Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure [Blu-ray]

Product Description:
Studio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 06/24/2008Rating: G

Amazon.com:
For the child who knows the difference between a diplodocus and an apatosaurus (or for the adult who remembers a youthful obsession with dinosaurs), National Geographic's Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure will be a delight. This 40-minute special explores the less-familiar world of the prehistoric oceans, filled with predatory Platecarpi, gentle Protostegas, and cold-eyed Xiphactini. The story follows a newborn Dolichorhynchops (a short-necked plesiosaur that looks a little like a dolphin crossed with the Loch Ness Monster) as she matures into adolescence and adulthood, surviving encounters with sharks and the fearsome Tylosaurus, who's sort of the T-Rex of the deep. Juxtaposed with these vivid CGI recreations are staged depictions of paleontological digs throughout the 20th century that unveiled the bones of these ancient deep-sea beasties. It's irrefutable: Dinosaurs are compulsively fun to learn about, and the prehistoric creatures of the ocean are no exception. --Bret Fetzer

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Unplayable
I thought this would complement nicely my large collection on the prehistoric. And it still might, if ever I get to watch it. Twice from Amazon, and once from another vendor, I purchased this dvd -- and it wouldn't play on my player. Nothing wrong with my Sony -- everything else plays fine -- and they were all marked Region 1. So there's a problem at the manufacturing end. I'm dumbfounded that others haven't reported this. I'm the only one? And bought it three different times?
Rating: - Shorter than I thought
Since BBC's "Walking With Dinosaurs" came out, there have been a host of books and TV shows about prehistoric life that have used the latest special effects and CGI.One notable release was this one by National Geographic, which came out as a book, a movie, and an IMAX movie.I have the book, and now I've watched the movie.Viewed by itself, the movie is incredible, very realistic special effects; all the creatures look real.Unfortunately, this movie clocks in at under 40 minutes, and does not ... Read More
Rating: - Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water.....
Outstanding production by the National Geographic folks.The companion book is also great.My Dinosaurphile son loves both.
Rating: - Better for Education than Entertainment
The special effects were amazing, a lot of information was given, wonderful narration, and the storyline was interesting.

However, I can't bring myself to give more than three stars because the staged paleontologist scenes were too cheesy for me...I don't know if better actors would have made a difference.Just when we were getting into the scenes with the prehistoric creatures, it would cut away to a reacreation of how the fossils were found - it was very distracting.

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Rating: - preshistoric sea monsters
Very good CG graphics, which is what I bought this for; story line is a little shallow but OK.