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Coral Reef Adventure (IMAX) [Blu-ray] | Blu-ray

Starring: Liam Neeson, Howard Hall, Michele Hall, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Rusi Vulakoro
Directed By: Greg MacGillivray

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45 minutes

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1.78:1

Release Date:

November 11, 2008

Sales Rank:

7,996th

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Take a once-in-a-lifetime journey across the South Pacific for a spectacular IMAX adventure. Joy, ecstasy, a spiritual high: these words describe the exhilaration of diving a pristine coral reef, and ocean explorers Howard and Michele Hall bring their love of the ocean into action. With Jean-Michael Cousteau, deep reef scientist Richard Pyle and Fijian diver Rusi Vulakoro, they explore and capture

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Take a once-in-a-lifetime journey across the South Pacific for a spectacular IMAX adventure. Joy, ecstasy, a spiritual high: these words describe the exhilaration of diving a pristine coral reef, and ocean explorers Howard and Michele Hall bring their love of the ocean into action. With Jean-Michael Cousteau, deep reef scientist Richard Pyle and Fijian diver Rusi Vulakoro, they explore and capture on film the dazzling underwater world of coral reefs, magical places here on Earth. This tropical excursion through the South Pacific will surprise and delight you as you fall in love with the reefs, and your heart will ache at the tragic, irretrievable loss of these fragile worlds.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 19 reviews)

A must have for Bluray collectors by SantaBanta

5 Stars
November 10, 2009
O my gosh ! within the first 5 mins of watching it, it became surprisingly clear that this is one of the best blurays out there ! the perfect music, the breathtakingly colorful video on bluray, the wonderful narration...wow ! For just for $14, it puts to shame many of the other documentaries on bluray out there that are more expensive but deliver much less !

Coral Reef by Carl J. Weiche (Tulsa, OK United States)

5 Stars
September 12, 2009
since having HD TV and Blu-Ray player. This is the DVD I have been looking for. This DVD really makes 1080P outstanding in color and sharpness. I have had Planet Earth for sometime which is also very good HD. Coral Reef really is a good show to let one know just how good Blu-Ray HD is. This is the DVD I show to new viewers to Blu-Ray HD. Carl Weiche

Funding Their Vacation by Opus Maru (Santa Clara, CA USA)

1 Stars
August 15, 2009
If you want to see a good documentary, get The Living Sea. I agree some of the other reviews that there was too much talk, dive gear and not enough underwater footage. The last straw was the soppy part about a diver who ended up with decompression sickness (the bends) because they intentionally entered a very dangerous (stupid) situation. What kind of message is that supposed send? Coral Reef Adventure? More like Coral Reef Vacation. If you really want to watch it, rent it. If you really want to buy it, wait until it gets discounted to about $3. Ok, $4 - to cover he packaging expenses. They got me, you don't have to let them get you.

Read the reviews to see what it's about by B. Klick (Virginia, USA)

4 Stars
August 01, 2009
Most of the reviews are right - good and bad. It is not just silent video of the Coral Reefs - it does intertwine a human story of how one person is looking into the destruction of his local coral reef, and is seeking help from others about it .. and that's the main storyline. I personally liked the story and there were some fascinating, and thoughtprovoking, things in the story that kept me captivated. I've seen many Blu-Ray nature discs, and I was expecting more of the same for this one, but actually was pleasantly surprised by the story to go with it. Quality wise - I don't think it's as top notch as the Earth series, but it's close in some respects. Soundtrack is excellent as many reviewers have noted - awesome soundtrack, and some great songs in there that match the video perfectly. Overall - a worthwhile purchase. I got it for $7 while there was a special - not sure if I'd pay much more.

ho-hum by Bob Katt (Lancaster, Pa USA)

2 Stars
July 08, 2009
Jacques Cousteau, we miss you! This was a bit ordinary considering the topic. This cinematography was fuzzy at times.

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