 | STARRING: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson |
Brendan Fraser plays Trevor Anderson, a science professor who is following in the footsteps of his brother, who disappeared searching for the theoretical “center of the earth”. While his brother’s son Sean (Josh Hutcherson) is staying for the week, Trevor notices certain geological shifts that are the exact signs that his brother saw which led him on his search. In honor of his brother, Trevor takes Sean on a field trip to find the passageway to the “center of the earth”.
Along the way Trevor realizes that they need the assistance of a mountain guide. They hire Hannah (Anita Briem), the daughter of another scientist who was also lost searching for the “center of the earth”. The three of them take off together, but things do not go according to plan. A sudden storm traps them in a cave, where they literally fall into the passageway that takes them to the “center of the earth”. The center of the earth is no theory. It’s real. It’s is an entire world of its own, containing plants, animals, and fish that have long been extinct topside. The wonder they experience in this find soon gives way to the reality that they will have to find a way to get back out or they will also be considered lost and die down there. They devise a plan to find a geyser to push them back to the top, but getting there does not turn out to be easy. They get separated along the way and must face the infamous T-Rex.
The center of the earth is rendered wonderfully in 3-D. It’s like you get to experience the sense of wonder with the characters. The glowing birds are flying around you similar to how they are flying around them. When flesh eating plants attack, you feel like the plant is attacking you. And when a drop of spit drips from the lips of the T-Rex, you instinctively start to cover your face. Once the movie gets to the center, it’s just one chase scene after another. The chase scenes aren’t exactly original, but the 3-D effects make the experience of watching them seem original. We’ve seen people get chased by a dinosaur before, but not quite like this. And we have certainly never seen people defend themselves from piranha type fish by hitting them with a stick straight into the audience. This movie is not about character development, or a believable storyline. This movie is an exciting, sometimes funny, thrill ride that the entire family can enjoy. See it in the theater, but don’t bother if you can’t get to a theater showing it in 3-D.
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