With the best of intentions - to end the sharp decline in the shark population and raise general awareness of the need to preserve the ocean and its denizens - "Sharks 3D" skims the surface and doesn't offer much depth. It is a very close encounter with sand tiger sharks (endangered), silver-tip sharks (endangered), great Pacific manta rays (endangered), sawfish (critically endangered), great white, great hammerhead, silky and reef sharks (all endangered) and scalloped hammerheads and whale sharks (both critically endangered). The fish appear to surround the viewer, giving the sensation of diving with them. Pollution, fishing, torment by tour boat? Turtle doesn't tell us.įilmed during 500 hours of diving from October 2003 to June 2004, "Sharks 3D" does present some magnificent images of undersea life. A friendly turtle (voiced by Geoffrey Bateman) plays tour guide for a quick (42 minutes) visit with "the lions and tigers of the ocean." They are, he tells us, "picky eaters" that don't eat what doesn't taste good to them - "people, for example."Īccording to the voice of the turtle, sharks have been in existence for millions of years - before the dinosaurs, even - yet industrialized civilization has managed to deplete some species' numbers by perhaps 80 percent in the past 10 years alone. The film is an apparent public relations effort to improve the image of the shark from man-eater to noble, threatened creature. But the truth is, there's not much to this lovely "immersive experience" except the opportunity to gape up-close at a bunch of endangered species in their underwater home. The latest IMAX film - "Sharks 3D" - is such a beautifully shot and well-intentioned film that you feel bad saying anything bad about it. SHARKS 3D - ** 1/2 - Large-screen documentary about sharks rated G (animal violence).
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