What a disappointment! I felt so robbed after seeing it that I was inspired to get an IMDb account and so that I could warn others.
I went to this movie after hearing it touted on Talk of the Nation Science Friday. I went expecting to see wondrous sea creatures and learn more about deep ocean life. What I got was a bunch of shiny smiling model-types talking about how important it is to explore space. Half of the crew on the mission filmed worked for NASA, and were practicing for space exploration. This film was clearly meant to convince the public to support funding their NASA projects. Very few animals were shown and almost no information was given about those we did get to see. The film shows the scientists oohing and ahhing over what they saw out their windows, but most of the time they and the narrator didn't even give the creatures' names. There were some high spots, such as a 3-D view of the exploration vehicles floating through a rain of krill. The geological formations were interesting looking, but not well explained. The 3-D seemed wasted on people talking about how great sea and space exploration is.
If you actually want to learn something, stick to PBS
I went to this movie after hearing it touted on Talk of the Nation Science Friday. I went expecting to see wondrous sea creatures and learn more about deep ocean life. What I got was a bunch of shiny smiling model-types talking about how important it is to explore space. Half of the crew on the mission filmed worked for NASA, and were practicing for space exploration. This film was clearly meant to convince the public to support funding their NASA projects. Very few animals were shown and almost no information was given about those we did get to see. The film shows the scientists oohing and ahhing over what they saw out their windows, but most of the time they and the narrator didn't even give the creatures' names. There were some high spots, such as a 3-D view of the exploration vehicles floating through a rain of krill. The geological formations were interesting looking, but not well explained. The 3-D seemed wasted on people talking about how great sea and space exploration is.
If you actually want to learn something, stick to PBS