Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
by Sean MacLeod Phillips
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Actor: Caroline Vinciguerra, Doug Kisgen, Jerry Hoffman (II), Liam Owen (II), Michael AshcroftDirector: Sean MacLeod Phillips
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Hebrew (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 40 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-24
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid
DVD Reviews of Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
DVD Review: Better for Education than Entertainment
Summary: 3 Stars
The special effects were amazing, a lot of information was given, wonderful narration, and the storyline was interesting.
However, I can't bring myself to give more than three stars because the staged paleontologist scenes were too cheesy for me...I don't know if better actors would have made a difference. Just when we were getting into the scenes with the prehistoric creatures, it would cut away to a reacreation of how the fossils were found - it was very distracting.
I think maybe they should have separated those scenes from the main storyline, and offered the fossil information as a special feature for the DVD.
If you prefer the set-up of DVDs such as Chased By Sea Monsters or When Dinosaurs Roamed America, you might have the same problem trying to sit through this DVD.
We bought this DVd for our three-year old son who is fascinated with prehistoric sea monsters...he loves the parts featuring the creatures, but kept wandering off whenever they cut to the staged "people" scenes. That kind of defeated the purpose of buying this DVD.
DVD Review: preshistoric sea monsters
Summary: 4 Stars
Very good CG graphics, which is what I bought this for; story line is a little shallow but OK.DVD Review: kids actually watch it.
Summary: 5 Stars
have brought just about every blu-ray disk that has some educational value ie. the planet earth. but if their are no dinosaurs they quikly get bored. i enjoy the other educational blu-rays but they don't grab the attention of the kids. this one did so buy it if you want to enjoy some high quality blu ray viewing w/your youngsters.DVD Review: Nice eye candy, but movie itself is lacking.
Summary: 2 Stars
This Blu-ray Disc has excellent picture and sound. However, I found the movie itself to be lacking. First of all, the content of this movie could have been narrated in 15 minutes; as a result, the movie seems to repeat the same concept over and over again therefore being very predictable in where it is going.
Second of all, the movie was very obviously designed to be watched in 3-D. The effect is just not the same in 2-D as fish swim towards the screen in 2-D and objects awkwardly jut towards the camera. While I'm sure this movie was engaging in 3-D, watching at home in 2-D was actually rather boring and non-engaging.
I've thoroughly enjoyed other National Geographic presentations on Blu-ray such as Relentless Enemies, however this one seems to be short on substance and designed for color 3-D delivery which is not really possible on Blu-ray yet. I'd avoid this despite its interesting sounding title.
DVD Review: Sea Monsters vs Chased by Sea Monsters
Summary: 5 Stars
Definitely the best-to-date film on prehistoric sea-life I've seen. It follows the life story of a little-known sea creature called Dolichorhynchops (a.k.a. Doli) and the creatures she encounters in the then submerged center of America.
The graphics of "Prehistoric Adventure" don't quite match that of "Chased by Sea Monsters,"
BUT the story-line is much more engaging. The "Adventure" jumps seamlessly between Doli's story and the paleontologists unraveling her story.
"Adventure" makes breaks in the storyline to talk ancient beasties like Tylosaurus, Xiphactinus, the Ammonites, etc. as they most likely lived rather than having Nigel Marvin introducing their names before hurriedly moving on like in "Chased."
For example, watching the Astixosaurus swimming thru that school of fish like modern sharks, dolphins, and whales do almost convinced me these things are really out there.
Hope National Geographic puts out more like this. This is definitely worth your money, the kids will love it and you will 2.
Description of Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
For nearly 200 million years while dinosaurs roamed the Earth the seas teemed with some of the most awe-inspiring ocean creatures of all time. Sea Monsters a National Geographic Giant Screen film is an entertaining journey into prehistoric oceans. Inter-cutting between the animated story and the reenactments of fossil discoveries combine the appeal of ?Indiana Jones? with the CGI that brings these prehistoric monsters to life. Perfect for the whole family.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?TELEVISION/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC UPC:?727994751984 Manufacturer No:?1000036290For the child who knows the difference between a diplodocus and an apatosaurus (or for the adult who remembers a youthful obsession with dinosaurs), National Geographic's Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure will be a delight. This 40-minute special explores the less-familiar world of the prehistoric oceans, filled with predatory Platecarpi, gentle Protostegas, and cold-eyed Xiphactini. The story follows a newborn Dolichorhynchops (a short-necked plesiosaur that looks a little like a dolphin crossed with the Loch Ness Monster) as she matures into adolescence and adulthood, surviving encounters with sharks and the fearsome Tylosaurus, who's sort of the T-Rex of the deep. Juxtaposed with these vivid CGI recreations are staged depictions of paleontological digs throughout the 20th century that unveiled the bones of these ancient deep-sea beasties. It's irrefutable: Dinosaurs are compulsively fun to learn about, and the prehistoric creatures of the ocean are no exception. --Bret Fetzer
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