Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - (7/10)
It was OK. Not the best though. Too much CGI and occasionally I felt like we forgot to explore and just had fight scenes leading us from one scary location to the next, kind of like the second and third Pirates films. And it was way, way, way too predictable. I mean, the hints wouldn't have been more obvious if they had a giant sign pop-up on screen that said, "THIS IS IMPORTANT." The fact that Indy could translate ancient dead languages practically on the fly, but not catch the most obvious of clues was a bit off.
Enchantment - (6.5/10)
Kids will like it because it is silly and watching Disney fantasy type scenes and characters in real life looks funny. My only problem was that they were in New York, and I think I have seen stranger stuff there in my two visits.
Aliens of the Deep - (9/10) 👍 👍
This was ten times better than I expected. I was expecting a documentary about fish that concluded with some form of, "we're killing the oceans" message. I was wrong. This made me gain a ton of respect for James Cameron. I knew he liked ocean life and he had basically created some equipment to help explore the wreckage of the Titanic (twice) and the Bismark. I did not know that he fully understood the scientific significance of what he was doing.
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The DVD has the 45 minute theatrical version and the 1 hour and 35 minute full version. If you just care about deep sea exploration and freaky looking fish just watch the theatrical version, but if you are hardcore into science and can wrap your head around the concept that on Earth is life that we didn't think could exist 30 years ago, and the implications that has, watch the full version.
Not only does James Cameron go to explore and make a film but he also takes geophysicists, seismologists, Marine biologists, and various NASA scientists ranging from pilots to astrobiologists. Why NASA? Because what we discover in the deepest reaches of our oceans can greatly affect how we will look for life on other planets.
Basically, they explore the lifeforms that formed and evolved around volcanic vents in the floor, independent of life cycles powered by the sun. These creatures live in water without any light and temperature differences that go from below freezing to beyond boiling within inches. I enjoy ocean documentaries because I have a huge interest, but usually have to suffer through environmentalist messages to end up seeing stuff I already know exist, or even have in my fish tank, because they tend to focus on reef life. This showed me fish I hadn't even seen pictures of and at least two cephalopods that I had never knew existed before (maybe three, I couldn't tell if I was looking at an odd looking nautilus or not). You know you are seeing something interesting when these experts in the field say, "I have no clue what that is."
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The only thing preventing this from getting a perfect 10/10 from me is the ending which turns into pure James Cameron Hollywood as they blatantly thrust the importance of the findings on the audience, as if we were not intelligent enough to get it yet, by saying, "what if?" and making it look as if the scientists had wandered across the alien civilization from The Abyss (redone in modern CGI, of course).
If you watch this you will never look at the Jovian moon Europa the same again, because you will realize it is our best bet at finding non-terrestrial life in our own solar system. It was enough to even make my non-science interested wife say, "Wow."
I rented this but will likely buy it if I can find it on Blu-Ray.