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(1 - 35) of 35 OFCS Rating: 54% Rotten Page   1   "Even without 3D at the screening I attended, some scenes in 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' caused audience members to squeal with excitement."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 3/5 "As it chugs along like a novice marathon runner aware of its inability to win the race, Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D does nothing to dissuade us from its earnest need to entertain."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron 1.5/4 "Journey relentlessly dishes out the action and offers the bespectacled audience plenty of goopy, grabby 3-D jolts, but it all resembles a run of the mill video game. Brevig can't shake the material loose from its unbridled artificiality."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   Brian Orndorf B "A breathtaking adaptation of Jules Verne's classic sci-fi novel, filled with eye-pleasing gags and sudden shocks of surprise that fall under the spell of strong performances from its terrific three-person cast."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 4/10 "Brendan Fraser is stuck inside Journey to the Center of the Earth, a movie with precious little new to say about journeys, centers, or -- amazingly -- action."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/5 "These filmmakers understand why audiences have put on the 3D glasses, and they offer up visual trick after visual trick in hopes of keeping the viewers wowed."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius C+ "Seems more like a theme-park ride than a movie."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "Briskly paced but soulless where it counts, the film acts as empty spectacle that, when it all comes down to it, isn't particularly spectacular."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B- "A perfectly good way for a family to spend a Saturday afternoon, particularly if that family has a lot of 8-to-12-year-old boys."   Cinematical   Eric D. Snider 3/4 "Light as a feather, but never boring, Journey 3-D, brought me back just a little to my days as a youth watching adventures and for 90 minutes it was a welcome spelunk."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress D "Meant as a non-stop roller-coaster ride, it mistakes spectacle for energy, fancy effects for wonder, and a lazy meta-plot for a clever update of a classic."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3/4 "Isn't the worst film in theaters, nor will it manage to be the worst film all year..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. B "This cheeky combination of updating and spoof makes for an agreeable amusement-park ride of a movie...all the more striking by being presented in very effective 3-D."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "An entertaining family film in 3D about adventures in a strange and wondrous world."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2/4 "In generating what amounts to a 90-minute theme park ride, the filmmakers lost track of the need to tell a compelling story to supplement the eye candy."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "If someone's got to Roman shower the audience with spit, dribble, and Colgate, let it be [Fraser]."   UGO   Keith Uhlich C- "For a movie that must create a whole new world, there's no sense of or wonderment."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2.5/4 "This dumbed-down spin on Jules Verne's classic adventure tale was devised as a kid-friendly roller-coaster ride, and it delivers the goods. Whether anyone over the age of eight wants the goods is another matter altogether."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 4/10 "Fun as thrill ride, but surprisingly poor as film."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 3/4 "If I were ten I'd go see this again and again and again"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "[H]as no pretensions to being anything other than a theme park ride..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/5 "Many have described Journey as a 3D film dumbed down to a theme park attraction. However, its visual splendor would have left Walt Disney weeping and Sergei Eisenstein preaching of cinema's second coming."   Film Threat   Matthew Sorrento 3/4 "In 2-D, Journey to the Center of the Earth would be okay, I guess, but you'd be more apt to notice the cardboard characters, or the thin plotting, or the way each grave danger seems to be easily solved. In 3-D, however, it's a complete blast."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "Part thrill ride, part video game, part virtual reality, it is a lively and satisfying update of a good old-fashioned Saturday afternoon serial adventure saga."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 1.5/4 "Special effects have come a long way since Jurassic Park, but you wouldn't know it from Journey to the Center of the Earth."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 2/5 "Comete o pecado de desperdiçar o livro de um dos pais da ficção científica ao julgar, equivocada e ironicamente, que este não deveria ter muita importância diante do brilho fugaz da tecnologia."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 3/5 "The screenwriters seem to have dedicated far more time to trying to shoehorn in as many gags involving things flying off the screen than into trying to come up with an interesting story in which to frame them."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3.5/5 "Colourful good fun on the big screen, especially in 3D. Although only kids will fall for the bloodless violence and corny plot points."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "I don't know if this movie would be nearly as good when seen in regular old 2D. In 3D, it is a good roller coaster ride."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten C "...if you are really looking for an entertaining film version of the Verne classic, get hold of a copy of the 1959 JttCotE."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 2.5/5 "actually equals this summer's Indiana Jones sequel on the assembly line of escalating dangers."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell "A movie that's faithful to an idea, and to a sense of adventure, more than to a specific work."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek "If you plan to see this movie at all, see it at a 3D engagement, because the spectacular computer-generated imagery - as often as not flying out of the screen and into your face - is the only reason for the price of admission."   ESplatter   Steve Biodrowski 8/10 "Don't settle for 2-D - choose a theater with 3-D - and then hang on for an awesome, astonishing, eye-popping ride into another world!"   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 5/10 "The first summer movie that is both: a) truly comparable to a roller coaster ride; and b) significantly worse than a roller coaster ride."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 35) of 35 OFCS Rating: 54% Rotten Page   1