be artificial studio made caves.> > I
liked this movie. In some ways it resembles the "Land of the Lost"> TV series
for kids back in the 70's. But that is why the critics hated it.> > I thought
the actors all played their parts very well. The graphics were> good, but
considered the low end of modern CGI.> > I only paid $ 7 for the DVD at Fry's.>
> The studio failed greatly by naming this movie "Journey to the Center of> the
Earth." Other than their quest to go deep underground, there> almost no
similarity to the story of Jules Verne's version.> The movie should have been
called "The Caverns of Tongariro."> >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tongariro> > It is obvious that this movie
has an Australian/ New Zealand flavor to> the story, but I liked that.> > It is
easy to see why everybody hated this movie as the plot was weak, however,> if
you can overlook that, and sit back and take it for what it is, then I think>
it is enjoyable, but young teenagers will hate the cheezy graphics and adults>
familiar with the old story will wonder why it is so different from the
original> story.> > Here are just some of the flaws:> > The 4 cave explorers in
1876 explored the caverns way past 6 miles of> depth, with just 4 wind-up
rechargeable electric hand-held lanterns. They> were extremely unprepared for
such a journey. The girl wore a dress> the whole time in the cave and they
nevered seemed to get dirty. The> first pit was about 3,000 feet deep. They
each had their own manilla> rope for the rappel, yet when they left for the
hike, they only carried 2 or> 3 short coils of rope. They never showed the
rappeling device or> harness, but it appeared they were using a double rope to
rappel, thus> they each had over 6,000 feet of rope. At the bottom and through>
the remainder of the trip, they still carried their coils of rope.> > They
ascended from the deep underground to the surface through a> water portal in
just a few seconds without getting the bends or any> other side effect, and the
girl couldn't even swim.> > They also dropped all their gear and packs into the
deep pits without> any breakage.> > They could not have gone more than 10 miles
of depth, probably more> like 6 and 1/2 half. Yet, they believed they were at
the center of the> earth. The cave passages that they walked on were mostly>
horizontal and dry.> > But if you can ignore all of that and more, you might
like it.> > Most of the actors have their own Wikipedia page,>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Brown> >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treat_Williams> >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_Jared> > These actors could potentially be
in future movies. For example,> Bryan Brown is in the upcoming "Australia" with
Nicole Kidman.> So if they were to every become famous,> it would be
interesting to go back and watch this DVD if you haven't already.> > David> > >
Ref:> > http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/j.c.o.e.1999.html> >
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