The DVD has both the regular version of the movie, and on the flip side the 3-D version, and 3-D glasses are included in the package. The 3-D is fun to watch, especially the scene where the weird fish were coming at you, but you sacrifice a lot in detail and color. So we watched the whole movie in the regular version.
Brendan Fraser is Prof. Trevor Anderson who has been studying a theory for a number of years, without apparent progress, and he is about to lose his funding and lab space.
His young nephew is Josh Hutcherson as Sean Anderson, whose dad, Trevor's scientist brother, disappeared 10 years earlier. Sean is dropped off for a 10 day visit with Trevor and then the fun begins. They travel to Iceland to pursue a theory about Jules Verne's book being more than just fiction.
In Iceland they meet young, pretty Anita Briem as Hannah Ásgeirsson, the daughter of the deceased scientist Trevor traveled to see. But she offers to be their guide to the mountain to check on one of his remote sensors. Then the real fun begins.
They all get trapped in a cave, which then leads to an old mining operation, which then leads to a cavern of exquisite, large, pure diamonds, which leads to a fragile floor, which leads to a free-fall down a very deep shaft. They end up in a pool of water, in an underground paradise, just as was described in words and drawings in the book.
So the movie is their quest to find a way out, and in the process they find the remains of Sean's long lost father.
Not a very meaningful movie but still fun to watch, especially because the three main actors are very likable.
SPOILERS: They eventually figure out that an underground geyser can get them back to the surface, and when it does they get spit out of a volcano in the Italian wine country. Sean had managed to pack away a pound or so of the giant, pure diamonds so with his new-found wealth Trevor was able to plan for his own lab to pursue his studies, with Hannah at his side.
Brendan Fraser is Prof. Trevor Anderson who has been studying a theory for a number of years, without apparent progress, and he is about to lose his funding and lab space.
His young nephew is Josh Hutcherson as Sean Anderson, whose dad, Trevor's scientist brother, disappeared 10 years earlier. Sean is dropped off for a 10 day visit with Trevor and then the fun begins. They travel to Iceland to pursue a theory about Jules Verne's book being more than just fiction.
In Iceland they meet young, pretty Anita Briem as Hannah Ásgeirsson, the daughter of the deceased scientist Trevor traveled to see. But she offers to be their guide to the mountain to check on one of his remote sensors. Then the real fun begins.
They all get trapped in a cave, which then leads to an old mining operation, which then leads to a cavern of exquisite, large, pure diamonds, which leads to a fragile floor, which leads to a free-fall down a very deep shaft. They end up in a pool of water, in an underground paradise, just as was described in words and drawings in the book.
So the movie is their quest to find a way out, and in the process they find the remains of Sean's long lost father.
Not a very meaningful movie but still fun to watch, especially because the three main actors are very likable.
SPOILERS: They eventually figure out that an underground geyser can get them back to the surface, and when it does they get spit out of a volcano in the Italian wine country. Sean had managed to pack away a pound or so of the giant, pure diamonds so with his new-found wealth Trevor was able to plan for his own lab to pursue his studies, with Hannah at his side.