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Coral Reef Adventure (IMAX) [Blu-ray]
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Item Description...
Product Description
Genre: Documentary Rating: NR Release Date: 14-OCT-2008 Media Type: Blu-Ray
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Item Specifications...
Record Label IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Format Color / Dolby / DTS Surround Sound / Wi
Dimensions: Length: 6.7" Width: 5.3" Height: 0.5" Weight: 0.18375 lbs.
Binding BLU-Ray
Publisher IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
UPC 014381488159
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Availability 5 units. Availability accurate as of May 26, 2012 07:24.
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 | Disappointed Apr 21, 2010 |
| I agree with the other reviewers who were disappointed with this DVD. The video is only about 40 minutes long, and way too much time was spent watching divers on the boat getting ready to dive, viewing Fiji greeting customs, and hearing that global warming is a really bad thing. I fully agree with that, but I don't need to be "educated" all the time - I get it, now let me watch coral reefs, and fish, in amazing hi-def. I'll write a check for the rest! I don't dive, and I never will. Videos like this can be my substitute for the real thing. The actual coral reef photography was really pretty amazing in Blu-Ray, there just wasn't that much of it and that is what I was looking for, not a South Pacific travelogue and environmental education. There are quite a few of these I-Max videos available in Blu-Ray and I'm sure the photography is amazing. Based on experience with this video I'll try these out on Netflix, see if they really devote the video to the the subject advertised in the title, and then decide if I want to really buy for myself. I guess I give it a 5 for the (way too short) actual reef video, and a 1 for the rest of the dreck. | | |  | this is awsome Apr 15, 2010 |
| you want to see what blue ray is and does then you should buy this it blow yourself away way and i learn something to about oceans this must have blue ray to show your friends what they are missing and if like diving it also for you. | | |  | Brilliant Colors - But Too Much Emphasis on Filmmakers Mar 19, 2010 |
I bought Coral Reef Adventure Blu-Ray from this site because it seemed like the perfect setting to enjoy high definition clarity and colors. In that respect, it delivers.
If I had a complaint, it's that there's simply too great an emphasis on the people who made the film. I greatly enjoyed the colorful fish and coral reef footage, I simply feel as though there wasn't enough of it. | | |  | Global Warming in the study with a candlestick Mar 18, 2010 |
Coral Reef Adventure: 3 out of 10: Do you like pretty pictures? Do you hate Global Warming (boo hiss)? Do you like the music of Crosby Stills and Nash? Let me repeat that last question again because this is very very important.... Do you really like the music Crosby Stills and Nash ? Even if it is remixed and sung by starving children to a Peter Gabriel back up band?
If you answers are yes to all three questions, then you might enjoy Global Reef Adventure. Everyone else above 12 should check their eyeballs before watching, as rolling them this much could cause permanent damage.
This is the story of a husband and wife team who investigate the death of a villages reef in Fiji. It turns out the villain was.... Hold on before I give away the big surprise let me explain a few things. My girlfriend and I had just finished watching John Hurt in Michael Radfords Nineteen Eighty-Four and I put this documentary on because I thought a nice short colorful coral reef film might be nice after such a grey depressing movie. (Plus a piece of coral was a feature object in the former drab film so I was going for a subtle synergy).
Little did I know I was putting on a piece of propaganda so heavy handed that Big Brother himself would have blushed. Look no matter how you feel about global warming the villain in this piece was clearly those nice Fijians who were logging and overfishing and killed their own damn reef. The movie clearly shows this and then completely ignores its own findings to declare global warming the boogey man (Though in this particular case it was obviously innocent. As local reefs not near the GIANT SILT RUNNOFF and not located IN THE FISHING GROUNDS were thriving.)
But the Fijians cant be guilty of course because they look so cute in their Sunday best and they have quite a haunting rendition of Marrakesh Express. Such propaganda, no matter how well intentioned, needs to be called to the carpet. In particular when it is aimed towards children.
The film has other faults as well. It is over produced by half with wipes and sound effects that sound like they belong in a Disney Ducktales movie. Top billed Liam Neeson narrates for all of a minute and top billed Jean-Michel Cousteau appears for about as long.
This probably isnt that bad a film with the mute on. For one thing you would miss the appeal at the end to support politicians who hate global warming (boo hiss). Apparently 2 plus 2 does sometimes equal 5. | | |  | Coral Reef - Hold your breath and let's go Mar 14, 2010 |
| Stunning idea, teaming up IMAX with blu-ray! The video is interesting and informative with a moral environmental message. The main reason for the purchase was to see how our new blu-ray player looked on the HDTV. What a beautiful surprise! The price was right, you won't go wrong. | | | Write your own review about Coral Reef Adventure (IMAX) [Blu-ray]
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