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Journey to the Center of the Earth
2008 · Film · 93 min
Directed by Eric Brevig
ActionScience FictionAdventureComedyFamily
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
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> How does content consumption work then?
simplified, there are two main branches:
- those who consume everything, kinda like maximizing the investment or "it makes me company"
- those who consume things that need to pass some kind filter
generated content would (maybe) reward the first group, but without some very good hit they will probably go back to downloading stuff, but not the second.
At least not yet and not in the foreseeable future.
There's a difference between computer aided content and computer generated.
Jurassic park wouldn't exist as it is without technology advancements, but the novel was already good.
Another example by Crichton is WestWorld. The original was written and directed by Crichton himself in 1973, the original movie is great, the second chapter is good, the tv-show is visually astonishing, but after 2 seasons, I stopped watching it. The material taken from the first two movies had ended and nothing really interesting have come out after from the writers (IMO).
Voyage au centre de la Terre (Journey to the Center of the Earth) is a great book from 1864 and I honestly prefer the movie from 1959 than the its latest 3D incarnation from 2008.
Not because older is better, but because the 1959 version is more centered around the story and it aged better.
Probably because Indiana Jones hadn't come out yet and the director didn't try to imitate it.
Reminds me of the movie: "the journey to the center of the earth"
Speaking for "Journey to the Center of the Earth."
The plot was weakened substantially by the preoccupation with 3d; To the point that watching the 2d version seems goofy. The 3d effect itself was much better than the old days, the color was not distorted because they used polarization and not color shift to create the effect. You still have to wear dumb looking cardboard glasses.
Its still not "real 3d". Its just a multiplanar effect. Not being able to "see around" objects in the depth of field, to me completely ruins the 3d illusion. If you don't hold your head perfectly still, the world seems to come apart in a most distracting way. I couldn't stop thinking of "Shadow of the Beast". :)
In short, 3D 1) Makes the plots of movies suck. (even more) 2) Creates just enough of an strange planar quasi-3d effect to be distracting. 3) Still requires dorky glasses that make you feel 12.
Fine for a 10 minute amusement park attraction, but will not "save Hollywood".