Journey to the Center of the Earth: 3D · 5 August 08 by Heather Voss Barta
It wasn’t on purpose that Sue and I ended up at the 3D rendering of Journey to the Center of the Earth. But I think that it actually worked out pretty well. We went to see it because the reviews had actually been better than I thought that they would be. So, we gave it a shot.
I liked it. Definitely a fun adventure movie. And while based on some science (there are plate tectonics), being in a world that was science fiction takes us a bit away from any hard science. But I will give them some kudos for actually having geologists. (I would be a seismologist if life had been a bit different.) Though, we do have a bit of a problem at the end…if the magma is rising, shouldn’t we get off of the mountain?
I wonder if we could get all 13-year-old boys to go on an adventure like this – to help them see where the real priorities should be. Though, perhaps picking up things that aren’t ours is another lesson that we would have to learn at a later date…
And then there’s the “not so much” science. Obviously, the rising magma. But also the falling – isn’t there something like popping eardrums that should happen by falling that fast? The same for coming up…
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