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Summary: Disappointed
Review: Just wanted to say how disappointing the DVD was. I found the editing "jumpy", the narration boring (Sorry Meryl) and the overall content lacking. A (any) National Geographic or Jacques Cousteau movie/video/DVD is FAR superior. Just a no-biggie DVD.
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Summary: A Must Have!!
Review: One of the best IMAX films that there is... watch it on DVD, big screen and surround sound to capture how great this film really is... I've been an avid diver for several years now and have dove Palau... the film really captures it.
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Summary: A Must Have!!
Review: One of the best IMAX films that there is... watch it on DVD, big screen and surround sound to capture how great this film really is... I've been an avid diver for several years now and have dove Palau... the film really captures it.
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Summary: Great Images & Sound
Review: One of the best IMAX videos available. Great visuals. Great sound (thank you Sting).If you're fortunate enough, watch this on widescreen TV & crank up the surround sound system & enjoy. And thank you DVD producers for making this with DTS. Most enjoyable moments (no order): * Everything on Palau * Migrating jelly fish (also in Palau) * Watching a cuttlefish change color to camouflage itself while moving * Coast guard boat going through horrendous ocean waves. Highly recommended!
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Summary: One of the reasons to buy DVD
Review: One of the biggest reasons that I began purchasing DVD's was to get the IMAX titles. As always, the beautiful cinematography combined with an outstanding soundtrack and commentary, makes this a gread DVD. Anyone with a fascination for biology, or science in general, will definitely love this one. >o'
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Summary: Versatile entertainment
Review: Take a beautiful journey without leaving your seat! This is what you could call versatile entertainment: beautiful images of the life below the surface, completed with a gentle soundtrack. I found Meryl Streep's narration a little boring, maybe they should have chosen a different voice for this. The disc quality is superb, although you probably should have a widescreen television to enjoy the most of it, because the main title is filmed in Imax. As a result of that, the image has a fish eye effect on a standard tube. If you have a widescreen tube and are able to blow up the image to widescreen format, you might enjoy it better. Apart from the sometimes spectacular main thing there's a lot of extra material on the disc, which is accessible via a nice designed menu. Be sure to check out all of the little icons here, there's a lot not to be missed! A lot of 'making of' items can be found here, worth a while. If you love nature and you're interested in lifeforms deep inside the sea this is certainly a disc you shouldn't miss...
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Summary: ENJOY!!
Review: The living sea is a enjoyable journey to the undersea. The sound of the waves coming through the surround sound is awesome and the graphics is very good. However I was looking for some closeup shots of the undersea world. The movie was short but to the point. With a good stereo system and DVD you will enjoy this one.
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Summary: Not what I expected.
Review: The Living Sea is supposed to be one of the most important films on the vast blue realm, but it was a disappointment when I viewed it. It does not have very much sea footage. In fact, a single episode of Secrets of the Ocean Realm contains more underwater footage than this! If they wanted to stick a scene on the Coast Guard, surfers, or lore like that in the movie, the film should be called "View of the Coast Men", or "The Amazing Silver Surfers" instead of "The Living Sea."
The title very much deceives a lover of the ocean. You expect it to document some battles between a Fringehead fish, or Hammerhead sharks, or anything, but basically all that is astounding about the sea in this movie is the swarm of jellyfish, which adds in another star out of two. Still not quite worth it. If you want a cool epic video truly on the ocean buy "The Blue Planet" series or "Secrets of the Ocean Realm" volumes. You have the right to disagree, but be assured that you WILL see better films.
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Summary: 4 1/2 Stars- Too short! I want More!
Review: The only reason, I didn't give this 5 stars was 40 minutes was not enough. I was just getting relaxed, enjoying the breath taking cinematography of Nature's incredible glory. I loved the underwater diving, the contrasts between Hawaii Oregan and California. I highly recommend getting this wonderful DVD experience. I would also recommend "Dolphins - IMAX" for another 40 minutes of bliss or for a longer, more relaxing natural getaway, either "California or Hawaiian Dreams: WAVES Virtual Vacations."
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Summary: Deceptive Video Quality
Review: The subject and video scene compositions are interesting. The video quality is poor when moving fishes or shadows are displayed, jagged lines are seen as if resolution was only 240 lines instead of 480.
This is quite a disappointment considering this is a production from the picture specialist IMAX. Comparatively, the movie Black Beauty offers a much better quality video with no jagged lines even when fast moving horses are shown.
I even returned the CD to Amazon.com, but got no reply...
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