Saturday night, the plan was to take my daughter and a friend to see Monsieur Lahzar, the Canadian entry for best foreign language film at the Oscars. So we get to the local independent theatre a half hour before the movie and the line is down the block and it’s freezing cold. Umm. Unlikely we’ll get in.

So we start driving while the girls google what’s on and I chose, i.e. made them go to, Journey 2 in 3-D. I wasn’t in the mood for angst and I don’t like scary movies. Okay, so Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has very perky nipples ALL the time, and as my daughter said “OMG, did you see his arms? They were freaking me out.” They are HUGE. LOL And that kid playing his step-son? I felt dirty but I couldn’t stop staring at his package … in 3D. He’s well endowed for one so young, okay, Josh Hutcherson and he’s 19. So I only feel slightly dirty now. 

So how was it? Oh complete crap, full of plot holes and things that defy the laws of physics. Oh, it was also complete fun. There are lots of great 3-D things coming out the screen at you. The Rock is the step-father we all wish we had. Michael Caine is getting old. Wow. Vanessa Hudgens was rather vapid and pointless. Another kid comment “She didn’t even need to shave her legs and still had all her make-up 3 days later.” LOL See, I told you laws of physics didn’t apply.  But in my opinion, second to The Rock’s blindingly white smile, was Luis Guzman as Vanessa Hudgens father. He was hilarious and really made the movie far more amusing that it would have been otherwise.

Oh the plot, the kid gets some odd message that he believes is from his Grandfather who has found the mysterious island of Jules Verne lore. He actually convinces his step-dad to fly him to Palau to find this place. The helicopter pilot and his daughter agree to take them to the coordinates and they get sucked up in a tornado only to find themselves on the island where indeed, his grandfather is. They then realize the island is sinking (cue feeling bad for tiny elephants) and they have to find a way to get off the island fast while dealing with giant birds, volcanos, dislocated ankles, gigantic electric eels and water rising faster than physically possible.

Was it worth $42 for three of us? Eh. Maybe not. But I did jump a few times when stuff came flying at me in 3-D and compared to some of the other movies I’ve been to which are regular movies in 3-D (pointless in my opinion), it was fun and the girls actually enjoyed it and I caught them laughing and flinching as well. Brain candy, average acting, the cutest little tiny elephants and gigantic bees. LOL If you have kids a perfect excuse to go, if you don’t, be brave and go to check out The Rock’s guns. I was hoping he’s take his shirt off but no such luck. Guess it’s a family movie.