Movie Review: Journey to the Center of the Earth

Movie Review: Journey to the Center of the Earth, no doubt if watching a movie is one of the leisure time while at home with beloved family.
 
And for prolog, I choose this movie because I love this kind of movie (adventure combine with science) and I like the acting of the main actor: Brendan Fraser. And the other reason, this review is a home work when I’m on short course at Bandung, at 2017. Yes, many years ago...not too long but little bit a past time, hehehe
Ceritanya, review rasa resensi atau ringkasan ini saya buat karena dikasih tugas oleh Widya Iswara (WI) untuk mata diklat Bahasa Inggris. Beliau memberikan tugas kepada kami untuk praktek membuat review film dalam bentuk Bahasa Inggris. Tak ada alasan untuk menghindar, ya seperti inilah hasilnya ala-ala amburadul dan mungkin gak nyambung antar kalimat/paragrafnya. Mohon dimaklumi ya, daripada tersimpan nganggur di file laptop boleh kan ya kalau saya posting, lumayan untuk nambahin postingan organik yang masih belum ada peningkatan secara linear  bisa ajeg/rutin. Here is the tulisan riview rasa gado-gado ala kadarnya. Plissss....jangan diketawain ya gaiiisss....I'm still learn and learn.
In this movie, The Main Actors are Brendan Fraser  as Professor Trevor,  Josh Hutcherson as Sean (The Nephew of Professor Trevor) and Anita Briem as Hannah

This movie tells the story of Trevor, whose scientist brother, Max that disappeared during a volcano expedition 10 years earlier. Trevor’s work at the university has been based on his brother’s theories on seismic activity and volcanic unrest but the funding is about to be pulled out from under him.

Trevor Frustrated and returns to his disheveled home only to find out that his nephew (Sean), Max’s son, has arrived for a two-week visit. While going through a box of Max’s belongings, the two discover a well-worn copy of Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth. The book contains Max’s scientific notes in the margins. Trevor realizes that his brother was a “Vernian,” someone who seeks to prove that the book by Jules Verne is based on a true story. Trevor and Sean set out to discover what Max discovered and to vindicate his life long research.
 
Journey to the Center of the Earth
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Sean and Trevor head to Iceland in search of a fellow Vernian, an older scientist whose name Max had written in the book. When Sean and Trevor locate the man’s address, they find his daughter, Hannah, who works as a guide through the dangerous Icelandic volcanic terrain. Then Trevor hires Hannah to lead them to the volcanic area that where Max left a seismic sensor.

A storm breaks out and they trapped in a cave. While looking for a way out, they accidentally delve deeper into the earth and encounter fanciful creatures that they must battle to make it to the center. Once Trevor, Sean and Hannah arrive at the center, they get a surprise. Then, they tried to find clues how to get back to the top of the earth.
 
Along the way, they find evidence that someone had been there a hundred years ago. Trevor remarks that some instruments found are Lidenbrock's (the name of a character in Jules Verne's book Journey to the Center of the Earth). This suggests that another group had previously made the journey, somehow returned to the surface of the earth and recounted the tale of their adventure to Verne. They find some of Max's things as well. Hannah discovers Max's body while Trevor and Sean are examining what they have found. They bury Max on the beach of the underground ocean. Trevor reads a letter that found in Max's journal, to Sean. Trevor discovers that his brother died due to dehydration because of hot magma surrounding the center of the Earth.

Using the information from Max's journal, Trevor determines that they must find a geyser that can send them to the surface of the earth before the temperature rises to 200 °F. Further, they must reach the geyser within 48 hours or the water for the geyser will have evaporated. They build a raft together and begin crossing the underground ocean, but soon encounter a pack of Xiphactinus. They use make shift clubs to bat them away, then a shoal of Elasmosaurus attacks the Xiphactinus, allowing they escape from there. The raft's sail becomes loose. Sean tries to hold on but is blown away and he separated from his uncle and Hannah.

A little bird guides Sean towards to the river. At meanwhile, Trevor and Hannah decide to take a rest but they are attacked by carnivorous plants. Hannah is captured and being strangled by the plants. Trevor defeats the plant that is holding Hannah by the neck, and they continue towards to the geyser.

When Trevor and Hannah arrive at the river, Trevor calls out to Sean but no response. Trevor says he is going to look for Sean and tells Hannah that she should continue on to the geyser and save herself. At meanwhile, Sean has entered an arid, bone-filled land. He hears roars, looks up and sees a Giganotosaurus coming after him. Fortunately, Trevor saves him. When Trevor and Sean get to a river, they find Hannah sailing a boat fashioned from a Tyrannosaurus skull. Finally, Trevor, Sean and Hannah sail to a volcano with magma rising in its crater but they are too late because the water needed for the geyser has evaporated.

Sean notices that the crater walls are wet. Trevor hears water flowing on the other side of the walls and sees that the crater walls contain magnesium. After Trevor uses a flare to ignite the magnesium, a geyser shoots them up and out of the Center of the Earth. They emerge from the volcano. When they fall, they accidentally destroy some of the vines in a vineyard. To make amends with the vineyard's farmer, Sean gives the farmer a diamond that he found while in the center of the Earth. Trevor sees that Sean has many diamonds in his backpack.

Trevor later uses diamonds to fund his brother's laboratory. During the adventure, Hannah and Trevor gradually become closer. After the adventure, Sean visits Trevor and Hannah in their new home purchased using some of the diamonds Sean took from the cave. 
 
Journey to the Center of the Earth is a fantastic family adventure movie with many visual surprises. The characters find at the center of the earth are beautiful, awe-inspiring and augmented with the 3-D effect which makes it appear more lifelike. 
 
Overall, It’s very fun to watching this movie with kids but necessary to be attention that some scary scenes and strange creatures require caution extra for children. Apart from this Brendan Fraser's movie, I also enjoyed watching Ink heart, Blast From the past, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns as well.   
 
And what about you, are there any of your favorite movies that are the same as mine?

Ririe Khayan

Assalamulaikum. Hi I am Ririe Khayan a Lifestyle Blogger and live in Jogya. I’m the Author Of Kidung Kinanthi, a Personal Blog about my random thought, parenting, traveling, lifestyle, & other activity as well as Personal & Working Mom Story. Kindly feel free to contact me at: ririekhayan(at)gmail(dot)com

25 comments:

  1. Wah mantulll nih rekomendasi pilemnya
    kapan2 daku mau nonton ah mba
    mayan buat hiburan mamak2 yg most of the time di rumah aja :D

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  2. I did watch this one as well mba and I love it. Such an interesting plot and I love the effect they are using here as well

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  3. Aku belum nonton filmnya, tapi setelah baca reviewnya jadi penasaran juga pengen nonton deh. Apalagi melihat dari gambarnya yang oke banget ini ya.

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  4. Udah keren banget ini mbak bisa nulis review in english. Saya selaku pemegang kemampuan "bahasa inggris pas2an" uda effort banget buat bacanya :)
    Watching movie is a leisure time for my family too.

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  5. Filmnya science fiction ya? Kayaknya seru nih. Banyak efek juga kan ya. Kalo ngomongin film favorit,hmmm apa ya. The Mummy Return juga oke nih.

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  6. mbaa, udah lama aku nggak nonton genre ini. Bisa ya nonton sama kiddos tapi kayaknya yg udah agak gedean.
    Klo genre gini biasanya cakep yaa effect2nyaaa. Ulasannya mantaap mbaa

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  7. Aku belum nonton film Journey to the Center of the Earth ini, tapi beberapa film dari Brendan Fraser udah kutonton. Kaya George, juga The Mummy dan The Mummy Returns. Genre Sci fi tuh bisa bikin kita berhayal

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  8. Keren Mbak, bisa review film dengan bahasa Inggris. Saya aja belum pintar review film apalagi pakai bahasa Inggris hihihi
    Mungkin memang harus dibiasakan ya,Mbak supaya bisa. :)

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  9. aku sudah nonton ini beberapa kali, suka juga diulang kalo lagi ngosong ama anak-anak, seru dan amazing deh filmnya

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  10. Dari review ini, aku jadi tertarik buat nonton
    oke fix , akhir pekan nonton film ini
    biar nggak bosan meski di rumah saja

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  11. aku juga jadi tertarik nonton. seruu cerita filmnya, wajib nonton ini mah

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  12. Belum nonton nih film ini, penasaran ingin nonton jadinya setelah baca review ini.

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  13. Pernah nonton filmnya, menegangkan pisan karena masuk ke perut bumi itu gimanaa ya berasa tersekap hehe

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  14. Jadi inget Filmnya Brendan Fraser yang aku ikutin : "The Mummy series".
    Rasanya semakin memukau kalau diberi karakter berneda di setiap film yang diperankan.

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  15. film lama yang aku suka ini berkali2 aku nonton sama anak2 karena dah ada di netflix waktu itu , suka banget film2 petualangan kayak ini banyak pelajaran yg bisa disampaikan ke anak2

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  16. Wah film ini. Dulu anak-anakku suka. Sekarang kalo nonton lagi kayaknya seru. Film petualangan gini anak-anak suka deh. Kalo aku sih, sukanya karena ada Brendan Fraser-nya. Heheheh

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  17. Aku belum nonton film ini, inget banget film ini happening banget di jamannya. tapi aku kurang suka sama Brendan Fraser sih, jadi gak nonton :)

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  18. Mantab mba review filmya dengan bahasa inggis, tetap mudah dipahami oleh pembaca yang minim english kayak aku nih hehehe. Anak aku yang suka film petulangan karena seru

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  19. Perjalanan ke pusat bumi itu pastiluar biasa ceritanya mantap deh kalau visualisasinya mendukung

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  20. Aku pernah nonton filmnya di tv. Lumayan seru dan asyik menurutku. Apalagi memang aku suka film fiksi ilmiah. Entah bagus atau enggak filmnya suka saja.

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  21. Aku belum nonton film ini mbk, baca reviewnya makin penasaran sama ceritanya. Next, mau coba nonton ini. Keren banget mbk RI review bahasa inggrisnya^^

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  22. belum pernah nonton walau film lama. cuma mb rierie pakai bahasa inggrisnya bagusss, aku rada-rada ngerti mak. cari-cari ah di channel tele film ini

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  23. Lama ngga nonton film yang dibintangi Branden Fraser, terakhir nonton The Mummy Retrun. Lama bener yakk..hihi

    Aku jadi pengen nonton nih, coba nanti cari-cari.
    Btw, semangat terus bikin review film bahasa Inggrisnya

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  24. Kaget aq mba ririe artikel bahasa inggris nya makin banyak euy. Aku udah nonton film ini mba. Bagus menurut ku sebagai pecinta science fiction aq puas dengan filmnya

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  25. Ini aman ditonton anak2 ya...mau akh nonton kebetulan lg cari film dewasa seru tp bisa ditonton anak2

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