Blue Planet (IMAX)
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Movie Reviews of Blue Planet (IMAX)
Movie Review: Good Job production team
Summary: 5 Stars
It a very beautiful movie, giving us a perspective of how wonderful Mother Earth is!
Photography and narration is great. The team has done a great job, relating the analogy of an Astronaut to a space shuttle as Man to earth.
It opens up ones mind to the wonders of Gods creation and Mans destruction by depleting natural resources. A movie well made and drives home a point well worth it!
Movie Review: A natural alternative to Lunesta
Summary: 3 Stars
OK...to start off with the positive, this DVD does have great sound and crisp, vibrant video footage. Also within the 40 minutes of this DVD, you will come away with a good understanding of the big picture of our planet and how our planet's atmosphere, oceans, land, life and and pollution are all interrelated. It is also explained in a way that makes it easy to understand. If you are an adult with with a true interest in Earth science then you can add a star or two to my rating.
I do not recommend this DVD for children. It will be a real sleeper for them! The very calming voice of the narrator and fairy tale type of music in the background will put almost any adolescent to sleep. I say this because I am a high school science teacher and have shown this to my students. While doing so I have had to nudge my students or get their attention to stay awake. Those that were awake had that glazed over look in their eyes. There are better videos out there for students that are more exciting and just as informative.
Movie Review: My Blue Planet Review
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie was not very interesting. I'm shocked at how amazingly BORING this movie was compared to most IMAX films. I watched it as a classroom film. I watched two students fall asleep. One child left the room to go to the bathroom, and didn't come back for 10 minutes! I appreciate what these people were trying to teach us but it would have been nice if they had made it interesting.Movie Review: Huge Space Buff Disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
Astronomy has always been one of my favorite subjects, so I was extremely excited to get this DVD. Unfortunately in my humble opinion, the movie was lacking in many areas.
THE GOOD
Incredible views - With NASA as partner in the film, IMAX had some incredible shots of the earth. It was amazing to see this "outside" view of the earth. I was just amazed to see everything we've ever known in our lives presented in one big round package.
THE BAD
Unfortunately I couldn't come up with many good points about this movie. I honestly was searching for reasons to like this film, but it just fell short in so many areas.
Confusing Views - As I mentioned in the good points, there were some amazing views of the earth provided from the shuttle. Unfortunately it was difficult to figure out exactly what you were looking at. It was difficult to discern what you were looking at and most times when a new image flashed on the screen my girlfriend and I were saying something like "that's florida?!....do you see florida??...i don't see florida!!"
In my opinion the film should have briefly highlighted what you were supposed to be looking at. Angles are a lot different in space #1 and #2 there was a lot of cloud cover in many of the images. Maybe "highlighting" technology wasn't available in 1990, but I doubt it :)
Narration - The narration appeared to be aimed at elementary school level. Perhaps that was the intent of the movie, but in my humble opinion the speed at which the film progressed would have bored a younger child to tears. It was too "elementary" in my opinion and I felt "under stimulated" through most of the movie. The narrator also spoke in a boring monotone voice.
Faultline Animation - Oh my goodness. What a waste of five minutes this part of the film is. Someone decided to create an animation of basically as if you were flying over the San Andreas faultline. Given this movie was made in 1990 when computer technology was in it's infant phase compared to today, but I doubt I would have been impressed in 1990 either. If you've seen this movie already, I'm sure you feel my pain. They also dub in these roaring plane engine sounds to make it feel like you're zooming over the terrain and it's just "bad". B A D.
Conclusion
Believe me, I was looking for reasons to like this film, but I just didn't think it was very well done. If you're just dying to add another earth / astronomy film to your collection, then by all means go ahead and buy it. As I mentioned some of the views are truly breathtaking. But if you consider the value of the film vs. what you pay I'd have to say this is unfortunately a bad investment. Knowing what I know now, I honestly would not pay more than $9.95 for this movie. Sorry, but that's just my humble opinon. :)
Take it easy,
Mike
Movie Review: Too cool
Summary: 5 Stars
What an awesome IMAX! I've never been to an IMAX theater but I have to say this is pretty cool. My entire family enjoyed it and have watched it several times. It's a regular part of our home school and we refer to it often.