Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993)

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It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

This movie at first looked like the simplistic movie that could be entertaining on a Saturday afternoon. One never thought it would be great, but the hope was there for a pleasant if not simple few hours.This movie could not even achieve those simple explanations. The movie started with some good scenes and some interest. But after a bit the acting seemed to grow much worse. The creatures looked sort of like people in gorilla suits - who also seemed to be guilty of bad acting. The Plot seemed to quickly drift downward into filling up time. Awful. It is hard to imagine a movie that is not even good enough to take a nap to, but this one seems to hit that level.

The reason I give this made-for-TV piece of neofascist trash a 1 is that there is no zero to award. For those of us who remember Professor Lindenbroek, Pat Boone, and Arlene Dahl in the great original movie, this piece of TV crap is unutterably boring and cardboard-like. In addition, this creation, if it can be dignified by that word, tries to connect to the current zeitgeist by featuring a bunch of young, uniformed people who communicate to each other through pseudo-military-speak: "That's an affirmative!" "Roger that!" and similar gung-ho utterances. The creators of this timewaster are kissing up to the military mania that is currently sweeping America, not unlike the case of Starship Trooper. The difference is that it is done even less well and more blatantly. When this movie comes on, switch to the weather channel for better entertainment.

I've seen many, many movies in my time. Many were very good, and many were very bad. Then there was "Journey to the Center of the Earth". Of all the films I've seen in my 21½ years of existence, I've chosen "Journey..." as the worst that I have ever seen. Okay so it was a TV movie. But still, a mess of a picture like this shouldn't be allowed to waste people's time like it did. It aired 6 years ago (on NBC) and it still lingers in my mind of how distasteful and laughably silly it was. Poor F. Murray Abraham. He went from winning an Oscar to landing a brief supporting role here. Also, I am currently trying to get "Journey..." on the IMDb "bottom 100 movies" list. Please, if you could help, vote for this film, even if you haven't seen it, and give it the biggest 1 you've ever given in your life! Please??

"Journey to the Centre of the Earth", the name brings to mind one of the world's best sci fi writers. And what do the Americans do to this pearl of literature. RUIN IT! I am surprised that the Jules Verne estate don't have an automatic chance to preview all films carrying the name and say whether or not it should be shown at all. My vote for this film:Special Effects 5 Cast 3 Plot -2Overall average 3.4 out of 10