Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Overrated and overhyped

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

This rendition of Jules Verne's novel is, like all screen adaptations of fictional literature, definitely not accurate as far as the book plot goes. However, like just about every production, it has its bad parts and its good parts (but mostly bad in this case). The actual cinematography is good, and some of the acting is fairly well done. I found it interesting that the producers were able to get a notable actor such as Sir Patrick Stewart. But when it comes to some of the post-production, it was terrible. The computer graphics for the giant creatures are HORRIBLE! If the computerized graphics are not jerky then they are quite noticeably out of sync and do not match up well with the video clips. If you decide to watch this poor production I think you will find yourself saying, "Oh my gosh; that's so bad!" out loud and more than once.

If you're like I am, and like movies that are very well put together with great costumes, stage sets, cast and real entertaining creativity ...I think you'll like this movie.(In fact, I wish there were more movies like this.) This one is another title in my personal movie collection, and I'm glad I have it.In all honesty, this film touches base with a little bit from several areas, such as some suspense, drama, a little thrill, and to me, some spots came across as having some sci-fi.Wonderfully done, and a treat in difference from the other movies out there. Another great movie!I highly recommend trying this one too.

I came to this two part Hallmark production with a little bit of hope and expectation. You see I'd only recently watched the 1962 Michael Rennie version, which featured in its cast of contributors such luminaries as Bernard Herrmann and Ray Harryhousen. That special effects epic sent me to the source novel which I greatly enjoyed even as it showed me the liberties Hollywood took with the text. Surely, spread over two 90 minute films and with Patrick Stewart as Captain Nemo, I might get to see a truer representation of an exciting and enjoyable, if often improbable book.Far chance! If anything, this production remakes the earlier movie, rather than the novel, but does so in an even more exaggerated manner than before. Here, Nemo is introduced early to Captain Smith (Harding in the book), not at the volcanic climax and Nemo is given a male companion to act as his conscience. The journalist Penfold is turned into a Dr Smith from "Lost In Space"-type, a feckless, selfish coward and a whole new sub-plot is given prominence involving a search for hidden treasure and an encounter with a band of pirates.We still get the original balloon escape, the presence of a mother and daughter to add love interest and, no doubt, some decoration, the gigantic creatures reappear at regular, less- threatening intervals and yes, the volcano blows up at the end. However, the whole piece is so shoddily made that I ended up persevering with it only to see his much worse it could get as it progressed.Where to start...well the acting is awful, never above Am Dram standards. Stewart gives a lifeless performance while none of his support display even a scintilla of individuality or enthusiasm. Worse yet, someone must have thought that ex-football thug Vinnie Jones would make a good pirate leader. He doesn't, spectacularly and worse, I'm sure his voice is dubbed throughout. The special effects are terrible, superimposed like poor transfers onto different backgrounds. The editing is shoddy and unsurprisingly, there's a loud, pounding electronic soundtrack to make sure your ears suffer as much as your eyes. I'll ease off now, but really the low average score here doesn't lie, this is a poorly made film of an exciting classic novel and a waste of time for director, production crew actors and viewers alike.

The reason I gave this 2 stars rather than just one is because of the laugh out aloud factor in its sheer badness.The acting is truly beyond horrendous; the dialogue unbelievable, the props are just astonishing (and not in the good way) and the attempts at CGI hilarious. I can only think that this was an early days of Hallmark production and they never expected there would be any spectators one day.A good one to poke fun at, for film and acting students to learn how not to do it, with the only redeeming feature the beauty of the location, which was sitting sadly in the background, weeping ...