Journey to the Center of the Earth (1 Viewer)

[DeeF]

Yes, Star Trek IV, the special edition, with 6 hours of extras.

I haven't watched it yet.

 

[DeeF]

I also got The Killers, Criterion's DVD set with two different movies based on this story.

Is there a review of this, somewhere?

 

[RobertR]

Is there a review of this, somewhere?

http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s715kill.html

 

[William D Cavender]

About "Journey", I find it hard to believe that the anti censorship people are not making a fuss about this censored version of "Journey".... I want the whole thing, including the edited out, censored singing of Pat that I saw and herd in the films initial release. Bring it on!

 

[DeeF]

Just curious, WDC, what was censored?

It doesn't seem like the kind of movie that would require censorship.

 

[William D Cavender]

The song that was edited out, actually P.C. censored was Pat singing "The Faithfull Heart", with its theme of loyalty....

 

[soop.spoon]

There's no evidence of any censorship whatsoever.

 

[DeeF]

Sometimes I think we confuse censorship with aesthetic trimming. Both can have very serious repercussions.

A movie like A Star Is Born (1954) wasn't censored, but it was seriously cut-down by a studio determined to make a buck.

Perhaps this happened in the case of Journey.

 

[Jeff Kleist]

I love Jules Verne's novel, but from the descriptions of this film I see if blasphemes quite a bit with wholesale unnecessary alterations such as adding a villain(Count Saknussen ???)

My question

Does it blaspheme, or does it follow its source material?

 

[Thomas T]

Jeff, it doesn't blaspheme nor does it follow the source material very well. If you're a purist where the Verne novel is concerned then by all means avoid the movie at all costs.

Actually, the film is a great deal more fun than the book and though its been years since I read the book, I believe the female characters are additions that were not in the original source material.

 

[RobertR]

the film is a great deal more fun than the book

I feel the same way about 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Yes, there are no female characters except mentioned in passing in the novel

If you're a purist where the Verne novel is concerned then by all means avoid the movie at all costs.

That's what I needed to hear. *sigh*

 

[Jack Briggs]

Jeff, come on. This is a marvelous entertainment. Adaptations are best when they use the original source material as inspiration. Adaptations that rigorously follow the source material as if it were a roadmap are little more than carbon copies of another artist's work.

Journey to the Center of the Earth is very much of its time, replete with gussied up lizards meant to resemble dimetrodons, a crooning Pat Boone, completely implausible "science." And yet it's endearing and entertaining in a magical way.

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Jack, I'll see if I can review the disc, but I'm not going to pay for it

I want word for word, scene for scene. That's how I am. Additions drive me INSANE.

 

[Randy_M]

I saw this when it first came out (I was 9) about 10 times in the first few weeks of release...it remains one of my all time favorite films. I am SO waiting for this!

Although I've had various VHS tapes (commercial and off-TV) over the years, I don't think I've seen it in widescreen since the early 70's when it played in a repertory theater around here from time to time.

 

[RobertR]

I want word for word, scene for scene. That's how I am. Additions drive me INSANE

Jeff:

Considering the number of book-to-film adaptations that have been done over the years, and the degree of changes made, I'm surprised you're not posting with your nose because of the straight jacket you're wearing.

 

[Eric Paddon]

Jeff, as your fellow Battlestar Galactica enthusiast, trust me. The movie is worth seeing and having. There already is a straight adaptation of the original Verne novel in the Leonard Nimoy-John DeLancie audio dramatization, so those who want it "word for word" have their version and this can allow us to enjoy a different (and IMO better) take on the story that still retains the essence of the original.

 

[Eric Paddon]

Though I am still annoyed that the DVD does not include the supplements of the LD featuring the alternate UK scenes.

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Robert, I just ignore them, or bitch endlessly

I understand when minor changes need to be made to accomodate the medium, I however do NOT understand at the wholesale invention of scenes, characters etc

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Jeff, as your fellow Battlestar Galactica enthusiast, trust me. The movie is worth seeing and having. There already is a straight adaptation of the original Verne novel in the Leonard Nimoy-John DeLancie audio dramatization, so those who want it "word for word" have their version and this can allow us to enjoy a different (and IMO better) take on the story that still retains the essence of the original.

Yup, got that. I have all the Alien Voices, great stuff. I'm not saying you can't have this version, I'm saying that it's not what I want.

Perhaps I'll try to rent it.