Entertainment | 3D movie 3-D Doesn't Ensure an Exciting Journey Generic visual tricks bore critics By Matt Cantor Posted Jul 11, 2008 10:47 AM CDT Copied In this image released by Warner Bros., Anita Briem, left, Brendan Fraser and Josh Hutcherson, right, are shown in a scene from "Journey to the Center of the Earth." (AP Photo/Warner Bros.) The 3-D adventure flick Journey to the Center of the Earth is generating tepid reviews. The Brendan Fraser vehicle is “rambunctious and ridiculous,” though some younger moviegoers might enjoy it, writes Jan Stuart in the LA Times. Aimed at “kids of an age group more conversant with Dr. Seuss than Jules Verne,” the film’s “minor-league” visuals will score highest among those who have little to compare them with. “The scariest thing in Journey is that after 50 years, 3-D movies' biggest draw is still the old yo-yo-in-your-face trick,” writes Joe Neumaier in the New York Daily News, who allows, “The cast hits the right notes.” But Peter Travers begs to differ: “in 3-D, the story comes alive, despite the tacky sets and gimmicks,” he writes in Rolling Stone. Read These Next 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. Now we know why Ghislaine Maxwell may have opened up to the DOJ. A parent's nightmare, in a white cardboard box. The sheriff says he's never seen a worse case of child sex abuse. Report an error