Warning: Overexposure to this movie can result in chronic eye damage for Earth scientists due to continued eye rolling. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this lighthearted movie with a geodynamic touch.
They occasionally try to sound scientific and even manage to throw in jargon like ‘muscovite’. The 2008 version knows that it shouldn’t take itself too seriously and heavily plays on the comedy, making this delightfully light entertainment. At present, I have not yet come across any mantle convection models exploring the effect of dinosaurs living in the centre of the Earth, but I am looking forward to the first publication on this. Essentially, it shows that mantle geodynamicists are completely redundant, because we already know what’s inside the Earth: dinosaurs. The famous novel of the same name by Jules Verne from 1864 has resulted in many movie adaptations with respectable ratings on IMDb ranging from 2.1 to 7.0 out of 10. Image from Wikipedia, copyright 2008, © New Line Cinema.
