Disneynature does it again with the hypnotic and visually stunning new nature documentary called Oceans. Last Earth Day, Disney released Earth, which was terrific, but was mostly footage from Planet Earth edited down to feature-length. Disneynature got Oceans from France and director Jacques Perrin. Perin made the justly beloved documentary Winged Migration and Oceans is a spectacular sight to behold. It deserves to be seen on the biggest screen possible, it’s just a pity that it isn’t playing on the IMAX. This is exactly the kind of movie that belongs on an IMAX screen, How to Train Your Dragon be damned.
Oceans is narrated in mostly unobtrusive fashion by Pierce Brosnan and takes the viewers on a fascinating journey under the sea to see all kinds of bizarre creatures along with some favorites (sharks, seals, cute baby sea turtles). The movie has a dreamy quality and a lush visual atmosphere that can’t be overstated. The movie also has a subtle pro-environmental message that is worthwhile and will only upset the teabagger crowd who cheer on Sarah Palin and live in their own private dreamscape far from the confines of reality. Oceans isn’t perfect though. Brosnan’s narration goes off the hippie deep end a few times as he babbles about “dragons” and ” unicorns of the sea”. The movie was edited by 14 minutes and some of the more harsher scenes were either trimmed or cut, but the movie gets its point across. Man is destroying the oceans as a devastating shot of bloody water emerging from giant fishnets and most disturbing to me, a shot of a seal trying to swim around a shopping cart.
Oceans is truly a movie for all ages. A gorgeous look at our major oceans, the creatures who inhabit them, and why we must protect them at all costs. There are some adorable moments as well as some moments of wonder, awe, and menace. As an added bonus, Disney will make a donation in your name to save coral reefs if you see Oceans during its opening week. So go see Oceans, and help save the oceans.
Grade: A-
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The Pillows
Apr 26, 2010 -
Definitely have to check this movie out. Save the OCEAN!
John Spartan
Apr 26, 2010 -
Wow, look at how close that shark is to the camera man. Do they have shark repellent or what?
ccfmds
Apr 26, 2010 -
Lol, towards the end they show a guy swimming alongside a great white shark. He didn’t bother the shark so the shark didn’t bother him. It looks like Jaws was only a movie after all.
Paladin
Apr 27, 2010 -
OR, they just used a can of “Shark Repellent Bat-Spray…”
That movie looks great, they should have put it on IMAX, I guess Diz-ney only thinks people are interested in cheap CG movies full of bad toilet humor…