 CT Now  'Journey 2' gets wasted in paradise -- ✭ 1/2  In its
own sweetly bombastic way, the 2008 remake of "Journey to the
Center of the Earth" did the job, the job being a 21st-century
3-D bash starring Brendan Fraser — an actor who gives his all to
the green screen, every time — and loosely based on the 19th-
century Jules Verne adventure, a natural for the movies. Its
script proceeded from the idea that Verne, science fiction
visionary, was in reality writing about real places and genuine
fantastic phenomena only disguised as fiction.  Now comes the
Fraserless sequel,"Journey 2: The Mysterious Island."And it's
only disguised as fun.  Take away the 3-D shots of berries
bouncing off Dwayne Johnson's vibrating pecs, and you have a
pretty scrawny experience. Director Brad Peyton takes the reins
for "Journey 2"; previously he gave us "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge
of Kitty Galore," one of the tougher sits of recent epochs.  The
visual quality of "Journey 2" is such that while Peyton and
company filmed on the Hawaiia