Some may laugh at the studio's attempt to make white bread crooner Pat Boone into a sex symbol. Let them laugh. This is one of the great adventure movies of all time based on the Jules Verne novel. I saw it as a child in the movie theatre and enjoyed the DVD just as much and now three generations of my family's children love it. I thought it would scare my six year old granddaughter but she loves it. It has inspired three trips to Carlsbad Caverns where part of it was shot. Ingenious story, beautiful restored color, Bernard Hermann score, the great James Mason - highly recommend forfamilies and lovers of science fiction and adventure movies.