Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D Blu-ray (2008) [Region Locked / Free]

[evoll]

I watched journey 1 last night and thought the 3d was great,def better then the prev. red/blue glasses version lol. Guess i will go check out journey 2 with the $8 coupon this week.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by evoll

I watched journey 1 last night and thought the 3d was great,def better then the prev. red/blue glasses version lol. Guess i will go check out journey 2 with the $8 coupon this week.

And Journey 1 was made years before Avatar got us into "depth" mode, and was still in old-skool 80's mood to throw "gimmicks" at the audience for gimmicks' sake (Brendan dumping his water glass at us...)

I actually never saw the red/blue version on Blu, since that was a limited edition and Netflix didn't have it; I tried using those prismatic Crayola glasses, and they actually worked for many of the scenes, like the floating stones--
Got a good idea of how Journey 1 looked in 3-D; I'm almost tempted to go back and watch the converted real thing.
But pretty much for the same reason I'm saving Journey 2 for disk.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by dogofwar

I went and watched Journey 2 using the movie money that came with Journey 1. I thought it was a pretty good movie, great 3D and the addition of the Rock and Michael Cain were good choices. Maybe the best part is the awesome Wraith of the Titans preview before the movie started. Hopefully the movie can be half as good as the trailer.

Yeah, the Rock and Caine did a good job. I like how the story kept moving and there were few times when things stagnated. Nothing worse in an adventure movie than watching people standing around and talking way too long IMO.
The 3D will look even better at home I'd guess.

This inspires me to get Journey 1 a bit more now.

[Captain Kirk]

I just got home from seeing Journey 2. I liked the popped out 3D they used. I know some don't like it since it's a throw back to old school 3D, but I found myself enjoying it quite a bit. Luckily, I finally found Journey 1 around here and will be picking it up when I have the time. The original release was fun, so I'm sure the new 3D release will be a demo worthy experience.

[Show spoiler] During J2, when Vanessa gets the book and the bug jumps out at her, I kinda leaped backwards in my seat since it did look like it was coming at me.

They had trailers for Wrath of The Titans and The Hobbit in 3D attached to J2. I have to say seeing Gandalf in 3D was glorious.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by Serendipity

I just got home from seeing Journey 2. I liked the popped out 3D they used. I know some don't like it since it's a throw back to old school 3D, but I found myself enjoying it quite a bit. Luckily, I finally found Journey 1 around here and will be picking it up when I have the time. The original release was fun, so I'm sure the new 3D release will be a demo worthy experience.

[Show spoiler] During J2, when Vanessa gets the book and the bug jumps out at her, I kinda leaped backwards in my seat since it did look like it was coming at me.

They had trailers for Wrath of The Titans and The Hobbit in 3D attached to J2. I have to say seeing Gandalf in 3D was glorious.

Sounds good. I got there just as the trailers were wrapping up and missed the ones you mentioned. Oh well.

Did you like Journey 1 or 2 better?

I didn't see 1 yet.

For the weekend, a nice box office for the movies "off season".
JOURNEY 2 3D: Opening Weekend
Domestic: $27,335,363 26.8%
+ Foreign: $74,700,000 73.2%
= Worldwide: $102,035,363

[WJWS Channel 13:Amity]

Hopefully the bigger opening weekend, that smashed box office tracking means we wont have to wait another five years to see
"Journey From The Earth To the Moon 3D"
And hopefully they will time it right so that Brendan Can return for the sequel as well.


I also have to recomend if you have access to a theatre playing it in D-Box you should definately check on Journey 2 mysterious Island 3D in D-Box as well. It has some great sequences that are made even cooler with the addition of D-Box

[Captain Kirk]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Sounds good. I got there just as the trailers were wrapping up and missed the ones you mentioned. Oh well.

Did you like Journey 1 or 2 better?

I didn't see 1 yet.

For the weekend, a nice box office for the movies "off season".
JOURNEY 2 3D: Opening Weekend
Domestic: $27,335,363 26.8%
+ Foreign: $74,700,000 73.2%
= Worldwide: $102,035,363

My initial reaction was that I found the first one better. I don't mind Dwayne Johnson, so I would have kept him in the picture and I really enjoyed Michael Caine, who I thought was kind of the male equivalent of Betty White in this. That said, when it came to secondary characters I would have rather seen Anita Briem and Brendan Fraser return as Luis and Vanessa were the weak spot for me.

If a second sequel is made, I hope the originals return in some form.

[dogofwar]

Originally Posted by Serendipity

I just got home from seeing Journey 2. I liked the popped out 3D they used. I know some don't like it since it's a throw back to old school 3D, but I found myself enjoying it quite a bit. Luckily, I finally found Journey 1 around here and will be picking it up when I have the time. The original release was fun, so I'm sure the new 3D release will be a demo worthy experience.

[Show spoiler] During J2, when Vanessa gets the book and the bug jumps out at her, I kinda leaped backwards in my seat since it did look like it was coming at me.

They had trailers for Wrath of The Titans and The Hobbit in 3D attached to J2. I have to say seeing Gandalf in 3D was glorious.

Good call on The Hobbit, I was pretty pumped after seeing that trailer as well.

[dogofwar]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Sounds good. I got there just as the trailers were wrapping up and missed the ones you mentioned. Oh well.

Did you like Journey 1 or 2 better?

I didn't see 1 yet.

For the weekend, a nice box office for the movies "off season".
JOURNEY 2 3D: Opening Weekend
Domestic: $27,335,363 26.8%
+ Foreign: $74,700,000 73.2%
= Worldwide: $102,035,363

I personally liked Journey 2 more but Journey 1 looks good on 3D Blu Ray and was an enjoyable watch. Journey 2 is not so good you have to go to the movies, I'm sure it will look great at home, I just went because of the movie money that came with Journey 1.

[Zivouhr]

Thanks for the comparisons.

Journey 2 had a constant pace and decent action, though it could easily be compared to "Honey I Shrunk the Kids", with all of the large creatures.

The end credits sequence was pretty good in 3D.

I wonder if Journey 1 had more action. I remember seeing a shot of a T Rex.

Bredan Fraser would be good in Journey 3, agreed. The Rock was good here even so.

[Captain Kirk]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Thanks for the comparisons.

Journey 2 had a constant pace and decent action, though it could easily be compared to "Honey I Shrunk the Kids", with all of the large creatures.

The end credits sequence was pretty good in 3D.

I wonder if Journey 1 had more action. I remember seeing a shot of a T Rex.

Bredan Fraser would be good in Journey 3, agreed. The Rock was good here even so.

They upped the action scale for this film. There's several sequences in the first, but they aren't as over the top as J2 made them. There's a more serious tone to J1 in terms of backstory and character development and it had more of an introduction to the book it was based on.

[TravelSteveR]

It was entertaining. I liked the references to the other books like GULLIVER'S TRAVELS and TREASURE ISLAND. The 3D looked good, but I would like to have seen more pop-out effects (stay for the end credits for some good shots). I particularly liked the underwater sequence with the NAUTILUS. Since I am a big fan of Harryhausen's 1961 version of the book, I missed some of the creatures from that film (the giant crab was always a favorite). In this version, I thought the giant bird scene went on a bit long and could have been replaced with something else. All-in-all though, it was enjoyable, especially since I had a free ticket that I got from buying Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D on 3D Blu Ray. By the way, we only saw a couple of 3D trailers, including Madagascar 3 and The Hobbit, Part I. I thought we would get Wrath of the Titans since it's a Warner Brothers title, but no such luck. I have seen the 2D trailer for it but not the 3D version. By the way, the Warner Brothers logo in Journey 2 was one of the best 3D effects. At least it shows the studio put some effort into it. And I almost forgot, there is a Daffy Duck/Elmer Fudd short at before the film. It was OK, but very short and somewhat repetitive. Also, it was really odd seeing those characters in 3D--Daffy's feathers looked like fur, and Elmer's bald head was very shiny and plastic looking---prefer the regular 2D of these characters, but I do like having the cartoons before the film--reminds me of my youth.

[DEC2955]

I just wished that the studio's had a trade in/up program for the RED+BLUE 3D version for the 3D-BLU-RAY version!

[Zivouhr]

That would be a good idea, but then they'd lose some money and have to pay a group to process all of the trade ins of the anaglyph red/cyan version. They rather have fans of the movie buy 2 different 3D options.

Journey 1 I finally saw in Best Buy, at 42.99$. That is a ridiculous price to pay for any single movie IMO. Then again, video games charge 59.99$, but those are interactive and have always been in that higher price range. No wonder video games make more than the movie industry. They can sell a lot less and still make money.

When Journey 1 3D is 24.99$, I'll buy it.

[DavidGQ]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

That would be a good idea, but then they'd lose some money and have to pay a group to process all of the trade ins of the anaglyph red/cyan version. They rather have fans of the movie buy 2 different 3D options.

Journey 1 I finally saw in Best Buy, at 42.99$. That is a ridiculous price to pay for any single movie IMO. Then again, video games charge 59.99$, but those are interactive and have always been in that higher price range. No wonder video games make more than the movie industry. They can sell a lot less and still make money.

When Journey 1 3D is 24.99$, I'll buy it.

I did get a pretty good on Journey 1 3D. I took advantage of the B&N BOGO of $25 Gift Card for Fios customer. I paid only $9 for it after using the free $25 GC.

[poke smot]

man i want to get this but $42 at BB is just ridiculus. come on now theses prices are insane.

[DavidGQ]

Question

You guys who saw Journey 2, do you still have your ticket stubs?

Thanks

[Ronald L King]

I went this week and seen it and still have my ticket stub.

[WJWS Channel 13:Amity]

Originally Posted by davidgq

question

you guys who saw journey 2, do you still have your ticket stubs?

Thanks

why?

[Captain Jack]

I think I'm going to see Journey 2 this week, it just looks like so much fun, and it's uber-rare for me to go to the cinema now that I have my own 3D setup.