3D voodoo that you do....so so well.

3D has come a long way since those cereal box glasses from my youth in the 80's. My trip to Disney World this summer allowed my kids and I to see some 3D attractions in their parks, using glasses that provided a pretty decent 3D effect-but still were just heavier plastic versions of the traditional bicolor film glasses. Enter XPand 3D-the purveyor of Theater 3D experience. The glasses, paired with a 13,000 projector that can take 5 minutes to restart when the dual projection doesn't start up correctly, and little transmitters that feed off of the projector and send light cues to the LCDs is the system used to show this movie.

This is a digital 3D system that sends image swaps and light changes individually to each eye-a similar system as used for Hannah Montana. The glasses are a bit cumbersome, heavy, and not very comfortable for something that you have to wear for 90 minutes, and it is somewhat difficult to find the perfect focal point, so there are images in the frame that still seem off-creating some eye fatigue.

My wife is an asst. manager at the theater we watched this in says that EXpand is working on the glasses system and how they sync with the software as these are still the prototype glasses. This theater also just installed the entire system 3 days ago, so there are probably some tweaks that need to be done. I found it tiring, and had a mild headache at the end. It provides a neat 3D effect, and there are some 'AT YOU's provided in the movie that really take advantage of the capabilities. The glowing humming birds and the sneezing dinosaur were hits with my kids.
Upcoming titles to be released in XPand 3D include 'Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,' 'Toy Story 3' and 'Avatar,' James Cameron's first feature since 'Titanic.' DreamWorks Animation also recently announced that all their new films, including 'Shrek Goes Fourth,' will be released in 3D. WIth such heavy hitters coming, im sure XPand will work the bugs out. On to the movie.

Trevor (Brendan Fraser) is a volcanologist and a professor in a university. He has completely forgotten about Sean coming to spend ten days with him. When Sean’s mother drops him off, Trevor is totally unprepared and his house is in a complete mess. Sean is a 13-year-old teenager who’s into PSP, Google and the likes, so Trevor and Sean don’t seem to get along in the beginning.

Before Sean’s mom leaves, she passes Trevor with a box of items that belonged to Max, Trevor’s brother and Sean’s father, who went missing years before. Suddenly, Sean takes interest in what Trevor has to say after he tells him about his father, whom he never really had a chance to know. Trevor tells Sean that yoyo is his father’s PSP. Trevor also finds a novel Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne with notes written by Max. Trevor and Sean quickly go to his laboratory only to discover a new seismometer reading which has led them to Iceland. Although Trevor intends to send Sean back to his mother, Sean relents and Trevor has no choice but to bring him along.

In Iceland, Trevor and Sean look for another volcanologist only to find he has passed away 3 years ago. His daughter, Hannah (Anita Briem) invites them into the house and they talk about the book by Jules Verne. Hannah refers the believer of the book as "Vernian", in which she says unlike her father, she is not a Vernian. However, she offers to be Trevor and Sean’s mountain guide for a hefty price. While hiking, Trevor refuses to heed Hannah’s warning of possible lightning strike as he is trying to pull out his seismometer. When it’s nearly too late, Trevor lets go of his instrument and they are trapped in a cave after the lightning hits the rocks and the rocks cover the entrance of the cave.

Trevor and Hannah decides to find another way out while Sean insists on digging the rocks. While finding the way out, Trevor, Sean and Hannah fall into a deep pit which takes them to the center of the Earth. What happen next includes discovering of glowing birds, gigantic man-eating plants, man-eating fish, Loch Ness monsters and T-Rex.

Basically, the movie is purposely made in 3D and it is the best to watch in a 3D theaters, otherwise, the movie would seem to be rather dull and predictable.