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Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 3D (Blu-ray)
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FILMINK rates DVDs and Blu-rays out of 5
After watching fifteen minutes of Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, it almost got the boot. Life's too short to sit through lame adventure flicks. Brendan Fraser seems to really dig starring in these breezy, lightweight movies, despite possessing genuine acting talent, as seen in Gods And Monsters. He usually picks dumb-but-entertaining ones like The Mummy, which was a disappointment to most horror fans, but made everyone else - especially studio execs - very happy indeed. Anyway, back to Journey To The Centre Of The Earth - this time the second, 3D, disc was inserted and the 3D glasses donned. The same fifteen minutes in 3D suddenly seemed interesting and compelling. Does this say good things about the movie? Probably not, but the 3D gimmick is extremely well implemented, although a fair portion of the colour gets washed out by the glasses. It's kind of hard to bitch about colour, however, when a T-Rex appears to be trying to gnaw your coffee table. It's a pretty dodgy film if watched sans glasses, but in 3D (and you get a whole bunch of glasses), this could be a cheap night in for the family and/or bunch of slightly drunk mates. And, to be fair, Fraser's charm, the extremely slick special effects, and the silly plot do actually grow on you. Just keep the glasses on and everything will be fine.
