Underwater Odyssey takes you on a dramatic exploration of the deep, alongside dolphins, ... more
sharks and smaller ocean dwellers. In nearly 40 minutes of underwater footage, set to a vibrant sound-track, youll see an astonishing array of fish in their natural...
Advantages: Fascinating, thought-provoking, fantastic use of music Disadvantages: None
2001: A Space Odyssey is a sci-fi film made in 1968, directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke.
One of the recurring themes in this film is evolution. The first 30 mins or so have no dialogue at all, and focus on a very distant point in our past, when a group of herbivore apes are attacked, and one is killed, by a leopard. They are also driven from their water hole by another tribe, so they sleep in a rock crater overnight. When they wake up, they notice that a huge black monolith has appeared in front of them. They are very curious as to what this is, and one of them touches it. Not long after, this particular ape remembers the monolith and realises he can use a bone as a weapon to defend himself. So they go back and kill the tribe that took over their water hole and, jubilant, the aforementioned ape ...
some fantastic uses of film conventions. For example, the transition between man's first weapon (at the end of the first episode) to the twirling space station at the beginning of the second episode draws clear parallels betweem the two, and provides an unspoken commentary on man's progress. The visual effects in the final sequence as Bowman begins his evolutionary process are remarkable, but do seem to go on for a very long time, which when watched on DVD can lead to boredom, no matter how one loves the film.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY is a hugely influential movie and is a must-see for anyone with an interest in science-fiction cinema. I would not recommend it however if your tendencies in this genre are more along the lines of shoot-em-up violent action sci-fi movies. It is a shame that there has not been a DVD release as yet which does ...
Advantages: fascinating Disadvantages: some methods are out dated now
As anyone who has any interest in the seas should know Jacques Cousteau is the forefather of modern explorations, as a French Naval Officer he was part of the team which invented the aqualung system which is the basis for that which scuba divers today still use. He was also passionate about the marine life which his invention allowed him to see and the unexplored realms which had become accessable to us. But of course one reason that we know his name so well is his TV shows in which he utilised the technology avalible to him to explore the ocean depths and show the landlocked public the wonders hidden there.
This DVD collection comprises the 12 episodes of his Odyssey series, the filming of which began in 1977 and ended in 1981. It is an odyssey in the true sense of the word since it encompasses the ancient civilizations and brings to ...
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