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Aliens of the Deep : 4 of 5
3.25.2005 7:20 PM \| Link	A few years ago, I took a drive to San Antonio to see Ghosts of the Abyss on the big IMAX screen. This film is definitely a follow-up, since it's a James Cameron production, who seems to be obsessed with undersea exploration since he made Titanic. This movie is all about going to parts of the ocean floor where light has never touched, and yet there are all kinds of sea creatures there who survive and thrive in total darkness. This fact is used to tie together future missions to the moons of Jupiter, which may have oceans under deep coatings of ice, so it's possible life could exist on those worlds. Cameron and his crew all take turns narrating, which makes the film even more interesting and gives lots of different perspectives. They use really cool submersibles, some of which have great full bubble cockpits, and also robotic cameras that they can drive into interesting places, such as into a swarm of shrimp playing around in a several hundred degree volcanic vent! This movie was in polarized lens 3D, and they took great advantage of it, making it seem like you were actually swimming in these strange waters with huge, beautiful jellyfish in an undersea ballet. Even though the movie is short (less than an hour), I learned a lot and was completely fascinated! Labels: movies


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