TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

clanciai Although it's totally out of Jules Verne, it couldn't be more faithful to him, which perhaps is the most fascinating trait of this film. The only person who is true to the novel is Hans the Icelander, who even speaks delightful Icelandic together with the widow of professor Göteborg of Stockholm (Goetabaug). Otto and his nephew Axel are replaced by some Scotsmen, one of them being Pat Boone with even a lass of his for whom he sings delightfully with a warmer voice than ever Jules Verne could imagine, while there even is a consummate villain to the bargain, a descendant of the great scientist Arne Saknussem himself, claiming his rights to the whole underworld of wonders including Atlantis and not only flocks of cannibal dinosaurs and other monsters, but the question is if not the duck Gertrude takes the prize, showing the way when all humans fail. It's James Mason's second Jules Verne film, in the first he was Captain Nemo, but it's obvious that he enjoyed this even more. At 50 he is still youngish and has his whole intensity of virtuosity left and misses no opportunity to insult whatever woman is available. Even the dialogue is fluently sustained and enjoyable all the way with plenty of humorous turns, and Bernard Herrmann's music, sometimes threatening, sometimes sublime, adds to the wonderful coloration. It's an inspired film on one of JUles Verne's best novels, actually his second, and although wildly deviant from Jules Verne in every possible way, Jules Verne couldn't possibly have been screened better.

LeonLouisRicci If You Liked Pat Boone's Cover Record of Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" this Might be the Movie for You. If Not, than Check Out an Authentic Amazing Adventure "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" (1958). One is the Real Deal and the Other is a Poser. A Plasticized Picture Without Much Imagination, Journey is Competent but Far From a Fantasy Film of Great Stature. It is Stifled by its Stuff Shirt Stiffness to be All Things to All People. Sure there are Some Nicely Colored Sets of Crystalline Formations and Easy on the Eye Color Schemes. But the Thing is Extremely Boring, Takes a Long While for that First Step and is Ponderous and Pedestrian. Bernard Herrmann's Score is Stunning and a Few Times the Film Actually Looks Like it Might be On to Something, but then, the Movie Falls Asleep with So Much Family Friendly Foolishness. The Film has to Recover from its Snooziness Again and Again. Baby Boomers who were Weaned on Famous Monsters of Filmland and had been Highly Excited by Ray Harryhausen and Hammer Movies Knew that this was Not the Genuine Article and was Made by "Square" Adults.Overall, it is a Movie that Offends No One and is So Saccharine Sweet that the Best Parts, and there are a Few, are Forever Buried by All the Other Unremarkable Debris. It Almost Reaches Goofy Gaudiness at Times and Most of the Movie is so Clean Cut it Squeaks. Worth a Watch, it has Class but it is No Classic. It's too Conventional to be Considered Much More than Adequate.

oomanopt Was much better when I saw it in 1959, when I was 10. I bought the VHS tape several years ago when my son was young believing he would enjoy it as much as I did when I was his age. He was bored to tears with it. The part that sticks in my mind was the part with the dinosaurs in it. They were obviously live lizards, impressive for the time, but I never understood what kind they were. It looked to me the one was actually stabbed with a spear. I figure it was illegal in 1959 to actually harm animals while filming a movie.It also looked to me that they were actually/really feeding off an other dead lizard, not trickery. Anybody have any ideas?

Prismark10 This is a fantastic film. I watched it as a small child and the memories stayed with me since then. A fantastical film based on Jules Verne's book. James Mason is perfectly cast as Edinburgh Professor Lindenbrook who embarks on his journey when he comes across a piece of strange Volcanic Rock.Along with one of his students, the widow of a rival explorer, athletic Icelander Hans and his duck they try to reach the centre of the earth. They come across subterranean oceans with giant mushrooms, whirlpools, giant lizards. lost civilisations. Hans duck is in danger from a rival aristocratic explorer.The whole film is an adventurous ride with a lot of humour, some dastardly bad guys and a wonderful score. The special effects may now look aged but it is a film worth exploring.