Review of Journey to the Center of the Earth

The reason I give this made-for-TV piece of neofascist trash a 1 is that there is no zero to award. For those of us who remember Professor Lindenbroek, Pat Boone, and Arlene Dahl in the great original movie, this piece of TV crap is unutterably boring and cardboard-like. In addition, this creation, if it can be dignified by that word, tries to connect to the current zeitgeist by featuring a bunch of young, uniformed people who communicate to each other through pseudo-military-speak: "That's an affirmative!" "Roger that!" and similar gung-ho utterances. The creators of this timewaster are kissing up to the military mania that is currently sweeping America, not unlike the case of Starship Trooper. The difference is that it is done even less well and more blatantly. When this movie comes on, switch to the weather channel for better entertainment.