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| Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | 
 enlarge | Directors: Sean Phillips, Sean Macleod Phillips
Actor: Liev Schreiber
Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 7921
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 40
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARDG36290D
UPC: 727994751984
EAN: 0727994751984
ASIN: B0014VPFIG
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 kids actually watch it. September 23, 2008
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.
 Nice eye candy, but movie itself is lacking. August 13, 2008
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.
Sea Monsters vs Chased by Sea Monsters July 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 Not bad..... good visuals..... definitely seen better. July 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've found that I do enjoy these kinds of documentaries-- y'know like Discovery Channel's 'Walking with Dinosaurs', and others such as 'Alien Planet'. These productions are all totally CGI, and take you on a journey back in time,(or in the future) and for the most part they're done very impressively. 'Sea Monsters' is a production of National Geographic, and although done very well, just didn't wow me the way DC does. The visuals were great, but $20 was a little high for something I might watch 1 or 2 more times. Cool enough, but 'Walking with...' and 'Before the Dinosaurs' looks like actual footage of these creatures caught on film! I would say check those out first....
Great movie but short July 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
the movie is great but short and has a beautiful story but it is short on bonus features.
i was looking forward to see it but i was disspointed.
whats great about it:
1-nice story
2-excellent direction.
3-excellent CGI.
what bad about it:
1-Short movie.
2-low on bonus faetures.
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