Note: This week's review is by 9-year-old Alexandra, as told to Babble editor Gwynne Watkins. Take it away, Alex!
I'm glad I didn't get up to go to the bathroom
in the middle -- I would rather have peed my pants than miss that! I recommend that movie to people who like
action-y science fiction-y movies -- that's me -- I basically read fantasy. I
think my friends would like it, or kids older than me. It was scary! I covered
my eyes about five times for a half hour at a time. The bird that was extinct
was cool, and the Tyrannosaurus Rex. I recognized the names of the rocks from
my Rocks and Minerals unit at school -- like feldspar. I thought it was
ridiculous when they lit the flare and went up Mount Vesuvius. Also, wouldn't
they have run out of oxygen? Trevor
(Brendan Fraser) reminded me of Remus Lupin from Harry Potter. And the other guy (Josh Hutcherson) was from Bridge
to Terabithia -- I hated that movie! I give Journey to the Center of the Earth:
3D an infinity positive. Unlike Bridge to Terabithia, which I give an infinity
negative.
Gwynne would like to add that Alex totally called a couple of plot twists before they happened, and didn't buy that anyone could make the journey the characters make in the film without dying about eighty times. (Also, Gwynne liked Bridge to Terebithia.) Still, both of us thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, and shrieked every time the 3D giant piranhas leaped at us from the screen.
