The Living Sea (IMAX) (2-Disc WMVHD Edition)

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Starring: Steven K. Katona
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Type: DVD
Directed By: Greg MacGillivray
Studio: Image Entertainment
Release Date: 2004-06-29
Number of Items: 2
The Living Sea (40 min.) takes you to the world's oceans, traveling to Palau, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Alaska, Nova Scotia and the Red Sea. Explore the mysterious depths and come face to face with life-sized humpback whales when you dive into "The Living Sea." Swim with thousands of golden jellyfish and witness the bizarre spawning behavior of giant clams. Surf in Hawaii, deep-sea dive in Palau and test your courage with the Coast Guard in some of the world's roughest seas! Follow a remotely operated vehicle 3,000 feet down through the ocean depths to view strange creatures (one as long as a football field!) which live where sunlight never penetrates. The Living Sea celebrates the "world ocean"--its beauty, diversity and importance to all life on earth. Music by Sting; narrated by Meryl Streep. Ever wonder "how did they do that?" "The Making of 'The Living Sea'" (37 min.), shot in High-Definition Video, takes you behind the scenes. Disc 2 includes the complete feature in Microsoft Windows Media High Definition, playable on your PC.

Buy Deep Sea instead
While the images are beautiful, the content is less interesting and educational than Deep Sea if you are looking for under the ocean footage and information. My almost 5 year old loved Deep Sea and has learned lots about the fish and animals that live in the sea--he has watched that repeatedly. I think The Living Sea just made him want to go surfing!

Beautiful but ineffective marine mash-up
No doubt this film was much more impressive in IMAX theaters, but even on your home screen, the beautiful images will inspire awe. On that count, there is no reason to disparage this film. However, I would have preferred that the magnificent images be wedded to fascinating content as well. The general message of this film is: "The sea is important and we have to protect it." No duh. In service of this message, the filmmakers breeze through a number of interesting subjects, each of which would make a captivating film by themselves, that have no relationship to each other beyond their mutual connection to the sea.

Show me a film about the Coast Guard's rescue teams. Show me a film about the discovery of deep sea creatures such as the massive cyphonophon. Show me a film about the unique eco-system of the isolated ocean lakes of the Palau Islands and the natives who tend the reefs there. But please don't mash them all together like this.

A must see!
This is one of the best IMAX videos I have ever seen. I can't imagine why some people have a bad review if this documentary. The photography is absolutely amazing! I guess if you are expecting this to be all underwater shots you will be disappointed...that was not the point of this video. This is a documentary of not just the ocean but, how it works, why it is so important to life and how we use it and take care of it. It is fascinating and extremely educational. Even my 3 year old loves some of the scenes... especially the surfers. My favorite part is the coast guard scenes in the HUGE waves. I am in awe every time I see this video. Oh yeah I don't want to forget about the music. This is an incredible piece of work. You will love every bit of music...how could you not its Sting! This is a must have video!!!

The last thing I love about this video is the option of watching it with the producers explaining how it was all made. It is all just very fasinating to me. They did a great job.

Beautiful Photography...
Photography is beautiful of all the hard and soft Corals in the different oceans. Would recommend this to all ages. HD is almost as if you are really there.

WMVHD is jittery
I have a very high end computer and can run other WMVHD videos from my machine just fine. This one for some reason is very jittery regardless if it is ran in 720p or 1080p.

It looks like a very cool video, but it just doesnt seem to work properly.