Movie #32: Journey 2 The Mysterious Island

Watched it last: May 25
Released last: February 2012 
Why I watched it: Peeta Mellark and Gabriela Montez. Haha!

I'm not really sure if I enjoyed this movie or not. I finished the movie in one sitting, but all throughout, I never ran out of snarky thoughts. It's like I was having sarcastic pop corn as a movie sback. But one thing I am sure about: I've outgrown this kiddie adventure movies.

If I were watching this 15 years ago, I might have enjoyed the wholesome-ness, predictability and I wouldn't mind the suspension of disbelief that I had to maintain in the entire movie. The movie delivered when it comes to action and adventure, because after all, the material is a literary classic for a reason.

Critical Reception: 42% on Rotten Tomatoes
Id rate it around: 43%. Recommended for elementary kids. Adults would rather re-watch Matrix re-runs over this.
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As I did in 2011, I am listing down the movies I watch for 2012, along with my comment about each viewing experience. These movie pseudo-review/commentaries are hardly scientific. There might be days that I might be more tolerant of crappy movies and so I might find myself going easy on the critique. More so, my "critiques" are hardly theoretical because I admit I have not taken any proper film critiquing classes, haha! I most usually lash out "in the moment". I try to be as objective as possible, but know that we all have our own different tastes when it comes to films.