Journey to the Center of the Earth

Matka maan keskipisteeseen 3D / Till jordens medelpunkt. US (c) 2008 New Line Cinema / Walden Media. P: Beau Flynn, Cary Granat, Charlotte Huggins. D: Eric Brevig. SC: Michael D. Weiss, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin - based on the novel Voyage au centre de la Terre (1864) by Jules Verne. DP: Chuck Shuman - camera PACE Fusion 3-D - film negative format: HDCAM - cinematographic process: Digital Intermediate (master format), Fusion Camera (dual-strip 3-D), HDCAM SR (1080p/24) (source format) - projection format: 35 mm (anamorphic), D-Cinema (3-D version). M: Andrew Lockington. Cast: Brendan Fraser (Prof. Trevor Anderson), Josh Hutcherson (Sean Anderson), Anita Briem (Hannah Ásgeirsson). 92 min. Released by FS Film with Finnish subtitles (only) by Janne Mökkönen. 3-D Digital projection (DLP Cinema Barco) at Flamingo 1, Vantaa, 18 Oct 2008. - Technically impressive, the 3-D impact is effective. The polarization 3-D system was already very good but complicated. - A good sense of humour accompanies this tale of Jules Verne revisited: Verne's novel is the basic reference point, and the contempary travellers are also on the track a missing brother/father. We start in Iceland and erupt from the Vesuvius. An amusement park ride in the company of the sympathetic trio.

George of the Jungle

100415 / 8/5 / US / 1997 / Weisman, Sam / comedy

George of the Jungle / Viidakon Ykä. PC: Walt Disney Enterprises. D: Sam Weisman. Based upon the cartoon characters created by Jay Ward. CAST: Brendan Fraser (George), Leslie Mann (Ursula), Thomas Haden Church (Lyle Van de Groot). John Cleese as the Voice of Ape. MPAA 35373, Rating: PG. 91’. 1,85. Finnish subtitles by Timo Porri. DIST: Finnkino. Viewed at VET, Helsinki, Monday, 29 September 1997. ** George of the Jungle meets his mate, Ursula, in this Tarzan parody. Trouble is, I find the original Tarzan stories already so funny they are difficult to spoof. This one tries hard. Crude, clumsy, predictable, with laughs in it.