"Journey to the Center of the Earth 2: Mysterious Island" is a cheating movie. I mean its name. Journey in the title literally translates to travel and journey. The first part of this series is really about the adventures of the center of the earth, but this second part has nothing to do with the center of the earth. As a result, two kinds of people appeared that led to the loss of the box office: one type of people thought it was just a sequel to the last one and lacked interest, and the second type of people went for the sequel, but shouted everywhere after watching the movie. It also added bad reputation to this film that was already under-rated.
But for the target audience under the age of 25, these are not the most important things. There are Disney’s high-quality idols, the heroine of "High School Musical" Vanessa Hudgens, and the partner of Josh Hutchison who played all the way from "Game of the Brave 2", plus the factors of 3D adventure movies. The reason for the theater is enough. The addition of Michael Caine did not add more weight to the movie. This is not "Quiet American" (2002 Oscar nomination for Best Actor), nor is it "Two Heroes Wit Fight" (1972). Oscar nomination for best actor), this is just a youth soap opera. Michael Caine’s position in the film is really embarrassing, acting too serious and funny, and too frivolous and detrimental to his own image. It's not as good as Louis Guzman, who plays Vanessa Hudgens' father. He was originally a badass and harlequin professional. In the film, he naturally played a funny role. He was also just right and tender and very pleasing from time to time. People like it.
The appearance of Christine Davis was a surprise. We are very impressed with the character in "Sex and the City", who is still full of fantasy, Charlotte York. This image has been since the beginning of the episode of "Sex and the City" in 1998. Have been with us until now. But this time, Christine Davis very pragmatically pulled himself back to the real age of 47, no longer deliberately pretending to be tender, but calmly acting as the mother of a 17-year-old child. Although the role is not important, the actual performance makes her feel that she is still so beautiful, and she has been sublimated from a beautiful vase-like image to the inner beauty of a woman in her forties.
In fact, "Big Rock" Dawn Johnson is the biggest highlight of the film. He has the same image of a tough guy in the past, and strives to play a less rigid stepfather image in this movie. But he did not give up the physical advantage of a tendon, so much so that he added a pectoral tremor when teaching the stepson Sean courtship. Although the gag between him and Michael Caine seemed so pretentious, it did not obliterate Johnson's own comedic talent. Especially on the night of camping in the woods, he played the ukulele (a very small Hawaiian four-string guitar), and improvised a jazz song "What a wonderful world" with the lyrics adapted. . A self-deprecating sentence of "playing the violin", a few ridicules of Michael Caine's lyrics, and a somewhat narrow expression. It is completely unconnected with the senior FBI agent in "Fast and Furious 5". Director Payton can make Johnson play so vividly in the film, and he really knows him very well. He once said in an interview: "He can provoke the whole movie by his actions alone, let alone Coupled with his impeccable comedy performance and endless personal charm. I want to use this film to let the audience thoroughly experience all aspects of Dawn Johnson, because his performance is comprehensive."
As for the film itself, there is really nothing to say. of. Although the second part is much better than the first part in terms of art design and visual effects. But just as the American "Entertainment Weekly" said, "The viewing experience of this film is very enjoyable, but it can be almost immediately left behind by the audience." Playing in depth is obviously not the direction the film team wants to work hard on, so they put more energy into creating sensory stimulation, so the audience saw Sean and five people go through the jungle to throw off the monitor lizard and go deep into the sea to fight the electric eel. , Riding a bumblebee to avoid the attack of Swift... these plot designs are like video game clearance, coupled with the Atlantis ruins, the gold-spraying volcano, etc. shocking scenes, appropriately creating a family carnival. movie. If you and your boyfriend and girlfriend have nothing to do on a certain day off, or if your kids are arguing about going out to play, it’s a good choice to go and watch this movie. Remember to buy a popcorn set, no better than this movie. It's more suitable for eating junk food while watching. By the way, please leave your brain at home before you go. Take your brain to watch this movie. It will definitely be painful to watch.
Finally, let me talk about the name of the film. Looking at the last button left in this movie, it seems that the third film will be adapted from Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon". According to the current translation ideas, we can predict the title of the third film "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3: From the Earth to the Moon". What a divisive thing this will be!
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