Blue Planet [HD DVD]

Product Details

Director : Ben Burtt
Actor : Toni Myers
Format : AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
Binding : HD DVD
EAN : 0794051815026
Product Group : DVD
Release Date : 2007-07-31
Studio : Imax
UPC : 794051815026

ASIN : B000Q6GX22

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Editorial Reviews

From Amazon.com

The IMAX film Blue Planet offers an eloquent reminder--and a cautionary warning--that the planet Earth is a delicate living organism, constantly reshaped and rejuvenated by the awesome forces of nature. The film targets a grade-school audience but will prove informative to anyone fascinated by our home planet's evolution. Hurricanes, glaciers, volcanoes, thunderstorms, asteroid impacts, undersea furnace vents, and earthquakes are all explored as a system of interconnected forces that ensure the planet's survival. The difference between this and other nature films is that the Earth's delicacy is emphasized by stunning views from space, filmed in the IMAX format by NASA astronauts in orbit 200 miles above the Earth's surface. With astonishing clarity, this orbital perspective supports the film's ultimate purpose: to reveal the awesome beauty of the Earth, and to emphasize that we, the custodians of this miraculous gift, are also the greatest threat to the planet's delicate health. Proof of man's destructive influence offers a sobering reminder that our responsibility toward nature is perpetual, essential, and routinely abused.

Blue Planet combines state-of-the-art sound and image, principally directed by Ben Burtt, the Oscar-winning sound designer whose credits include the original Star Wars trilogy. No home-theater system could do full justice to the film's technical achievement, but the sights and sounds of Blue Planet are awesome nonetheless, and it's impossible to overstate the importance of the film's message and its hopeful emphasis on the potentially wondrous future of our one and only home. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

below expectation (2008-08-16)

This is not what you expect from an Imax movie. some good parts but some extremly boring parts too. By the simple version if yopu want to see it not the HD version,

will not play without a HD DVD player (2008-03-06)

I was not able to view it, because I only have a reglar DVD player. feel disapointed I did not know that before purchasing.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (2004-07-13)

Certain reviewers say you can't go wrong with this picture and then proceed to talk about it only in techinological terms. Of course I suppose that's because that's the whole of their attention span.Like most IMAX drive 'movies'; a bloody bore

Preserve Our Planet! (2003-11-08)

After seeing this for the first time at Parmount's Great America in Santa Clara, CA made me wanna do whatever I can to preserve the Earth. This video is truely amazing and gives a wonderful and deep view of our Mother Earth. Very beautiful scenery and awesome narration.

An Awesome Experience (2003-10-04)

"Blue Planet" is a very beautiful and powerful film. The perspective it provides of our precious planet Earth from outer space is invaluable. Although the small screen version is not as visually overwhelming as the IMAX format it nonetheless conveys the awesome message of wonder yet danger to the amazing gift of life on Earth. (The narration and music are excellent.) I urge everyone to see this film and urge IMAX to release it in 35mm so it can reach the vast audience that needs to see this critically important film.

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