Review of Aliens of the Deep (2005) by John M — 03 Sep 2010
There are some cool creatures here, but this is a documentary destined to make people nod off to in a high school marine biology class. Itâ??s James Cameron, utilizing the same technology he used for Titanic and Ghosts of the Abyss, taking a team down to explore the very bottom of the ocean floor.
This is very much in the same vein as Cameronâ??s previous documentary, Ghosts of the Abyss, except never as interesting; there are parts where it is as appealing as listening to somebody drone on reading from a textbook.
Where Ghosts had something to tell, this is more of a glass bottom boat ride. The best parts of this documentary is when you are looking at creatures that you havenâ??t seen before, and honestly, thatâ??s what it needed more of: more freak show, less talk about the process, about volcanic and seismic activity, aboutâ?¦ ROCKS.
More creatures. It might work a lot better in the theatrical 47-minute version, but in the 99-minute cut, it gets goddamn boring and tedious.
This review of Aliens of the Deep (2005) was written by John M on 03 Sep 2010.
Aliens of the Deep has generally received positive reviews.
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