Viewed in
2007
Premise
James Cameron and scientists do some deep ocean diving to observe strange creatures.
Who should watch
Those who want to see some cool deep sea creatures in HD.
Thoughts
For those unfamiliar with chemosynthesis, this might be a nice eye-opener. For those who are aware of such animals, the 90% HD footage might be worth your time. Thankfully, the movie isn't too long.
I wished there was more footage of different animals. A large portion of the time were spent on sulfur-eating shrimp, mainly because they're easy to find.
The cool thing was that they brought in scientists with astronomy backgrounds to study these animals. I agree that observing life far-removed from typical land life would be beneficial to anticipating alien lifeforms.
However, they didn't seem to go into much detail about how. I don't know if it was because there wasn't much to study. So while James Cameron said that was what they wanted to accomplish, I don't think they did.
What I would change
Ditched the unnecesary, expensive CGI 'imaginary' aliens. I'd rather use my imagination.
