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Coral Reef Adventure (IMAX) [Blu-ray]

Coral Reef Adventure (IMAX) [Blu-ray]
by Greg MacGillivray

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Actor: Howard Hall, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Liam Neeson, Michele Hall, Rusi Vulakoro
Director: Greg MacGillivray
Brand: NEESON,LIAM
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: IMAX, 1.78:1
Running Time: 45 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-11-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT

Blu-ray Reviews of Coral Reef Adventure (IMAX) [Blu-ray]

Blu-ray Review: coral reef
Summary: 1 Stars

I feel having been ripped off. Purchased this item.Played one time. Not as good as expected but acceptable. Real problem: it played in its entirety one time and now only plays thru its itroductory tune and that is it. Tried it on different dvd players- same results. Tried to contact Amazon but no luck.

Blu-ray Review: Hard to Ignore Hype but Worthwhile Despite It
Summary: 3 Stars

I found it almost impossible to watch this Blu-ray disc without turning off the sound. The whining about man's spoiling of the reefs was a constant theme, and it was annoying. However, the all too short video of the actual reefs and island shots were great. This is my first blu-ray video on my new blu-ray player, so I'm proud of having it, but it makes me realize how readily a film can be used for propaganda, even when it has a message that almost anyone would agree with; namely, restoring the coral reefs to health. In this case they have a well known Crosby Stills and Nash song and what sounds like African, not Polynesian, choral singing in the background, as well as some whiny divers describing the boring aspects of diving and too many equipment shots. I agree with the other reviewers' comments who gave the film 1 and 2 stars. However, despite all my dislike of the human element in the film, it does help to have a human story, the Fijian guy learning more about conserving the reef in Fiji was a worthwhile addition, you learned something about Fijians along the way. And Liam Neeson is a first rate narrator who should do more of these, he brings you into the story. All in all I would say there must be better purer nature films out there but if you hunger for the South Pacific and love sea creatures, this will satisfy.

Blu-ray Review: Disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars

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.

Blu-ray Review: this is awsome
Summary: 5 Stars

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.

Blu-ray Review: Brilliant Colors - But Too Much Emphasis on Filmmakers
Summary: 3 Stars

I bought Coral Reef Adventure Blu-Ray from Amazon 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.

Description of Coral Reef Adventure (IMAX) [Blu-ray]

Take a once-in-a-lifetime journey across the South Pacific for a spectacular IMAX adventure. Joy, ecstasy, a spiritual high: these words describe the exhilaration of diving a pristine coral reef, and ocean explorers Howard and Michele Hall bring their love of the ocean into action. With Jean-Michael Cousteau, deep reef scientist Richard Pyle and Fijian diver Rusi Vulakoro, they explore and capture on film the dazzling underwater world of coral reefs, magical places here on Earth. This tropical excursion through the South Pacific will surprise and delight you as you fall in love with the reefs, and your heart will ache at the tragic, irretrievable loss of these fragile worlds.

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