A 3D adventure in 2D! There is obviously something missing when you sit at home on the couch to watch this movie. No matter how big your screen is or how elaborate your sound-system is, without the “special glasses” you just miss out.
JTTCOTE is a fun adaptation of Jules Verne's classic book. Although this film pulls only certain elements from the book and pulls from previous film adaptations, so it’s not a true film-adaptation. The script really falls short for me. The characters are not really well developed. Brendan Fraser’s character has to deal with his missing/dead brother and babysitting his nephew but this is never fleshed out, just merely a ploy.
I notice while watching “family films” that there is a thin line between what’s fun for the whole family and what’s fun for just the kids but they label it “family.” Because of the lack of character development and, at best, it is an action visual spectacle; it is aimed at the children.
I go back to what I started with, a 3D adventure in 2D. When this was in the theatre’s it was a 3D movie. There are several visual shots that remind you that this was supposed to be in 3D. The plot line reminds me of a theme-park 3D movie. The visual effect is the “cake” and the story is simply there to take you from one visual effect to the other. Any sign of characters or plot is just “icing” on the cake. To enjoy this film now, at home, it needed to be the other way around. In fact most films need to have the “cake” being the story, plot and well developed characters and the visual effects is the “icing.”
As a Christian this is a film “safe” for the family. The only thing objective is a couple kiss and a play on words using the element “schist,” (I’m sure you can figure it out.) so you may need to be prepared to explain.
This gets 3 out of 5 stars. It’s mindless entertainment that you can watch along with the kids but without certain elements (including glasses) it just falls short.
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