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Journey to the Center of the Earth

2008 · 93 min · Director: Eric Brevig ★ IMDb 5.8 · 143,587 ratings

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Professor Trevor Anderson receives his teenager nephew Sean Anderson. He will spend ten days with his uncle while his mother, Elizabeth, prepares to move to Canada. She gives a box to Trevor that belonged to his missing brother, Max, and Trevor find a book with references to the last journey of his brother. He decides to follow the steps of Max with Sean and they travel to Iceland, where they meet the guide Hannah Ásgeirsson. While climbing a mountain, there is a thunderstorm and they protect themselves in a cave. However, lightening collapses the entrance and the trio is trapped in the cave. They seek an exit and fall in a hole, discovering a lost world in the center of the Earth.

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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Awe 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Awe
20%Fear
  1. Awe25%
  2. Fear20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Awe, Fear. Genres: Adventure, Action, Family. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Awe and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 5.8/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 59/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Relief
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Awe

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Relief
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 23 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionReliefCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity30 %16 %0 %32 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity35 %12 %0 %39 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Curiosity40 %9 %0 %45 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Curiosity44 %22 %1 %40 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Tension55 %50 %5 %35 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Tension66 %67 %11 %32 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Tension73 %74 %20 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Tension77 %77 %31 %35 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Tension77 %61 %34 %51 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Awe78 %31 %20 %55 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Sadness75 %28 %8 %41 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Tension69 %52 %9 %29 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Tension69 %69 %12 %23 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Tension64 %64 %9 %24 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Tension61 %60 %18 %26 %
77.5 %≈ 72′Tension73 %72 %36 %21 %
82.5 %≈ 77′Tension83 %83 %44 %16 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Tension77 %64 %50 %15 %
92.5 %≈ 86′Relief65 %28 %53 %17 %
97.5 %≈ 91′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

AB
Aníta Briem

SM
Seth Meyers

Professor Alan Kitzens

JM
Jean Michel Paré

Max Anderson

JW
Jane Wheeler

Elizabeth Anderson

FF
Frank Fontaine

Old Man

GC
Giancarlo Caltabiano

Leonard

KH
Kaniehtiio Horn

Gum-Chewing Girl

GG
Garth Gilker

Sigurbjörn Ásgeirsson

Details

Directed by
Eric Brevig
Type
Movies
Released
2008
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.8 · 143,587 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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