IMAX Presents - Tropical Rainforest
by Ben Shedd

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DVD Reviews of IMAX Presents - Tropical Rainforest

DVD Review: Not so bad after all
Summary: 3 Stars

DVD Review: Zero stars really
Summary: 1 Stars

DVD Review: Worst documentary on the Rainforest I ever seen!
Summary: 2 Stars

DVD Review: Are they for real? Absolutely AWFUL
Summary: 1 Stars

The narrator sounds like hes overdosed on prozac, there is no theme whatsoever (they take a rainforest, take the first person off the street to narrate, and an IMAX camera: where they spent all their money). I was so severly disappointed. The DVD transfer is nothing spectacular.

Which brings me to my next point: IMAX documentaries are subpar in terms of filming and content and narration to the aforementioned documentaries. They are only popular becuase of the film and projection technuiques of the BIG screen IMAX theatres. Once they are transferred to DVD, the effect is lost and they appear as inferior, B-class documentaries. Stick to some BBC or National geographic documentary.

I think the grass growing in my lawn is more fascinating than this lacklustre piece on a "rainforest". Useless.

DVD Review: Worst IMAX I ever saw
Summary: 1 Stars

The things that are bad with this one: 1. Poor Video 2. Lousy narration(worst ever for an IMAX). 3. Not at all interesting

Description of IMAX Presents - Tropical Rainforest

Digitally mastered from the original 70mm IMAX print with all the stunning clarity and visual sweep that the IMAX presentation can deliver.

Narrated by Geoffrey Holder

Music performances include Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Tropical Rainforest takes you on a 400 millon year journey to illustrate the diversity and beauty of life in the forests, featuring the birds and primates of the forest canopy as well a the insects of the forest floor.

Fom extreme close ups to tree top panoramas, this film lets you experience the forest on its own terms, to better understand and appreciate the wonders of this enangered habitat.

You witness first hand the threats that are placing these magnificent forests in peril.

The documentary is narrated by actor Geoffrey Holder (Ray the Sun from Bear in the Big Blue House), who has a deep voice with a pleasant tone, somewhat akin to that of James Earl Jones. His thick Trinidad accent, however, can be somewhat hard to understand despite the clear diction. A couple of scientists provide supplementary narration, but it is not sufficiently clear who they are or what their relationship is to the rainforest. The film ends with a fitting musical number, "Mbube (Wimoweh) (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" by the South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. --Kathleen Fennessy

General DVDs

• Genres > Documentary
• IMAX
• Educational > Science & Technology
• Special Interests > Nature & Wildlife