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All the criticism I've heard of this movie has been very positive so I'd recommend anyone giving it a try.

Looks like a nice all-age adventure movie. Definitely something to watch on a rainy Saturday evening

Looks pretty meh. I'll stick with the old Ray Harryhausen version.

An island based on the book written by Jules Verne?? That's what I'm talkin' about! The Mysterious Island was a fantastic book!

Now I want to see this movie!

Vanessa Hudgens.

I'll never see the movie, it got 2 stars in my favorite newspaper.

Screaming Hummingbird wrote:
Vanessa Hudgens.

I'll never see the movie, it got 2 stars in my favorite newspaper.


I take that you don't like her...

After High School Musical she's on my black list.

Yeah my local paper panned it. I don't always agree with them...

Who's Vanessa Hudgens?

Beaner wrote:
Yeah my local paper panned it. I don't always agree with them...
I think every local paper panned it.

Depends on how those papers usually write about movies. My favourite news-site (they belong to a weekly magazine) for example: They're great for news, but I can be sure - if they pan a movie there the ticket usually is more than worth its price
After all they even panned Avatar

@Elyris: Had to google her, obviously a young actress and singer - never heard of her before.

Screaming Hummingbird wrote:
After High School Musical she's on my black list.

I'd never use one bad movie to judge someone as an actor or actress but whatever...

I had given a little bit of a review in the "Little Things That Annoy You" thread. Here's a copy of my review:

I think I'm going to give up on 3D movies at the theater and not bother paying extra to see a movie in 3D any more UNLESS it's from James Cameron or he was consulted or his camera system was used. I've paid extra for too many movies where you don't even notice anything 3D for most of the movie. I most recently took my kids to see Journey 2: The Mysterious Island in 3D. Ok, I wasn't expecting much from this film to begin with, but there are many scenes in the movie that reminded me of Avatar, such as lush jungle scenes, and a chase where the characters are riding giant bees and being chased by a giant bee-eating bird (similar to the ikran/toruk chase). Both scenes, unlike Avatar's amazing sense of depth, looked completely flat. There are a few gimmicky "throw things at the audience" shots (which never work), and lots of wide panoramic vistas that, if done by JC, would have had incredible depth, but everything in the movie (along with the plot) falls flat. No more being suckered into 3D for me unless it's from JC. I can't wait to see Titanic in IMAX 3D.

And some more comments in a spoiler, although I'm not really giving anything away:

Ok I went and watched it and for those unfamiliar witth the current Vernian franchise that started with Journey to the center of the Earth the plot centers around Vernians a small group of people that believes that the stories Jules Verne wrote are true and not pieces of fiction I have to clear that out since most rag reviewers overlook this completely.

Anyone that goes to this movie expecting great depth will not find it anymore that they would have found it on it's predecessor. What it does have is plenty of action and adventure.

Now for the spoilers



Hope that helps...