Journey to the Center of the Earth Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 26 out of 31 people found the following review useful: So Very Disappointing! from United States 27 January 2008 I Loved the original version in 1959 with James Mason and, since movie making has had 50 years to improve, I guess that I was expecting So Very Much More. Phew! This movie was a terrible let down. Maybe if I would have seen it on the big screen I could have given it a 3....maybe. Unfortunately, I had to watch it on TV with a commercial every 10 minutes. There is No Doubt in my mind that I would have turned it off after the 1st 10 minutes except for the fact that I was editing out the commercials for a friend of mine so that she could watch it when she got home. I'd say that if you Love soap opera's and you are addicted to the 'Lifetime' channel, than give it a spin. However, if you are more in tune to good movie making(story, plot, acting, etc), than avoid this nonsense like the plague. Was the above review useful to you?

27 out of 39 people found the following review useful: Rather pedestrian, time passes, you age, and age, and age... from Connecticut 27 January 2008 A half-baked remake of the 1959 classic, and it lacks one rather important feature -- an actual journey to the Center of the Earth! Instead, the viewer is treated to a world within a world (the Earth is hollow -- who'd have guessed?!?) where there is a sky and actual sunlight (how else would vegetation grow?? the bigger question is: how does a star exist within the center of the Earth and not burn it to cinders?) The actors are passable, not good. The characters are foolish: the main female character decides to take a swim in a lake.Nobody bothers to tell her "Strange world, stay on the land." (A lake, one asks?? Yes, if there's sunlight, how could there not be lake? If one must be stupid, well then, lets be completely stupid.A good point: the only consistency in the movie is stupidity, so go with the flow, must have been the thinking.

If they'd thought less, it might have gotten better.) Then,throw in to the mix, the usual "savages," indigenous to this world and an us vs. the savages ending and you have nothing out of the normal. Oh, by the way, everyone talks in 20th century English, as usual, although it's the 19th century. Writers lack any sense of the speech of different eras, common in writers under the age of 30. Watch. Snooze. Was the above review useful to you? 20 out of 26 people found the following review useful: Please, read the book. from United States 27 January 2008 It's always difficult for me to watch a movie after having read the book it's allegedly based upon. Anyways, I decided to try this one, and I have to say I can't find any part of it that'd be based on the Jules Verne novel (except the title, of course).

It's amazing to see how professor Otto Lidenbrock from Hamburg became Jonathan Brock, his nephew Axel became Abel, how his Danish guide Hans Bjelke morphed into Sergei Petrov, and how the expedition that originally started in ICELAND at the end of June, suddenly changed to Alaska in September. But most important is the complete lack of respect for the original plot and its characters, to the point that the movie shares nothing with the book they say it follows. I do understand that most books can not be adapted faithfully to the screen, but there's a difference between taking a few creative licences and making a completely different story. So, I'd like to ask Mr. William Gray to, PLEASE, read the book before saying his script is based upon it, or otherwise take the credits (and responsibilities) of signing his own stories. Was the above review useful to you? 15 out of 19 people found the following review useful: Mediocre at best, plus has a very minimal sci-fi feel ... from United States 31 January 2008 Despite its name, the movie has a very low sci-fi feel to it. I felt I was watching something more akin to a western travel adventure than anything else.

Outside of that, it was pretty innocent and mild - like a low-budget family movie. Nothing great here. Basically, this is a story about a wealthy lady who enlists the help of an anthropologist to help find her missing husband. He was on a quest to find a passage into the earth - but hasn't been heard from in 4 years. With the help of two other men, they try to retrace her husband's path. Although there is no suspense, thrill or anything like that, the movie has a pleasant tone to it that almost makes it an "OK" way to pass 2 hours. However, unless you're looking for something to watch while you fall asleep, pass on this. Was the above review useful to you? 8 out of 8 people found the following review useful: Stink-A-Roo 1 February 2008 *** This review may contain spoilers *** may contain some spoilers, skip if you don't want movie tidbits i expected some good adventure just like the other movies with the same title, but this version of - journey to the center of the earth was pure boredom even the scenes where excitement should of ran high with a viewer, made me just yawn and wonder why....

over half the movie was pure boredom, unless u count rick shroeder chasing a thief, which looked like it was filmed in 10 minutes the decent through the earth could have been made so exciting, but in this version, it was like watching a documentary on A&E. WHERES THE ACTION, SNAKES, BUGS, CAVE-IN???? 1 little fall off a ledge, heck, I've had more dramatic falls on vacations, lol why in this age of computer wizardly cant a movie put more excitement and creativity into itself. a bear supposedly attacks horses, they show a 2 second clip of a bear roaring, thats it! horses scatter and after looking for the horses for 2 minutes they say horses are gone? i mean come on, show some mauling prehistoric birds attacking, well, what a joke. i see more action on 1970's land of the lost TV show. the only good graphic in this entire movie was a sea creature jumping up and eating a bird, a whole 10 seconds total. lets talk about the acting..... if they let rick shroeder be more exciting in this flick, it would have been more fun to watch.

seems to me they held him back, with poorly written script and directing the woman, martha, did a OK job, but again, script kept her boring now, PETER FONDA! oh good lord, the only reason i think he was in the film was for his name to market this movie. fonda actually ruined this film to the point of fast-forwarding the DVD. he was so boring, so un-emotional, so... blah!! to me he seemed drunk or on medication as he filmed. i coulda found a more exciting and better actor than peter fonda at the local old folks home. and paid him 1/100th as fonda!! this version of JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH was made to make money off its jules verne title alone, cuz the only award it will win from this reviewer is = STINK-A-ROO !!! that being said, its worth a watch if your bored, but if you see another movie on at same time that has a fun sounding title, id choose it over this 2007 version of jules vernes journey to the center of the earth learn by your mistakes Hollywood.... Was the above review useful to you?

11 out of 16 people found the following review useful: Not good. 6 January 2008 *** This review may contain spoilers *** I cannot help feeling that this was originally a remake of The Lost World which someone changed at the last minute. The plot is much closer to The Lost World and the early scenes look more like night time above ground action than underground. Take away the narration and the plot could easily be one where the characters emerge from a mine into a lost valley rather than a subterranean world. Certainly this has nothing in common with the Jules Verne novel other than the title and the idea that everything takes place underground. With a weak, nonsense-ridden plot( having just discovered an unexplored, underground lake would you immediately send all the men away and go bath in it ? ), poor screenplay, wooden acting, cheap effects( a series of stills to signify travel along an underground river ? - college students can do better ) this is definitely a modern B movie. Was the above review useful to you?

10 out of 15 people found the following review useful: slow, uninteresting, and mediocre adaptation from United States 22 March 2008 Here we have yet another film adaptation of the popular Jules Verne's novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth". Here, the cast is led by Rick Schroeder as it again tells of explorers finding a passage into the core of the planet where dinosaurs, primitive people, and a whole lost world still exist. I am not that familiar with the novel or many of the movies based upon it, but this 2008 version is a poor adaptation. There were many things I had to complain about it and few to compliment about it. Performances were good, but just about everything else fell short of expectations. The best part of the movie, believe it or not, was not while the characters were in the center of the Earth. Rather, it was while they were on the surface and even then, it wasn't that entertaining. I strongly felt the cinematography was too bright and gave the movie a feeling of schlock and no authenticity. The screenplay was rather poor, unorganized, and many scenes had little or no point.

Such as this part where a bear allegedly attacks the characters and scares away the horses. We see the characters shooting, hear a bear growling, and that's all. Special effects weren't that great either. For dinosaurs, we see giant birds (not pterodactyls) and a plesiosaurus. Both were achieved with rather shoddy computer graphics. The creatures took up very little of the film and created no sense of marvel or majesty about themselves, which is what one wants to see in a movie like this. A lost world should be treated with majesty and magnificence. Bottom line, the 2008 film adaptation of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" was a very bland uninteresting film that took its time at developing itself and made very little sense. I suppose it is worth looking at once, but I'm in no itching hurry to view it a second time. Was the above review useful to you?

4 out of 4 people found the following review useful: Mediocre and short budgeted rendition based on Jules Verne classic novel Author: ma-cortes 16 January 2010 Lighthearted romp for kids and teenagers based upon the Jules Verne book. An anthropologist named Jonathan Breck (Rick Schroder) and his niece (Steven Grayhm) undergo a hazardous voyage hired by Martha Dennison (Victoria Pratt) to find clues of her husband Edward (Peter Fonda) who disappeared five years earlier during an expedition to the center of the earth in Alaska (at the original novel is Iceland) recently bought to Russia. The trio along with a Russkie scout descend into deep caverns and discover a way leading to the planet's center. They have to deal with numerous risks, dangers, endure torrential floods, prehistoric animals and discover a forest with a lost tribe but not the lost city of Atlantis as happens in the classic novel. This inferior adaptation is a special version of the Jules Verne adventure yarn . There're rip-roaring action, spirit of adventure, derring-do, thrills, but results to be quite boring.

It's a brief fun with average special effects , passable set decoration , functional art direction and minimum use of computer generator. Acceptable cinematography, being filmed in Columbia British , Canada and atmospheric soundtrack . Highlights of the voyage includes a roller-coaster trip, a terrifying odyssey in sailing, with appearance of prehistoric reptile such as Plesiosaurius , Pterodactilus, and many others events. The film is produced in low budget by the usual Robert Halmi Sr. and Jr. who had formerly produced another version directed by George Miller , plus financed Jules Verne's 20.000 leagues under the sea(1997) directed by Michael Anderson. The motion picture is middling directed by T. J. Scott. Other versions about this known story are the following : Classic adaptation (1959) by Henry Levin with James Mason as Lindenbrook, Pat Boone,Diane Baker and Arlene Dahl; Spanish version (1976)by Juan Piquer with Kenneth Moore , Jack Taylor, and TV adaptation by George Miller with Treat Williams, Jeremy London and Bryan Brown and another inferior television picture (2008)by David Jones with Greg Evigan and Dedee Pfeiffer.

And of course, recent and successful take on filmed in 3D, produced and starred by Brendan Fraser with Anita Briem and Josh Hutcherson. Rating : Below average. Was the above review useful to you? 4 out of 5 people found the following review useful: A Remake of the 1999 Mini-Series, Rather Than the Jules Verne Novel 16 May 2008 *** This review may contain spoilers *** During the first few years of the 21st century, new versions of JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH continued to be announced but remained unproduced. Finally, in 2007, a new big budget version was made, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 3-D, and as so often happens, simultaneously a lower budget rendition of the same story was made to cash in on the former's anticipated popularity. In this case, the filmmakers did not return to the novel, but as with the 2005 version of MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, chose to instead remake an earlier adaptation. Robert Halmi, Sr.

dusted off the script of his 1999 version of JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, compressing it back to a 90 minute telefilm for RHI entertainment that appeared on the ION network on January 27, 2008. William Bray adapted the 1999 Tom Baum teleplay, this time helmed by T.J. Scott (probably best remembered for some of the most imaginatively directed episodes in the HERCULES and XENA series). The principal characterizations and motives remained the same, only compressed and more tightly paced. The setting remains around the 1870s but is transplanted to San Francisco and Alaska (still known as "Seward's Folly" and with vestiges of Russian influence). These locales and a center of the Earth that resembles it were all a result of the Vancouver location shooting determining production design. However, the switch to an American background also gives the adaptation more of a natural, domestic, and less of an exotic feeldistinct from previous versions, which is a strength, but also familiar types of scenery, such as a western-style Alaskan town and costume.

While director Scott makes the most of the backgrounds, the fact that the center of the earth looks almost exactly like the world above makes the narrative ultimately less convincing. Far more memorable were the unusual visuals achieved by the 1999 version. From the first scene it is clear that this is little more than a retelling of the earlier film, with the basic characters and situation remained as before. Neither Rick Schroeder or Steven Grayhm, respectively, are as appropriate for their roles as were Treat Williams and Jeremy London in 1999. By contrast, the female lead this time is incarnated this time much more vigorously and convincingly by Victoria Pratt. She has a decade of female action roles to her credit and is also the wife of director Scott, and they have a long list of collaborations together. She has a map leading to a mine shaft which goes to the center of the Earth, down which her husband had descended four years earlier and never returned. As before, part of her motive is to redeem her role in a marriage gone sour. Central to the rapid unfolding of the story is the reliance on the first person narration ostensibly from the diary kept by young Abel, who dedicates it to his fiancée, angry at his departure on the journey.

Most intriguing is the change in the Hans character from the novel; the new version offers a Russian outlaw, Sergei, whose brother had descended with the husband. This provides an appropriate shift of character that merges with the new locale, and also, unlike all previous versions, a compelling reason for the "guide" to descend with the others. Sergei is also vital in helping the expedition reach the lake where, according to the map, on a single July day of the year the sunlight will point out the location of the mine. There is an attenuated telling of the journey to the underground lake. The only marker among the caves is one at the beginning, in Russian, telling them the correct initial cave to take. On the way, the remains of Sergei's brother are found. By the shore, trees freshly felled with an axe indicate an earlier traveler, and they decide to also make the journey by raft. Prehistoric birds and a pleisiosaur attack the raft, creatures described as extinct since the ice age. The use of effects is brief and has little impact on the story. Subsequently the film veers in new directions, as in the 1999 version, leaving Verne's novel behind.

An encounter at the shore with a wrecked raft leads to natives who resemble Native Americans, leads, predictably, to finding the husband (Peter Fonda, a modest improvement over the 1999 film's Bryan Brown), who has taken advantage of superstition and made himself king. Some warriors are resisting Edward's rule, and when they unite in opposition, Edward leads the way to a cave reputed to be the way out. Unlike the 1999 version, he is allowed redemption by sacrificing himself to save the others by staying behind to guarantee a dynamite charge that will block the cave. Water overcomes the foursome until finally they are sent to the surface of a lake in a waterspout. They decide to save the tribe from further exploitation by the above-ground world and Abel will keep his diary secret, or in fact, sayas he does in the final sentencethat it is merely a piece of fiction. Meanwhile, Jonas and Martha have realized their attraction for each other. In this version, the more rapid pacing does not allow the viewer to be quite as aware of the hokeyness of the subplot with the tribes as in the 1999 version.

Still, the principal question remains why the producers thought the script of the 1999 version was good enough to deserve a remake. Likely, as in the choice of the Vancouver location, it was simply a matter of the most budget-conscious way to proceed. Still it remains a valid question for audiences to ask. Was the above review useful to you? 2 out of 2 people found the following review useful: What could have been an OK film is ruined by its final third 25 January 2015 *** This review may contain spoilers *** If I'm being totally honest I recorded this version of Journey to the Center of The Earth believing it to be the 2008 remake with Brendan Fraser (I wasn't aware that there was a TV version till now). Having realised that it wasn't the version I expected once the opening credits started I decided to stick with it and here's what I thought.... One thing I will say is that I think it's unfair to come down hard on this film purely because it's a 'TV movie' film. The acting was pretty bad, the animal effects were laughable (they weren't great in the original, but to be fair that was made in 1959).

Despite all this, I did find this TV film to be fairly enjoyable. In this TV film we are treated to a voice-over narrative from Abel (whereby he is articulating notes that he's putting in his diary). At times, I thought that this was a nice touch as it does help to give a basic understanding of what some of the characters are thinking and how they feel. This narrative is also quite informative and helps to explain some of the things that they've discovered whilst they're in the cave. Where this falls apart slightly is that it's over-used and there are occasions when it's used to explain what's going to happen next - which is pointless as we'll know what will happen eventually. This isn't a major criticism as I found the voice-over work to be more of benefit than hindrance. I also thought that it got going fairly quickly and it was generally better paced than the original. It was all OK up till this point, but then came the final third.... In this TV version of the film, our intrepid adventurers stumble across a tribe of people who have descended from earth down to the Centre of the Earth centuries ago.

Just when you think it can't get any more ridiculous we then find that the tribal people are worshipping Martha's missing husband as some sort of god. I mean really? Before our adventurers met the tribes people my biggest criticism is that there was a lack of tension because no-one was pursuing them or following them like we saw in the original - alas this objection was answered at this point, but it was answered in a ridiculous and nonsensical way. The issue of food was ignored initially, but then answered when our adventurers are treated to a 'Last Supper' style feast - quite where all the food came from is a complete mystery. What I can't understand is that a film of this nature is supposed to be shrouded by mystery, our adventurers have had to use a map and a modicum of intelligence in order to get to the area that the tribe are inhabiting and yet we're supposed to believe that this tribe of people have discovered this area by mistake. It just requires too much suspension of disbelief and doesn't give the film any kind of intensity.

In the original, you really felt that the team were isolated and you felt that they'd achieved something by the end, but you don't get that feeling here and it ultimately made this film a lot less rewarding and a lot less enjoyable. Up till the 60 minute mark I did think this was an OK film - it was reasonably enjoyable without being anything special. However, it's ultimately ruined by its final 30 minutes where it descended into absurdity, implausibility and downright stupidity. Was the above review useful to you? Page 1 of 2: Journey To The Centre of The Earth | SMK CHENDERING Journey To The Centre of The Earth English Form 1 , Novel Admin Journey To The Centre of The Earth by Jules Verne This book is about the quest to the centre of the earth. The expedition is led by Professor Otto Lidenbrock and includes Axel and their Icelandic guide Hans. Lidenbrock stumbles upon this discovery when he was going through a runic script. In the runic script he discovers a coded message written by an Icelandic alchemist Arne Saknussemm, saying that he has been to the centre of the earth. He goes on to describe how exactly he did it.

So Professor Otto Lidenbrock, Axel, and Hans go to Sneffels where they are let down by cloudy skies. But on the last day the sun comes out and they enter the correct crater. Once in they face many mishaps like being in a chamber filled with combustible gas and face several prehistoric creatures. After the journey they return to Hamburg to great acclaim–Professor Lidenbrock is hailed as one of the greatest scientists of history, Axel marries his sweetheart Graüben, and Hans eventually returns to his peaceful life in Iceland. ~ Submitted by Anonymous “A Journey to the Center of the Earth” by Jules Verne is about Professor Hardwigg (Professor Otto Lindenbrock in French version) and his nephew, Harry (Axel) set off on a journey with their Icelandic guide, Hans, to find the center of the earth. Professor Hardwigg purchases a book and finds runic writing inside. He and his nephew decode it, finding it was by a man named Arne Saknussem, who claims to have made it to the center.

They follow the instructions (Harry silently regretting most of the time) and set off for their perilous journey.–Submitted by Anonymous PLOT SUMMARY Chapter 1 – A Great Discovery Hamburg, Germany, May 1862, Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew, Axel, decoded a message written 300 years ago by a famous Icelandic explorer, Arne Saknussemm. In his coded message, Arne Saknussem wrote that he had been to the center of the earth and he went on to describe how he did it. Brushing aside the concerns of his nephew, the Professor insists that Axel accompany him on the expedition. Sadly, Axel takes his leave from his beloved Gretchen. Chapter 2 – Our Journey Begins Professor Lindenbrock and Axel travel for ten days by ship before reaching Iceland. Professor Lidenbrock employs, Hans Bjelke, as their guide on their adventure. Gathering supplies, the trio depart for Mt. Sneffels, the point through which they can gain access to the core of the earth. Ten days later, on Monday, June 29th, they reach the top of Mount Sneffel. The shadow of the afternoon sun shows which crater they should descend.

Chapter 3 – Into the Earth The trio descend into the crater and they travel downward until they reach the bottom of the pit. There are two tunnels and the Professor chooses the one on the right. After several days trekking underground and almost out of water, they have to retrace their steps because the path leads to a dead end. Finally returning to the beginning of the two tunnels, Axel collapses and assumes they will return to the surface. Although the Professor shows concern for Axel, he asks for one more day to find water before they abandon the journey. On Wednesday, July8, they descend into the second tunnel and emerge into a chamber of clear white mica. The chamber resembles a giant diamond cavern. Chapter 4 – Lost Hans finds an underground river and they quench their thirst. On Thursday, July 9, they continue on with their journey. By the next evening the professor estimates their position to be 90 miles southeast of Mount Sneffels and eight miles deep. They come to an abyss and make their way down a naturally formed staircase. On Sunday, July 12, they climb down about 20 miles. Over the next two weeks they climb down deeper and deeper into the earth.

On Thursday, August 6, Axel finds himself alone. In desperation he retraces his steps but becomes hopelessly lost. Chapter 5 – The Great Sea It is only after much suffering that Axel is reunited with his uncle and Hans. They can hear the sound of waves. In fact, the three have arrived at a vast underground body of water which is given the name Lidenbrock Sea. Exploring the area around the sea, the travellers find what looks like a forest of giant mushrooms. They also see ferns as tall as trees and a mastodon skeleton. On Tuesday, August 11, the Professor decides that they must cross the ocean. Hans builds a raft from giant reeds and a sail from a sleeping rug. On Thursday, August 13, they push out to sea leaving behind the shore which they named Port Gretchen. The raft moves quickly and they travel about 75 miles in 24 hours. On Friday, August 14, Hans drops a hook and soon a fish is caught. It is an ancient species long extinct in the world above and they cook it for their meal.

The professor wants to learn the depth of the sea so Hans attaches a pickaxe to a long rope and throws it overboard. When Hans retrieves the pickaxe it bears marks that look like teeth. On Tuesday, August 18, two huge sea monsters surface, battle, and almost swamp the raft. On Friday, August 21, a storm hits them. The raft is eventually cast up on a rocky shore in the midst of the storm and Hans carries Axel to safety. As the storm dies down they find, to their dismay, that they have been carried back to the same shore from which they left. Chapter 6 – The Boiling Tunnel Exploring an area which is farther along the shore than their starting point, the Professor and Axel find a huge field of bones. The Professor is delighted when they find a human skull. Continuing their exploration they come across a vast forest of prehistoric plants. They spot gigantic mastodons and in the distance see a twelve-foot tall human being. Afraid of confrontation, they leave the area. Going back to the shore they find a huge rock, with the initials A. S. carved on it, beside the entrance to a dark tunnel.

With evidence that Arne Saknussemm has traveled this way, they enter the passage only to discover that it is blocked by a big boulder. They decide to blast the boulder using gunpowder. They set the charge and retreat to the raft. The explosion opens a deep hole that lets in the underground sea. They and their raft are swept along with the rushing waters. They head up the tunnel at an amazing speed. They ascend swiftly as the waters push up the raft along a narrow shaft. Axel worries about the rising temperature. The trio soon discover that the water beneath the raft is boiling hot. Finally Axel sees a tiny circle of light above. The professor realizes that they are inside an erupting volcano which leads out to the earth’s surface. They land outside the volcano. While making their way down, they learn from a young shepherd that they are on the island of Stromboli in Italy. They have entered the earth by one volcano and come out by another, over 3,000 miles apart. Four months after discovering Arne Saknussemm’s coded message they return to Hamburg where the trio are treated like heroes and the Professor’s achievements are recognized.

Gigantic mastodons and in the distance see a twelve-foot tall human being. Afraid of confrontation, they leave the area. Going back to the shore they find a huge rock, with the initials A. S. carved on it, beside the entrance to a dark tunnel. With evidence that Arne Saknussemm has traveled this way, they enter the passage only to discover that it is blocked by a big boulder. They decide to blast the boulder using gunpowder. They set the charge and retreat to the raft. The explosion opens a deep hole that lets in the underground sea. They and their raft are swept along with the rushing waters. They head up the tunnel at an amazing speed. They ascend swiftly as the waters push up the raft along a narrow shaft. Axel worries about the rising temperature. The trio soon discover that the water beneath the raft is boiling hot. ELEMENTS SETTING This adventure story is set in 1862 when there were no modern facilities. The story starts in Hamburg, Germany and the journey takes Lidenbrock and Axel to Iceland where they meet Hans and together they go below the earth’s surface.

After four months, they get blown out of the center earth in Sicily before they finally make their way back to Hamburg, Germany. CHARACTERS Professor Otto Lidenbrock – An intelligent, determined and adventurous scientist Axel Lidenbrock – A faithful and loyal nephew. He is young and easily scared. Hans Bjelke – A brave Danish guide. He is very quiet but is always on hand to save the other two explorers. Gretchen – A young woman who loves Axel. CHARACTERS -An intelligent, determined and adventurous scientist Axel Lidenbrock -A faithful and loyal nephew. He is young and easily scared. -A brave Danish guide. He is very quiet but is always on hand to save the other two explorers. Gretchen-A young woman who loves Axel. THEMES 1. Seeking knowledge Professor Otto Lidenbrock went on a journey to the center of the earth to seek knowledge. 2. The spirit of adventure The trio went on an adventure and experienced wondrous sights. 3. Explorations To explore unknown places where humans have not gone before. 4.

The wonders of the human mind The human mind is forever seeking new knowledge and the mind of Professor Lidenbrock is a good example of this. 5. The wonders of Science There is still so much that we do not know. We have to be brave to discover new wonders of Science. VALUES Some values found in this graphic novel are: 1. When we really want something, we should persevere. Uncle Lidenbrock refused to listen to Axel’s excuses on why they should not go on the journey. 2. We should not endanger others because of our passion for something. Otto Lidenbrock put Axel, Hans and himself in danger by going to the center of the earth. 3. We must dare to take risks. Otto Lidenbrock dared to go on an adventure to the center of the earth. 4. We should take the opportunity to discover the wonders of Science. The trio were willing to go down into the center of the earth to find out more about the earth beneath their feet 5. It is important to be courageous. It took a lot of courage on their part to go into the center of the earth. Like this: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.

Search eText, Read Online, Study, Discuss. Term paper topic on Journey I have to do a term paper on Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth. The topic should be something related to adventure genre. please suggest me topics for my term paper asap. I will really appreciate it. thanks. Posted By anisha9037 at Fri 28 Sep 2012, 7:44 AM in Journey to the Center of the Earth || 0 Replies Help understanding Journey to the center of the earth. 1.)What problems do each of the 3 characters face within themselves, and how do they end up resolving each of there problems? 2.)What are 4 of the most important occurences in the book that really make a difference? 3.)What are 4 symbols within the story? 4.)What are 4 major themes within this story? 5.)What are 4 lessons you can learn within this story? If anyone could help me It would be greatly appreciated. I just finished this book but had a hard time understanding several parts of the story.

Posted By robert16 at Mon 8 Nov 2010, 12:40 AM in Journey to the Center of the Earth || 0 Replies Reply to first post 1) Words run together is an artifact of optical character recognition (OCR) which is the process by which the pages of old books are put on a scanner and converted to text by the computer. The only solution to preventing the words being run together is hand-editing, and this is very time consuming. No doubt those who run this Web site would rather devote their time to putting up more books rather than putting up far fewer books but making sure each one is 100% perfect. The posting of this book has excellent quality OCR; the best I've seen. 2) As far as the phrenology reference and its alleged racism: This is a science fiction book from the 1860s. Of course it is going to contain references to disproven scientific theories! The book makes favorable discussions of alchemy, for crying out loud. If your mission is to re-publish a book in an exact facsimilie of its 1870 edition, you can't go updating and correcting the science! That would be stupid.

If you allege that phrenology is a recist philosophy, then so be it! This book mentioned it, and history needs to record that fact. Posted By Wheat Williams at Tue 24 May 2005, 10:07 PM in Journey to the Center of the Earth || 1 Reply No Subject So far I've read nearly 32 chapters nonstop and it's wonderful. Every so often the story slows down with a discussion of scientific facts or theories but it never gets boring. It never seems outdated even though set in the 1860's and written not much later. Now I wish I'd read slower so I'd have more story left to enjoy. Posted By DEW at Tue 24 May 2005, 10:07 PM in Journey to the Center of the Earth || 0 Replies No Subject I enjoyed the book alot and would recommend it. Even if the calculations and science is now proven wrong, it provides a very interesting view on the science of that age. On the 14th of November I am presenting a speech on it to my class. I will submit here after I present it.

I am now considering whether to read another Jules Verne or a George Orwell book. Posted By Sean Spurr at Tue 24 May 2005, 10:07 PM in Journey to the Center of the Earth || 0 Replies I think that this book is a very fine example of litarary genius. My brother did not like to read until he read this book and now he rants and raves about it. He loved it!! Keep this site up. Justin Posted By Justin at Tue 24 May 2005, 10:07 PM in Journey to the Center of the Earth || 0 Replies Jules Verne My name is John and I'm 48, I had heard a lot about Jules Verne but had not read this wonderful book until it was assigned to my 10-year old to read it. I picked it up one night and just coul not close it. I read it in two nights. It's a wonderful book with real charcters and real places, makes everything believable. I'm sorry I waited so long to read this "everybody-should-read" book.

I enjoyed how he names the discovered places: the Lindenbrock Sea, Hansbach River, Graï¿½ben Lake, Saknussemm Volcano, and Axel Island. Posted By Juan Rosario at Tue 24 May 2005, 10:07 PM in Journey to the Center of the Earth || 0 Replies No Subject This is one of Verne's best works. The characters wonderfully believable and the plot is absolutely brilliant. Despite the slow pace of Verne's discourses on geology, _A Journey to the Centre of the Earth_ is one of my all time favourite books. Verne's talent is always evident in his books told in first-person, such as _20,000 Leagues ... _ -- one forgets there is any author other than the narrator. _A Journey to the Centre of the Earth_ is no exception and makes an excellent read. Posted By Manuel Ochoa at Tue 3 May 2005, 3:13 PM in Journey to the Center of the Earth || 1 Reply No Subject Overall, I didn't enjoy this book at all. The only thing that I did enjoy was the characterization. The characters are very well developed.

It was far too wordy though, and they never even reach the center. That really bothered me. Posted By Unregistered at Fri 11 Feb 2005, 8:16 PM in Journey to the Center of the Earth || 1 Reply Hey Hello. I am Makayla Brooks an 8th grade student. I never have read this book and i was wonderin if it is a good book to read. My teacher is making the class write a story kind of like this one only in our point of view.If you would please e`mail me back and tell me what you think of this book and if it is suitable for an 8th grader to read. Thank you for your time reading my e`mail. Sincerly, Makayla Brooks Posted By dnny at Fri 11 Oct 2002, 5:00 AM in Journey to the Center of the Earth || 7 Replies Blognya Indah Engdep: Setting analysis of Journey to the center of the earth By Jules verne Setting analysis of Journey to the center of the earth By Jules verne 1. INTRODUCTION This book consists of 20 chapters.

This book is about the quest to the cenhe of the earth. The expedition is led by Professor Otto Liedenbrock and includes Axel and their Icelandic goide Hans. Liedenbrock stumbles upon this discovery when he was going through a runic script. In the runic script he discovers a coded message written by an Icelandic alchemist Ame Saknusserlm, saying that he has been to the centre of the earth. He goes on to describe how exactly he did it. So Professor Otto Liedenbrock, Axel, and Hans go to Sneffels where they are let down by cloudy skies. But on the last day the sun comes out and they enter the correct crater. Jules Veme was borr in France (1823) and died (1905), spending his life miting many books. After his first book was published in 1863, he devoted his life to writing. Verne had no formal taining in science. His passion was geography; everything else he leamed from his reading, rryhich included about fifteen newspapers a day. He took voluminous notes grving him a good sense of the emerging knowledge in many fields.

He was very modest about his ability to predict inventions, sayrng he only extended what was already at the time. From a scientific point of view, this story has not aged quite as well as other Veme stories, since most of his ideas about what tlre interior of the Earth contains have since been soundly refuted. However, a redeeming point to the story is Verne's own betief, told within the novel from the vieupoint of a character, that the inside of the Earth does indeed differ from that which the characters anticipate. One of Veme's main ideas with his stories was also to educate the readers, and by placing the different extinct creatures the characters meet in their correct geological era" he is able to show how the world looked a long time ago, stretching from the ice age to the dinosaurs. 2. SUMMARY This novel began when Professor Liddenbrock found a sfange parchment in an old boob and he saw a code of manuscript that he could not read. Although he had tried to read it, but he still could not understand. Actually Axel, his nephew understood what the code mean, but he didn't want to tell to his uncle.

The code had mean about journey to the centre of the earth was possible, and he knew that his uncle would interest to do it. So, he just stayed calm. But, because he saw his uncle like a frustrated man where never eat and just leam about the code, so Axel didn't bear and told about what the code means. After that his uncle immediately was willing to make the fiip as what has been done by Ame saknussemm, previous adventurer. Then, Professor Liddenbrock invited his nephew to accompany him in the joumey to the cenfe of the earth and prepared for the journey. They started the journey in May and pass through some areas like Copenhagen and many village in Iceland. In lceland, they had a mormtain guide, narnely Hans that accompany them along their journey. And therl they climbed Sneffels, a five thousand high mountain (dead volcano). They headed to the base of the mountain through the chimney by using a rope.

They found many wonderfrrl things such as caves, underground sea" big mushrooms, strange creature like a monster, and taces of wear and hand carving knife by Ame SaknussemfiL and also other things that they had never seen in the surface. Besides, they experienced stressful events such as when tley didn't have water anymore and more over when the storm came and broke their raft. After they pass through various obstacles, they arrived at a place which is only four thousand miles from the centre of the earth. The place is very hot and they blow up the gun powder on the walls of underground caves until the hot water out of the wall. Then, the water that brougbt them out up to the surface and arrived Stromboli in Italy. When they saw the mountain Stomboli erupted, they descended the mountain through to a far:n. Hey were confirsed where they were, and then there was a little boy who said that they were in Tromboli and they realized that they were in ltaly. After that, they stayed for a few days there. Then, Professor Liddenbrock returned to Jermany while Axel and Marry returned to Iceland and get married. 3.

SETTING ANALYSIS Setting of a story is the time, location and circumstances in which it takes. According to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary of Current English, the word “ setting “ is defined (1) place in which is fixed (2) Surroundings, a rural (3) Height, speed ,etc. in which a machine, etc is or can be set. Setting or situation is what gives background to the story. Setting indicates where the story is taking place. It can be in the sea, on the mountain, in a cave, in a city, etc. Furthermore, setting also conveys when the story is taking place. The author may show it by mentioning the date or just the year the story taking time. Here, we analyze the setting of a novel namely JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH by JULES VERNE. A. SETTING OF PLACE - Professor Lidenbrock’s little house on King’s street, Hamburg, Germany. From chapter 1 to 3, the story took place in Professor Lidenbrock’s little house on King’s street, one of the oldest streets in the old part of Hamburg. This house was built half of brick and half of wood, overlooking canal.

This place was the place where Professor Lidenbrock, Axel, Martha, and Mary lived. The story took scene in kitchen when martha cooked, in dining room where they ate (breakfast, lunch and dinner), study room where Professor Lidenbrock and Axel worked and firstly the mysterious parchment fell down, King’s Street itself where the Professor rushed away forgetting his supper, Altona Road where Axel walked confusing his uncle idea, here he also met Mary, and the last was a station at Altona where they waited for a train to go to Copenhagen. - Copenhagen Before reaching Copenhagen, Axel and his uncle arrived at Kiel and went by ship and then another train to Copenhagen. In Copenhagen they went to a quays (place where ships are tied up), they went to the church spire in the south west district and climb the spire for five days. The City has many beautiful church and classic building. Beside, Copenhagen is the important city of Scandinavia, and the city is comfortable and friendly of environmental. The Church of Our Saviour in Christianshavn appears in a chapter of Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth.

The character Axel is made to climb the winding spire for five consecutive days by his uncle to cure him of his Acrophobia before their descent into the volcano. - Reykjavik, Iceland Then they went to Reykjavik, Iceland by a Danish ship for 10 days. Towards evening, the ship went round the northern point of Denmark, and during the night, sailed along the southern coast of Norway and entered the North Sea. After two days they sighted Scotland and reached Atlantic. They anchored in Faxa Bay of Reykjavik. Then they climbed down into a waiting boat and were soon on Icelandic soil. In Reykjavik, they stayed in Mr.Fridriksson’s house. When Professor Lidenbrock went to the library to look for Saknussemm manuscripts, Axel went out to explore the town which was look uninteresting for him. Then they went to Sneffel by horse with their guide, Hans. Reykjavík is believed to be the location of the first permanent settlement in Iceland, which Ingólfur Arnarson is said to have established around 870. Until the 18th century, there was no urban development in the city location.

The city was founded in 1786 as an official trading town and grew steadily over the next decades, as it transformed into a regional and later national centre of commerce, population and governmental activities. - Gufunes village, Gardӓr village, Budir village, Stapi village; Iceland In their way, they stopped and had breakfast in Gufunes. Hans answered some questions from the professor. They stopped to sleep for the night in a house in Gardӓr. They also took a rest in many village before reaching Sneffel. Stapi is a town consisting of thirty huts, built on a large plain of lava, exposed to the rays of the sun, reflected from the volcano. It stretches its humble tenements along the end of a little fjord, surrounded by a basaltic wall of the most singular character. Hotel Budir, on the southern side of the peninsula, is an isolated twin gabled boutique property with commanding views out to sea. - Sneffels, dead Volcano in Iceland They started to climb the mountain, a 5000 feet high-mountain (dead volcano).

They arrived on the peak and went down by chimney of the Sneffels to explore the way that Saknussemm went before. They went about 2.250 miles from Reykjavik. Along their journey, they found many strange things, like big mushroom forest, fishes without eyes, monsters like a large snake, sea with high wave and temperature, and etc. During their journey underground, they found water source (after their mad thirst) and they gave it name ‘Hansbach’ because Hans made a hole in the wall which brought out water, a hot water (stream water), for them to drink. They found a port and they named it Port Mary. They also found an island and sea, they named it Axel Island and Lidenbrock Sea. They also had many difficulties in their journey, like the lack of water and food, hot wheater, lost, storm, wave, tired and many other anxious feeling. They guest they passed many area like, such as Mediteranean, england, and they reached Italy. The giant volcano Sneffels was used as the entrance to the Earth's core in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth.

I was tempted to try it, of course, but it is a serious and dangerous hike even in summer. The coast here had some amazing waves. Sneffels is regarded by many as Colorado’s most beautiful mountain. A stunning collection of spires, pinnacles and symmetry, Sneffels certainly moves the hearts of mountain lovers the world over. - Stromboli, Italy. They can’t believe that they arrived somewhere not Germany, not Iceland but in Italy. They were in a fruit garden, full of fruit and a very lovely place. Stromboli is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth and has been erupting almost continuously since 1932. Because it has been active for much of the last 2,000 years and its eruptions are visible for long distances at night, it is known as the "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean". It is among the world's most visited volcanoes. - Go back home, King’s street, Hamburg, Germany. After a long journey to the centre of the earth, they finally came back to their lovely house in Germany. Then Professor Lidenbrock became popular because of their journey story. At the time, they brought Hans to Germany.

After a view days, Hans went back to Iceland. Hamburg is a city-state. It values its status as a city, being as independent as possible of other states that have existed or currently exist in Germany. Over the centuries, Hamburg has always been an international city. This is not only because of its position in international trade, but also in political dimensions. B. SETTING OF TIME The story happened from 24 may 1863 until September in that year. The Author choose the time because He had counted for the right time to reach Sneffels before July so that they came on time in Sneffels and started to enter the mount. The scene were in morning, down, midday, afternoon, evening and midnight. The story started when the Proffesor bought a book and found a parchment on it. It was 24 May 1863 at lunch time. On 26 May at down, they went to the station leaving Hamburg to Copenhagen by train and arrived on 28 May at ten in the morning. They arrived in Iceland on 13 June. On 23 June in the morning, they reached the Sneffel Mountain and started to climb it.

On 27 August they were pushed by the water to get to the surface and they arrived in Stromboli, Italy. On 31 August they started to go back to German and arrived in German at 9 September on the evening. C. SETTING OF CIRCUMSTANCES In the first chapter, actually the condition was running commonly. But when there was an exciting discovery about the mysterious parchment, Professor Lidenbrock became a corious man and because of him the condition of the house become not usual. All of the people in the house were worried about him. The second chapter, Axel as Professor Lidenbrock’s nephew was invited by Professor Lidenbrock to accompany him in the impossible journey. It was a very uncomfortabla circumstance for him. There was a sad scene in the third chapter when Axel decided to accompany his uncle and separated from the girl he loved, Mary, especially when Mary supported him to go. In Iceland, they didn’t experience an exciting trip because in three hours the view were particularly uninteresting for them, especially Axel.

In fifth chapter, Axel, Professor Lidenbrock, and their guide began walk in the silence because the way they took became wetter and more lonely with few animals and even fewer people. Axel began to feel tired but his uncle stayed fresh and spirit. There was a frightened condition when they climb Sneffels, the dead volcano. There was a dust storm, a tall column of dust and sand rising and twisting in to the air. The wind was driving it towards their sides of the mountain, so they decided to continue their journey. A hesitated condition happenned when they were in the chimney, they took the wrong way between two ways. So they went back again to the first way where the way was devided into two. One big problem for them which made them weak was the lack of water. It made them mad thirst. This is a bad condition for them because they can’t continue their journey without water to drink. But finally, they felt really happy and glad because Hans, found water source for them. They hurried on, full of hope and no longer felt tired. The sound of running water had already refreshed them. There was something horrified happened to Axel. Suddenly, he discovered that he was alone.

He lost and began to feel uneasy. He felt crushed. He lay in terror and despair. But in his hopeless period, he heard a voice behind the wall. And he was saved again. When they were in underground sea, they felt frightened in the middle of their journey because they saw so many big odd creatures like monsters. Then, those monsters threw themselves at each other without noticing them. Something terrible happened, there was a storm, the weather was changing, the air grew heavy, and full of electricity, described by the author. When the storm was happened, they could not remember anything. They felt a little happy and roomy, unless they were not dead in that erruption. They reached surface in Italy. At first, they were confused and keep asking where they were. A happy ending happened when they arrived in Germany, Professor Lidenbrock became famous and the gladest feeling of Axel is to saw and married with Marry. 4. CONCLUSION The setting in this novel is very clear, a) Setting of time, where they wrote the time when they did something and experienced events, time the story was taking place like year, minutes, hour, day, month, week, etc.

It tells us something about the story as detail as possible. Then it made the story easier to understand every events that happened. b) Setting of location, they have many different location in this novel with stressful experienced. Where they taking place in the sea, on the mountain, in the cave, in a city, etc. The author mention the setting of location clearly and details modify the setting of location. c) Setting of circumtances, there are many situations in this story that bring us to feel what the actors felt and we can know the atmosphere created. Such as, scary atmosphere when they looked strange creature like a monster, when the storm occured, and when Axel lost alone. We can feel the same frightened feeling like them. Beside, happy atmosphere when they were saved from the death, we feel happy too. And then, when their problem were solved we feel roomy. We like this story and have impressions on it. From this story we can know many new and beautiful places like Copenhagen, Sneffels, and the others. We felt like we can through the places what they through too.

Besides, we can get lessons from character Professor Otto Lidenbrock that he was so brave and never gave up and he always tried and tried what he wanted to do. It impressed us that although our desire was so difficult to reach, we can reach it if we still triy and never give up to get it. Diposkan oleh

Question: In the novel by Jules Verne , where did the expedition , led by Professor Linden-brock , set out to reach ?
Answer: CENTRE OF THE EARTH