‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’ Download and Reviews
“Journey to the Center of the Earth” Movie Details
Journey to the Center of the Earth tagline: Same Planet. Different World.
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“Journey to the Center of the Earth” Movie Review
“Journey to the Center of the Earth” Plot Summary
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
Pretty good stuff
Don’t go and see ‘Journey’ if you’re expecting either a solid interpretation of the Jules Verne novel, or a thrilling summer blockbuster. ‘Journey’ is light hearted fun, but as a piece of light hearted fun, it excels
The story centres (no pun intended) around publicly abhorred professor Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser) whose lab in New York faces closure just as things are getting exciting (cough cough) with his research into volcanic something or other, a project derived from his obsession with the unexplained disappearance of his late brother. To further complicate things Trevor gets landed with his smart alec techy nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) and thus premieres a generic ‘odd couple’ relationship as the stuffy academic trades words and yo-yos with his post-mod companion
Anyway, as soon as this gets underway, Trevor finds an excuse to jet off to Iceland where for one reason or another he descends two hundred feet into a volcano and after one big 3D disaster leads to another, he finds himself (big shock) at the centre of the earth, wherein he, Sean and annoying Icelandic guide Hannah (some unknown Icelandic actress making her unconvincing debut) encounter all manner of 3D perils and wonders including carnivorous plants, troublesome fish, massive great geyser thingies, and the impending doom threatened by an up and coming volcanic thermal heating up whereby everything gets roasted…oh, and a dinosaur…he’s cool :D.The good stuff? The storyline is a lot more cut to the chase than I’ve made it sound, the 3D effects are cracking, and despite being landed with the name ‘Trevor’, Brendan Fraser makes for a great lead. I’ve always been a casual fan of his since seeing the Mummy as a child, and whilst this role isn’t much of a challenge for the erstwhile Fraser, he commands the screen when he’s present and is thoroughly entertaining throughout. The kid who plays Sean is decent support as well. There are some truly great visuals, and although the mine cart chase disappoints, the raft ride does not; it’s a visual feast and a great action piece that would be perfect if not for the ‘we’re on a fishing trip’ line thrown in by Hutcherson
The bad stuff? Hannah Asgeirsson is cringeworthy as the love interest/ guide figure, a character it is impossible to like or even find interesting. The storyline is pretty predictable, and in terms of story and set pieces, ‘Journey’ doesn’t really offer anything that hasn’t been done before, and often better. A couple of the jokes fall flat, and the 3D glasses are pretty annoying, although probably not nearly as bad as the film would be in 2D; I can only assume it loses much of its merit
So ‘Journey’ is never going to compete with previous genre flicks such as Jurassic Park, but it never really sets out to, which is the salvation of the film; everything is done with a casual wink to the audience; we’re all in on the joke that the film is a bit naff. Whilst you’re in the cinema it’s great fun, but on reflection ‘Journey’ is little more than a memory jog of better films. Go for the 3D cinema experience, but don’t bother with the DVD, because the more you watch this, it’s probably going to become more and more tired
Ultimately, Journey to the centre of the earth is a solid family film that thankfully never tries to be anything more. Good summer fun, and the finest effects you’ll see this summer.
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‘George of the Jungle’ Download and Reviews
“George of the Jungle” Movie Details
George of the Jungle tagline: Watch out!
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| IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 out of 18,516 votes |
“George of the Jungle” Movie Review
“George of the Jungle” Plot Summary
George grows up in the jungle raised by apes. Based on the Cartoon series. add synopsis
Absolutely positive:)
I’ve seen this film for about 5 times and I still laugh every time I see it. It’s not the usual Cake-in-the-face humor, but it’s somewhat more sophisticated, and with a bit of sarcasm, I pretty much does the trick. From the beginning to the end, it was a very enjoyable bit, and if it comes again, then I’ll probably watch it. The actors were quite nice in their parts, and the animals fitted into the picture, too. If I had to find anything not-so-good about the movie, it would probably be the computer graphics, but otherwise the scenery was beautiful. The whole film was positive. It was quite naive, but in a sweet kind of way:)
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‘The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor’ Download and Reviews
“The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” Movie Details
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor tagline: A New Evil Awakens.
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| IMDB Rating: 5.2/10 out of 38,343 votes |
“The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” Movie Review
“The Mummy 3″ Plot Summary
In the Far East, Alex O’Connell, the son of famed mummy fighters Rick and Evy O’Connell, unearths the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin — a shape-shifting entity cursed by a witch centuries ago.
Fun
My one-word summary pretty much says it all for me. Mummy 3 is, like the previous installments, a fun distraction from all the bad news that the front page of the newspaper reminds us of every day
Frasier is back as Rick O’Connell. Leaner and meaner from the last time we saw the character in 2001, Frasier brings the same A-game to what is essentially B-movie fun. Much has been made of Maria Bello replacing Rachel Weisz as Evie. Yes, Maria is no Rachel, but still, she is more than up for the challenge. Everyone involved seems to be having a lot of fun. It was great to have John Hannah back as Jonathan, he is always great to have around to lighten the atmosphere. Luke Ford is believable as Alex O’Connell. He has many of the same traits and physicality of Frasier’s ‘Rick’ that you believe this is what Rick and Evie’s could would look like and act like. The effects, like in the previous films, are good enough to tell the story, but will not win any academy awards. Many miss that point; these films are supposed to appear lower budget and have predictable stories. They are homages to the films that the Indy series is steeped in. There is nothing highbrow here, but there is plenty of entertainment for a much needed distraction
Jet Li does a lot with saying very little. His Emporer is much like Imotep in that he spends a good portion of the film not in flesh form. He is given much more screen time than I thought he would. I did think there was a martial arts geek moment missed when the fight between Li and Yeoh was not longer. These are two of the greats and it would have been fun to see them go at it longer
The story is pretty much the usual fare for the Mummy films. We have an opening prologue that sets the stage and then our heroes stumble into the middle of everything and some how come out on the end. Simple, but fun story telling. All in all, great way to spend 2hrs just sitting back and watching the O’Connell’s and Co. take on another adventure.
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‘The Mummy’ Download and Reviews
“The Mummy” Movie Details
The Mummy tagline: The sands will rise. The heavens will part. The power will be unleashed.
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Anck Su Namun |
“The Mummy” Movie Review
“The Mummy” Plot Summary
An American serving in the French Foreign Legion on an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra accidentally awakens a Mummy. add synopsis
great mummy movie
OK, hands down this movie is just awesome…Probably the best mummy movie
Brendan Fraser as the gung-ho Rick O’Connel is really funny and one of the characters that just makes this movie so great. John Hannah as Jonothan is good comic relief. one of my favourite seens with jonothan is when he is pretending to be one of the mindless followers of Imhotep.basically Rachel Weisz’ character wakes up a mummy, Imhotep played by Arnold Vosloo (who i must say did quite a convincing job and i enjoyed his performance) and Imhotep sets plagues onto the land of Egypt and wants to resurrect his lost love.some people may find this movie has some scary parts in it, but its also a lighthearted movie in having comedy in it as well. you could say this is a horromedy.
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‘Looney Tunes: Back in Action’ Download and Reviews
“Looney Tunes: Back in Action” Movie Details
Looney Tunes: Back in Action tagline: Real life has never been so animated
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“Looney Tunes: Back in Action” Movie Review
“Looney Tunes: Back in Action” Plot Summary
The Looney Tunes search for a man’s missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey diamond.
Quite frankly, the BEST MOVIE EVER MADE!!!
Well, it took over 4 years but I finally have a new best movie. And not only that but it’s the funniest movie ever also. It’s quite possible you’ll die of oxygen deficiency, you’ll be laughing so hard
Taking place in what is essentially the same universe as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the movie begins with both Daffy Duck and DJ Drake (Brendan Fraser, who also plays himself as well as Taz) getting kicked off the Warner Brothers lot at the same time. Daffy follows Fraser home only for both of them to make the astonishing discovery that Brendan’s movie star dad Damian Drake (Timothy Dalton, who doesn’t appear to have aged a day since License to Kill) is a REAL secret agent as well as playing one in the movies. He’s been kidnapped by the Chairman of the evil Acme corporation in an attempt to find a mysterious diamond called the Blue Monkey and Brendan and Daffy team up to rescue him
But the Warner Brothers soon realize that without Daffy the Bugs Bunny cartoons are not worth anything. So Bugs and the Head of Animated Comedy (Jenna Elfman) go looking for him, inadvertently getting dragged into the Blue Monkey plot
It’s not only a wild collection of increasingly insane set-pieces. Looney Tunes Back In Action is quite possibly the most intelligent and brilliantly crafted film of 2003.
It’s devastating that cheap nonsense such as Scary Movie 3 makes over $100 million while Looney Tunes barely scrapes $20 million. I blame the marketing
The trailer for this film was absolutely awful. And even I thought it looked really bad. Only my dedication to the Looney Tunes made me see it out of obligation. Thank God I didn’t judge it by the trailer. I’m assuming most of the potential audience did. Plus it did have to go up against stiff holiday competition such as Return of the King and Elf (!). Both of those movies had stronger marketing campaigns which is the only explanation I can offer for Elf doing so well
A few critics blasted Looney Tunes for being no more than an exersize in boosting sales for the Warner Brothers catalogue of characters. This is in no way true. While it’s true that merchandise follows this movie (as does every family film) I simply do not see how it’s pure exploitation. Space Jam was pure exploitation and an unashamed merchandise excuse. Back in Action fixes everything that went wrong with Space Jam. So much so that Joe Dante nicknamed this the ‘Anti-Space Jam movie’. Back in Action is good, old-fashioned Looney Tunes mayhem
I can’t think of a more perfect director for this movie. Joe Dante is the most underappreciated director in recent history. It’s obvious from his previous movies that he just loves the Looney Tunes and Back In Action surpasses even Gremlins 2 in terms out wall to wall madness (and correct me if I am wrong, but didn’t the Looney Tunes run riot in that movie too). This is his most perfect movie to date and I am sure it will be appreciated by a wider audience once it hits DVD.The best thing about this movie? The fact that Daffy Duck gets the most amount of screen time. And his outrageous, anarchic antics never fail to amuse. At one point Daffy and Bugs are chased by Elmer Fudd through a bunch of paintings in the Louvre art museum. It’s a crazy sequence in which you simply cannot deny the movie’s genius
The merging of live action and animation is seamless. It looks like Brendan Fraser and Daffy really are acting together (and for all we know, they are). Their chemistry is perfect and when Bugs joins the team there’s so much going on that just one viewing isn’t enough
There’s hundreds of in-jokes (as you would expect from a Joe Dante movie) and none of them are of the cheap, post-modern kind. Looney Tunes Back In Action has more class and more genius than any other comedy in the past few years. Even Steve Martin’s performance as the man-child chairman of the Acme Corporation is a return to his edgier roles in movies like The Jerk and is far better than the ‘family man’ trash he’s been doing for the past 10 years. He’s practically an animation himself in this wonderful movie that’s bursting at the seams with madness.
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‘The Mummy Returns’ Download and Reviews
“The Mummy Returns” Movie Details
The Mummy Returns tagline: The most powerful force on earth is about to be unleashed by the two people who should know better.
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“The Mummy Returns” Movie Review
“The Mummy 2″ Plot Summary
The mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror. add synopsis
Great Movie!!!
This was a great movie that I think is better than the first but then again, you can’t beat the original right? I loved The Mummy but what I love even more is how the characters develop 10 years later. There is a lot of VFX but if you listen to the commentary you will find some reasons as to why some of the places were created in VFX (mostly because in the back of most of these cities are skyscrapers).
Again, Imhotep is brought back as the main villain but the Scorpion King is also brought into the plot which makes it a little more interesting by putting more depth into the story and having Imhotep fear him. Our good guys, the O’Connells are also mixed in a little more by making this story personal with the kidnapping of their son, Alex
Imhotep is still pretty much the same character as was before but now Anack-Su-Namun is in this movie a lot more which makes him be kind of protective of her. Anack-Su-Namun is now obviously more than a CG animation undead mummy, she is now reincarnated but only in body as Meela. Imhotep soon brings her soul back from the underworld though. Evy has also had more depth because we learn that she and Rick are more connected to the story than we thought. Evy is a reincarnated princess and Rick is apparently a Madjai. Evy has also changed from being the librarian for the Cario Museum to an archaeologist who in Racel Weisz’s words ‘hooked on adrenaline’. Johnathon is well, still the same old Johnathon
The acting and portrayal of all of the characters was done very well. Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz both did a fantastic job portraying their characters. You could see that together they had great chemistry and also they did well in developing but somehow keeping the same characters that we know. Rachel had to change Evy into more of an included person in the action sequences and show how much 10 years changed Evelyn. Brendan had to basically keep his same character from before and also develop him just a little like make him more into the dad type character, which he did very well with. Overall I think The Mummy Returns is a great movie to watch over and over with friends, family or whomever else you choose.
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