There were exactly two things I got from WonderCon’s panel of JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 3D: the movie looks like crap, and Brendan Fraser is kind of a dumbass. Read on to find out why…
Featurette – Nothing interesting here. Just your run-of-the-mill promotional “making-of” documentary, featuring clips from the film and lots of interviews with cast/crew discussing what a great movie they made. There was a lot of wirework, bluescreens, and sequences featuring violent fish, dinosaurs, low gravity, glowing birds, venus fly traps, and lightning. In other words, every excuse possible to have whacked-out 3D effects.
According to the filmmakers, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 3D has perfected a way to use its multidimensional effects without making audiences nauseous. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the film itself.