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Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure

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A dolichorhynchops named Dolly travels through the oceans during the late Cretaceous Period.

Critics Reviews

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Erin Meister Boston Globe Sea Monsters will undoubtedly bring open-mouthed awe and joy to brainy kids from ages 8 to 108. Rated: 3/4 Oct 19, 2007 Full Review John Anderson Variety Yes, plenty of things fly at your face, but they're not the only things worthy of interest. Oct 10, 2007 Full Review Ted Fry Seattle Times If you want to see something that just screams, 'Oh, wow!,' this latest IMAX 3-D feature is better than a lifelong angler's best fish story. Rated: 3.5/4 Oct 5, 2007 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins A stunning achievement in 3D effects and visual energy. Rated: 8/10 Nov 27, 2020 Full Review Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review ...what it may lack in visual texture is made up for by the nifty 3-D effects. Rated: 3/5 Oct 12, 2007 Full Review Daniel Eagan Film Journal International Destined to be a staple of the large-format repertoire. Oct 12, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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marco m -IMPORTANT: THIS IS NOT THE NIGEL MARVEN TRILOGY THIS IS A AMERICAN VERSION- I usually end up defending America most of the time on the Internet when they get slandered unrightfully so, but maybe when it comes to nature documentaries you Yanks should just give up The depiction of Tylosaurus has not aged well though that's by all means the lesser sin I get the guy watched Walking with Dinosaurs and wanted to make his own version out of excitement but this was embarrassing, You're supposed to making a version of a nature documentary with dinosaurs, this felt like a rejected spielberg script Bad CGI, but lets say I forgive that, why did they bother hiring these fake reenactments for fidning the fossils maybe spend more money on the Dinosaur CGI, you know, having more than 15 minutes of dinosaur screentime? Don't say "perhaps they..", you're narrating the story, No grandiose music, fair enough you cannot afford an orchestra but my god the awful music like it's for a budget Avatar movie, the use of the whimsical flute just makes me wince, am I waiting for a coming out story for a fish The editor is awful, just compare the Sea episode scene from Walking with Dinosaurs to this. What is aboslutely the worst sin of all is that you can tell that they didn't even try, they purposely tried to stretch the footage as much as possible, there's no REAL passion behind it, it's barely moving cgi that's been stretched and reused, either the director didn't care or he hired people that didn't care, but the director has responsibility in the end. There was no passion for this. No love. It was uninspired and if the director DID really care he would have made sure to not release this incomplete work. On the bright side, it does remind you how good the Brits were at this, even at pretending they were under attack by a a sea monster they did really well Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I didn't see all of it, so this review may be a little off. I saw a 15 minute version at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, where the seats vibrated, water splashed at you and it poked your back. Thankfully, I saw the "back-poker," so I had my back away from the seat. The 3-d imagery was absolutely stunning, and the vibrating seats made me feel like I was in the movie. But the movie was... i don't know. See, all this stuff around you made it feel so cool, that I had NO CLUE about what was going on. And I know this was a "4-D Experience" and all, and it was 15 minutes long, but it followed one story, I know that. Overall, I just wished I'd skipped it and gone explore the aquarium, but sadly, I was with a school group. If your going to see a 4-D thing like this, go see it in Disney World. That stuff is cool. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is a walking with dinosaurs trilogy i watched all of walking with monster,walking with dinosaurs and walking with prehistoric beasts there was a live play at rogers arena about walking with dinosaurs.I think this movie might have used animatronics for prehistoric animals. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Great content but poorly executed film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Great documentary with unbelievable animation and fossilized info to back it up! People wanted to see this in 3D. THAT would've been scary. Overall,awesome. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member My wife does not like 2 watch stuff like this, but she actually stayed awake and finished watching it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A dolichorhynchops named Dolly travels through the oceans during the late Cretaceous Period.
Director
Sean Phillips
Producer
Jini Durr, Lisa Truitt
Screenwriter
Mose Richards
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$23.6M
Runtime
40m
Aspect Ratio
IMAX (1.43:1)